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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wake in Fright (1971) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wake in Fright (1971) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Wake in Fright (1971)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971).

About the movie: Wake in Fright is the story of John Grant, a bonded teacher who arrives in the rough outback mining town of Bundanyabba planning to stay overnight before catching the plane to Sydney...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		When Mike is reading the postcard from Bobby (at 105:19), you see that their last name is Wright - as in the "Wright Brothers". Also, the envelope from Magic Spell, Inc., (at 54:05) is addressed to "Mike and Bobby Wright".
b.		John Garfield turned down the role of Jigger Pine. In Thank Your Lucky Stars, Mr. Garfield would parody the already classic, Oscar-nominated song for 1941, "Blues in the Night" (music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Johnny Mercer).
c.		Before the film was released in 2001, posters and ads reflected the rating as R before it was re-edited to dub over the kids using the "f" word. Despite quite a bit of profanity remaining, the film was then released with a PG-13 rating.
d.		Charlie mentions Ned Kelly. Ned Kelly is an infamous bushranger/ bandit/ folk hero in Australia and subject of several films - the earliest from 1906 and the most recent from 2003.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		In the German translation Glastenberry says "We are right" instead of "Hitler was right".
b.		The film is based on the true story of Father Jerzy Popieluszko, a Catholic priest and Solidarity supporter who was murdered by agents of the Polish secret police.
c.		The movie had been out of circulation for decades because the negative went missing, sparking an international search. After a ten-year quest veteran Australian producer Anthony Buckley finally tracked it down in mid-2004 in a Pittsburgh warehouse, inside a shipping container marked "For Destruction".
d.		At $850,000 this was the most expensive talking picture made in 1929.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		The actors who portray the monks in the movie are real martial artists from the Sunny Tang Martial Arts Center located in Toronto, Canada.
b.		Final film of Edgar Buchanan.
c.		Award-winning childrens-book illustrator Gustaf Tenggren helped create the European-storybook conceptual design, rendering town streets and the undersea landscapes. His design sketches ultimately influenced design work for Disneyland. Although Tenggren heavily influenced the overall look of the film, he left the Disney studios before the film was completed, and received no credit.
d.		Two beer brands feature in the film. West End Bitter is a South Australian beer. Courage Bitter was an attempt by an English brewer to enter the Australian market - the attempt failed.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		A considerable number of actors listed in studio records and casting call lists did not appear in the film. These are (with their character names): Helene Millard (Martha Winfield), Dora Clement (Guest), Richard Tucker (Guest), Arthur Stuart Hull (Guest), Dorothy Fay (Guest), Etta McDaniel (Chloe), Shirley Deane (Mrs. Plunkett), Don Dillaway (Mr. Plunkett) and Claude King (Man at Race Track).
b.		Many of the cast sing songs in this film - Matt Berry, Mary Birdsong and writer/lead actor Bob Hardison - all sing in the film as part of the country singing contest. Birdsongs character Maxine sings an original song that Birdsong herself wrote, called "Last Call Lullabye (Barstool Babysitter)." Both Birdsong and Agee are also in Marys L.A.-based band "99 Cent Whore".
c.		Sybil Jason stated in her autobiography that director Michael Curtiz filmed some scenes at a real Hollywood orphanage, and (in the interest of realism) cast real orphans as extras. Among them, Jason remembered, was a young Marilyn Monroe, long before her first "recognized" role. This has not yet been confirmed by film historians and Monroe biographers.
d.		John Grants comments about moonlight - "like snow on the deserts dusty face" - is taken from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Quatrain 14.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		In the middle of the movie, during the turmoil that surrounds the dictatorship at San Marcos, outside, an old baby-carriage can be seen rolling off a stairs. This is a direct reference to the most dramatic scene in Sergei M. Eisensteins classic Bronenosets Potyomkin.
b.		This is the first film in which Humphrey Bogart receives top billing. He would never be billed any lower for the rest of his career.
c.		Harry Belafontes performance is a send-up of Marlon Brandos in The Godfather (1972).
d.		There are two drink sizes ordered - a middy (10 fluid oz or 285 ml) and a schooner (15 fluid oz or 425 ml).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		When film critic Peter Bogdanovich visited the set to interview John Ford, he was introduced to Nancy Hsueh, who played Little Bird, whom Bogdanovich later cast in his first film, Targets. While Bogdanovich was on the set, Sal Mineo recommended the book "The Last Picture Show" by Larry McMurtry to him, which became his second film as director seven years later.
b.		It is likely that the town of Bundanyabba is based on Broken Hill in NSW, the town where much was filmed. The train is seen arriving at Bundanyabba Sulphide St station, and Sulphide St is a genuine station in Broken Hill. Broken Hill is one of the most isolated inland city in Australia.
c.		In a 1975 magazine interview with Rona Barrett, producer Ross Hunter acknowledged the failure of his film. "When we hired Bacharach and David to write the songs, we didnt know they were on the verge of dissolving their partnership. When they finally delivered the music, we were already deep into preproduction. We knew it was a bum score, but we couldnt do anything about it."
d.		The movie contains several references to many real life revolutions and dictators: women wearing veils covering them from head to toe after the revolution (Iran), calling each other "citizen" (France); the gray uniform Thorne wears that resembles Stalins (Russia) and Mao Zedongs (China); the First Ladys ludicrous wardrobe just like Ferdinand Marcos wife (Phillipines) or dictatorial power being inherited from father to son (Haiti). Also, Thornes beard looks similar to Marxs, and the "re-education" camp maybe a reference to Russian gulags.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Wake in Fright (1971)?
a.		In reference to the credit "In Memory of Phil Swartz", Phil Swartz was an effects specialist who was killed during the making of this movie, when a rigged plane fell and crushed him.
b.		One of only three films to win the Oscar for best picture without also being nominated for best director. The other two are Wings and Grand Hotel.
c.		Doc Tydon has a Major Mitchell Cockatoo in the cage at his hut.
d.		James Stewart was very interested in starring in this movie, begging Alfred Hitchcock to let him play Thornhill. Hitchcock claimed that Vertigos lack of financial success was because Stewart "looked too old". MGM wanted Gregory Peck, but Hitchcock instead cast Cary Grant, who, ironically, was actually 4 years Stewarts senior.

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