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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).
About the movie:
Natascha, a White Russian countess, stows away on a luxury liner at Hong Kong, determined to seek a new life in America...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
One of the trivia questions that Carl and James ask each other concerns Richard Nixons staff.
Charlie Sheen
had previously worked with
Oliver Stone
, who went on to make
Nixon
.
b.
Jake Rayes nickname is stated in the film as The Dragon. This is also the real nickname of the actor who portrays him,
Don The Dragon Wilson
.
c.
Charles Chaplin
s final acting appearance is in a cameo as an old steward. Since nearly all of the characters he portrayed in films prior to the 1940s were not identified by name, it is appropriate that his final character also be nameless.
d.
According to Director
Mel Gibson
s and co-writer
Farhad Safinia
s DVD commentary, the halting of the sacrifices at the onset of a solar eclipse is meant to be a carefully timed ruse by the Mayan ruling class. Being precocious astrologers, the Mayans utilized their knowledge of celestial phenomena as a means to control the underclass populace.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
The metallic hair bands wrapped around
Rose McGowan
s head for the prom scene was a result of off-screen competition.
Rebecca Gayheart
walked out of the hair and makeup trailer with her hair done up with flowers, which awoke the competitive spirit in Rose, who quickly went back into the trailer and demanded that she have a more interesting hairstyle.
b.
During filming in 1966 at Englands Pinewood Studios, the 77-year-old
Charles Chaplin
was walking around outside discussing ideas when his foot got caught in a grate and he broke his ankle. It was the first serious injury he ever sustained.
c.
Shelley Winters
trained with an Olympic swim coach so that her character, who is a former award-winning swimmer, would come across more realistically in the underwater scenes.
d.
The song that the showgirls danced to, "Rise And Shine," was used as the beginning and end credits theme song for the first season of the animated series.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
Once
Peter Weir
committed to the project, filming had to begin immediately because a Directors Guild of America strike was looming on the horizon (though it never actually happened).
b.
The methods of the fictitious paranormal research team PSI (Paranormal Studies & Investigations) are based off TAPS, a real life ghost hunting group from Warwick, Rhoad Island.
c.
Norma Foster
,
Penelope Horner
and
Juliet Harmer
were all considered for the role of The Young Society girl.
d.
The recurrence of the initials "DEI" in the movie is no accident. The truck that is used to transport the popcorn to Dr. Hathaways new house has "Drain Experts Inc." emblazoned on its side. The company Chris interviews with at the beginning (and which funds Dr. Hathaways show "Everything") is Darlington Electronic Instruments. The initials are rumored to have been inscribed by Caltech alumni at (among other places) the summit of Everest, on the moon and on many satellites and space probes manufactured at Jet Propulsion Labs (which sits just up the hill from Caltech in Pasadena). There has long been an unofficial contest to see who could place the letters DEI into the most prominent public view. Their placement in this film was with the full complicity of director
Martha Coolidge
and her Caltech advisor,
David Marvit
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
Last film directed by
Charles Chaplin
.
b.
The lyrics of the song "Instruments of Destruction" were slightly changed because they were deemed inappropriate.
c.
Carl Weathers
was originally considered for the role of Tony Ross.
d.
The "box" that
The Monkees
keep getting trapped in and attempt to escape from is symbolic of television, as the real Monkees felt trapped in what they considered to be their increasingly silly TV show. They wanted to "escape" the show in order to express themselves with no boundaries to their creativity. The first realization of this freedom was, in fact, the film "Head."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
When Jennifer Lopez signed on to be Selena, she expected to be providing her own vocals. But it was felt that since the movie would be released so soon after Selenas death her fans would not approve of hearing any voice other than hers. So Lopez was coached to lip-sync instead of being provided the vocal coaching she expected.
b.
Adrienne King
at first did not want to be in the film because of the graphic violence in it, but she changed her mind.
c.
The fight scene between Gus and Rose was repurposed in Sins of the Father for a fight scene between Peter Jacobs and his wife. Peters wife was named Rose in Sins of the Father as a nod to the footage it borrowed from The Family Tree. The shot of Billy in the casket was taken from Fear of the Dark.
d.
