QuizAssess

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blood on the Sun (1945) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blood on the Sun (1945)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945).

About the movie: Nick Condon is a newspaper reporter working in Tokyo who refuses to toe the Japanese line on the expansionist policies of the anti-democratic Imperialist government...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		Rhea is also the name of Saturns ninth moon.
b.		Tim Kirkman: as "Paul" in the photo of Paul and George.
c.		In 1993, a computer-colorized version of this movie was made.
d.		Had to be submitted six times to obtain an "R" rating from the Major Motion Picture Association of America, to avoid an NC-17 rating.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		According to the DVD sleeve notes, prior to production, James Cagney trained intensively in the martial-art of judo in preparation for his role in this movie. Cagney trained under Ken Kuniyuki who was a 5th Degree Judo Master and insisted he perform his own stunts in the movie. He said in his memoirs: "I grew so fond of judo I used to keep in shape with it until a back injury I picked up doing something else put me on the sidelines." Moreover, another instructor for Cagney was former LAPD policeman John Halloran who plays the role of Captain Oshima in the film and can be seen in the movies closing fight sequence. Apparently, Halloran quit the police force after FBI agents investigated him because he was an expert in judo.
b.		On the audio commentary for the DVD its stated that Greg Nicotero and Wendy Kaplan were seeing each other during filming.
c.		The football jersey Susan is wearing to bed is a NY Jets Jersey with #99 on it. At that time Mark Gastineau wore #99 for the Jets.
d.		Star Joaquin Phoenix was at first apprehensive about taking the role of Clay because he feared that the scripts combination of humor and violence wouldnt translate well to screen. However, Phoenix changed his mind after meeting an enthusiastic David Dobkin and took the role.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		In the beginning of the movie when a young Dave is thrown into the backseat of the car, a man in the front seat turns around and flashes his ring - a bishops ring. The book never indicates that the character was a priest, but it was added to the film since the filming was right in the middle of the priest scandal in the Boston Archdiocese.
b.		When Damescinos mentions the virus that causes vampirism, he says "parvovirus", even closed captioning says "horrible virus" because of the obscurity of the term. Parvovirus IS a true virus type, and meets all the requirements for creating vampires in a fictional environment, the term was too obscure for most people to recognize, other than experts in virology.
c.		The movie is based on the history behind Japans alleged Tanaka Plan which is aka the Tanaka Memorial document. This allegedly was Prime Minister Baron Tanaka Giichis militarist strategic plan for world domination prepared for Emperor Hirohito.
d.		Several elaborate sequences were deleted through various revisions of the script, including: -During the 2015 hoverboard chase, Marty grabs on to a flying car that actually pulls him into the sky to a very high altitude. When Marty loses his grip, he is rescued by Doc in a flying van. -Marty and Doc, after learning when Biff received the almanac, have to escape in the DeLorean during a police shootout. When the cars flying circuits are damaged by gunfire, Doc plunges the time machine straight toward the ground in order to reach 88mph. -While Marty and Doc try to recover the almanac, the fusion generator (and in later revisions, the time circuits) is damaged by Farmer Peabody - a character Marty encountered in the first film - who still thinks the DeLorean is a space ship. -With Mr. Fusion and the flight circuits heavily damaged, Marty and Doc fly the DeLorean into an array of power lines over the Grand Canyon to generate enough power to return to 1985.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		This films opening prologue states: "While the entire world watched the early success of the German Mein Kampf, few were aware of the existence of an Oriental Hitler . . . Baron Giichi Tanaka. His plan of world conquest depended on secrecy for success. This story deals with its first exposure by an American newspaperman in Tokyo."
b.		In the montage of Hedwig giving Tommy his rock education, Tommy is seen wearing a Hotel Riverview T-shirt. The Hotel Riverview, NY, was the home of the original stage show for several years.
c.		When designing Tony Starks house, the guideline the designers were given was to make it more "grease monkey" (inventor/mechanic) than futuristic, in order to keep the film realistic. J. Michael Riva took inspiration from the photographs of Julius Schulman, who was noted for photographs of 1950s and 1960s Los Angeles homes.
d.		Dirctor Ron Howard had originally wanted Joan Bennett for the role of Bess MCarthy, but since she had been talked out of taking the role by her fourth husband, David Wilde, the role was offered to Gwen Verdon instead.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		In the short story, George Staubs car was a Ford Mustang. The filmmakers decided to go with a red and white Plymouth as a nod to Stephen Kings Christine. However Christine was a 1958 Plymouth Fury and Georges car was a 1960 Plymouth Fury.
b.		Filmed in 1944 and released in 1945, this movie was made a few years after the 7th December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
c.		John Barry was invited to do the music for this film but he politely declined out of respect for Albert R. Broccoli and his association with EON production.
d.		Apparently, the chimpanzees were supposed to be the baby apes and actors in ape costumes were the adults, a practice that was dropped after this film (one of the men who played the apes was Ray Corrigan).

