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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tom Horn (1980) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tom Horn (1980) Quiz
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About the movie:
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
It took seven months to shoot the movie. The final battle, which actually lasted less than 6 hours in the pre-dawn morning of 6 March 1836, took over a month to shoot.
b.
Robots built originally for
Dancing Lady
in dance sequence cut from finished film. Photos of the scene survive.
c.
The rifle Horn uses to such deadly effect in the film is an original Winchester Model 1876 in .45-60 caliber, fitted with a custom tang sight. Manufactured from 1877-1894, the Model 76 was an obsolete arm by the turn of the century, when the events of the story take place. All the available historical sources state that Horn actually used a .30-30 Winchester Model 1894 for his controversial activities as a "stock detective" in Wyoming. Horn gave this rifle to rancher C.B. Irwin not long before Horns execution on November 20, 1903. It resides today in the collection of the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.
d.
Dustin Hoffman
was originally chosen for the role of Ratso on the basis of an off-Broadway one-man show called "Eh!" in which producer
Jerome Hellman
saw him in 1965.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
Henry B. Walthall
collapsed on the set while filming and died shortly thereafter. The script of the unfinished film was rewritten so that his character would die off-screen, a heart condition having already been established in a previously filmed scene.
b.
Much of the soundtrack was later used for the Japanese cooking show,
Ryôri no tetsujin
, AKA "Iron Chef".
c.
Average Shot Length = ~6.5 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.4 seconds.
d.
The original trailer, on the laserdisc release, includes a scene with a tank rolling up to a McDonalds where enemy soldiers are eating. The scene does not appear in the final cut, and was likely removed due to a mass murder at a McDonalds in San Ysidro, CA, weeks before the film opened.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
Re-edited feature film using material from the previously released 15 episode serial,
Wolves of Kultur
.
b.
The amount of money that New Line reclaimed in tax breaks on the 3 "Lord of the Rings" films was ten times more than the entire annual budget of the New Zealand Film Commission, which funds local film-making.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #452-459; music and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent film, and made available to wired theatres on Vitaphone discs, thus making this the fourth Vitaphone feature length feature.
d.
Five directors worked on this film, but were either fired or left because of disagreements with
Steve McQueen
. It is widely believed that McQueen directed much of the movie himself.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
A copy of this film survives in The Library of Congress.
b.
Most of the cast and crew were paid in cash, which furthered suspicions that it was funded by the controversial Unification Church.
c.
Librettist
Dale Wasserman
omitted from the screenplay what was apparently one of his most favorite lines from the play, uttered by Don Quixote, "Facts are the enemy of truth."
d.
Tom Horns rifle (a Winchester 1894 in .30-30) was also used to put down the famous bronco Steamboat (the basis for the bucking horse and rider on Wyoming license plates) after he was injured at a rodeo in Salt Lake City in 1914.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 10, 1949 with
Cary Grant
reprising his film role.
b.
An alternate ending was shot where the townspeople filed out of the building where Horn was executed. The sole person left in the room was one of the "kid deputies" standing guard at the door.
c.
Body count: 10
d.
Due to a mistake in production and emulsion ordering, there were flashing glitches randomly throughout parts of the film. They were "hidden" by simply including sound effects, so the glitches became part of the computer worlds natural world!
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
William Hopper
s first film.
b.
A graphic novel of the film has been released, with
Glenn McQuaid
writing and illustrations by
Brahm Revel
(October, 2009).
c.
According to an article about
Steve McQueen
s western films in Cowboys & Indians Magazine (to celebrate the DVD release of
Wanted: Dead or Alive
), McQueen thoroughly researched the life of Tom Horn by spending time with famed western novelist
Louis LAmour
, who had many of Horns letters in his private collection.
d.
The film was originally meant to end with a cliffhanger - the nuclear missile that Superman deflects would career off into space where it would explode, releasing the three villains we see at the start of the film. Ultimately Donner decided that such an ending was too gimmicky, and that if audiences liked the first film, theyd come for the second regardless.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
The phone used by Tom Lincoln is the Nokia 8800/8801 model. At the time of the movie filming this was merely a concept phone; it was subsequently mass released.
b.
Christina Laughlin is the youngest child of the creators and stars of Billy Jack, Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor.
c.
Ann Sothern
taught
John Savage
how to jitterbug and truck for their dance sequence.
d.
Filmed at the beginning of 1979,
Steve McQueen
was already very ill with cancer.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
One of the characters in this film was based on actual gangster Martin Cahill (pronounced: Kah-hill). Cahill was the subject of John Boormans film,
The General
.
b.
The film was a critical and commercial failure on release.
c.
Tommy Lee Jones
character is based on a the real life tracker/survival expert
Tom Brown Jr.
, who was also a technical advisor on the movie.
d.
Dexter Fletcher
was very seriously considered for Paul.
Christopher Reeve
also auditioned.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tom Horn (1980)?
a.
Patricia Arquette
s role was originally intended for
Meg Ryan
.
b.
When
Gary Combs
tested the replica gallows trapdoor system, the "Peter Pan" safety cable broke, causing him to suffer a rope burn on his neck when the breakaway knot released, saving his life.
c.
Cornel Wilde
s character is referred to as "Robert of Huntington," not "Robert of Nottingham".
d.
Completed in the summer of 1919, the film was never released theatrically due to a legal dispute with the author,
J. Hartley Manners
.
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