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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : King Kong (2005) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : King Kong (2005) - 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: King Kong (2005).
About the movie:
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with leading lady Ann Darrow.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
The ending originally had Ben surviving but it was changed to something far more shocking. Having the hero die after all.
b.
John Densmore
(The Doors drummer) played the recording engineer for Morrisons solo session.
c.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies of All Time" in 2006.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: During the brontosaur stampede, as a sailor is knocked off a cliff
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
The opening title credits sequence were shot with the assistance of the assistant directors friend. He let the director of photography Cameron Smith stick the camera out the window of his helicopter as he flew all over north Texas. He only asked for a chicken sandwich as payment.
b.
When the film was released in South Korea, it did so much business that some theaters were showing it four and five times a day. One theater owner in Seoul tried to figure out a way to be able to show it even more often, in order to bring in more customers. So he cut out all the musical numbers.
c.
Michael Muhney
auditioned for the role of Bruce Baxter.
d.
While being fitted for her pregnancy prosthetic - which involved being wrapped in a full body cast -
Cate Blanchett
fainted. The actress was rather surprised by this as she had never fainted before and learned in the next few days that she actually was pregnant.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
At the very end of the closing credits the movie is dedicated to "The original explorers of Skull Island..." followed by the names of the actors who played major roles in the 1933 original.
b.
The film struggled with budgetary problems throughout. When principle photography was about halfway done in 2001, the budget was cut by 70% for the project. Producer
Lisa M. Garthwaite
was so disgusted with the investors, she abandoned the film. The director shelved the project until 2003. However, the investors wanted the film wrapped and released. In 2004, the investors forced Dunn to edit together the incomplete film and shoot the bare minimum to release. In later interviews, Dunn estimated only about 60% of the films screenplay was actually filmed. The 2004 segments he filmed to complete the project were done in Guerrilla film style with no budget. He was never satisfied with the so-called "Directors Cut" as released. Dunn complained about several plot holes such as the Simon character (
Humberto Bermudez
) just disappearing in the middle of the film - most of the plot problems were a result of the production being halted in 2001 (and not resuming until 2004).
c.
This was an original screenplay written by
James Ellroy
entitled "The Plague Season". It was in development for eight years. One time the film was set up at Universal Pictures.
d.
This movie marked
Len Wiseman
s feature film directorial debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
Director
Lloyd Bacon
and producer
Jerry Wald
were prevented from filming at sea due to the US War Departments Second World War restrictions thereby forcing the production many challenges for such exterior filming.
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.
Shipped to cinemas in Europe under the name "Gipsy Camp". It came in two packs, reel 1, 3, 4a, 6, 8 and the next day 2, 4b, 7 and 9
d.
The library was a real herpetological library
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
The original title was the "The Miltons" sounding more like the Hiltons, which they spoofed.
b.
Howard Shore
had written and recorded much of the score for this film, but shortly before release, he departed from the project.
Peter Jackson
stated that because of "differing creative aspirations" between the two of them, they both thought it best for Shore to be replaced by
James Newton Howard
, who was given less than two months to write and record a new score for the entire film.
c.
George Segal
was not the initial choice to star opposite
Barbra Streisand
; she wanted her fellow First Artists producer
Sidney Poitier
, who was rejected when it was felt that audiences might not yet be altogether accepting of an interracial relationship in a major comedy release.
d.
The two bums who appear in the theater are played by
Joseph F. Robertson
and
Edward Finch Abrams
, the films producer and associate producer, respectively.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
According to the website Wolf Gnards,
Bill Murray
spends 8 years, 8 months and 16 days trapped in Groundhog Day. The website Obsessed With Film claims he was trapped 12,403 days, just under 34 years, in order to account for becoming a master piano player, ice sculptor, etc.
b.
TV host
Paul OGrady
and actor
David Tennant
both auditioned for the voice-over role of the Blue Meanie, on the same day. This information was revealed when David Tennant was interviewed on the Paul OGrady Show, and OGrady recounted overhearing Tennants audition and being impressed by it.
c.
John Huston
,
Henry Hathaway
and
Fred Zinnemann
each declined to direct the film.
William Wyler
agreed to direct, but differed with
George C. Scott
over the script and left for another film.
d.
After searching worldwide for the right boat to be the Venture,
Peter Jackson
found and purchased the Manuia, in the South Pacific island of Tonga. Several set pieces were added to the 50 year old vessel to make it resemble a 1930s freighter. Film crew were forced to abandon the boat during filming in March 2005 when it sprang a leak and began to take on water off New Zealands Kapiti Coast. Emergency repairs were carried out and it sailed back to Wellington, where the remaining boat scenes were shot without further incident.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
Jack Budlong
died after falling from his horse onto his sword.
b.
One of the gas bombs from
King Kong
can be seen in the shot of the cage filled with chloroform
c.
When the film was released, the press releases promoted the fact that this was one of the rare times when the audience actually got to see the actors playing the keys of the piano. Most films that dealt with scenes or plots where characters play the piano would be shot from behind or in front of the piano so their hands were not visible. The actors for The Competition rehearsed so that they could actually mimic the hand movements of a pianist.
d.
The original twist ending involved Silvia Broome having made up the idea of the assassination in order to blackmail a political official from causing genocide in Africa. Although director
Sydney Pollack
signed on for that draft it was one of the first things he had changed. This in turn changed a lot of the structure of the script so
Scott Frank
and
Steven Zaillian
were brought on to doctor it up.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
Jayne Mansfield
originally signed on to star in the film, but was tragically killed in a car crash just before shooting began.
b.
Patricia Birch
, the director of this film, was the dance choreographer on the original
Grease
. Publicity for this sequel stated that this was the first time a female choreographer had risen the ranks to that of film director. This movie was her directorial debut and it is her only ever theatrical film directing credit.
c.
John Shepherd
wore cowboy boots in order to look taller.
d.
28 copies of Darrows petticoats were made. Some were clean, some dirty, while others were ripped.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
The digitally-rendered 1933 NY is so detailed that it contained 90,000 separate buildings.
b.
Loosely based on the life and death of Samuel Joseph Byck, who on 22 February 1974 attempted to hijack a Delta Air Lines DC-9 at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, in order to crash it into the White House and kill President
Richard Nixon
.
c.
This film was believed to be lost but Gary Lacher found a copy in his attic and videos may be purchased from him for a nominal fee
d.
The slow, gloomy, blaring trombones in the main theme of the film score are actually based on an extremely slowed down version of the fast, high pitched trumpets in the beginning of the
Édith Piaf
song "Non, je ne regrette rien," which is used as a plot device in the film. Furthermore, when music is heard by someone who is currently within a dream, the music is perceived as slowed down. Thus, the main theme of the film score is almost exactly what the beginning of "Non, je ne regrette rien" would sound like to a dreamer. This thematic device is brought to its logical conclusion when the song plays at the end of the credits, signaling that the audience is about to wake up from the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Kong (2005)?
a.
The "Scream Ann! Scream for your life!" scene shown in trailers across the world for the movie never made it into the final cut.
b.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 7, 1953 with
Olivia de Havilland
reprising her film role.
c.
There is a line in the movie said by
Angelina Jolie
s character, "Lisa" that is a poem by Dorothy Parker called "Resume": "Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns arent lawful; Nooses give; Gas smells awful; You might as well live."
d.
The puppet of the behemoth is owned by
Dennis Muren
.
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