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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : West Side Story (1961) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : West Side Story (1961) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961).
About the movie:
Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Mos Def
s character has the name "Edward Bunker".
Edward Bunker
is a real life criminal turned actor (thus proving that people can change, in line with the theme of the movie), who appeared in
Quentin Tarantino
s
Reservoir Dogs
.
b.
Even though dubbing
Natalie Wood
was
Marni Nixon
s chief assignment, Nixon also did one number for
Rita Moreno
, which required a relatively high vocal register. Having dubbed Wood as well as Moreno, Nixon felt she deserved a cut of the movie-album royalties. Neither the movie or the record producers would bow to her demands.
Leonard Bernstein
broke the stalemate by volunteering a percentage of his income, a gesture of loyalty-royalty since Nixon had been a performer-colleague of his at
New York Philharmonic
concerts. He ceded one-quarter of one percent of his royalties to her (a generous amount).
c.
The film utilizes an oft-used storyline of the war movie genre which has two soldiers in love with the same girl.
d.
Appearing in this movie,
George Raft
had actually worked with
Humphrey Bogart
in
They Drive by Night
where they played the truck driving Fabrini Brothers. They both also worked together playing ex-cons leaving prison in
Invisible Stripes
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Several references are made to an "Ice Hovercraft" its actually an air-boat such as ones used in the everglades or swampy regions.
b.
This was the last feature film for
Paul Newman
before his death of lung cancer in 2008. It also turned out to be the highest-grossing movie of his career.
c.
In the commentary track, it is mentioned that
Benicio Del Toro
chose to make Fensters dialogue unintelligible because Fensters only real purpose was to die as an example to the other characters, "so it doesnt matter what he says".
Kevin Pollak
jokingly laments that Del Toro is such a skilled actor that he took what was meant to be nothing but a throw-away character and "stole every scene he was in!"
d.
When filming "The Taunting Scene",
Rita Moreno
was reduced to tears when she was harassed and nearly raped by the Jets, as it brought back memories of when she was raped as a child. When she started crying, the Jets immediately stopped what they were doing and tried to comfort her, while pointing out that the audience was going to hate them for what they were doing.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Robert Downey Jr.
was cast, but dropped from the film, because the actors insurance premium was too costly to meet.
b.
Thomas Chelimsky
was dubbed by a French woman.
c.
Eliot Feld
(Baby John) collapsed and ended up hospitalized with pneumonia during the demanding filming of "Cool".
d.
The crocs used in the film are all live wild caught crocs caught by Steve himself. "Bindi": scene where Brozzie falls from the tree into the lake "Monty": when Steve first discovers the croc on land "Charlie": boat in the middle of the lake prior to capture "Graham": final capture scene.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Alfred Hitchcock
wanted to make this film several years before but was unable to afford the rights to the novel.
b.
The ship seen in the opening aerial view of the city is the SS United States of the United States Lines. It first sailed in 1952 and was laid up in the late 1960s and has been idle ever since. It was recently bought by NCL to be refurbished as a cruise ship. The SS United States currently sits rusting away at a pier on the Delaware River in Philadelphia. PA.
c.
Hans Steinke
walked off the set when director
Victor Fleming
instructed
Man Mountain Dean
to sit on him. He was replaced by wrestler
Ernie Haynes
.
d.
The original credits include a music score, conductor and orchestra, despite the film being a silent film. The Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra played at the first-run performance in New York, and the credit was also in printed programs distributed to the audience.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Based on the second book in the series, "Like A Fire is Burning"
b.
The lyrics to "America" were substantially changed for the movie. There had been complaints that the Broadway version was too belittling to Puerto Ricans, in that the song mainly ridiculed Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans. The movie lyrics emphasize the racism and discrimination that Puerto Ricans were subjected to in America.
c.
The orange baseball jersey that Susan wears after her clothes have been stolen, sports the letters MC. These are
Madonna
s initials; her full name is Madonna Ciccone.
d.
