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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tom Dick and Harry (1941) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tom Dick and Harry (1941) Quiz
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About the movie:
Working girl Janeie is proposed to by a conservative car salesman, a bohemian auto mechanic, and a millionaire playboy and must make a choice.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Dick and Harry (1941)?
a.
French director
Jean-Pierre Melville
credited this film with being a formative influence on his work and made references to it in his films.
b.
Pierce Brosnan
was asked to stay on an extra few days past the original filming schedule. He was offered more money but instead requested and was given a Porsche 911 Carrera.
c.
In Janies dream about marrying the rich Dick Hamilton, the front page of the newspaper announcing the nuptials also declares: "ADOLF HITLER ASSASSINATED ... World War End Expected as Hitler Slain ... Nazi Dictator Struck Down in Moscow".
d.
In the scene where everyone stares at Alex after the plane explodes, Terrys death is foreshadowed; when she is seen staring at him, there is a picture of a bus in the background. Billys death is also foreshadowed. While he is looking up at the plane taking off, the reflection of the plane is shown across his face. It is flying in a line right where the piece of the car decapitates him later in the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Dick and Harry (1941)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
approached
Adam Sandler
to play Sgt. Donny Donowitz, but Sandler had to turn it down because the schedule conflicted with the filming of
Funny People
.
b.
George Murphy, in his autobiography, said alternate endings were filmed showing Janie marrying each of her three suitors. Murphy claimed that most test audience members wanted Janie to marry his character, Tom, the hard-working automobile salesman, but it was ultimately decided Harry, the free-spirited auto mechanic, would win the ladys hand. Murphy was miffed at his characters loss and compared Harry unfavorably to the "hippies" of the 1960s.
c.
Brian Libby
, who plays studio guard Hal, has appeared in all of director
Frank Darabont
s movies. Darabont considers Libby to be a lucky charm of sorts and casts him whenever possible.
d.
The names that Martini (Marty) says during shooting practice are all names of various cast and crew members: Mr. (Hagai) Shaham (producer, actor - Handsome Police Officer); Mr. (Jacob Aaron) Estes (director, screenwriter); Ms (Susan and Joan) Johnson (producer and production coordinator); Mr. (Rick) Rosenthal (producer).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Dick and Harry (1941)?
a.
The plot of the movie Tom and Janie are seeing at the start has the plot of a rich man and a poor girl falling in love. This is part of the basic plot of Ginger Rogers previous film,
Kitty Foyle: The Natural History of a Woman
.
b.
Despite being direct-to-DVD in the US, the film was shown in theaters in Iceland.
c.
Val Kilmer
noted one of the reasons he wanted to work with
Denzel Washington
was that his kids once went to the same Los Angeles school as his own two children.
d.
Jonathan Jackson
, playing a 17-year-old character, is actually one year younger than
Alexis Bledel
, who plays a 15-year-old character. Bledel was 21 at the time of the films release, and Jackson was 20.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Dick and Harry (1941)?
a.
The ash was made mostly of ground newspaper.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 8, 1941 with
Ginger Rogers
,
Burgess Meredith
,
George Murphy
, and
Alan Marshal
reprising their film roles.
c.
Billy Bob Thornton
was offered the part of Abe but was unavailable.
Bill Paxton
turned the part down.
Gary Cole
auditioned and was offered the part but he could not fit it into his schedule.
Christopher McDonald
was cast in the role the night before filming started. While McDonald was on the set, he discovered that he could not fit it into his schedule. The role was then offered to
Christopher Lloyd
but he turned it down to do
Haunted Lighthouse
. The role was finally given to
William Sadler
, who arrived on set and had only 60 minutes to meet and form a relationship with
Shia LaBeouf
before their big emotional scene together.
d.
The over birds-eye shot near the end of the film in which we see Spirit jump the gorge was originally designed to have a pair of imaginary wings appear across Spirit to give the greater illusion of him flying, but it was deemed unnecessary and left out of the final cut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Dick and Harry (1941)?
a.
First film to feature an all-Native American cast.
b.
When George is cornering the horses at Ursulas parents party, the women that makes a comment about finding a man like that is
Brendan Fraser
s wife,
Afton Smith
. So she did find a man like that.
c.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 7, 1950 with
Ginger Rogers
and
George Murphy
reprising their film roles.
d.
The film is based on
Philip Roth
s short story "Expect the Vandals", published in Esquire Magazine, December 1958.
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