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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Untouchables (1987) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Untouchables (1987) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987).

About the movie: Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop Al Capone; because of rampant corruption, he assembles a small, hand-picked team.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		The double-thick Technicolor prints (two strips of dyed film, cemented together) presented numerous screening problems for untrained projectionists. If screened improperly, they would warp, scratch, etc. and due to the expense of printing in Technicolor at this time (since there were no optical printers, or any easier way of printing such technology in those days) forced the Fairbanks studio to issue a black-and-white version as well.
b.		On the AMC Networks Movies at Our House, Billy Drago, who portrays the white-suited Frank Nitti, says that while they were filming scenes on the streets of Chicago, he was told about a couple of teenage street gangs getting ready for a gang fight. At the request of the Chicago Police Department, Drago, wearing his costume and armed with his prop tommy gun, went to the place where the fight was supposed to happen. The gang members were in such awe of him that they didnt fight.
c.		Joan Leslies vocals for "My Shining Hour" were dubbed by Sally Sweetland.
d.		Film debut of Kathryn Loder.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		The film was titled "Der Turm der lebenden Leichen" for its German release. Translated into English the title is "Tower of the Living Corpses", although the film features no zombies at all. However, when the film was re-released to German theaters at the high point of the zombie craze in Germany during the early 1980s, it was re-titled "Devils Tower - Der Schreckensturm der Zombies" ("Terror-tower of the zombies") and two scenes were re-dubbed, so that the actually catatonic girl from the beginning of the film speaks of zombies whenever the camera does not show her lips.
b.		Once presumed lost, a copy of this was discovered in a New Zealand film archive during 2010, along with other previously "lost" silent films. The print is still in viewable condition and will be carefully preserved in the United States.
c.		The scene where Al Capone (Robert De Niro) pulls out a baseball bat at a dinner party and suddenly beats to death one of his men is based on a true incident which happened on May 7, 1929. Two of Capones most feared hit men, Albert Anselmi and John Scalise, had hatched a plot to kill Capone and take over his gang. Capone got wind of it and invited all his associates to a dinner party, including Anselmi and Scalise. In the middle of the party, Capone pulled out a baseball bat and battered both men to death, then shot them both in the head. A conflicting version of the story has Tony "Joe Batters" Accardo, one of Capones hit men, as the man who bludgeoned the traitors to death.
d.		Robert O. Ragland conducted the National Philharmonic Orchestra of London, but used only twelve of the lowest sounding instruments for the bears stalking theme.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		The voice we hear singing in the opera was that of famed tenor Mario Del Monaco who died in 1982.
b.		While the film is set in Montana the production was forced to be shot in Utah and Lancaster, California for budgetary matters.
c.		Rand Ravich did rewrites on the script.
d.		At one point during the narration, Fletch quips that even Larry Holmes could figure out that the guy who shot at him was the same guy who stole his Lakers watch. This guy was played by former boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb. Cobbs most famous bout as a boxer was in 1982 during which he was beaten to a bloody pulp by Larry Holmes but refused to be knocked down.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		Vitaphone production reels #4319-4328 and #4165 (trailer)
b.		Dr. Noahs voice was dubbed by Valentine Dyall.
c.		Shot intermittently from the fall of 1999 to the winter of 2006, without a budget or a definitive script, this cautionary tail incorporated the talents of people in New York NY, Sacramento Ca, Massachusetts, New Zealand, Sicily, London, Greece and Richmond Va.
d.		According to Brian De Palma and Art Linson in the DVD documentary, it was Sean Connerys idea to film the "blood oath" scene between Ness and Malone in a Catholic church. Originally it was going to take place on the street (in the same scene that follows the church scene). Connery felt that a church would be the only "safe" place in Chicago where the two characters would make such a commitment to fight Capone.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		When Memphis is singing "Kiss", he stops when the helicopter arrived. He tells his son Mumble "I think you better dance now". This line is actually part of the song "Kiss" in the version by Tom Jones.
