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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Far Off Place (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : A Far Off Place (1993) Quiz
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About the movie:
The witty Nonni and the stuck-up city-boy Harry are the only ones to survive a massacre of a gang of poachers among the gamekeeper's family on his lonesome farm in the savanna...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Far Off Place (1993)?
a.
First James Bond movie where a main villain is a woman. Because of this, it is also the first James Bond film in which James Bond intentionally kills a leading Bond Girl who is a major love interest.
b.
Rory Culkin
s brother
Kieran Culkin
starred in
It Runs in the Family
, which completely unrelated to this film of the same title.
c.
In 1942,
Hal B. Wallis
had just signed a new contract with Warner Brothers, which stipulated that he make four films a year for the next four years. This film was one from his 1942 slate. Wallis actually made six films in that year, the others being
Casablanca
,
Desperate Journey
,
Air Force
,
Princess ORourke
and
Watch on the Rhine
.
d.
The animated short
Trail Mix-Up
was released theatrically with this movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Far Off Place (1993)?
a.
Ethan Embry
and
Reese Witherspoon
also starred together in
Sweet Home Alabama
.
b.
The producers only acquired the life story rights of
Cherie Currie
,
Joan Jett
,
Sandy West
and
Kim Fowley
. Band members
Lita Ford
and
Jackie Fox
declined to grant the producers their life story rights.
c.
John Travolta
s contract for this movie had him take a large up-front pay cut from his usual fee, to around $10 million, with incentives that would have paid him about $15 million more when and if the movie met standards at the North American box office. Unfortunately, the film fell short of these standards.
d.
Ring Lardner
s play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 24 September 1928 and closed in October 1928 after 40 performances. The opening night cast included
Walter Huston
as Elmer Kane.
George M. Cohan
produced the play.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Far Off Place (1993)?
a.
The film started production with
René Manzor
as director. About three weeks into filming, he was fired, along with cinematographer
Pal Gyulay
and several other crew members, after Disney executives viewed the initial dailies. Among other things, the footage was severely out of focus; this was blamed on both Gyulay (who was described as "in over his head" and "out of his league") and the productions older set of Panavision anamorphic lenses. Executive producer
Kathleen Kennedy
originally asked
Mikael Salomon
to take over as cinematographer (she had shown him an early draft of the script, which he loved, while they were working together on
Always
, and he asked her to remember him if there was a chance for him to shoot it). However,
Steven Spielberg
pushed for Salomon to be offered the job of director, knowing that he had been wanting to move from cinematography to directing for some time. After accepting, Salomon asked
Juan Ruiz Anchía
to be the new cinematographer, and rush-ordered a set of Panavisions newer, sharper Primo anamorphic lenses.
b.
Not screened for critics.
c.
The word "fuck" is used 289 times throughout the film.
d.
Throughout
Frank Sinatra
s early career much was made of the fact that he was very skinny. They make a little fun of his weight in this movie. During the song "I Believe" in the gym Frank walks up a teeter-totter and, when he reaches the high end, it remains up until Jimmy Durante tosses him a baseball. When he catches the baseball the high end descends, implying that the baseball weighed more than Frank.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: A Far Off Place (1993)?
a.
Various skits from the
Mr. Bean
TV show are featured in the movie, like: On an airplane, Mr. Bean blows up a barf bag full of barf and then pops it; a turkey gets stuck on his head; gets bored on a fast ride; has a mishap with the painting (in the series it is a library book).
b.
The "upside-down" set was built on top of a large water tank in the sound stage so that it can be filled with water and drained in a matter of hours.
c.
Although it is now regarded as a classic fantasy film, this was a box office disappointment when it was first released. It caused a four-year gap before
George Pal
had his next film in theatres. It also marked that last time that Pal would direct.
d.
Reese Witherspoon
studied with a Matabele tribe in Africa to perfect the Bushman language her character uses in the film.
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