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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Empire of the Sun (1987) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Empire of the Sun (1987) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987).
About the movie:
A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
There were four characters that were supposed to be displays in the Waxwork, but left out of the film for legal reasons: Jason Vorhees from
Friday the 13th
, five children from
Village of the Damned
, the Golem, and the Thing.
b.
Brad Pitt
returns to voice acting since
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
, another DreamWorks film.
c.
The B-29 bomber which passes by in a short scene was a gigantic radio-controlled model. It had operating undercarriage, bomb doors and flaps, and a wing span of 18 feet. Six radio receivers in the plane and two transmitters were used to control the plane.
d.
James Cagney
was eleven years older than his screen mother
Rosemary DeCamp
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
The studio built the baseball diamond on an actual farm in Dyersville, Iowa. After the filming was completed, the family owning the farm kept the field, and added a small hut where you could buy inexpensive souvenirs. As of 1990, visitors were free to come to the field and play baseball as they please.
b.
Composer
John Williams
was a member of the orchestra that recorded
Elmer Bernstein
s score; he played the piano.
c.
Ben Stiller
first came up with the idea for
Tropic Thunder
while working on this film. In interviews he has said that at the time he had friends who were actors in
Platoon
and
Hamburger Hill
and they would go on about the intense the "boot camp" preparation these projects involved. Stiller found this funny because he thought that being an actor in a war film was nothing like being a real soldier in a real war.
d.
Maria Doyle Kennedy
was a member of the band "The Black Velvet Band" before the movie was made. She was the only member of the cast with a notable career before the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
Melissa George
s movie debut.
b.
Jims flying model plane was in reality radio controlled, so it could make all the movements the script called for.
c.
The scene where Sergeant Gullen looks out of his office window to see the Goodyear Blimp flying past was achieved by building an office set and mounting it onto a trailer. This was attached to the van used as the Independent Network News unit in the film and towed past the blimp while it was anchored at its airstrip in Gardena, with the actor inside.
d.
Paramounts last silent picture.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
Final film directed by
Brian G. Hutton
.
b.
Pam Grier
s final blaxploitation picture.
c.
The portion of the film set in the internment camp was significantly cut down from what was filmed. Many actors had their roles nearly turned into cameos, including
Miranda Richardson
.
d.
The original
Bad Lieutenant
starred
Harvey Keitel
, with whom
Nicolas Cage
appeared in
National Treasure
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
Jonathan Gems didnt realize that the Mars Attacks bubble gum cards had a story on the back until hed written the script using his own original story.
b.
Sections of the film were photographed on location in Jamaica and the Bahamas, by director
Richard Fleischer
and a crew of over 400 technicians.
c.
The Japanese Zero fighters are in fact American-built Harvard trainers modified to look like the Zero.
d.
At the time the film takes place no building in Los Angeles was allowed to be taller than city hall, so the cameras were placed at certain points so that any building taller than city hall would not be seen.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
Eric Flynn
, who plays a British POW, was actually a POW as a child in a Japanese camp.
b.
Though
Bette Davis
won the 1935 Academy Award/Oscar for
Dangerous
beating out
Katharine Hepburn
in "Alice Adams", Davis was noted for saying more than once that she didnt deserve the award that year and that the one who did was Katherine Hepburn.
c.
The chess position and moves that we see are from a game played in 1910 in Hamburg between two undistinguished players named Roesch and Schlage. The computer claims that the final position is a checkmate in two moves. Actually, white is not obliged to play the move that HAL suggests (Bxf3), so we have a checkmate in three moves. Another result of
Stanley Kubrick
s fondness for chess is the character Smyslov, named after a Russian champion.
d.
Summer Glau
auditioned for the role of Kitty Pryde. She looked to
Joss Whedon
, who gave her a part in
Firefly
and
Serenity
, for advice because she knew he was a big "X-Men" fan, unaware that he had written issues of "Astonishing X-Men" for Marvel, most prominently the Gifted storyline about the mutant cure. Her audition script turned out to be pages from Whedons "Astonishing X-Men" #5.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
Christopher Walken
,
Willem Dafoe
,
Steve Buscemi
and
Michael Douglas
were all originally offered roles. Douglas was offered the role of Hartigan, Buscemi was offered the part of Junior when he became the Yellow Bastard, and Dafoe and Walken were both offered the role of Senator Roark.
b.
The shot of Jims parents tucking him in bed is directly lifted from the
Norman Rockwell
painting "Freedom from Fear". Jims father even holds a newspaper like the father in the painting. The main difference is that in the painting there are two children in bed. The painting is also featured when Jim is at a camp - in one moment he rearranges the pin-ups on his wall, Rockwells painting is one of them.
c.
Originally
Frank Capra
was going to make
Lost Horizon
after
Broadway Bill
but
Ronald Colman
couldnt get out of his other filming commitments. So Capra decided to make this film instead.
d.
While filming the Bohemian Rhapsody sequence, both
Mike Myers
and
Dana Carvey
developed severe pain in their necks from all the head banging. There are scenes later in the movie where it becomes apparent they are trying to move their necks as little as possible.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
Costas Mandylor
s film debut.
b.
Final film of
Ralph Michael
.
c.
As
Oskar Schindler
is given a tour of the camp, he passes a boy in prisoners clothing with his hands raised over his head and a sign hanging over him. It reads "jestem zlodziejem ziemniaków", "I am a potato thief."
d.
Drew Barrymore
s character Karen Pomeroy is named for sex researcher
Wardell Pomeroy
of the Kinsey Institute.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
It was
David Lean
who first suggested
Nigel Havers
for the role of Dr. Rawlins.
b.
Max Skinner, while driving in France, twice taunts road cyclists by shouting
Lance Armstrong
, the name of the American racing cyclist who won the Tour de France from 1999 to 2005.
c.
The three main stars of the film,
Owen Wilson
,
Kate Hudson
and
Matt Dillon
all have the same amount of letters in their first names (4) and last names (6). As well all three stars are left-handed.
d.
Christopher Walken
,
John Lithgow
,
Christopher Lloyd
and
Jeff Goldblum
were all considered for the role of Dr. Egon Spengler.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Empire of the Sun (1987)?
a.
The song that plays during the scene in which Neeco the tuxedo deliveryman tosses the guys rented tuxedos into their speeding car is "Ride the Sky II" by Revolution Mother. Neeco is played by
Mike Vallely
, Revolution Mothers lead singer.
b.
Jerry OConnell
auditioned to play John Jameson.
c.
When Scotty is introduced, a small ball of fur can be seen just behind him, and we hear a kind of odd cooing. This is a tribble, as made famous in the classic episode
The Trouble with Tribbles
.
d.
Some of the "Mustangs" and "Zeros" in the background during the attack of the airfield were radio controlled models with a wingspan of 12 feet. If one looks thoroughly, a "Mustang" passing from right to left, trailing smoke, has no undercarriage doors. That is one of the models. The "Zero" exploding in mid-air is, of course, also a model. Six "Mustangs" and six "Zeros" were built by "Model Effects".
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