b.		The character of Oscar Wallace (Charles Martin Smith) was loosely based on Frank Wilson, the IRS agent who worked to indict Capone for income tax evasion. Wilson had been working on this project since 1928, and had next to nothing to do with Ness and the Untouchables in real-life. Wilson was not killed by Capone, though Capone reportedly placed a contract on his life which was never carried out.
c.		The character of Sam Grossman was based on Nathan Grossman, the grandfather of a friend of Michael Manns. The actor playing him, Nathan Davis, is the father of Andrew Davis, another friend of Manns.
d.		The original play opened in New York in 1922.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		Robert De Niro tracked down Al Capones original tailors and had them make him some identical clothing for the movie. (This seems highly unlikely given this movie was made 55 years after the actual events, and obtaining the skills and reputation for quality that Capone would have looked for in a tailor would mean the tailor would have been 30+ at the time, 85+ at the time this film was made and either dead or long-since retired).
b.		According to Dick Miller, he was initially cast as an Indian in this movie. Later, he filled in as different Indians, shooting different characters, and also played a cowboy in the movie.
c.		The record contains the very first Tarzan yell, invented by Frank Merrill.
d.		Actors Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith spent several weeks before filming getting to know each other personally so the relationship between their characters would appear believable and real.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		Of this film, screenwriter Frances Marion said, "We proceeded with the dull routine of making a picture we both thought nauseating, Pollyanna. I hated writing it, Malry star Mary Pickford hated playing it."
b.		When the film was re-titled and re-released in 1946, sixth-billed Alan Ladds name was raised to the top-billed, over-the-title position, and thus it has remained ever since.
c.		Brian De Palma took the idea of the train station scene from the 1925 Russian movie Bronenosets Potyomkin (better known as The Battleship Potemkin). The sailors who get caught in the crossfire in The Untouchables are a tribute to Potemkin.
d.		Third of four feature films that Bob Hope and Lucille Ball made together.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		The set for Capones personal barbershop at the Lexington Hotel included a number of small items (cologne bottles, shaving brushes) that belonged to the real Al Capone.
b.		Joseph Ruben was on the shortlist to direct the film at one point.
c.		During the filming of the scene where Donald OConnor and Marilyn Monroe were kissing, there were over 1,000 onlookers who had drifted over from other sets.
d.		Cyril Raffaelli knows how to perform the one-and-a-quarter backwards somersault-kick he does in the final fight scene without the aid of wires. There were at least two takes without the wire, but supposedly Cyril was moving too fast for the camera. Wires were added in for "clarity".

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		The name "Hooper" is obviously a reference to the name: "Hooker" - as in Buddy Joe Hooker ( a famous stuntman and various others in the same family). Buddy Joe Hookers name even appears on a strip of tape on a drawer in "Sonny Hoopers" (Burt Reynolds ) trailer. This can be seen over Burts shoulder, early in the movie, in the scene where Sonny/Burt and Cully/James Best do their Roy Rogers sidekick and James Stewart impressions. Tommy J. Huffs name also appears on the drawer under Buddy Joes.
b.		Reshoots a year later caused a few unforeseen problems. One of the main ones was that Clifton Collins Jr had shaved off all his hair and mustache for another role so he had to wear a wig and a false mustache for his redone scenes.
c.		The radio show listened to by Eliot Ness and his wife early in the movie is an actual episode of Amos and Andy. In the episode they have just bought a clunker for their new cab company from their friend The Kingfish.
d.		One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Untouchables (1987)?
a.		Each of the four rounds which are seen fully in the film (rounds 1, 2, 14 and 15) were shot in their entirety twice - once with Steadicam operator Garrett Brown in the ring, once with him in the audience.
b.		The train station scene was parodied in Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult.
c.		All the female characters have the middle name Rodham, a nod to then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.
d.		The interiors of the mansion were built in the gymnasium of a local high school. The attic set was constructed on the stage of the schools theater.