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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Winchester '73 (1950) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Winchester '73 (1950) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950).
About the movie:
The journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another parallels a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
Jeffery Boam, who had written Lethal Weapon 2 and 3, wrote a completely original script which everyone at Warner Bros. had liked, but was not used.
b.
Meryl Streep
was considered to play Erica, Ninas mother.
c.
There were only 133 One-of-a-Thousand Model 1873s made.
d.
Garret Dillahunt
was originally set to play Robert Fords brother, due to his striking resemblance to
Casey Affleck
, but due to a TV commitment, Dillahunt was given a smaller role and
Sam Rockwell
replaced his original part.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
P.T. Fleas name was based off of P.T. Barnum, who owned a traveling circus in New York City during the 1840s.
b.
Posters in the Tri-Lambds house include: the Beatles in their early years, Thriller-era Michael Jackson, the Space Shuttle being launched, a 1984 calendar/poster with a topless woman, a Devo poster, featuring the band members in their signature "energy dome" hats, and an Albert Einstein poster.
c.
On the laserdisc and DVD,
James Stewart
gives audio commentary about the making of the movie. It was the only such commentary he ever did.
d.
Sets were re-used by
Val Lewton
in
Cat People
and
The Curse of the Cat People
to help save production costs resulting from a ridiculously small budget.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
The only sequel to a Jim Carrey film to actually feature Carrey.
b.
At the time of filming,
James Stewart
was anxious to appear in more challenging roles, as he was worried that the general perception was of him as a limited actor. He found director
Anthony Mann
very helpful in breaking that perception.
c.
John Carradine
s appearance as "Dr. Zeitman" was a "generic" scene shot by
Fred Olen Ray
with the intention of dropping it into subsequent films. The dialogue uttered by Carradine and actress
Dawn Wildsmith
(Rays wife at the time) makes no specific references to the films plot, allowing it to be easily re-used.
d.
Final film of
John Doucette
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
Based on the book "Wiseguy" by
Nicholas Pileggi
. The movie was renamed to avoid confusion with the TV series
Wiseguy
.
b.
The filmmakers did not have the budget to pay
James Stewart
his requested fee of $200,000, so he suggested they take the then-unusual step of paying him a cut of the profits instead. This deal, the first of its kind since the advent of talkies, would soon become the norm and change the studio-agent-actor relationship, leading to the demise of the long-term contract and the studio system. Stewart is believed to have made around $600,000 from this film.
c.
James Newton Howard
was going to compose with
Hans Zimmer
, but when he was replaced, Zimmer bowed out as well.
Philip Glass
and
Geoff Zanelli
came into the project instead.
d.
Many film historians believe this movie was based off the real life story of
Mack Sennett
and
Mabel Normand
.
Darryl F. Zanuck
actually hired
Mack Sennett
to serve as a technical advisor for this film.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
The earliest film to depict an LSD trip.
b.
Many of the wrestlers use din the film were wrestlers who worked out of the California Indy circuit. All who at one time or another worked for UPW run by Rick Bassman.
c.
In movie, Anthony John stars in a Broadway production of "Othello" that plays more than 300 performances and runs over a year. In reality, no production of a
William Shakespeare
play has chalked up anywhere near that many performances on Broadway; at best, most are lucky to run several months, like
Richard Burton
s four-month stint in a 1964 production of "Hamlet", which undoubtedly owed much of its success to his then-notorious relationship with
Elizabeth Taylor
.
d.
Fritz Lang
was originally slated to direct this movie. When he backed out,
James Stewart
recommended
Anthony Mann
. In the early 1930s Stewart had worked with Mann in the theater.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
Christopher Walken
turned down the role of Rico.
b.
The audition scene the producers chose for actresses who wanted to play Marcy was her notorious "Its like being on a plane..." scene, in which Marcy compares her dire situation to being on a plane doomed to crash. This was an unfortunate choice, on the part of the producers, as was the scheduled date for the auditions; September 11, 2001. The producers made efforts to call off the auditions, but due to the general chaos gripping the US that day, they found it impossible to contact many of the actresses before their scheduled audition times. Consequently, the auditions went ahead as planned.
Cerina Vincent
s portrayal of this scene won her the role of Marcy.
c.
Dan Duryea
also appeared in the 1967 made-for-TV remake,
Winchester 73
.
d.
John Clark Gable
stars with
James Brolin
, whod played Gables dad in the biopic
Gable and Lombard
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
James Stewart
spent a lot of time practicing with the rifle so he would look like an authentic westerner.
b.
Real logs were tested for the crash sequence, but they "didnt bounce enough", so in the film the logs are CGI.
c.
The making of feature on the DVD contains footage of
Sean Connery
performing the fall from the bridge stunt. He fell some hundred feet to the bottom of the ravine floor before his fall was broken by a big pile of cardboard boxes. In his 2010 book, The Elephant to Hollywood,
Michael Caine
reports on page 150, "The real hero then took his
Sean Connery
place.
Joe Powell
was an experienced stuntman ... Joe fell so skillfully, twisting and turning on the way down ... and at the very last minute straightening himself out so that he hit the mattresses dead center...
John Huston
turned to me and said, That was the darnedest stunt Ive ever seen."
d.
Although most of the art direction and costume designing credit went to
Cecil Beaton
, art director
Gene Allen
would later go on record to say that Beaton only designed the womens clothes and had no part in the actual designs of the sets, though he insisted on taking the credit for them. In fact, Beaton had it written into his contract that he receive sole credit for production designer.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
The role of Father Malone was originally offered to
Christopher Lee
who believed the character to be the father of the community. However Lee proved unavailable and
Hal Holbrook
was eventually cast.
b.
The town was in Jamestown, California, and was, in an eerily fitting way, destroyed by lightning in 1996.
c.
De Niros Cady accent came from an earlier role where he played a southerner. To prepare for the role, De Niro took excerpts of the script and a tape recorder into southern towns and would ask locals to read the lines into the tape.
d.
In the famous scene where
James Stewart
shoots a bullet through the washer with the postage stamp...that is not Hollywood magic. The shot is performed successfully by renowned marksman Herb Parsons.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
The movie is supposed to occur in Washington, DC, but was actually filmed in Spokane, WA.
b.
Debra Winger
turned down the role of Emmeline, in order to play Sissy in
Urban Cowboy
.
c.
Donald Pleasence
came up with a backstory to explain how he became President with his British accent, but
John Carpenter
didnt use it.
d.
At the time of release there was some ridiculing from the press at the idea of
James Stewart
, the "thin man", playing a tough westerner. (
Broken Arrow
had not been released, even though it had been filmed first). Members of the audience were heard to gasp in shock at the scene where Stewart angrily confronts
Dan Duryea
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Winchester '73 (1950)?
a.
The production was allowed to use CNNs actual Los Angeles studio for its mock CNN segments.
b.
This film was shot in fifteen days.
c.
The January 1st, 1996 revised draft of the screenplay lists
Robert Mark Kamen
as a co-writer.
d.
Although
Millard Mitchell
s character says that his name is spelled with a hyphen, the end credits still spell "High Spade" with no hyphen.
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