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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Turning Point (1977) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Turning Point (1977) Quiz
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About the movie:
When her daughter joins a ballet company, a former dancer is forced to confront her long-ago decision to give up the stage to have a family.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
Audrey Hepburn
was offered one of the lead roles in this film.
b.
The last name of Opal and her dad, Buloni (mentioned in the dialog at 49:50 in the lunch meat joke), is shown on a sign to the left of the trailer door at 22:37 and elsewhere in the feature. In the scene from 10:45 to 11:03 where Winn-Dixie first arrives at the trailer, only the bottom edge of the sign is visible in the full frame version at 10:53 (when seen on a computer without "overscan" cropping) while in the wide screen version that edge is cropped from view.
c.
Shot in 2007, according to an article in Entertainment Weekly (Issue #1085)
d.
The primary antagonist in the film was originally going to be the Legion, an alien robot possessing the collective minds of an alien insectoid race. This would have been in keeping with the original comics, where Abin Sur was mortally wounded in a battle with the Legion. However, the Legion was rejected in favour of the fear entity Parallax.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
When it was initially released in the summer 1975, over 67 million Americans went to see the movie, making it the first summer "blockbuster".
b.
The pendant hanging in Morriss locker next to his blue suit coat is of St. Rita, the patron saint of the impossible.
c.
Grace Kelly
was offered one of the leads in the film.
d.
The shirt that Freddy is wearing in the end is from
Green Day
s 2001 "Warning" tour.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
In one scene Danny lands on a block that has
Gene Kelly
s name on it. This movie was Kellys last film project.
b.
Principal ballerina and girlfriend to
Mikhail Baryshnikov
,
Gelsey Kirkland
was offered the role of Emilia. She turned the role down because she "simply wanted no part of Hollywood."
c.
Winner Best Actor (
Joaquim de Almeida
) at the Braga Film Festival, Portugal 2008.
d.
A Behind The Scenes still from the Extended Version of the Ultimate DVD boxed set indicates
George A. Romero
had a third cameo in the picture. The still shows the director standing to the side of the camera, his sleeve rolled up, holding a pistol upwards. Behind him a part of the mall can clearly be seen, indicating it was shot on site. Near the end of the picture, a similar shot exists: a POV from a man holding a pistol firing up past a fenced in area on the upper floor where Peter is running across.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
Final film of veteran director
George Archainbaud
.
b.
Of Shirley MacLaine and Anne Bancroft, MacLaine was the accomplished dancer. All of the dance scenes featuring Bancroft consist of her striking dancer-like poses while those around her actually danced.
c.
In the trailer, the baseball bat with the films title on it says, "Est. 1976", this was the year the original film was released.
d.
The film was initially planned to be a trilogy.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
It was reported that at least 21 writers worked on the script, which was incomplete when production began.
b.
Carrie Fisher
s breasts were taped down with gaffer tape, as her costume did not permit any lingerie to be worn underneath. She joked later, "As we all know, there is no underwear in space."
c.
This is the second time that
Christa B. Allen
has played the younger version of a character played by
Jennifer Garner
. The first was in
13 Going on 30
.
d.
Audrey Hepburn
s biggest film regret was not getting the
Anne Bancroft
role in
The Turning Point
. "That was the one film", she later admitted, "that got away from me."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
The silent film Bleichert, Lake and Blanchard attend is
The Man Who Laughs
starring
Conrad Veidt
.
b.
The movie takes place in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The high school depicted is Huron High School, which writer
David S. Goyer
attended. Area teens were cast as extras for scenes in and around the school.
c.
First of two Best Picture nominees to receive 11 nominations without winning any Academy Awards.
d.
During filming, production ran into trouble when the reindeer began to shed their antlers, so replacement antlers had to be obtained.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
In one scene,
Anne Bancroft
throws a drink in
Shirley MacLaine
s face. The moment was scrupulously rehearsed by director
Herbert Ross
- up to the point where Bancroft throws the drink into MacLaines face. During rehearsal he had the actress set the glass down on the counter without tossing its contents every time; then continuing with the scene. When everything was ready, Ross took the shot in one take -- the scene you see on film, where Bancroft throws the drink into MacLaines face. Having only been hit the one time, the look of shock on MacLaines face is real.
b.
Loosely based on the restoration play The Country Wife by playwright
William Wycherley
.
c.
Reportedly
Jane Powell
s personal favorite of her movies.
d.
The house used as Vadas house is actually a bed-and-breakfast in Bartow, Florida.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
The first all-talkie film released by Columbia Pictures.
b.
Michael, the choreographer/artistic director, is partly based on
Jerome Robbins
.
James Mitchell
was the principal male dancer in Robbins musical "Billion Dollar Baby" (1945) and participated in his American Theatre Laboratory in the late 1960s; later, while performing with American Ballet Theatre, he partnered executive producer
Nora Kaye
in Robbins ballet "Facsimile."
c.
The first Marvel film to be distributed by Walt Disney Pictures.
d.
Two bulldogs, named Tubbs and Tank, shared the role of Spike.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
The tombstone on Wildcat Kellys fake grave reads "Wildcat Kelly: For Wildcat Kelly / Life Held No Terror / Forgetting To Duck / Was His Only Error".
b.
The scene in which Ghost Dog shoots the mobster through the sink drain was taken from
Seijun Suzuki
s
Koroshi no rakuin
.
c.
Doris Day turned down one of the lead roles
d.
Ellen Barkin
improvised the movement where Catherine lifted her arm to assist Vickie with her jacket removal during their sex scene, as well as her leaning in to indicate her desire for oral sex.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Turning Point (1977)?
a.
The powdered lye Jennifer mixes in the water filled bathtub to kill Andy was actually Alka-Seltzer.
b.
In the original trailer
Susanna Foster
, the star of
Phantom of the Opera
, was given top billing. In the film itself,
Boris Karloff
is given top billing.
c.
The final day of filming on the trilogy actually happened over a month after this movie was theatrically released, and three weeks after the 2004 Academy Awards.
Peter Jackson
arranged to film one final shot of skulls on the floor in the tunnel of the Paths of the Dead, which was included in the Extended Edition of ROTK. He thought it was funny to be doing filming on a movie that had already won the Best Picture Oscar.
d.
This film jointly holds the record (with
The Color Purple
) for the film with most Oscar nominations without a single win (11).
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