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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Catch a Thief (1955) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Catch a Thief (1955) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955).
About the movie:
When a reformed jewel thief is suspected of returning to his former occupation, he must ferret out the real thief in order to prove his innocence.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
The movie was shot on videotape, at Pinewood Studios, London, England.
b.
Among Wonkas lines are the following quotations: "Is it my soul that calls me by my name?" from
William Shakespeare
s "Romeo and Juliet"; "All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by" from the
John Masefield
poem "Sea Fever"; "A thing of beauty is a joy forever" from
John Keats
s "Endymion: A Poetic Romance" and "Round the world and home again, thats the sailors way!" from William Allinghams "Homeward Bound". "We are the music-makers..." is from Arthur OShaughnessys "Ode", which also gave us the phrase "movers and shakers". "Where is fancy bred..." and "So shines a good deed..." are from
William Shakespeare
s "Merchant of Venice". The lines to the song "Sweet lovers love the spring time... " are from Shakespeares As You Like It. "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker" is from "Reflections on Ice Breaking" by
Ogden Nash
. "The suspense is terrible, I hope it will last" is a quote from
Oscar Wilde
s "The Importance of Being Earnest". These literary quotations were not in
Roald Dahl
s original script. They were added for one reason or another by
David Seltzer
when he re-wrote the screenplay.
c.
The boat that Danielle (
Brigitte Auber
) and John (
Cary Grant
) travel in early in the film is named the "Maquis Mouse": a play on Maquis (the French underground) and Mickey Mouse.
d.
The scene where Zorro falls off a stagecoach then climbs up that back was later homaged by Indiana Jones with a truck in _Raiders of The Lost Ark (1981)_.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
According to
Al Pacino
in
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
, he nearly got fired midway through filming. At the time Paramount execs only saw the early scenes of Michael at the wedding and were exclaiming, "When is he going to do something?" When they finally saw the scene where Michael shoots Sollozzo and McCluskey in the restaurant, they changed their minds and Pacino got to keep his job.
b.
In an early shot, a newspaper article called "Europes Lighter Side" by
Art Buchwald
speculates on whether "the Cat" is on the prowl again. Buchwald actually wrote a column by that title for the New York Herald Tribunes European edition early in his career. He left school and moved to Paris in 1948, seven years before this film was released.
c.
Stanley Kubrick
and producer
James B. Harris
first attempted to produce the movie around New York, where they lived, but after failing to find an East Coast racetrack that would allow the crime to be filmed there, they moved it to Bay Meadows, near San Francisco, which closed in 2008. Although named "Lansdowne" for the movie, "Bay Meadows" can be seen above the starting gate at the start of the race early in the film.
d.
Flynn the Fine dies and is resurrected a total of 27 times throughout the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
The Dude never actually bowls.
b.
Director
Hamilton MacFadden
was replaced by
Lewis Seiler
after only one weeks shooting, and cinematographer
Daniel B. Clark
was replaced by
Ernest Palmer
.
c.
On 14 September 1982,
Grace Kelly
was killed in an automobile accident in Monaco, supposedly on the very same road as her famous chase scene in this film and not far from where she had a picnic scene with
Cary Grant
. She was 52 years old and lost control of her car after apparently suffering a stroke while at the wheel.
d.
At the beginning of the movie, when Laurie runs into the school auditorium, we see a sign promoting the schools production of Faust, directed by "Joe Bob Briggs", with "Roger Gorman" listed as the head of the drama department (or some similar title). Joe Bob Briggs (real name:
John Bloom
) hosted a late-night b-movie program, and Roger Gorman is a reference to famed movie director
Roger Corman
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
In the scene where
Steve McQueen
and
Ali MacGraw
are standing outside the car and McQueen suddenly slaps her, the slap was unscripted, as can be seen by McGraws shocked reaction.
b.
Ronald Lacey
replaced
John Hurt
.
c.
Years after this film wrapped, it was discovered due to fossil impressions of velociraptor skin that they were feathered, implying that Grant was indeed right that they evolved into birds.
d.
According to the script, the character John Robie was 35.
Cary Grant
was 50 at the time of filming.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
Avner is referred to as a "sabra" more than once. This is an Israeli term for a native born Jew, as opposed to an immigrant. "Sabra" originally referred to a tough kind of cactus (Opuntia cactus) which grew out in the desert.
b.
