Movies Trivia Questions and Answers

 

 

Movie trivia questions and answers.

What two tough-guy actors turned down the role of the avenging "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's spaghetti western A Fistful of Dollars before Clint Eastwood was offered the part?
A: James Coburn and Charles Bronson. Henry Fonda was the first choice, but he was too expensive.

What popular movie was remade in 1981 under the title Outland, with Sean Connery in the lead role and the setting shifted from the Old West to the third moon of Jupiter?
A: High Noon.

How many frames per second are projected in most animated films?
A: 24.

Who dubbed the voice of the Beast in the animated 1991 Disney version of Beauty and the Beast?
A: Robby Benson.

What famous actor's brother enjoyed a brief movie career as a child, appearing in a bit part in the 1939 Frank Capra classic Mr. Smith goes to Washington?
A: Dustin Hoffman's older brother Ronald.

What was the name of the stray alley cat adopted by Holly Golightly, portrayed by Audrey Hepburn, in the 1961 movie Breakfast at Tiffany's?
A: It had no name--she called it "cat."

What 1977 R-rated hit movie was later re-released with a PG rating after seven minutes of footage had been removed?
A: Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta. The cut footage featured some sex scenes and blue language.

Robert Redford turned down the lead role in The Graduate because he considered himself too old. How old was Dustin Hoffman when he took the part?
A: Thirty--the same age as Redford.

The mother of what famous European actress once won a Great Garbo look-alike contest and a trip to Hollywood to work as Garbo's double?
A: Sophia Loren. But her mother never made the tip because her own mother (Sophia's grandmother) wouldn't let her.

What actress changed her name to avoid seeking fame and fortune as Sarah Jane Fulks?
A: Jane Wyman.

Who played Gypsy Rose Lee's younger sister June in the 1962 movie Gypsy?
A: Ann Jillian,

What Alfred Hitchcock classic was filmed but not released in 3-D?
A: His 1954 chiller, Dial M for Murder.

What was the last Hollywood film made by silver-screen legend Cary Grant?
A: Walk, Don't Run, in 1966.

With whom did Dorothy live in the film classic The Wizard of Oz?
A: Her Auntie Em and Uncle Henry.

What was the name of the killer whale movie made in 1977 in a bid t o cash in on the popularity of the killer shark shocker Jaws?
A: Orca.

What actor, following his 1966 film debut as a bell boy in Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-"round, was told, "Kid, you ain't got it"?
A: Harrison Ford.

What was the name of the chimpanzee that starred with Ronal Reagan in the 1951 film Bedtime for Bonzo?
A: Peggy. The talented chimp also appeared in Johnny Weissmuller's Jungle Jim movies.

What popular 1982 film was banned in Sweden because it showed parents acting hostilely toward their children?
A: E.T.

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