Producer
Sam Spiegel
brought
Lillian Hellman
into the project, but had her script rewritten. He then refused to show her a final cut before the films release. He was also responsible for signing the then relatively unknown
Robert Redford
as Bubber and lighting cameraman
Joseph LaShelle
, who replaced
Robert Surtees
after he dropped out due to illness. The Academy Award-winning Lashelle and director
Arthur Penn
, who was not consulted by Spiegel, did not have a harmonious working relationship, which Penn thought hurt the film. Later, Spiegel did not allow Penn to edit the film himself, which Penn believed ruined the rhythm of the film, which he had wanted to suggest hysteria. Released with great expectations due to all the talent involved, this film proved a critical and financial disappointment and signaled the beginning of the end of Spiegels success as a film producer.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Stock footage of the dirigible Hindenburg was retouched, frame by frame, to blot out the swastikas emblazoned on the airships tail.
b.
Originally,
Stephen Sommers
was the director of the project. He eventually left due to creative differences.
c.
A long-cherished project for
Barry Levinson
, this was originally set to be his directorial debut.
d.
Russ Tamblyn
had originally tried out for the role of Tony. It was down to just him and
Richard Beymer
, and Beymer ended up getting it. But then the casting directors called him back and asked him to read for Riff, and he got the part.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
The proper or common name of the fictional drug in the film, Gleemonex, is revealed to be "Duoroflouriximinimum 602" during the scene where Queen Elizabeth II approves its release.
b.
In 1998, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #41 Greatest Movie of All Time. It fell to #51 in the updated list released in 2007.
c.
Shown as the opening film at the newly restored Silent Movie Theatre (Los Angeles), by Charles Lustman on November 7th, 1999.
d.
The part in the climax when David crashes into the lockers was not scripted.
Derrel Maury
actually lost his balance during filming and hurt himself when he accidentally fell into the lockers.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
In a few scenes, a poster can be seen for Palisades Park, which was a real amusement park which operated in Cliffside Park (or Fort Lee), New Jersey from 1898 to 1971.
b.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
c.
Opened on the same weekend as
A Nightmare on Elm Street
, and briefly out-grossed the latter by around $161,800 before profits fell about 45% by the second weekend.
d.
Tarzan had to "find" a son, because censors would not allow Jane to become pregnant because she and Tarzan were not legally married.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
No prints of this film are known to exist.
b.
The song "One Hand, One Heart" was written for the earlier musical "Candide," but later discarded by
Leonard Bernstein
and revived for "West Side Story."
c.
Some sources erroneously reverse the roles played by
Mitchell Harris
and
Brandon Hurst
. Harris plays Sagramor and the Butler and Hurst plays Merlin and the Doctor.
d.
All characters are based upon circles and rectangles, except for the villains who are triangles.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: West Side Story (1961)?
a.
Keanu Reeves
was originally cast as Clay Easton.
b.
The original glove was used in
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddys Revenge
, and was also seen in
Evil Dead II
. However, when
Wes Craven
loaned the glove to the _A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors set, it was lost, and has never been located since.
c.
When the film was released in 1956, it was enormously controversial for its extremely risqué subject matter. The Legion of Decency condemned the film for its "carnal suggestiveness". Francis Cardinal Spellman condemned the film in a stunning attack from the pulpit of St. Patricks Cathedral two days before the film opened, saying that the film had been "responsibly judged to be evil in concept" and was certain that it would "exert an immoral and corrupting influence on those who see it", and exhorted all Catholics to refrain from patronizing the film "under pain of sin". Cardinal Spellmans condemnation of the film led to the Legion of Decencys first-ever nationwide boycott of an American-made film produced by a major studio. All over the country, almost 20 million Catholics protested the film and picketed theaters that showed it. The Catholic boycott nearly killed the film; it was cancelled by 77% of theaters scheduled to show it, and it only made a meager $600,000 at the box office. The film was also condemned by Time Magazine, which called it the dirtiest American-made motion picture that had ever been legally exhibited. Surprisingly, despite the films sordid elements, the Production Code Administration gave it a seal of approval, but only after nearly a year of arguments. This was one of many examples of how the lax attitude of new Code official
Geoffrey Shurlock
, the successor at the PCA to the strict Catholic militant
Joseph Breen
, would lead to a schism with the Legon of Decency and the PCAs own downfall over the next few years. After this film, the PCA drifted farther and farther away from its traditional guidelines until it was replaced by the MPAA ratings system in 1968.
d.
Gus Trikonis
who played Indio, one of the Puerto Rican Sharks - and who is actually Greek - is the brother of
Gina Trikonis
, who played Graziella, the tough red-haired Italian girlfriend of Riff, leader of the Jets.
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