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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Victory (1981) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Victory (1981)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981).

About the movie: As allied POWs prepare for a soccer game against the German National Team to be played in Nazi-occupied Paris, the French Resistance and British officers are making plans for the team's escape.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		The movie was inspired by an actual series of games in Kiev, during the German occupation of the city. Several members of Dynamo Kiev, the top soccer team in Ukraine, found work in a bakery. There they formed a soccer team with other bakery employees. They began playing in a new league against teams supported by the Ukranian puppet government and German military. After they beat a team from a local German Air Force base, the league was disbanded and several of the team members arrested by the Gestapo and four were executed.
b.		Russell Johnsons film debut.
c.		Scott Porter auditioned for the role of Gambit.
d.		To prepare for her role as a killer, actress Yancy Butler worked out five hours a day and also trained Judo.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		David Letterman appears as the "Old Salt in the Fishing Village", but the credits list him as "Earl Hofert". This is an inside joke for Letterman fans, as he also referred to himself as "Hofert" in some skits back at his old program Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. In real life, Hofert is an uncle of Lettermans on his mothers side.
b.		Sylvester Stallone lost about 40 lbs for the film because he didnt want a prisoner of war to look like an "Olympic Boxer" and he felt he needed that weight reduce to perform the tasks of a soccer goalie.
c.		In the scene where Professor Hilbert is speaking to Harold in his classroom, there is a list on the chalkboard behind him of four characters from The Alexandria Quartet, a four-book set of novels by British writer Lawrence Durrell, published between 1957 and 1960.
d.		Before this movie was introduced, Marvel Comics head honcho Stan Lee insisted that it was good. He wrote, "Director Albert Pyun did it so well and so excitingly that everyone in the audience at the screening kept clamoring for more," to account for the film being scheduled for a re-shoot.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		The panties Christina Ricci wore in the film were bought by herself at Dillards department store. She also contributed cowboy boots, a Wrangler jacket, and a pair of shorts from her own closet.
b.		The Romanian director Bogdan George Apetri was asked to direct at one point.
c.		Reportedly, Sylvester Stallone insisted that his character score the game-winning goal in the film, as he felt he was the biggest star in the film. The non-American crew was finally able to convince him of the absurdity of the goalkeeper scoring the winning goal, and the penalty shot was specifically written to placate his ego.
d.		The lead character Henry Glory pays his way through university by selling copies of his own novel door to door. This is a self-reference by director Oscar Micheaux, who supported himself much the same way when he was starting out as a writer.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		The song "Dreams to Dream" is based on a theme used in An American Tail. It is heard during Bridgets speech in the market, as well as at the end of the Orphan Alley sequence, as the camera pulls back on the orphaned mice sleeping in the rain.
b.		Anthony Begonia auditioned for the role of Spanish.
c.		Apart from acting in the movie, Pelé also assisted in choreographing all the playing actions in the climactic game.
d.		"Breath of God" was blessed by Pope John Paul II. The screenplay received honors from the Vatican Division of Arts and Culture, and was a semifinalist in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Fellowships, the same year.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		The original draft of the script was a serious drama, based on the true story of a group of allied POWs challenged to a football match by the Germans. The deal was that if the Germans won the match, the POWs would be set free in Switzerland. However if the POWs won, they would be shot. The POWs decided to go for victory, won the match and were consequently executed.
b.		Sam Wanamakers film debut.
c.		Lowry drives a 1993 Porsche 911 Turbo II 3.6. The designation on the rear end "Turbo 3.6" can clearly be seen at various points throughout the movie. The 93 Turbo 3.6 is actually a fairly rare car, as less then 1,000 copies were produced. The front plate is a French plate (pre-1993 system) registered in Paris (district 75). The whole registration number is 447 DB 75. After 1993, front plates on French registered civilian vehicles had black fonts on white glossy bottom.
d.		"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 10, 1940 with Merle Oberon and Pat OBrien reprising their film roles.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		Anton Diffring is dubbed
b.		This film was shot in three days. The actors did an average of 35 pages of script per day.
