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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Valley of Gwangi (1969) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

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1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Don Taylor replaced director Mike Hodges as a result of creative differences. However, the few scenes Hodges directed were kept, like the scenes at the factory and at the military school, and also the dinner where Aunt Marion shows her concern about Damien.
b.		In 1971, Warner Brothers cleverly reissued this film in the USA on a double bill with When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth.
c.		The knives used by Shinzon were all designed by Gil Hibben, an American knife-designer who also designed the Rambo III knife. The knives used in "Nemesis" were not specifically designed for film; all of the designs used are at least ten years old.
d.		Naomi mentions that her favorite place to shoplift is Bergdorf Goodmans department store. When we meet Linda, Arthurs love interest in the original Arthur, she is shoplifting a tie from Bergdorfs.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		The sound that Gwangi makes is that of a camel and a raspberry run backwards.
b.		Banks and the large farming corporations that controlled most California farms were not keen on the original novel (it was banned in some states and in several counties in California, and the book was not carried in the municipal library of author John Steinbecks home town of Salinas, California, until the 1990s) and were even less thrilled that a film was being made of it. The Associated Farmers of California called for a boycott of all 20th Century-Fox films, and Steinbeck himself received death threats.
c.		In order to better blend the computer-generated Giant into the traditionally animated film, technicians came up with a program that gave the Giants lines a slight "wobble", in order to match the natural line imperfections found in hand-drawn animation.
d.		The scripts original title was "Called Home" which is the Amish term for death.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		The roping of Gwangi was achieved by having the actors hold on to ropes tied to a "Monster stick" that was in the back of a Jeep. The jeep and stick when filmed with Gwangi are on a back rear projection plate and hidden by his body and the portions of rope attached to his body are painted wires that are matched with the real ropes.
b.		The working title of this film was "Sweating Bullets" and an early plot idea was about a calf named Bullets who saved his herd from a band of ghost cattle rustlers called the Willies.
c.		All songs in the movie are written by the band "Fastway" which consisted of former Motorhead Guitarist "Fast" Eddie Clarke, and current "Flogging Molly" vocalist Dave King.
d.		En Vogue: The legendary R&B group appear as street walkers who appear after Dick steals the Batmobile and takes it for a joyride.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		In an interview given years after the film was released, writer Stirling Silliphant said that he always sat under a sprinkler system head when visiting a building. He said he did that because he learned it from a fireman he interviewed while researching this project.
b.		According to Billy Crystal in the "making of" documentary, when he first came up with the story and came up with the character of Curly, he immediately wrote down Jack Palances name as the ideal choice for the role. No other actor was considered for the role.
c.		Gustavo Rojo is dubbed by Robert Rietty
d.		Original writer Nicholas Meyer walked off the production when Warner Brothers wouldnt let him direct his screenplay. Sarah Kernochan was drafted in to rewrite the script and was somewhat bemused to see that it was an Americanized version of Le retour de Martin Guerre. Warners denied this in a rather obvious attempt not to have to buy the remake rights, but Kernochan insisted that they do before continuing as they werent fooling anyone. Warners eventually relented, and also gave Meyer story credit.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Ariadnes hair is in a tight bun in the hotel sequence so filmmakers didnt have to figure out how her hair should move in zero-gravity.
b.		Oliver Stone remarked that Hunter S. Thompson and gonzo-journalism were large influences on the film.
c.		Uses stock footage of the underground magneto-dynamo from the German science fiction thriller Gold.
d.		Gwangi is a native American word that means lizard.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Martin Sheen the narrator of the prologue, played President Kennedy in the TV miniseries Kennedy.
b.		Kristy McNichol auditioned six times for the role of Iris before losing out to Jodie Foster.
c.		The original script had the opening in Istanbul, Turkey but had to be changed to the present location because of budget restraints.
d.		Special effects master Ray Harryhausen has said that sequence of the elephant performing its act and its subsequent fight with Gwangi were done with no shots of a real elephant because no such animal was available. However, there is an elephant in the very early scene of the Wild West shows parade through the town, and Rays animation puppet is a perfect double for it.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Fagin wears a Mickey Mouse watch. Its visible on his arm in a close-up as he waits for Olivers rich owner to deliver the ransom money.
b.		When this film was first conceived it was supposed to have been a follow-up to King Kong, but was never made. However, an early B&W version of the "cowboys in Africa" footage was shot, and wound up being used in Mighty Joe Young.
c.		Among the page-two headlines advertised on the front page of the Daily Bugle: "Public Clamors for Pest Control" and "New York Fears the Bug - 20 Victims to Date."
d.		Jennifer York, the bass player for the female group in the Mercyhurst Talent Show scene, was bass player for the Contemporary Christian Music "girl band" Rachel Rachel, who recorded two albums for Word.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Leading lady Gila Golan was re-dubbed, but the voice actress remains unidentified.
b.		Dana Andrews did the commentary on the trailer.
c.		Mel Brooks cast Mary-Margaret Humes as the Vestal Virgin Miriam for the Roman Empire segment after first seeing her picture on a Sunset Boulevard billboard.
d.		A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Curtis Arden receives an "introducing" credit
b.		Film is based so exactly on the courtship of Ruby Keeler and Al Jolson that Jolson, having read the script, knocked out Walter Winchell when they met accidentally at the Hollywood American Legion stadium on the night of July 21, 1933. Keeler, who was a dancer at Texas Guinans nightclub, was dating gangster Larry Fay when she met Jolson. Fay visited Jolson after hearing of this just to tell him that he could marry her.
c.		During the press junket for the film, a Universal press agent concocted a fake organization, the National Association of Disc Jockeys, in honor of the fact that Durbin played a DJ. The real DJs invited to the junket liked the idea, and decided to make it a real association.
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 Valley of Gwangi (1969)?
a.		Screenwriter David Benioff mentions at 21:18 on the DVD commentary that what Uncle Saifo the kite seller says in Dari is completely different from what is shown in the English subtitles. Director Marc Forster adds that the improvisation technique was common among the Afghan actors, many of whom werent really actors.
b.		The Camp used in the film is Camp Mini-Yo-We in Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.
c.		Due to a mishearing of the word "fuck" by the BBFC the 1995 video release was wrongly given a 12 certificate. This was corrected for the 2003 DVD and the rating changed to a U certificate.
d.		The battle car is the Hannibal Twin 8 from The Great Race.

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