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		Mothra and Gigan begin their battle in front of a fallen Tokyo Tower. In Mosura, Mothra (in her Larva form) destroys this famous landmark to turn herself into her adult form.
b.		The original draft of the screenplay included a scene in which Dale actually goes through with the ground breaking of his shed community, Darlingsdale, and Tonka shows up with disastrous results, including the murder of Virginias cameraman. This was eventually removed due to runtime concerns.
c.		Originally made for television in 1966, but released to theaters instead, before being shown on TV.
d.		This was the second movie made by James Cagneys production company.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		In one scene in the movie, a Bugatti Veyron is seen driving down a street in the background. Currently the Bugatti is sold for $1.25 million, and only about 50 are made yearly.
b.		The real Blanche Barrow sued Warner Brothers over the way she was depicted in the film. In reality, Barrow was the same age as Bonnie Parker, arguably better looking than her, she was not a preachers daughter and had married Buck knowing full well that he was an escaped prisoner and twice divorced.
c.		The little girl vampire has tattoos on each of her arms that are visible for a few frames. The stick figure-like tattoo on her right arm is the logo used by German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten.
d.		The DVD sleeve notes claim that this was one of the first American martial-arts movies. Though not a martial-arts movie by modern standards and definitions, judo is seen in the movie and with James Cagney performing it. Cagney insisted on doing his own stunts in the film.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		The role of Vanessa was originally written for Vanessa Lengies, who eventually turned it down to film "My Suicide"; the part still bares her name.
b.		This was Woody Allens first movie in a deal of five with DreamWorks Pictures.
c.		When sending away for something from ACME as a cartoon mouse, the envelope Roy is mailing has a stamp featuring a likeness of cartoon legend Chuck Jones, who supervised the animation sequence in the film.
d.		The Tokyo Imperial Hotel bar seen at the start of the movie is apparently an exact replica of the actual bar situated in the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		The character of "Doc" is base in John Steinbecks friend "Doc" Ricketts (Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts), a pioneering marine biologist who wrote the classic "Between Pacific Tides". He and Steinbeck collaborated on the book "Log of the Sea of Cortez".
b.		Ray Liotta replaced Matt Dillon in the lead role.
c.		James Cagney has long being associated with the phrase "You dirty rat!". Though he actually said in the movie Taxi! "Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat" and not "You dirty rat!", Cagney is heard saying "dirty rats" in this movie.
d.		Stanley Kubrick: [faces] The soldiers, while the German girl is singing.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blood on the Sun (1945)?
a.		Many effects were thought of on the spot. Tom Savini created many effects (such as the arm in the blood pressure tester) with no preparations whatsoever.
b.		One of the first films to feature an extensive use of squibs.
c.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 3, 1947 with Charles Boyer reprising his film role.
d.		When Iris Hillaird (Sylvia Sidney) tells Nick Condon (James Cagney) that they cannot be together because she is half-Japanese and half-Caucasian, Condon replies that he too is of mixed race. "Im half-Irish and half-Norwegian." In real life, James Cagney was the son of an Irish-born father and a Norwegian-born mother.

Related genere famous movies quizzes
Famous quotes from Hollywood movie : Blood on the Sun (1945) Quiz