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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Too Late the Hero (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Too Late the Hero (1970) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970).
About the movie:
A reluctant hero, American Lt. Sam Lawson, is secunded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
The title is part of the first line from
William Butler Yeats
poem "Sailing to Byzantium". The full line is "That is no country for old men".
b.
At the time, the largest production to be filmed in the Philippines.
c.
Character designer
Bill Peet
gave Merlin
Walt Disney
s nose.
d.
The
Jonathan Swift
piece about Irish peasants eating their babies that Val refers to is "A Modest Proposal".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
The only two story arcs to ever come close are Catherine Zeta Jones and
Benicio Del Toro
s when their characters pass each other on the street in Mexico.
b.
Concerned about the publics reaction, the disturbing subplot about Father Barretts incestuous designs on his daughter was toned down by the studio. However,
Charles Laughton
famously remarked that they couldnt censor the "gleam" in his eye.
c.
Was filmed back to back with Spellbreaker: Secret of the Leprechauns (1996).
d.
Director
Robert Aldrich
refused
Cliff Robertson
s request to attend the 1969 Academy Awards ceremony, as a flight from the Philippines to Los Angeles and back would be too time-consuming. Robertson won the Oscar - for
Charly
- and the crew presented him with a mock statuette made out of wood. According to Turner Classic Movies host
Robert Osborne
, after the Philippine location shooting was over, Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences President
Gregory Peck
greeted the cast as it disembarked at Los Angeles International Airport. Robertson was holding his fake Oscar when he got off the plane. As he was approached by Peck with the real statuette, Robertson threw the wood "Oscar" over his shoulder. The fake Oscar hit
Michael Caine
in the forehead, and caused him to bleed profusely.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
When Reggie is calling his old friends to try and borrow money, one of the men he calls is named "Willie Biggs". In the original screenplay for the first movie, Willie Biggs was the original name of Eddie Murphy (I)s character. Murphy requested that the name be changed because he thought it was a "generic black name," and the character became Reggie Hammond.
b.
With a box office gross of over $40 million, this film represented
Woody Allen
s most financially successful film until
Match Point
in 2005.
c.
The red blouse that
Lisa Kudrow
wears when she enters the Versace store is the same one worn by
Courteney Cox
(her cast mate from
Friends
) at the end of _Scream (1996)_.
d.
When
Cliff Robertson
entered the US Navy base at Subic Bay to do some location work, he was dressed in full military uniform and was mistaken for an officer by the guards at the entry post.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
Graham Greene
s first reaction when he learned that most of the film was going to be in Lakota was, "I dont speak that".
b.
The sea in the film was created from cut-up black trash-bags; Fellini wanted to put high emphasis on the plasticity of Casanovas life and journey.
c.
The screenplay credits a novel "Dont Die Mad" by
Robert Sherman
as its source material. It appears the novel was never published so, in the final film, Sherman only received a "story by" credit.
d.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
A sign in the head nurses office reads "Sister George". This is an allusion to one of
Robert Aldrich
s previous films, and one of his personal favorites,
The Killing of Sister George
.
b.
This was the last movie
Humphrey Bogart
made where he did not receive top billing. The studio thought that
Ida Lupino
should have top billing given the fact that she had been such a big hit in
They Drive by Night
and so her name ended up above Bogarts on the title card. Bogart was reportedly unhappy about receiving second billing but never complained.
c.
The original Broadway production of "Inherit the Wind" by
Jerome Lawrence
and
Robert E. Lee
opened at the National Theater on 21 April 1955, ran for 806 performances and won two acting Tony Awards in 1956. The opening night cast included
Paul Muni
as Drummond (
Melvyn Douglas
later took over the role when Muni developed a cataract),
Ed Begley
as Brady and
Tony Randall
as Hornbeck. There has been 2 Broadway revivals; in 1996 with
Charles Durning
and
George C. Scott
and in 2007 with
Brian Dennehy
and
Christopher Plummer
.
d.
The film was edited down to one of the shortest "A" features of the Forties, with a running time of merely 57 minutes. According to The Motion Picture Herald Production Digest, the movies brief duration caused booking problems.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
A sweetheart is a bottle of wine, a wife is a wine bottle is a quote from the French writer,
Charles Baudelaire
.
b.
Recipient of the Toronto Film Festivals International Critics Award.
c.
Phillip Seymour Hoffmans film debut.
d.
While filming in the jungles in the Philippines,
Michael Caine
seemed to have an unerring sense of direction and always managed to find his way about. However, filming in the jungles created on the studio back lot in Hollywood was delayed on the first day, as Caine had managed to get himself lost.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
The character of Michael Lasker was based on
Meyer Lansky
. The name was changed because Lansky was still living at the time.
b.
This is the remake of a 1953 TV movie of the same name, with
Rod Steiger
in the title role.
c.
Jane Russell
turned down the opportunity to play
Ruth Etting
in hopes of landing the role of
Lillian Roth
in
Ill Cry Tomorrow
. That role ended up going to
Susan Hayward
, leaving Russell with neither part.
d.
The US Navys base at Subic Bay in the Philippines was a perfect location, as it had all the necessary amenities as well as having rain forest on one side and salt water on the other, in addition to its proximity to the city of Manila.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
Tokyo firms created 400 new Japanese army uniforms for the production.
b.
At the time of production, director
Sidney Lumet
was the son-in-law of
Lena Horne
(Glinda, the Good Witch).
c.
To prepare for her role as the Baroness,
Sienna Miller
spent 4 months in weight training and boxing, and learned to fire live ammunition.
d.
Composer
Michael Giacchino
happened to score the short film that preceded
Ratatouille
in theaters,
Lifted
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
At the beginning of the movie the voice of a little boy says, "They shot my brother". This is the voice of Kenneth A. Brown, who plays Little Chris as well in the younger years of Tres life.
b.
If taken as two Italian words, "aringa" and "ros(s)a" (rosso/a is red in italian), the Bishops surname "Aringarosa" translates to "Red Herring".
c.
Clear Rivers (
Ali Larter
) was named after
Glen Morgan
and
James Wong
s assistant. The Rivers surname came from a family relation of one of the crew.
d.
Although set during WW2, this is a deliberate allegory of the conflict that was raging in Vietnam at the time.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Too Late the Hero (1970)?
a.
The film was produced by
Ho-Sung Pak
,
Wayne Kennedy
and
Matthew E. Chausse
who created together the film company GenOne.
b.
John Ford
recycled the stampeding of the pony herd sound effect from
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
for the rescue charge.
c.
Filmed partly in the La Jolla Village area of La Jolla, CA.
d.
A WW2 Japanese landing strip was specially constructed.
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