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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Three Days of the Condor (1975) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Three Days of the Condor (1975) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975).
About the movie:
A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
Mike Nichols
initially wanted French actress
Jeanne Moreau
to play Mrs. Robinson. The idea behind this was that in the French culture, the "older" women tended to "train" the younger men in sexual matters. The producers for the movie,
Joseph E. Levine
and
Lawrence Turman
, were completely opposed to the idea.
Mike Nichols
was even more set on having Simon and Garfunkel do the integrated soundtrack for the film. Nichols agreed to switch actresses for Mrs. Robinson as long as he could still use
Paul Simon
and
Art Garfunkel
.
b.
Close to 800 girls auditioned for the part of Lolita Haze.
c.
Higgins office is located in the World Trade Center. The balcony from which Turner watches Higgins being tailed by Kathy, figures in the documentary made by two French brothers who took the only footage inside the WTC after the two hijacked airliners had hit the buildings and before they collapsed.
d.
Gary Cooper
didnt use a stunt double in the fight with
Lloyd Bridges
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
When they are reminiscing, Higgins asks Wabash whether he served with "Col. Donovan" during World War II - a reference to William Donovan, founder of the Office of Strategic Services and precursor of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Wabash replies, "I sailed the Adriatic with a movie star at the helm" - referring to actor
Sterling Hayden
, who served with the OSS, running the German blockade of the Adriatic during WWII to get supplies to Yugoslav partisans.
b.
The code name "Dead Right", which the film was shipped to British cinemas with, is actually the name of a short amateur film that
Edgar Wright
wrote and directed, when he was a student.
c.
The author of the novel,
Annie Proulx
(her name was written as "E. Annie Proulx" in the credits), would only grant the film rights to the book upon the condition that it be filmed on location in Newfoundland.
d.
For the miniature shots set on earth, the special effects men at Boss Film Studios reused some buildings left over from
Blade Runner
and
Ghost Busters
to fill out the background.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
When Dixie and his family leave the Cotton Club, two small black kids are dancing on the sidewalk for spare change. They are clearly intended to be The Nicholas Brothers, who began dancing at the Cotton Club soon after this. In fact, however, they were already established vaudeville performers in 1928.
b.
The original novel on which the film is based is titled Six Days of the Condor by
James Grady
.
c.
The 13 July 1996 draft of the script credits Wayne Beach and
David Hodgin
as writers, with revisions by
Steven Maeda
,
Vince McKewin
, and
Anthony Peckham
. Beach and Hodgin are the only two who received credits.
d.
Debbie Turner
(Marta) had many loose teeth during filming. When they fell out, they were replaced with false teeth.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
Rain was originally going to fight a zombie in the movie. The stop motion puppet of the zombie was made, except M. Dot Strange didnt use it cause the zombie didnt look right.
b.
In the scenes filmed in the town square of Franklin, Tennessee, theres a monument with a soldier that is visible in the middle of the square. In reality, the monument is of a Confederate soldier, but as this story is supposed to be in Pennsylvania, the production team had to change the appearance of the statue to look like a Revolutionary War soldier.
c.
Sydney Pollack
: The cab driver that nearly hits
Robert Redford
as he walks into the street.
d.
Kevin Smith
: [hockey] A hockey goal and KOHO goalie stick can be seen when Randall leaves the house when Dante picks him up.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
Mings Apartment was the final scene shot overseas, and came at the tail end of the crews last day, which ended up being a 27 hour day.
b.
Joe Grande
lost over 100 pounds for role of PO Pug. He weighed 330 pounds in pre-production, but within 7 months, when principal photography started, his weight had dropped to 220 pounds with the aid of a lap band operation.
c.
This movie is based on a play of the same name that was produced off-Broadway in 1993 at the WPA Theater. The films director, Christopher Ashley, had also directed the play. The plays cast was: John Michael Higgins (Jeffrey), Edward Hibbert (Sterling), Bryan Batt (Darius), Tom Hewitt (Steve), Harriet Harris, Patrick Kerr, Richard Poe and Darryl Theirse.
d.
Former CIA director
Richard Helms
acted as a personal consultant to
Robert Redford
for his role as The Condor.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
Jayne Mansfield
s character is based on
George Raft
s relationship with
Betty Grable
.
b.
Sydney Pollack
brought a lawsuit against Danish TV after screening
Three Days of the Condor
in pan-and-scan in 1991. The court ruled that the pan scanning conducted by Danish television was a mutilation of the film and a violation of Pollacks Droit Moral, his legal right as an artist to maintain his reputation by protecting the integrity of his work. Nonetheless, the court ruled in favor of the defendant on a technicality.
c.
An edited picture from the original ending was used during Ernests funeral scene. The picture of him aged was actually a of him in full age makeup from the first ending.
Bruce Willis
s aged face was used, but put on an actual picture of a mountain climber, which thus resulted in the end picture of Ernest at his funeral.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 9, 1948 with
James Cagney
reprising his film role.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
Colin Firth
told interviewer Terry Gross that the scene in which his character discovers his boyfriend has died was shot at the same time that John McCain was conceding the 2008 U.S. presidential election. Firth said that "hearing John McCain conceding defeat was not conducive to tragedy in that moment for me."
b.
Sydney Pollack
: The voice of
Faye Dunaway
s boyfriend during their telephone conversation.
c.
The original intent for the opening scene was to use music already composed by composer
Ennio Morricone
. However, the attempted blend didnt seem to fit well. The decision was made to drop Morricones score from the opening train station sequence and record the ambient sounds relating to the scenes (including the squeaking windmill and individual footsteps) after Morricone experienced a musical performance created by using only the sounds of a metal ladder. This created an exaggerated version of what had come to be known as "spaghetti sound".
d.
Cassandra is named after the prophet nobody believes, from Greek mythology, who was cursed by Apollo for not loving him.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Three Days of the Condor (1975)?
a.
Excluding the action during the opening credits, this film has approximately 1172 shots in 1 hour 53 minutes and 8 seconds, or an average shot duration of about 5.8 seconds.
b.
Jack the Monkey was played by two monkeys - Chiquita and Pablo who replace the two monkeys from the first film
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
. Tara and Levi played the part of "Jack the Monkey" in the first Pirates film.
c.
One of the deleted scenes included the testimony of the murdered girls sister in which she tearfully displayed her dead sisters scarf, a scene made more poignant when Eriksson returns the Vietnamese American girls scarf to her at the films conclusion.
d.
Angela Clarke
was the voice of the Virgin Mary, pitching her voice a bit lower and speaking very slowly. She had done one of the crowd voices in the scene "Let us see the children!", as did
Jay Novello
.
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