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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Ship (2002) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Ghost Ship (2002) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002).
About the movie:
A salvage crew that discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea soon notices, as they try to tow it back to land, that "strange things" happen...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
Amanda has an empty six-shot revolver and two full speed-loaders in her purse. This means there are twelve rounds of ammunition for the revolver. During the course of the movie, exactly twelve rounds are fired before the revolver is out of ammunition.
b.
Originally conceived as a relatively bloodless psychological horror about four salvage crew members who turn against one another after being stranded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean aboard the remains of a cruise ship (The Chimera) believed to have been lost in the 1960s.
c.
In the socialist Hungary, the movie was only released in 1985. It became the second biggest grossing film that year: 1.5 million tickets were sold (Hungarys population was around 10 million at that time!) The biggest hit that year was
Bomber
starring
Bud Spencer
.
d.
The original title of the script was "Edward & Nathan" but after the first draft, Nathans role was cut in half.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
The film was shot in 1983, but it wasnt released to theaters until 1987 under the title "Nightmare at Shadow Woods".
b.
Gabriel Byrne
replaced
Brian Cox
.
c.
Last film appearance of
Erville Alderson
before his death in 1957.
d.
Famous for playing James Bond, Sean Connery in this movie does not play a spy, but a diplomat. However, the picture inverts his James Bond persona by making his character the target of a professional international assassin and one that is a woman.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
Another problem concerned the color of the water in the pond holding the boat; it was too brown and murky. They hired a chemist to develop a dye to color the water Azure Mediterranean blue. The chemist dumped a huge sack of some powder into the pond, which, instead of turning the water blue, formed a hard crust on the surface of the water, which had to be chiselled off the boat at great expense. They finally found some dye that would make the water blue. During one of the battle scenes, an extra who fell into the water and spent a bit too much time there turned blue, and was kept on the MGM payroll until it wore off.
b.
The film was shot in and around Morristown, TN. The same town that
The Evil Dead
was shot in 26 years earlier.
c.
"The
Hedda Hopper
Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 1, 1947 with
James Baskett
reprising his film role.
d.
The design for the "Antonia Graza" was modeled after the "Andrea Doria" (a mans name), a real-life Italian cruise ship that also met a tragic fate: it sank in the 1950s after colliding with another liner. Contrary to this fact, the "Antonia Graza" actually shows a stronger resemblance to the
Leonardo Da Vinci
, a slightly altered and larger design which replaced the Doria after she sank.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
Mary Badham
tested unsuccessfully for the role of Mick.
b.
After
Gremlins
became such a surprise success, Warner Bros. immediately wanted a sequel, but director
Joe Dante
had had enough Gremlins for a while and declined. Work on Gremlins 2 proceeded without him, as the studio approached various directors and writers. Storylines considered included sending the gremlins to cities like Las Vegas or even the planet Mars. After these ideas fell through, the studio finally asked Dante again, who agreed on the condition that he be allowed to do anything he wanted. He also received a bigger budget. In the DVD commentaries for both the original film and the sequel, Dante stated that he felt that Gremlins 2 was a case of waiting too long to capitalize on the success of the original, which hurt the sequels chances of success.
c.
The scene on the foredeck where the Captain and the passengers were dancing, and the scene in the ballroom, was a common tradition at the time near the end of a trans-Atlantic voyage. These were usually held as the ship approached the end of the trip, near the coast and these Balls were called the "Captains Ball".
d.
Reportedly originally developed by
Harold Ramis
for Disney, but Ramis dropped out before production began.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
The opening floor deck sequence of the film where everyone is severed in the torso area by a cable, was originally conceived to be that everyone was decapitated, but the studio didnt like the idea.
b.
The films success led to plans for a sequel, which was to be called Brazzaville.
Ingrid Bergman
was not available, so
Geraldine Fitzgerald
was considered for Ilsa before the project was killed. It was not until the late 1990s and Michael Walshs novel "As Time Goes By" that a true sequel ever came to pass.
c.
Joan Crawford
was asked by studio boss
Jack L. Warner
to play
Doris Day
s sister in the film, Joan declined saying "Come on, Jack. No one would ever believe that I would have Doris Day for a sister!"
d.
Janet Leigh
only had three weeks to work on the movie and spent the whole of one of those weeks filming the shower sequence.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
The title of this project was changed from "Sexual Attraction" to "The Main Attraction" by the video releasing company against the wishes of the writers and director.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: As the villagers flee in terror when the Genie (under Jafars control) lifts the palace into the air.
c.
The ghost captain tells
Gabriel Byrne
s character that the Antonio Graza rescued a ship called the Lorelei. Rescuing this ship is what eventually led to the destruction of the Antonia Graza and the death of all its passengers. "Die Lorelei" is a German poem about a siren-type woman who lures boats to ruin and sailors to their deaths.
d.
Director
Matthew Vaughn
cited the first two X-Films,
Star Trek
and the 1960s Bond films as major influences on this film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Ghost Ship (2002)?
a.
Jack Ferrimans "Soul Collector" character is named for Charon the Ferryman, the Greek mythological spirit who collected souls from one side of the river Styx and ferried them across to Hades. Also, the painting at the end of the Grand Hall is inspired in Michelangelos painting "the Ferry man of the Styx". Although it shows Poseidon instead of Charon, position and painting arrangements are the same.
b.
At the time of its release, it was widely rumored that
Steven Spielberg
either directed some scenes or participated in post production because he didnt like the rough cut he saw. This was, however, never confirmed.
c.
Based on a true story.
d.
Due to the low budget,
Gunnar Hansen
had only one shirt to wear as Leatherface. The shirt had been dyed, so it could not be washed; Hansen had to wear it for four straight weeks of filming in the Texas summer. By the end of the shoot no one wanted to eat lunch with Hansen because his clothing smelled so bad.
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