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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : tom thumb (1958) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : tom thumb (1958) Quiz
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About the movie:
The Forest Queen grants the wish of Jonathan, the woodcutter, and his wife, Anna.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
Reuses footage from
The Mole People
.
b.
This marked the first time that producer
George Pal
directed a feature film. It was so successful that he directed his next four projects.
c.
The Ice Palace in the film was inspired by the real-life Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden. Producer Barbara Broccoli (I) first saw a photo of it in a magazine while traveling on a plane and thought it would make a good set piece for a Bond movie. The actual location is 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle in Sweden. Ice hotels or similar structures like an Ice Palace, Ice Museum, Snow Castle or Ice Castle have existed in Norway, Finland, Canada, Romania and Russia, but such a building has never existed in Iceland, where some of the ice palace environs were shot.
d.
The APC vehicles were manufactured with real steel plating and armor plated glass windscreens so that actors and stunt people could interact with them authentically. They took four or five weeks to design and ten weeks to build. Two were manufactured, and every piece of them was custom made. There was talk of buying similar vehicles that were being decommissioned, but it turned out to be cheaper to build their own from scratch.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
Michel Legrand
composed the first score for this film, but it was rejected in favor of a score by
John Barry
, aided by
Don Walker
. When it was first aired on U.S. television, the CBS network had Barry and Walkers score replaced with a completely new score by
Stu Phillips
. Only the music by Barry and Walker is heard on the film today.
b.
The head of MGMs British operations was so impressed that
George Pal
brought this film in under budget that he suggested that Pal submit a script for his favorite unproduced project. Pal chose
The Time Machine
c.
Ralph Steadman
, who did illustrations for Thompsons books, drew the title cards for this movie.
d.
According to the DVD sleeve notes, this film about the Battle of Midway utilized actual combat footage. Years later another film also about "The Battle of Midway,
Midway
, would also utilize real combat footage, but in color.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
Three years before opening, the film was test-marketed in the Long Island market as "Snow White: Happily Ever After". The test was unsuccessful and the film remained on the shelf before being reissued under its current title.
b.
Bills last words, "I die a true American", were the last words of his true-life counterpart, Bill Poole.
c.
In addition to being an accomplished dancer,
Russ Tamblyn
also studied acrobatics and gymnastics. It is Tamblyn, not a stunt double, doing the many athletic moves.
d.
Many scenes in the film are actually one continuous shot. The scene where Cole is visiting the gentlemans club during the song "Love For Sale" is a good example. The scene is supposed to be representing three different times where Cole was in the club. Most of the dancers are costume personnel who would perform costume changes on other actors and themselves and then walk back into the shot. Even the singer changes hair pieces and earrings in this shot.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
Kate Capshaw
had to be taught how to scream.
b.
On the back of the moving van youll see graffiti on the bottom right corner that reads "StopMo Rulz." StopMo is short for Stop-Motion.
c.
A subplot about a traitor was cut from the film. However, toy manufacturer X-Toys made and distributed the "Pilgrim Traitor" action figure. It comes with a mask hiding the traitors face. When the mask is removed, the identity of the traitor is reveled: Admiral Wilson.
d.
Jessie Matthews
s singing was dubbed by
Norma Zimmer
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
David Thewlis
has vowed never to watch the finished product of the film, it was such a negative experience making it. He skipped its opening premeire.
b.
The original Broadway production of "The Killing of Sister George" by
Frank Marcus
opened at the Belasco Theater in New York on October 5, 1966, ran for 205 performances and was nominated for the 1967 Tony Award for the Best Play.
Beryl Reid
won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and recreated her role in the movie version.
c.
Chapter Titles: - 1. King of the Dirt Tracks - 2. The Newsreel Murder - 3. The Phantom Witness - 4. The Celluloid Clue - 5. The Decoy Driver - 6. The Crimson Alibi - 7. Roaring Rails - 8. The Death Clash - 9. The Man Higher Up - 10.The Missing Link - 11.Surrounded - 12.The Fatal Whisper
d.
George Pal
forgot to cast The Whipping Man and didnt realize his mistake until it was too late.
Peter Sellers
stepped in at the last minute and played the role, masked.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".
b.
Producer/director
George Pal
was good friends with animator
Walter Lantz
and would usually insert a Lantz reference in his films as an homage. In this film during the "Tom Thumbs Tune" sequence, when Tom is dancing past the rows of toys, you can hear Woody Woodpeckers laugh.
c.
According to
William Shatner
on the DVD Commentary, two of his stunt doubles in the movie were his stunt doubles on
T.J. Hooker
. The two men are
Don Pulford
(who were credited as stunt double) and
R.A. Rondell
(who were NOT credited as stunt double).
R.A. Rondell
also served as stunt coordinator in
T.J. Hooker
.
d.
Ben Foster
, who plays the winged mutant Angel, is actually scared of heights.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: tom thumb (1958)?
a.
To help promote the film, a "Tom Thumb" float was made for the 1958 NY Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade.
b.
The "bowling" scene originally took place in a crowded Chicago bowling alley but was changed to the Eldorado bowl in Decatur for continuitys sake. The man behind the counter was actually the man behind the counter, who agreed to be part of the film.
c.
The film had to undergo some hasty re-cutting when test audiences jeered
Whitney Houston
s performance.
d.
M-G-M did not have high financial expectations for the film, and chose instead to allocate its resources to
Rose Marie
and
Brigadoon
- films that never matched this films commercial and critical success.
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