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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : War Hunt (1962) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : War Hunt (1962) Quiz
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About the movie:
Recruits head to the front lines towards the close of the Korean War. The interaction between two of the soldiers...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
The license plate on one of the main vehicles in the film is BDR529, the same as the license plate of the Bluesmobile in
The Blues Brothers
.
b.
Two songs from the show, "Youre A Queer One, Julie Jordan," as performed by
Barbara Ruick
and
Shirley Jones
, and "Blow High, Blow Low," as performed by
Cameron Mitchell
and a male chorus, were recorded, but do not appear in the final film. They are both included on the film soundtrack album.
c.
One of the truck drivers on the production was
Francis Ford Coppola
and one of the electricians was
Noel Black
.
d.
In preparation for his title role,
Paul Newman
worked on a Texas cattle ranch for several weeks acquiring genuine calluses and a cowboys lope.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
One of the earliest films to have a pre-credits sequence - seven years earlier than
Of Mice and Men
, which is often cited as the first such.
b.
Ayman Abu Aita, the man depicted as a terrorist, has expressed his intent to sue
Sacha Baron Cohen
for depicting him as a terrorist falsely, lying to him about the interview telling him hes interested in the Palestinian cause while hes a Christian charity worker who spent eight years in Israeli jails.
c.
Robert Redford
and
Sydney Pollack
began a lifelong friendship and the beginning of an exceptional body if work together as actor and director both men having made their feature film acting debuts in
War Hunt
.
d.
Lynda Carter
s movie debut.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
Although Orson Welles character claims that his ranch is bigger than five European countries, Albert Zugsmiths low budget didnt allow for a single cow to be shown.
b.
Producer
Terry Sanders
sent the script to the Pentagon in the hope that they would provide some hardware assistance. The Army objected to many portions of the script including a private soldier being an independent professional killer with his commanding officers approval, a captain calling a sergeant an idiot and several other scenes which the military felt were too gruesome to be in good taste.
c.
Production Designer
Charles Breen
used
The Wizard of Oz
as inspiration for the look of the film. If you look closely, youll find hidden references that pay homage to the 1939 film.
d.
The boat explosion was accomplished with a home-made explosion device invented by the Clay Bros. specifically for this movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
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.
b.
Banned in the Republic of Ireland.
c.
When wearing his Reverends costume,
Paul Freeman
was approached many times by strangers assuming he was from the cathedral.
d.
Features the film debuts of
Robert Redford
,
Tom Skerritt
, and
Sydney Pollack
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
Most of the film was shot at night to mask the budget limitations.
b.
Adapted from a Broadway musical starring
George M. Cohan
. "Little Johnny Jones" opened at the Liberty Theatre in New York on Nov. 7, 1904 and ran for 52 performances.
c.
Milton Berle
placed ads in Hollywood trade papers seeking a Best Supporting Oscar nomination for playing himself.
d.
"Shining On" writer/co-producer/director Jason Fenton and co-producer John Gonzales were childhood friends in Carpinteria, California. Both men met co-producer/cinematographer Slava Siderman on the set of the feature film "Demoness" in 1993 (John produced, Slava was a dolly grip, Jason was an ensemble cast member).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
Alfred Molina
is a big fan of Marvel Comics, and was excited about his role in the film.
b.
Shot in only 15 days for a budget of $250,000.
c.
The Cracker Jack baseball cards shown in the beginning of the film are based on real baseball cards produced in 1914 and 1915. However, the actual set does not include cards of
Babe Ruth
or obviously
Lou Gehrig
. There is, however, a "Shoeless"
Joe Jackson
card very similar to the Jackson card shown in the film, which has become very popular with collectors since the films release.
d.
The engines and tanks required for some scenes made so much noise that "action" and "cut" were signaled by codes on the engines whistles.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
Film debut of
Reginald Denny
.
b.
After making this film,
Sydney Pollack
devoted himself to his directorial career - he would make his feature debut in that capacity three years later with
The Slender Thread
. Pollack would not appear in a feature film again as an actor until an uncredited cameo in his own
The Electric Horseman
and then three years later in a very well received role in
Tootsie
that re-ignited his acting career.
c.
The following actors appear in both this movie and
The Office
and/or
The Office
:
Ricky Gervais
,
Mindy Kaling
,
Amy Adams
,
Craig Robinson
, and
Ed Helms
.
d.
British actor Mark Gilvary played two roles in Lady Magdalenes - an FBI special agent and the Director of al Qaeda - and almost nobody seeing the film has recognized Mark as having played both parts. Gilvary ordinarily speaks in a Scottish accent. In Lady Magdalenes, where he played two roles, all his dialogue was performed either in an American accent or an Arabic accent. After living at the crew hotel for over a month, Gilvary approached a desk clerk hed become friends with in full Arabic costume and make-up, and speaking to her with an Arabic accent. The hotel clerk didnt know who he was until after ten minutes conversation Mark told her.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: War Hunt (1962)?
a.
Jamie Layden quit his day job and volunteered to play the lead role of Clark Thomas.
b.
Originally there were going to be two huge alien spaceships looming over Earth: an Arquillian ship and a Baltian ship, with representatives of both species staking claim of the galaxy. Mr. Rosenberg (the "little dude in the big dudes head") was a Baltian (confirmed by the novelization of the film), while the tall alien (
Carel Struycken
) he met at the restaurant was an Arquillian (and is so listed in the end credits). After some choice editing and rewriting, Rosenberg became an Arquillian.
c.
Gregg Araki
said in an NPR interview that he shot all of the scenes with the child actors in such a way that they did not know the sexual context of their abuse scenes, and only during editing did he make the movie appear to show children being abused or witnessing abuse.
d.
Denis Sanders
directed the film while his brother
Terry Sanders
produced it.
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