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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Valley of the Dragons (1961) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Valley of the Dragons (1961) Quiz
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About the movie:
Algeria 1881. Two men, Michael Denning and Hector Servadac are having a duel with one another when a comet goes past the earth at low altitude...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Valley of the Dragons (1961)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 18 seconds
b.
This films opening prologue states: "This is a factual record of the Second Marine Raider Battalion, from its inception seven weeks after Pearl Harbor, through its first brilliant victory."
c.
William Hurt
based his performance as General Ross to Captain Ahab, the obsessive captain who endlessly chased Moby Dick.
d.
This movie was based on a novel by
Jules Verne
entitled "Career of a Comet".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Valley of the Dragons (1961)?
a.
Contains some cameo appearances by American politicians. According to a report on CNN.com, Senators
Robert Byrd
(D-WV) and
George Allen
(R-VA), Reps.
Edward Markey
(D-MA) and
Dana Rohrabacher
(R-CA), as well as former Sen.
Phil Gramm
(R-TX), all make small appearances in this film. "Wet plate" photographs of these politicians in full Civil War attire are available online.
b.
Some US ad-mats promoted the movie as having been filmed in "Monstascope", suggesting some kind of wide-screen process, but this was entirely misleading. In fact, the film was photographed with spherical lenses and projected at 1.85:1 - wider than regular Academy aperture (1.37:1), but not quite CinemaScope!
c.
At the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma you can see the the rifle used by
John Wayne
(also used in
El Dorado
) and the hat and shotgun used by
Walter Brennan
.
d.
The film almost never made it to the theatres in Greece. A group of Greek lawyers decided to try to ban the film on the grounds that
Oliver Stone
was denigrating the figure of Alexander the Great by making reference to his bisexuality. The film was ultimately given a theatrical release in Greece and premiered at #1.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Valley of the Dragons (1961)?
a.
This was one of RKOs biggest hits of 1948, earning $395,000.00
b.
Uses stock footage from
One Million B.C.
.
c.
During the planning stage of
2010
, an email connection was provided for
Peter Hyams
(in Hollywood) and
Arthur C. Clarke
(in Colombo, Sri Lanka) so that Hyams could regularly consult with Clarke about how to adapt the novel to the movie screen. In 1983/4, such an email correspondence was practically unheard of outside the academic community, and it was certainly the first for the film world. Edited highlights of the emails were published as a book, "The Odyssey File", in 1984.
d.
Other headstones bear the names of
Don Siegel
(
Clint Eastwood
s director on five films, four of which preceded this one) and
Brian G. Hutton
(director of
Where Eagles Dare
and
Kellys Heroes
).
Patrick McGilligan
s 2002 Eastwood biography quotes the star as saying, "I buried my directors."
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