c.		After the shooting of Downfall one of the characters was arrested for meth possession.
d.		Cicely Tyson commented in a TCM interview that director Martin Ritts cinematographer (principal cameraman), while shooting the famous "homecoming sequence" with Tyson and co-star Paul Winfield, was so moved by their performances that he was certain he missed framing the action properly in the shots and respectfully asked them to do the difficult scene again. They obliged, but a later examination of daily rushes revealed that they got shot and acting perfect the first time, and take 1 was a print.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		Sylvester Stallone received training from Englands World Cup winning goalkeeper, Gordon Banks. Initially, Stallone paid little attention to Bankss advice as he didnt think the training was necessary, and recklessly threw himself around on the first day of filming the match. Eventually, he hit the ground so hard that he dislocated a shoulder and broke one of his ribs, putting him out of action for several days. When he returned, Stallone paid much more attention to what Banks was telling him, but still sustained a number of minor injuries over the course of filming, including another broken rib. After production was finished, Stallone commented that the experience had been harder than fighting in the Rocky movies.
b.		Freddys sweater was knitted by Judy Graham, the same woman who knitted Freddys sweater in the original A Nightmare on Elm Street.
c.		The films first scene was actually the last one to be shot. It was done at Bakersfield High School.
d.		The fourth collaboration between Wes Anderson and Bill Murray after Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		The Aston Martin DBS car makes a return in this movie due to a three-picture $100-million deal that car company Ford has for exclusive vehicle product-placement rights.
b.		Sylvester Stallone nixed the idea of using a professional player as a double for the game sequences, because of that he separated his shoulder and broke a finger.
c.		Director Oliver Stones first two choices to play Gordon Gekko were Richard Gere and Warren Beatty.
d.		Martin Lawrences feature film debut.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		Other than Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine the rest of the allied players (that play in the game) are actual soccer stars from various countries around the world, mostly from the 1970s and 80s. Some of them perform the "tricks" that they were famous for, such as Pelé with a bicycle kick.
b.		The San Francisco Giants number 11 is retired (Carl Hubbell). But, recently Omar Visquel of the Chicago White Sox was given a retired number of (ironically) 11, which was worn by shortstop Luis Aparicio.
c.		During the opening credits for Austinpussy, Danny DeVito (as Mini-Me) is seen firing an M-249 light machine gun, or as it is known in Europe, the FN MINIMI.
d.		This serial is not lost. Some parts of it are missing. 16mm reduction positive prints of the feature film and the Artclass 1928 re-release versions exist in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive, in the Library of Congress film archive, in the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House film archive and in the Academy Film Archive film archive. Recently, it has been released in a 10 chapter restored version.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Victory (1981)?
a.		The real Nome is 51% native Alaskan, but there are no indigenous characters in the film (at least none stated to be).
b.		In the Seattle headquarters, there is a picture of a shark with a frickin laser beam on its head. Look for it at the shot of Number 2 by the condiments table with the Starbucks employee to the left side of the screen.
c.		In addition to Mahon, Alfred Hitchcock noted in the modern interview that the 1910 case of Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen also served as an inspiration for the film. Crippen, an American living in London, poisoned his wife and cut up her body, then told police that she had moved to Los Angeles. Crippen was eventually caught after his secretary, with whom he was having an affair, was seen wearing Mrs. Crippens jewelry, and a family friend searched unsuccessfully for Mrs. Crippen in California. After Scotland Yard became involved, Crippen and his mistress fled England under false names and were apprehended on an ocean liner. Police found parts of Mrs. Crippens body in her cellar.
d.		The MTK Stadium in Budapest, Hungary was used to play the Stade Colombes (Coombes Stadium) in Paris, France where the movies climactic football match takes place. The producers had had difficulty finding a large stadium without floodlights, as floodlights at football stadiums were largely unknown until well after World War II. The MTK stadium, now known as the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, was the biggest one without lights (but at the same time structurally similar to Continental stadiums that were around during WW2) that they could find. The stadium today is the home of the MTK Hungária Football Club.

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