Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944).

About the movie: In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		The scars visible on Van Johnsons forehead at the end of the film are not makeup, theyre real. He was involved in a near-fatal car accident the previous year just after filming A Guy Named Joe. The filmmakers chose to accentuate rather than hide these scars for the post-mission half of the movie, since his character Ted Lawson was quite banged up, too. Theyre particularly evident in the last scene of the movie when hes on the floor talking with his wife.
b.		The original screenplay envisioned the main character would be played by Michael Caine.
c.		Bette Davis Oscar was sold at auction on July 19, 2001 at Christies for $57,800. The buyer was Steven Spielberg who then immediately donated it back to the Academy.
d.		Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy are depicted on one of the roll-down corrugated steel security doors on Hollywood Boulevard. Others to have portraits on these doors include James Cagney and Orson Welles.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		The real Ted Lawson showed-up the day the scenes of Van Johnsons character (Ted Lawson) was having his leg amputated. The mood around the set was quiet and tense.
b.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 3, 1949 with Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, John Hodiak, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy and Edward Arnold reprising their film roles.
c.		Location filming took place for two months outside the tiny Texas town of Marfa. Director George Stevens did not have a closed set but actively encouraged the townspeople to come by, either to watch the shooting, visit with the cast and crew or take part as extras, dialect coaches, bit players and stagehands.
d.		The 12-wheeled "Landmaster" vehicle used in the film was created by Jefferies Automotive in Universal City, California. Despite the appearance of two "Landmasters" in the film, only one was built at a cost of $300,000 in 1976. The Landmaster is powered by a 391 cubic-inch Ford industrial engine, and features a fully-functional, custom-built "tristar" wheel arrangement, which could actually help it "crawl" over boulders. It also used an innovative steering mechanism that guided the vehicle, not by the front wheels, but by "bending" the middle section with hydraulic rams to affect a turn. The Landmasters bodywork was made with 3/8-inch steel plating, which helped it tip the scales at over 10 tons. It was so tough, in fact, that it survived a 25-foot jump during testing with no damage. As of today, the original "Landmaster" is alive and well, and is currently in the hands of a private collector who purchased it in 2005. It has been restored to its original condition as seen in the film.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		The coffee shop where Windows meets Rogue Leader is called "Java the Hut." This isnt just a clever play on words involving the Star Wars character, its also the name of the coffee shop where Kristen Bells character worked in Veronica Mars.
b.		Scenes of Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle briefing the B-25 crews on the USS Hornet show a hornets nest on a branch in the background on the overhead behind Doolittles left. The presence of the hornets nest, while possibly a tribute, is an accurate detail. The book upon which the movie is based mentions a dried up hornets nest hanging nearby as Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle was speaking. The actual Hornet was sunk in 1942 soon after the raid.
c.		Jason Reitman began writing the screenplay in 2002 when the economy was booming and planned to make it as his first feature. The opportunity to make Thank You for Smoking and Juno presented themselves and he put this off until this year, meanwhile America plummeted into an economic recession. He said the films tone changed completely in response to the real world crisis and works much better now as a topical piece than it would have a decade ago, the delays in its realization being fortuitous.
d.		Had a three year run on the Lifetime Movie Network.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		M. Night Shyamalan: [Philadelphia] The newspaper that Jay the guard (Shyamalan) is reading at the end, is The Philadelphia Inquirer, which proposes the story is set in Philadelphia, as are all other Shyamalan movies.
b.		Pinks belt buckle is really a pipe; this is evident when Wooderson and Dawson are talking about the freshman girls in front of the Emporium.
c.		Actual footage of the B-25 Mitchell bombers taking off from the U.S.S. Hornet was used in the film.
d.		The aspen "dolly shot" was done from a Honda Civic on the roadside. The aspens are above Robert Redfords Sundance resort in an area called Aspen Grove in Provo Canyon, Utah.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		Because of the films low budget, the girls clothes in the movie is mostly from their own wardrobe. Catherine Hardwicke noted that as filming progressed, the girls began to dress similarly without being told to.
b.		According to the documentary Going Hollywood: The War Years, for this movie, the MGM studio recreated the section of an air craft carrier flat top on a sound stage large enough to fit four genuine B25 bomber planes whilst a whole sixty foot miniature was also built, placed in the studio tank doubling as the ocean. Moreover, this special effects Academy Award winning movie utilized model planes, hydraulic jacks, wires, motors, pulleys, and a miniature model of Tokyo used to show the bombing of that city with mini explosions.
c.		Danny DeVito refused a stand-in during the scene where the Penguin gets pelted with rotten food by an angry mob.
d.		The character Steve (played by Dustin Doering) mentions a chance to win dinner for two - possibly even at Lubys. Lubys Cafeteria is a chain buffet restaurant (located mostly in Texas) known by locals for their cheap prices and low quality food.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		Arnold Schwarzeneggers last starring role (but not his last acting role) before being elected governor of California on 7 October 2003.
b.		United Artists were very frustrated by the amount of time Scorsese took during post-production, thinking he was unnecessarily slow. Scorsese took unusual care as he genuinely believed that "Raging Bull" would be his last film and so he didnt want to compromise his vision. Conversely, as he neared completion, he also felt that the film was a form of cinematic rebirth for him. For this reason, he dedicates the film to his college film professor Haig Manoogian "with love and resolution". Manoogian had helped Scorsese get his first film produced.
c.		When Lawsons plane arrives in "Tokyo" and sees the fire and smoke from the previous bomber, Davy Jones, we are not looking at a special effect. During the making of the film, there was a fuel-oil fire in Oakland, near the filming location. The quick-thinking filmmakers scrambled to fly their camera plane and B-25 through the area, capturing some very real footage for the movie.
d.		Never released to American theaters; its only showings have been on television. In the original unseen cut, Serge Bourguignon was credited as director. In the television version, Robert Sallin is credited as director. The film played frequently on Bravo in the mid 1990s.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		Chapter Titles: 1.Mystery of the Trail. 2.Kit Carsons Daring Raid. 3.Wagon of Doom. 4.The Half-Breeds Treachery. 5.The Gauntlet of Death. 6.Ride for Life. 7.Chasm of Fate. 8.Pueblo of Death. 9.The Red Menace. 10.A Duel of Wits. 11.Buried Alive. 12.Cavern of Doom. 13.Scorching Sands. 14.Mission Bells. 15.End of the Trail.
b.		Feature film debuts of Tim Murdock, Scott McKay and John R. Reilly.
c.		The intermission break, omitted from the DVD release, comes at the point where Antoine runs from the grotto back to the village to tell the others about the spring that has just appeared. The second half begins when the stonecutter visits the doctor.
d.		The original working title was "Boys in the Bank." Director Sidney Lumet hated it because he thought it made the film appear to be a "light, fluffy comedy," and he had it changed to "Dog Day Afternoon."