Although some literary sources claim the film was shot in the anamorphic CinemaScope process with the aspect ratio of 2,35:1, the lack of a CinemaScope logo or credit in titles and promotional material such as posters and the total lack of anamorphic compression artifacts in the print indicate that the film was shot in spherical 1,85:1 hard matte format. Widescreen DVDs of the film have also been presented in 1,85:1 aspect ratio.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
Majestic Pictures cashed in on the success of
Lionel Atwill
and
Fay Wray
, who had been a sensation in the Technicolor thriller
Doctor X
and had already completed
Mystery of the Wax Museum
, which was also being heavily promoted at the time. Majestic was able to get this film into theaters over a month before the release of the latter one.
b.
Most of the script was written by
Casper Andreas
and
Jesse Archer
via email.
c.
The role of Ogden Mears was offered to
Rex Harrison
, who turned it down.
Marlon Brando
took the role and spent much of the film clashing with
Charles Chaplin
.
d.
Hoping to take charge of their film careers, the Marxes financed this movie themselves, under the heading of Loma Vista Films. They even did a brief pre-filming tour of scenes from the movie, as they had done with
A Night at the Opera
and
A Day at the Races
, hoping to sharpen the scripts comedy.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
Jim Street has a movie poster of
Bullitt
in his apartment. Its visible briefly behind him as his girlfriend is moving out. In real life,
Steve McQueen
is one of
Colin Farrell
s idols.
b.
Was originally entitled "Beauty Shop", but was changed to avoid a title clash with
Beauty Shop
.
c.
The only feature film by
Charles Chaplin
to be funded by a major studio, Universal. Also, he had the largest budget of all his films, $2 million.
d.
When Casey nurses his wounds in the bathroom at the beginning of the movie, graffiti above his head reads, "Tito and Tarantula." This is the band of
Tito Larriva
, who has composed music and acted in director
Robert Rodriguez
s other movies,
Desperado
and
From Dusk Till Dawn
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
The exaggerated tango
Danny Kaye
did with the blonde Charleston dancer (
Lizanne Truex
) in the nightclub scene was not scripted. The rehearsals only called for her to do the Charleston, then flit offstage. During one of them Danny suddenly grabbed her and began hamming it up, with Lizanne quickly ad-libbing. Director
Melville Shavelson
liked it and added it to the routine.
b.
At the premiere in 1967 in London, the film that had been shown just previously had been projected using a special spherical lens. The projectionist had forgotten to take it off for this film. The result was a distorted spherical image. Many critics instantly blamed it on
Charles Chaplin
s "tired" directing techniques. This was obviously not the case, but the film did badly at the box office and Chaplin himself went into deep depression.
c.
The story takes place at the intersection of Bedford and Stuyvesant Avenues. In reality, the two do not cross each other, however the film was shot in the Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn.
d.
Edited in five different locations over the 2 year production.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
Shooting was originally going to start in summer 2009, but it didnt start until early November 2009.
b.
Edie Adams
almost didnt accept the role of Monica because her husband
Ernie Kovacs
was killed in an auto accident a few months earlier.
c.
If Carls house was approximately 1600 square feet, and the average house weighs between 60-100 pounds per square foot, it weighs 120,000 pounds. If the average helium balloon can carry .009 pounds (or 4.63 grams), it would take 12,658,392 balloons to lift his house off the ground. (20,622 balloons appear on the house when it first lifts off.)
d.
It was the first film by
Charles Chaplin
to be not only in widescreen (which he disliked - see
A King in New York
) but in color as well.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)?
a.
The screenplay for "Dance of the Dead" was written in 1998, before zombie movies had returned to the mainstream.
b.
Charles Chaplin
originally conceived the idea for this movie 30 years previously (and was titled "Stowaway"), as a starring vehicle for his then-wife
Paulette Goddard
.
c.
In-joke:
Tom Cruise
goes online with his laptop by typing in, not Usenet, but Crusenet.
d.
At one point at the TV station,
Sidney Toler
appears to have actually gotten shocked, albeit accidentally, by a cyclometer, ad-libbing " . . . also keep finger out of same" in response.
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