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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - 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: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
About the movie:
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
Retakes were filmed on May 28 and June 3, 1929.
b.
Final film of
John Hamilton
.
c.
When he attended the Academy Awards,
Gregory Peck
was completely convinced that his friend
Jack Lemmon
would beat him to the Best Actor Oscar for his searing portrayal of an alcoholic in
Days of Wine and Roses
.
d.
According to the Casting Notes on the special edition DVD,
Richard Dreyfuss
,
Scott Glenn
and
John Ritter
all had appointments (probably for auditions, as character names were listed) for various roles including Motel, Perchik, and Fyedka. Also listed for probable auditions are
Rob Reiner
for Motel;
Leland Palmer
for Hodel and Tzeitel;
Richard Thomas
for Fyedka;
Katey Sagal
for an unspecified role; and
Talia Shire
(listed on the appointment sheet as Talia Coppola) for Hodel and Tzeitel. As the auditions were held in January 1970, most were very early in their careers.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
The budget on this film was so tight that when star
Natalie Portman
had a rib dislocated during a lift and she called the producer for help. She was told that the budget was so low they had no medic. She stated that if they needed to cut items from the budget they could take away her trailer, instead of the medic. The next day her trailer was gone.
b.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of the 12 Columbia titles, the other 61 all being Universals.
c.
Art directors
Alexander Golitzen
and
Henry Bumstead
had an entire reconstruction of the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama, built on the Universal backlot at a cost of $225,000. The set contained more than 30 buildings. It would have cost at least $100,000 more had Golitzen and Bumstead not learned of some Southern-style housing about to be demolished to make way for a new Los Angeles freeway. They bought a dozen of them and had them brought to the studio. Such efforts resulted in the two winning the Oscar for Best Art Direction the following year.
d.
Richard Basehart
s first movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
The newlyweds car is a rare mid-50s gull-wing Mercedes.
b.
Ruth White
would spend 4 hours getting into old age make-up, only for most of her scenes to end up cut from the film as they tended to slow it up.
c.
Director
Darnell Martin
had a major falling out with her film studio Columbia as she objected to the title change, the fact that they marketed her film as a romantic comedy in the vein of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and that they referred to her in their publicity as an Afro-American female director. Although Martin technically fits that description, she took exception to the fact that the studio was using her ethnicity as a tool to sell tickets.
d.
In the original screenplay, Martin was supposed to laugh at the end, true to the films title. This idea was abandoned, either by the director or Matthau at time of shooting.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
When
Harvey Pekar
first guest stars on
Late Night with David Letterman
, Joyce is in the waiting room with a man with an alligator (
Terrence Sullivan
). This was originally intended to be a cameo by
John Waters
.
b.
Director
Robert Mulligan
learned quickly not to rely on excessive takes as he found that the more takes that were required, the less spontaneous and natural his child actors became.
c.
The character names "Maud Bailey" and "Christabel LaMotte" refer to a special form of castle, the Motte-and-Bailey, widespread in the 11th/12th century.
d.
As a publicity stunt, studio offered a role to one of then president LBJs daughters. She declined.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
Fourth and final film as a producer for
David Merrick
.
b.
Truman Capote
, who grew up with
Harper Lee
, also knew the inspiration for "Boo" Radley, and had planned to base a character on him in one of his short stories. After seeing how well the character was realized in Lees novel, however, he decided against it.
c.
The first two trailers released on the internet features (a slightly modified version of) the cover version
The Propellerheads
made over the theme from
On Her Majestys Secret Service
. This can be verified by listening to the morse rhythm in the cover version: They spell the first letters from the original movie title: OHMSS (translated into morse: ---/..../--/.../...)
d.
"Miao Yin" roughly translates to "cat-like".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
This is the second consecutive film for which composer
Christopher Young
was called in at the very last minute to re-score. The previous film was
Somethings Gotta Give
, which was also for Columbia.
b.
The ending contains several homages to
Martin Scorsese
s
Taxi Driver
, including Billy getting his fingers shot off, Nick being shot in the neck, and Nick shaving his head before the final shootout.
c.
Premiered at the famed Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
d.
The movies line "Mrs. Robinson, youre trying to seduce me. Arent you?" was voted as the #63 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100), as the #5 of Premieres "100 Greatest Movie Lines" (2007).
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
In 2003, Jean-Claude Van Damme was actually working on a sequel, "Street Fighter II", for Universal, which had released the original. Several cast members had been hired to join him in the sequel, including his
Universal Soldier
co-star
Dolph Lundgren
in an unrevealed role, Australian actress Holly Valance would have replaced Kylie Minogue as Cammy White, and Damian Chapa would have reprised his role as Ken Masters. Byron Mann was also reportedly in talks to return as Ryu Hoshi. However, after a few years of trying to get the sequel off the ground, the project never materialized and any plans for a sequel were scrapped in favor of a reboot,
Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
, when the Street Fighter film rights reverted from Universal Pictures to 20th Century Fox.
b.
Unable to keep his hat on during the scene where he was chasing the tank on horseback despite trying glue, tape, and newspaper wedges,
Harrison Ford
pretended (in a "Making Of" special) to staple the hat to his head.
c.
Early sketches of Madame Medusa showed clear similarities to
Garth Williams
s design of the Diamond Dutchess in
Margery Sharp
s original novel, "Miss Bianca".
d.
Gregory Peck
s 9 minute summation speech was nailed in one take.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
A car is not shown driving down one of the streets until 42 minutes into the movie.
b.
Sheryl Lee
s first appearance in a feature film. Shortly after filming her scenes in this movie she was cast as Laura Palmer in
David Lynch
s
Twin Peaks
c.
The pink Vespa that was used, then crashed, belonged to Bruce Campbells Bulgarian interpreter, thanks to the transportation department.
d.
Shirley Temple
was cast in this movie because of a chance meeting with
Jay Gorney
at a movie theater; Gorney noticed Temple dancing in the lobby and arranged with an audition with her.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)?
a.
Chapter Titles: 1. The Vanishing Indian 2. The Firebird Strikes 3. The Flying Knife 4. A Race With Death 5. Double-Barreled Doom 6. Thundering Hoofs 7. The Dragnet 8. Guerilla Warfare 9. The Silver Band 10.Signal Fires 11.A Traitor Dies 12.Danger Rides With Death 13.The Secret of X-94 14.Between Two Fires 15.Justice Rides the Range
b.
In this film
Anthony Hopkins
will portray
Alfred Hitchcock
, This is notable because on the
AFIs 100 Years... 100 Heroes & Villains
Norman Bates is #2 on the villains list and Hannibal Lector from
The Silence of the Lambs
is #1 on the villains list and Hannibal Lector was portrayed by
Anthony Hopkins
.
c.
The first of six films director
Robert Mulligan
made with his producer partner,
Alan J. Pakula
.
d.
While he was thinking of making a film adaptation of The Razors Edge,
John Byrum
gave a copy of the novel to his friend,
Bill Murray
. Byrum got a phone call the next morning at 4AM from Murray saying, "This is Larry. Larry Darrell."
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