Movie Trivia
Movie Trivia
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#1Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 11:24am
He was involved in a hit tv series of the 60's decade.He was being courted for a sleeper hit movie that became a classic and launched the career of a than unknown actor. The producers of the tv show would not let him do the role and the rest is history. Name the actor and the movie.
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#2Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 1:20pm
Was the film released between 1960-1965 or 1966-1970?
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#3Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 1:27pm
I'm going to take a stab in the dark and answer this:
Was the movie "Midnight Cowboy"? Was the television actor Lee Majors of "The Big Valley" who was being courted to play the part that launched Jon Voight's career?
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Updated On: 8/9/16 at 01:27 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#5Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:11pm
Was the film a comedy or a drama?
Updated On: 8/9/16 at 02:11 PM#6Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:13pm
Mr. Roxy was the film released between 1960-1965 or 1966-1970.
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#7Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:15pm
I don't understand the question. Are you looking for the actor on the TV show or the actor who got the role in the film? Or are they one and the same?
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Mr Roxy
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#8Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:19pm
Actor in tv show.Nerd film released 1966 thru 1970
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#10Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:20pm
From my understanding he is looking for:
(a) The name of the well known actor from the television show being offered the role in the film - and possibly the title of that show.
(b) The name of the film and/or role.
(c) The name of the unknown actor who went on to play the role originally offered to the actor from the television show.
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#11Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:20pm
From my understanding he is looking for:
(a) The name of the well known actor from the television show being offered the role in the film - and possibly the title of that show.
(b) The name of the film and/or role.
(c) The name of the unknown actor who went on to play the role originally offered to the actor from the television show.
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#12Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:20pm
henrikegerman said: "Burt Ward as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate?
I think that might be it.
Per IMDB: Burt Ward had to turn down the role of Benjamin Braddock due to his commitment to Batman (1966) and the studio (20th Century Fox) wouldn't lend him.
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Updated On: 8/9/16 at 02:20 PM
#13Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:25pm
Ha! henrikegerman beat me to it!
I knew this as I just watched THE GRADUATE last week and did some reading up on it. So it was still fresh in my mind.
I gotta admit that Theater_Nerd's guess was a pretty damn good guess as well.
Same scenario, different actors/movie/tv show
#14Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:27pm
CarlosAlberto said: "Ha! henrikegerman beat me to it!
I knew this as I just watched THE GRADUATE last week and did some reading up on it. So it was still fresh in my mind.
I gotta admit that Theater_Nerd's guess was a pretty damn good guess as well.
Same scenario, different actors/movie/tv show
Thanks.
Yes, that question could have applied to (almost) any other film from that era. Midnight Cowboy certainly fits the description for that question.
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#16Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:33pm
Was The Graduate a sleeper? I thought some of the biggest names in Hollywood auditioned for some of the roles.
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Mr Roxy
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#17Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:36pm
Ward would have had to call for Batman to help him out of all the crap the character went thru in the movie. Found out this info reading a book batman from the comics,serials,tv show and movies
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#18Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:38pm
1. What well known television actress from the 1960's starred in a film whose score was composed by the future husband of her co-star in that television series.
Name the:
Star and co-star from the television series
The composer
The film and
The television series.
Bonus question: Name the other actress who also starred in that same film whose husband directed the co-star from that television series in her film debut.
Name the other actress,
Name the director.
The co-star from the television series would have been answered in the first question.
#19Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:40pm
madbrian said: "Was The Graduate a sleeper? I thought some of the biggest names in Hollywood auditioned for some of the roles.
THE GRADUATE was most definitely NOT a sleeper.
Yes some of the biggest names in Hollywood were considered or auditioned for roles in that film.
#20Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:40pm
Fact-fans, Marion Dougherty was responsible for both Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate and Jon Voight in Midnight Cowboy too - y'all should check out the great documentary about her, and other unsung female casting directors, "Casting By".
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#21Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:43pm
Mr Roxy said: "Ward would have had to call for Batman to help him out of all the crap the character went thru in the movie. Found out this info reading a book batman from the comics,serials,tv show and movies
That character didn't go through crap, he put HIMSELF through crap.
In re-watching the film I found myself thinking that the character of "Benjamin Braddock" is really a creep.
#22Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 2:47pm
Peyton Place
André Previn
Mia Farrow
Barbara Parkins
Valley Of The Dolls
:)
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#23Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/9/16 at 3:14pm
Jay Lerner-Z said: "Peyton Place
André Previn
Mia Farrow
Barbara Parkins
Valley Of The Dolls
:)
Missed Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski....but very nice!
#24Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/10/16 at 3:30pm
Do you know for a fact what won the best movie and musical the year you were born? And do you agree?
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henrikegerman
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/29/05
#25Movie Trivia
Posted: 8/10/16 at 3:50pm
Yes, yes, and absolutely not.
Ok, here goes:
I'm thinking of three actresses.
The first once played her own paternal grandmother in a big screen biopic.
The second recently played the famously fictionalized version of the first actress's maternal great grandmother on stage.
The third is the first's actress's daughter, who has her mother's last name and her mother's mother's first name, and is perhaps best known for her role on a current tv series.
Name the three actresses, the movie the first appeared in as her own grandmother, the play the second recently appeared in, and the tv series the third appeared in.