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		Although Altobellos first name is not revealed here, in the book The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner, his first name is Oswaldo.
b.		When asked by a Hollywood columnist if she was upset she didnt receive an Oscar nomination for her performance, Anne Bancroft quipped, "I should have gotten an Oscar just for memorizing all those lines."
c.		This film represents one of four movies made by Hollywood during the 1940s which were about or related to the USA militarys Dolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan during World War II. The four movies (the first three considered "fictionalized") are Destination Tokyo; The Purple Heart; Bombardier and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, the latter being the most accurate and least fictionalized of the four.
d.		In the final library scene, Fox decides to follow the code, and the bullet she shoots has the word Goodbye engraved on it. You can see the word clearly just prior to it entering the first assassins head.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		This movie is notable for its catchy popular song "Love Will Turn You Around" sung and performed by its star Kenny Rogers. Rogers co-wrote the song which was a No. #1 country and adult contemporary song hit which went to No. #13 on the pops chart.
b.		The snakes in this film would be more likely to attack each other then humans. Would not deliver a fatal dose of venom and most likely would give a dry bite if they did bite instead of just hide.
c.		The MGM composer Herbert Stothart quotes the catchy title song from the 1943 Rodgers and Hammersteins Broadway musical "Oklahoma" a number of times in his background score for this 1944 film. As none of the fliers came from that state, no one has ever determined whether it was a bit of unconscious plagiarism on his part, or a subliminal tribute to Americana.
d.		This was Jean-Claude Van Dammes first starring film under his contract with Sony Pictures.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)?
a.		According to director Danny DeVito the first assembled cut of the film ran 3 hours and 4 minutes. It was then cut down to its final length of 1 hour and 56 minutes. Some of the deleted scenes (ca. 20 minutes) can be seen in the trailers and in the deleted scenes montage on the LaserDisc and the Special Edition DVD.
b.		The films storyline of a G.I.s romance with a Canteen girl named Irene was inspired by the song, "I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen", written by Irving Berlin, and recorded in 1942 by singer Kenny Baker (who appears in this film). The opening lyrics of the song are, "I left my heart at the Stage Door Canteen / I left it there with a girl named Irene."
c.		When little Vito arrives at Ellis Island, he is marked with a circled X. Ellis Island immigrants were marked with this if the inspector believed the person had a mental defect.
d.		Debut of John Dehner.

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