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In Harm's Way - Quiz
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  • 1. For which Academy Award was In Harm's Way nominated in 1965?
A) Best Supporting Actress
B) Best Director
C) Best Cinematography (Black-and-White)
D) Best Picture
  • 2. Which cinematographer was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on In Harm's Way?
A) Otto Preminger
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Loyal Griggs
  • 3. At which film festival was the movie screened in 1965?
A) Venice Film Festival
B) Berlin International Film Festival
C) Sundance Film Festival
D) Cannes Film Festival
  • 4. Who won a 1966 BAFTA Film Award for her performance in the film?
A) Patricia Neal
B) Elizabeth Taylor
C) Ingrid Bergman
D) Katharine Hepburn
  • 5. What is the Rotten Tomatoes rating for In Harm's Way?
A) 82%
B) 65%
C) 19%
D) 37%
  • 6. Who wrote a review for The New York Times that panned the film?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Bruce Eder
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Otto Preminger
  • 7. Which critic called the film an 'overlong epic' with conventional story lines?
A) Stanley Kauffmann
B) Bosley Crowther
C) Bruce Eder
D) Loyal Griggs
  • 8. What publication did Stanley Kauffmann write for when reviewing the film?
A) AllMovie
B) Variety
C) The New York Times
D) The New Republic
  • 9. Who stated that the film has 'endured extraordinarily well'?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Stanley Kauffmann
C) Otto Preminger
D) Bruce Eder
  • 10. According to Bruce Eder, what was the last big-budget, all-star Hollywood movie shot in black-and-white?
A) Bridge on the River Kwai
B) Skidoo
C) The Longest Day
D) In Harm's Way
  • 11. In which 1968 comedy film was In Harm's Way shown during the opening scene?
A) Barefoot in the Park
B) The Producers
C) The Party
D) Skidoo
  • 12. Who directed the film Skidoo?
A) Bosley Crowther
B) Loyal Griggs
C) Stanley Kauffmann
D) Otto Preminger
  • 13. How long does Bruce Eder describe the film's pacing as feeling?
A) Four hours
B) Ninety minutes
C) Two and a half hours
D) Three hours
  • 14. Who was the writer of the script for the film 'In Harm's Way'?
A) Saul Bass
B) Otto Preminger
C) Wendell Mayes
D) Loyal Griggs
  • 15. What health issue did John Wayne suffer from during the filming of 'In Harm's Way'?
A) Lung cancer
B) Pneumonia
C) Stomach ulcers
D) Heart disease
  • 16. Which co-star of the film also died of lung cancer in 1968?
A) John Wayne
B) Franchot Tone
C) Stanley Holloway
D) Kirk Douglas
  • 17. Which ship stood in for unnamed cruisers due to retaining its wartime configuration?
A) USS Ward
B) USS Boston
C) USS Cassiday
D) USS Saint Paul
  • 18. What is an anachronism regarding the vehicles used in the film?
A) Lack of any ground transportation vehicles.
B) Use of horses instead of trucks.
C) Use of modern tanks.
D) Use of the M151 light utility vehicle instead of a WWII jeep.
  • 19. What role did Stanley Holloway play in the film?
A) A naval commander
B) A submarine captain
C) Australian coastwatcher Clayton Canfil
D) A ship's doctor
  • 20. Why did the producers use fake gun mounts on the destroyers?
A) For safety reasons during filming.
B) To represent new experimental technology.
C) Because they ran out of real weapons.
D) To cover modern 1960s antisubmarine warfare gear.
  • 21. Who created the credit titles sequence for the film?
A) Otto Preminger
B) Wendell Mayes
C) Saul Bass
D) Loyal Griggs
  • 22. What real-life incident involving the USS Ward is referenced in the film?
A) Being sunk by an iceberg.
B) Dropping depth charges on a Japanese mini-submarine.
C) Saving a downed pilot.
D) A mutiny on board.
  • 23. How did Wendell Mayes want the film to end?
A) With both the father and son dying.
B) With an open-ended mystery.
C) With John Wayne dying while his son lived.
D) With John Wayne surviving as a hero.
  • 24. What did the production use to substitute for a PBY Catalina?
A) HU-16 Albatross
B) A helicopter
C) A glider
D) A modern jet fighter
  • 25. What year was the film In Harm's Way released?
A) 1960
B) 1970
C) 1965
D) 1962
  • 26. The film In Harm's Way is based on a novel by which author?
A) Otto Preminger
B) Wendell Mayes
C) John Wayne
D) James Bassett
  • 27. What type of motion picture equipment was used to produce In Harm's Way?
A) IMAX
B) Technicolor
C) Panavision
D) Cinerama
  • 28. What is the name of John Wayne's character in the film?
A) Egan Powell
B) Paul Eddington
C) Rockwell "Rock" Torrey
D) Jeremiah Torrey
  • 29. What is the name of the operation to capture Levu-Vana?
A) Skyhook
B) Pearl Harbor
C) Solomon Islands
D) Gavabutu
  • 30. Who plays the role of the emotionally unbalanced officer Commander Paul Eddington?
A) Henry Fonda
B) Kirk Douglas
C) John Wayne
D) Dana Andrews
  • 31. What is the profession of Maggie Haynes?
A) Ship's cook
B) Navy Nurse Corps lieutenant
C) Army Air Corps major
D) Naval intelligence officer
  • 32. What happens to Commander Eddington's wife, Liz, during the Pearl Harbor attack?
A) She is killed
B) She is captured by the Japanese
C) She survives and divorces him
D) She is hospitalized
  • 33. Which Japanese super-battleship is mentioned as a threat to the U.S. fleet?
A) Akagi
B) Musashi
C) Kongo
D) Yamato
  • 34. How is Torrey's son, Jeremiah, killed?
A) In a bar brawl
B) During the attack on Pearl Harbor
C) During a nighttime PT boat action
D) In a plane crash
  • 35. What is the fate of Annalee Dohrn?
A) She is transferred to Hawaii
B) She marries Jeremiah
C) She survives the war
D) She commits suicide
  • 36. Who rescues a severely injured Admiral Torrey at the end of the battle?
A) Jeremiah Torrey
B) William "Mac" McConnell
C) B.T. Broderick
D) Egan Powell
  • 37. Why is Torrey initially removed from command of his heavy cruiser?
A) For unauthorized romantic conduct
B) For failing to protect Pearl Harbor
C) For being torpedoed after boldly pursuing the enemy
D) For insubordination to Admiral Broderick
  • 38. Who is the Vice Admiral that Torrey finds overly cautious and micro-managing?
A) B.T. Broderick
B) Egan Powell
C) William McConnell
D) Rock Torrey
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