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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Land of the Dead (2005) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Land of the Dead (2005) - Part (3) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Land of the Dead (2005) - Part (3)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005).

About the movie: The living dead have taken over the world, and the last humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they come to grips with the situation.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Producer Mark Burg has stated this "Saw" to be his favorite on the commentary track.
b.		The zombie of Tom Savinis biker character, who is killed in Dawn of the Dead, can be seen in one of the scenes.
c.		Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and even the books author, Erich Maria Remarque, were both considered for the lead role.
d.		Military sets for the movie were nearly destroyed by a hurricane during filming. Instead of breaking them down and starting over, the partially-destroyed sets were used to create new scenes in the movie (including the scene in "Redux" where the playmates are stranded at the deserted military base).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Stanley Holloway was originally cast as Admiral Boom, but because he was working on My Fair Lady, he turned it down.
b.		Shooting lasted from Mar. 18-Apr. 6, 1935, released May 31.
c.		"Land of the Dead"s Pittsburgh premiere was at the Byham Theatre, which used to be called the Fulton Theatre. This theatre, when it was still the Fulton, was the same theatre where Night of the Living Dead premiered in 1968.
d.		Cinematographer Lee Garmes began the film but was fired and replaced by H. Lyman Broening.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Alan Van Sprang and Shawn Roberts are the only two actors to carry over to another of the Dead movie by playing different characters. Alan Van Sprang was in Land of the Dead as a soldier named Brubaker who died and became a zombie and he was Sarge in Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead. Whereas Shawn Roberts played a rookie called Mike in Land of the Dead and one of the students called Tony Ravello in Diary of the Dead
b.		The real Abbe de Coulmier was a four-foot-tall hunchback.
c.		For the D-Day landing, director Henry Koster used only eighty soldiers and two LCVPs (Higgins Boats aka Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel landing craft).
d.		The titular house was infested with ladybugs, some of which can be seen in some of the shots.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Although talkies (and part-talkies) had been around for over 3 years at the time of this release, this is one of the first 100% talkie westerns produced by a poverty row producer (and Robert J. Horner was considered the bottom of the proverbial barrel on Gower Street). Low budget producers had been unable to secure the limited amount of sound equipment available for talking picture production and had continued to grind out silent westerns with diminishing appeal well into 1930.
b.		The famed Preservation Hall Jazz Band of New Orleans appears in the film. Preservation Hall on St. Peter Street has been a venue for New Orleans jazz since 1961.
c.		The film was shot in 11 days for $9,000 on the SAG Ultra-Low Budget contract.
d.		At the beginning of the movie, if you listen carefully to the tuba and tambourine zombies in the town bandstand they are playing notes from The Gonk, the mall music from Romeros Dawn of the Dead.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		The animation team fluctuated between 28 and 50.
b.		In The Mardi Gras Club scenes, there are a few familiar faces amongst the extras. As Serafina storms by the men on bar stools, Tennessee Williams himself can be seen sitting at the bar in a striped shirt. The man beside him is producer Hal B. Wallis. The shorter man in the white shirt standing directly behind Estelle Hohengarten (actress Virginia Grey) helping to restrain her is Frank Merlo - Williams long-time companion and lover.
c.		George A. Romero: his voice can be heard as one of the puppets in the childrens show, saying, "Take that, you smelly zombie."
d.		For the "knife-in-the-eye" scene, Tom Cruise insisted that a real knife be used, and that it stop exactly one quarter-inch from his eyeball, instead of somewhere vaguely near his eye, as John Woo suggested. The knife itself was connected to a cable that was measured carefully in order to achieve the effect and Cruise insisted that Dougray Scott use all his strength in the ensuing struggle.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		A cinema marquee shows Halloween II, also directed by Rick Rosenthal.
b.		This movie is 99% unscripted.
c.		Howard Berger: The trucker vampire that bites Sex Machine (Tom Savini) is the make-up supervisor.
d.		The first and, to date, only George A. Romero zombie film to use the 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The other films used standard 4:3 or Flat Ratios. Night of the Living Dead (1.33:1), Dawn of the Dead (1.85:1), Day of the Dead (1.85:1), Diary of the Dead (16:9 aka 1.78:1).

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Although based on actual persons and events, the town of "Britten, Texas" doesnt really exist. "Britten" was the name of a truck stop in Groom, Texas, which also happens to be home to the Western Hemispheres tallest cross.
b.		General Leonid Pushkin, James Bonds ally in The Living Daylights, was in the first draft of Goldeneye and was to play a major part in the film. Just like in The Living Daylights, he was to be used as a pawn in the major villains scheme.
c.		Boyd Banks: Boyd Banks, the actor who played Tucker in Dawn of the Dead (a remake of Romeros Dawn of the Dead) and "White Man" in Romeros Diary of the Dead also plays "the butcher" in Land of the Dead.
d.		The airplane that the Lemurs hold court in is a Lockheed Electra, the same airplane as Amelia Earhart disappeared in on July 2, 1937.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Jonah Hill wrote a cameo role specifically for Johnny Depp.
b.		Dennis Hopper and Robert Joy previously co-starred together in Waterworld. At one point in that movie, Hoppers character licks his thumb and then touches his rifles sight before taking a shot. This is the signature quirk of Joys character in Land of the Dead.
c.		Pearl Bailey agreed to take part in the film so long as costumer Irene Sharaff understood that she refused to wear a bandanna because it smacked of "Aunt Jemima". Later, when the women chorus singers lined up for the first costume review, Pearl Bailey created havoc by screaming "No one is going to wear a bandanna in any picture Im in!" A compromise was reached whereby only a few of the women at a time would wear bandannas.
d.		Errol Flynn was criticized for playing heroes in World War II movies. Tony Thomas in his book Errol Flynn: The Spy Who Never Was states that Flynn had tried to enlist in every branch of any armed services he could but was rejected as unfit for service on the grounds of his health. Flynn had a heart condition, tuberculosis, malaria and a back problem. Flynn felt he could contribute to Americas war effort by appearing in such films as Edge of Darkness; Northern Pursuit; Dive Bomber, Objective, Burma!, and Uncertain Glory. Reportedly, Flynn was at his most professional and co-operative he ever was whilst working on Second World War movies. The studios apparently did not diffuse the criticism of Flynns state-of-health as they wished to keep it quiet for fear of his box-office draw waning.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Land of the Dead (2005)?
a.		Lauren Bacall is once said to have done a "double-take" in regards to Robert Sacchis physical resemblance to Humphrey Bogart.
b.		Helen Haye was an actress who had impressed the films producer. He sent a memo to the casting agent saying "Hire Helen Haye". This was taken to be a misprint by the agent and the popular actress Helen Hayes was hired.
c.		Carrie Fisher was an uncredited script doctor on the film.
d.		In the scene where the zombies get into the city, the soldier playing cards who has his head pulled off, his camouflage uniform says "Rickles" in the name area. Rickles was the name of one of the soldiers from "Day of the Dead", one of George A. Romeros earlier zombie films.

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