Mae West
and
Rafaela Ottiano
repeat their original stage roles from the play "Diamond Lil", although, in the film, Lils name is changed to Lou.
c.
The scene where Sister Helen was pulled over is based on an incident that happened to
Helen Prejean
during filming. She thought it was so funny that she asked to have it put into the film.
d.
In this film
Jessie Royce Landis
plays
Cary Grant
s potential mother-in-law. In
North by Northwest
, she would play his actual mother.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
The film was delivered to theaters under the code name "Heart of the Desert".
b.
Harrison Ford
was not expected to take part in the Norway leg of filming which represented the scenes based on the ice planet of Hoth, so his costume was built for the stage and consequently not very well insulated. At the last minute, weather conditions were such that the schedule needed to be changed, and it was decided to shoot his scenes in Norway instead.
c.
Bono
wears a hat with the word YES written across it in reference to John Lennon and Yoko Onos first meeting in her art studio, where he found a ladder propped against a white wall. After climbing the ladder at the top he found the word "yes". When he asked Yoko why she smiled and said "would you rather it tell you no?"
d.
Cary Grant
had announced his retirement from acting in February 1953, stating that since the rise of Method actors like
Marlon Brando
, most people were no longer interested in seeing him. He was also angry at the way
Charles Chaplin
had been treated by the HUAAC. He was lured out of his retirement to make this film, and thereafter continued acting for a further 11 years.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
Don Bluth
became the first of the new artists trained during the 1970s to be listed as a directing animator. Two years later, he left
Walt Disney
Productions to form his own studio.
b.
Oliver Stone
was very displeased with how the final version of the film turned out as it had little to do with his original script, which subsequently was re-written by
Robert Towne
and then revised by
Hal Ashby
in improvisation. He said he only visited the set once, and wanted to have his name taken off the picture but it was too late as the credits were already made up for it.
c.
Jayne Mansfields 23-month-old son, Miklos, makes a cameo at the beginning of the film as the little boy who throws food across the table.
d.
The filming of this movie on the French Riviera plays a pivotal role in
Wu Ming
s novel "54". The action takes place in the springtime of 1954, and nearly all the characters in the novel (including
Cary Grant
, an Italian American mafioso nicknamed "Steve Cement", and two Parisian gangsters from
Du rififi chez les hommes
) cross each others path in Cannes and Nice.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
During the storm scene, a newspaper proclaiming "STORM! City in Chaos" is shown. A smaller headline reads "Military seals off Tennessee murder site. Time-space disturbance discovered." This is a reference to
Sam Raimi
s previous film
The Evil Dead
and its sequel
Evil Dead II
, which Raimi was writing at the time.
b.
Anthony Spadaccini
s opted to release his directors cut of
The Ritual
to theaters and film festivals. He has stated that this version is the only one that exists and is his definitive version of the film.
c.
During production the title was briefly changed to Brothers to avoid confusion with
David Cronenberg
s
Dead Ringers
which was at that time also called Twins.
d.
Francie (
Grace Kelly
)s car is a Sunbeam-Talbot Alpine Sports Mk I roadster.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
The movie was inspired by
Bob Hope
and
Bing Crosby
s "Road" movies, thus explaining
Bob Hope
s cameo appearance. Hopes cameo of less than 30 seconds playing a round of golf through a tent was his final appearance in a film.
b.
Feature film debut of
Sharon Stone
.
c.
For the scene between Robie and the insurance agent, when they talk about the cooks sensitive hands, the German version of the movie differs completely from the original. In English, Robie notes she once strangled a German general without a sound, while in German, he says she once caught a lion escaped from a circus with her bare hands.
d.
In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #5 Greatest Movie of All Time.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Catch a Thief (1955)?
a.
There are subliminal shots of a black cat the first few times that John Robie (
Cary Grant
) appears. Johns nickname is "the cat" because of his stealth ability.
b.
Unlike most motion pictures it was filmed in sequence, with the opening scenes filmed first and the closing sequences filmed last.
c.
When Barry is telling Lance about the extortion scheme he has become a victim of, at one point Adam Sandler suddenly stares at the pudding on his desk. Just before he looks, an electronic voice on the films soundtrack faintly says, "Come here, Barry."
d.
Prior to this movie, director
Don Siegel
, noted for this violent action thrillers, regularly told interviewers that he would like to make a comedy or even a romantic movie sometime. This film was his first in these genres.
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