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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957).
About the movie:
Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
Made by the filmmakers without the permission or creative influence from the Cuban or U.S. Government.
b.
Danny Trejo
s film debut.
c.
This film marked the beginning of Corman veteran Frank Wolffs exile to Europe. He remained there until his suicide in Rome in 1971.
d.
To perfect her disguise as the "Cockney Woman", director
Billy Wilder
did a series of screen tests of
Marlene Dietrich
. The first attempt almost ended the idea when, after making up Dietrich in wigs, contact lenses, false eyelashes, false teeth and shoulder pads, Wilder commented that she looked less like a Cockney woman on screen and more like "
George C. Scott
in drag".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
The
Tyrone Power
characters last name is Vole. Aside from what has already been mentioned, the word "voleur" in French translates in English to burglar, embezzler, housebreaker, intruder, peculator, robber, and thief. Many of which could apply to Powers character.
b.
When being chased by Barricade, Mikaela and Sam scream "Were gonna die!" This was the catchphrase of the Maximal Rattrap, who appeared in
Beast Wars: Transformers
. Leo Spitz would later use this line in the second film.
c.
Adam Sandler
wears a different New England area college shirt or hat in nearly every scene.
d.
Julie Andrews
wore a wig in the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
Screenwriter
James Carabatsos
had fought in the Vietnam war. One reason that producer
Marcia Nasatir
came on board is because her son had also fought in Vietnam.
b.
Maynard James Keenan
: The man with the control to the electric shock collar is the lead singer of prog-metal band
Tool
.
c.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
Although originally published as a short story in 1925 with the title "Traitors Hands" by
Agatha Christie
, she renamed it "Witness for the Prosecution" when it was reprinted in the 1930s and 1940s in British and American publications. Her play is based on this short story.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
This is
Danny Trejo
s fifth movie appearance as Machete. The first was in
Spy Kids
and the rest were in its sequels.
b.
The working title was "A West Texas Childrens Story".
c.
The producers were so concerned about the financial success of the film that during the credits, an announcer urges the audience not to reveal the films ending to anyone.
d.
The only permit that was pulled for the film was for the one day of shooting that was done in the prison in the Bronx. The rest of the film was shot using guerrilla tactics.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
The plot deals with
Charles Laughton
s character recovering from a severe heart attack while defending
Tyrone Power
s character. In reality, this would be Tyrone Powers last complete film - he would die of a heart attack while on the set of his next film less than one year after release of this one.
b.
In the Turner Classic Movies documentary on
Marlon Brando
, director
Martin Scorsese
says that the scene in which Brando stands in front of the mirror talking to himself as he inspects his dress uniform inspired the infamous "Are you talkin to me?" moment with
Robert De Niro
for
Taxi Driver
.
c.
The interviews with the grunts were all improvised.
Lucas Black
was particularly uncomfortable with this as he preferred to work off a script.
d.
Shot in four to five months
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
As reported by Robert Osborne during a TCM airing of the film, Howard Da Silva was originally cast in this film and performed the role in its entirety. However, just before it was distributed, he was denounced as a communist sympathizer in the McCarthy hearings. Producer Howard Hughes (a staunch anti-Communist) ordered all of Da Silvas scenes to be re-shot using Brian Donlevy. So the film was overhauled to incorporate Donlevy and he became the leading man.
b.
June 2008 Ranked #6 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Courtroom Drama".
c.
John Slattery
plays
Miguel Ferrer
s business partner. Slattery is married to
Talia Balsam
, whose ex-husband is Ferrers cousin,
George Clooney
.
d.
Cans delivering the film to theaters were labeled "The Vatican Detective".
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Witness for the Prosecution (1957)?
a.
The font of Venoms web message is the same font used for the title of the comic, Sensational Spider-Man.
b.
Posters proclaimed the film as the work of "Academy Award winning" writer
Albert Zugsmith
; he never got close to that accolade in real life.
c.
Melissa Joan Hart
auditioned for the role of Jamie.
d.
At previews, audience members received, and were asked to sign, cards that read, "I solemnly swear I will not reveal the ending of Witness for the Prosecution."
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