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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Wild Bunch (1969) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Wild Bunch (1969) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969).
About the movie:
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
Made possible by a Guggenheim grant.
b.
During filming,
Charles Fleischer
delivered Roger Rabbits lines off camera in full Roger costume including rabbit ears, yellow gloves and orange cover-alls. During breaks when he was in costume, other staff at the studios would see him and make comments about the poor caliber of the effects in the "rabbit movie".
c.
All but one of the ring fights were shot with nobody in the audience. The background was entered in later using digital effects.
d.
When Warren Oates emerges from under the bridge right before the Wild bunch begin their assault on the train, a large penis has clearly been drawn on the bridge to the left of where he enters.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
The movie was shot in sequence (i.e., the scenes were filmed in the same order theyre shown). Many of the actors were surprised by the final plot twist.
b.
This was the first post-
Alan Smithee
film. For many years, a director who for whatever reason wished not to be credited for a movie would have his name replaced with the name "Alan Smithee". After the film
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn
, the name was too well known, and so the Directors Guild of America decided to replace the name "Alan Smithee" with the name "Thomas Lee".
c.
Faye Dunaway
turned down the role of Julia.
d.
Deke Thornton describes Gen. Mapache as "a killer for Huerta". He was referring to real-life Gen. Victoriano Huerta, who had overthrown and murdered Mexican President
Francisco I. Madero
in 1913, setting off a civil war. The Mexican town this film was shot in, Parras in Coahuila state, was Maderos birthplace.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
Tangerine Dream
wrote the musical score using only a draft of the script given to them by director
William Friedkin
. At no time did they see any actual footage of the film.
b.
The real
Erin Brockovich-Ellis
sold the rights to her story to Universal Studios for a reported $100,000.
c.
The song "Polly Wolly Doodle" was prominently featured in
Frank Capra
s
You Cant Take It with You
, where
Dub Taylor
(Rev. Wainscoat in the "Wild Bunch") plays the song (several times) on a xylophone. "You Cant Take It With You" marked the beginning of Taylors film career.
Sam Peckinpah
s "Polly Wolly Doodle", presented in its sinister context, contrasts sharply with the carefree Capra rendition.
d.
Marlon Brando
later wrote a long letter to
Trevor Howard
apologizing for his behavior during filming. Howard was largely responsible for helping the American star win a libel action against a British newspaper concerning the film. He also agreed to appear with Brando in
Morituri
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
Back in 1980, AVCO Embassay Pictures asked
John Carpenter
, who serves as an executive producer on this film to both write and direct this film after the success of
Halloween
and
The Fog
. However, Carpenter showed them
Escape from New York
(which he wrote years earlier) and they did that instead.
b.
The coat and hat of Keyser Soze can be seen hanging in Arturo Marquezs room.
c.
According to Harrigan, Thornton is Pikes Judas goat. A Judas goat is an animal trained to lead others into a slaughterhouse. Its life is spared as its betrays its own kind.
d.
Simon Crane
, the stuntman who did the air-to-air transfer, actually couldnt get inside the second plane, but good editing gives the appearance that he does.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
Gold Level Award for Feature Film California Film Awards (Jan. 2011).
b.
Stephen Boyd
wore lifts in his shoes to make his height more on a par with
Charlton Heston
s.
c.
Pike Bishop may have been named after Bishop James Albert Pike, a leader in Californias Episcopal Church known for his outspoken support of progressive causes.
d.
Mike Farrell
s movie debut.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
This film, along with
Deanna Durbin
s prior release that year,
Up in Central Park
, did mediocre business at the box office.
b.
Apart from American stunt men dressed as Mexican soldiers, who performed some of the more dangerous stunts, all of the "troops" involved in the final shootout at Mapaches headquarters were real Mexican soldiers from a cavalry regiment that had been hired by the film company.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 14, 1949 with
Clifton Webb
reprising his film role.
d.
Due to the long hours of filming for the movie, the 40 pound Power Rangers suits that the actors had to wear caused back pain to co-stars
Amy Jo Johnson
(Kimberly Ann Hart/The Pink Ranger) and
Karan Ashley
(Aisha Campbell/The Yellow Ranger) after filming their scenes.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
According to
Annie Pomeranz
- visual effects producer - puppets were used in the scene involving the "parasites" inside the tunnel but the scene turned out to be more interactive than originally thought and CGI animation was required. However,
Matt Reeves
- the director - states that the scenes with the puppets were too "goofy".
b.
Co-writer/director
Sam Peckinpah
stated that one of his goals for this movie was to give the audience "some idea of what it is to be gunned down." A memorable incident occurred, to that end, as Peckinpahs crew were consulting him on the "gunfire" effects to be used in the film. Not satisfied with the results from the squibs his crew had brought for him, Peckinpah became exasperated; he finally hollered, "Thats not what I want! *Thats not what I want!*" Then he grabbed an actual revolver and fired it into a nearby wall. The gun empty, Peckinpah barked at his stunned crew: "Thats the effect I want!!"
c.
This film runs for about 100 minutes, and features exactly 100 shots, resulting in an average shot length of about 60 seconds.
d.
Mabel Albertsons film debut.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
The song "Polly Wolly Doodle" was featured in "
S.O.B.
".
William Holden
starred in both movies.
b.
Director Trademark: Wes Craven Elaborate methods/booby traps to capture a villain.
c.
The New York Times, July 3, 1974 Des Moines, Iowa, July 2 - John H. Livingston, the man who inspired the best-selling novel "Jonathan Livingston Seagull," died Sunday at the Pompano Beach (Fla.) airport soon after completing his last plane ride.
Richard D. Bach
, a former Iowa Air Guard pilot, has said his best-selling book about a free-wheeling seagull was inspired by Mr. Livingston. Johnny Livingston, as he was known, moved many years ago from Iowa to Florida. He was one of the countrys top pilots during the barnstorming days of the nineteen-twenties and thirties. From 1928 through 1933, Mr. Livingston won 79 first places, 43 seconds and 15 thirds in 139 races throughout the country, many of them at Cleveland. He won first place and $13,910 in 1928 in a cross-country race from New York to Los Angeles. Mr. Livingston leaves his wife, Wavelle, two brothers and four sisters.
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.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
A Print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.
The train trestle used in the film is part of the Vernonia-Banks Linear Park Trail. The trestle was burnt down in the 1980s. It was a major trestle used for the railroad to Vernonias once-running saw mill that was well known as the worlds largest at one time. The place that the group is seen meeting a couple times throughout the movie with graffiti on the walls is the site where the saw mill was, which is now known as the "Mill Pond" in Vernonia, Oregon.
c.
In an interview,
Ben Johnson
said that the two Mexican women who "frolicked" with him and
Warren Oates
in the huge wine vats werent actresses but prostitutes from a nearby brothel, who were hired by
Sam Peckinpah
so he could tell people that Warner Bros. paid for hookers for his cast.
d.
Filmed in 1947, not released until 1948.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Wild Bunch (1969)?
a.
Originally the death of Sirius Black appeared just as it does in the novel, with Bellatrix pushing him through the death archway after a longer one-on-one duel. Though filmed, the sequence was cut due to time and pacing issues. A portion of this original death scene remains in the final film: when hit with the killing curse, Sirius inexplicably floats backward though the arch.
b.
Woodie King Jr.
was originally cast as a hoodlum but broke his leg while filming a chase scene. He was replaced but returned to the set two months later to play Leslies friend, Larry, in the party scene.
c.
"Mapache" means "raccoon", in Spanish.
d.
Megan Hilty previously played Glinda in the Oz-based musical Wicked."
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