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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Von Ryan's Express (1965) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Von Ryan's Express (1965) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965).
About the movie:
An American POW leads a group mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
Aaron Sorkin
wrote a good deal of material that was later deleted from the final screenplay. However, much of it was used for the pilot episode of
The West Wing
.
b.
Patrick Swayze
s final feature film performance.
c.
Frank Sinatra
mandated that this movies ending be changed and subsequently this destroyed any possibility of a sequel that the 20th Century Fox studio was considering. In the original ending which appears in the source novel, Ryan is not killed as with the films ending, he survives and with the other escaped POWs, is able to get to neutral Switzerland. This ending would have allowed Ryan, the movies central character, to appear in a sequel. Sinatra wished for his character to be killed off to add a token of believability to the movie as well as for there to be redemption for the death of the female character Gabriella.
d.
Shot in only 20 days.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
The Central Core set required the digging of a 70 ft deep by 30 ft wide hole in a soundstage.
b.
In the scene where the Hobbits return to Hobbiton, three of the hobbits had slight problems during the shoot.
Elijah Wood
had a hard time controlling his pony,
Sean Astin
was allergic to the ponies, and
Dominic Monaghan
was in a really bad mood because of technical aspects revolving around the scene.
Billy Boyd
was "in stitches" during the shoot.
c.
According to the memoirs of the producers the original choice to play Sgt Bostick was vetoed by the star.
d.
Episode titles: 1. Two Girls and a Man 2. Cowboy Chivalry 3. Westward Bound 4. The Cattle Raid 5. Through the Hills 6. Midnight Marauders 7. Unmasked 8. Liquid Gold 9. The Valley of the Legend 10. The End of the Quest
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
This film was planned to be a limited release but open wider by Christmas, but the protest canned the idea, and was pulled after two weeks of release.
b.
Average Shot Length = ~5.3 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.4 seconds.
c.
The members of the cast were allowed to name their own characters.
d.
George Ives
portrayed the fictional "Mortimer Young" (head of fictional film restoration company "Forever Young Films") in the introduction of the theatrical re-release and DVD release.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
T.U.K. Shoes and Free Punx respectively sponsor the majority of the films wardrobe.
b.
According to Producer
Saul David
s memoirs
Jack Hawkins
and
Peter Finch
were possibles for the part of Major Fincham
c.
At the police station, the officers talk about the metaphysical proof of precognition. Chief Anderton (
Tom Cruise
) rolls a red ball along a table to demonstrate the law of cause and effect to Det. Witwer (
Colin Farrell
). All of this is an allusion to the famous claim of philosopher David Hume (1711-1776), that by observing billiard balls you can actually demonstrate that cause and effect does not exist but is merely a habitually created fiction of the mind.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
Dana Reeve
s final project.
b.
Trevor Howard
was second choice for Major Fincham after
Peter Finch
turned it down.
c.
This is the only serial from RKO Radio Pictures.
d.
The gas station man who is soaked with gasoline by Bohdi is stuntman
Jeff Imada
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
The first train station, Firenze SMN or Santa Maria Novella, is the end of a spur into Florence. The train wouldnt have gone through it.
b.
The movie premiere was hosted at the Beverly Centre Mall in Los Angeles, with cast and crew in attendance.
c.
In one scene,
Daryl Hannah
wears an Incredible Hulk t-shirt while talking on the phone to
Jeff Daniels
.
The Incredible Hulk
starred the late
Bill Bixby
, who played Tim OHara in the original
My Favorite Martian
TV show.
d.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
: [three-way] Danny vs. the Overlook vs. Jack
b.
The budget for The Crazies was approximately $270,000 and it was Romeros first Union film but he also employed a lot of actors from Pittsburgh and non-professionals from Evans City and Zelienople.
c.
This movies opening prologue states: "ITALY, AUGUST 1943. With the Allies poised to strike, the Germans seized control of Italy. So the war-weary Italian nation fought on, a prisoner of the German armies."
d.
The character Zefram Cochrane was first seen in the original series episode
Star Trek
{Metamorphosis (#2.9)} played by
Glenn Corbett
. There are differences between the original Cochran and this character, most notably Kirks identification of "Zephram Cochrane of Alpha Centauri?" but they are both noted space flight pioneers. This Zefram Cochrane role was actually written for
James Cromwell
.
Tom Hanks
was also considered for the role, but was unavailable as he was filming
That Thing You Do!
.
Glenn Corbett
could not reprise the role, he died from lung cancer in 1993.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Von Ryan's Express (1965)?
a.
Ashs blood is colored water. Milk was not used as it would have gotten very smelly very quickly under the hot studio lights. Milk was used though for the close-up of his innards, along with pasta and glass marbles.
b.
The cast features 3 stars who had UK chart hits.
Frank Sinatra
,
John Leyton
and
Raffaella Carrà
(who charted in 1978 with "Do It, Do It Again").
c.
After producers
Irwin Winkler
and
Robert Chartoff
became interested in the script, they offered writer
Sylvester Stallone
an unprecedented $350,000 for the rights, but he refused to sell unless they agreed to allow him to star in the film (this despite the fact that he had only $106 in the bank, no car and was trying to sell his dog because he couldnt afford to feed it). They agreed, but only on the condition that Stallone continue to work as a writer without a fee and that he work as an actor for scale. After Winkler and Chartoff purchased the film, they took it to United Artists, who envisioned a budget of $2 million, but that was on the basis of using an established star (they particularly wanted
Robert Redford
,
Ryan ONeal
,
Burt Reynolds
or
James Caan
). United Artists didnt want Stallone to star, and when Winkler and Chartoff told them that the only way they could get him to sell the screenplay was to agree to cast him, United Artists cut the budget to $1 million, and had Chartoff and Winkler sign agreements that if the film went over budget, they would be personally liable. The final cost of the film was $1.1 million. The $0.1 million came after Chartoff and Winkler mortgaged their homes so as to complete the project.
d.
The film was first released in 1946. Disney re-released the film in 1956, but in 1970 Disney announced in Variety that
Song of the South
had been "permanently" retired, but the studio eventually changed its mind and re-released the film in 1972, 1981, and again in 1986 for a 40th anniversary celebration.
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