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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).
About the movie:
Video game adventurer Lara Croft comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Although never fully elaborated on, the dance on stage that Sayuri performs tells the story of a woman who suspects her husband of infidelity and waits outside in the snow to catch her husband leaving his mistress; unfortunately a blizzard sweeps over the land and she succumbs to the elements. In the novel, it was Mameha who performs this dance.
b.
Angelina Jolie
did her own Bungee-Ballet, and according to an interview with her on the
Jay Leno
show, injured her ankle on the first take when landing on top of a chandelier went bad, so that part of the scene had to be done over again after she recovered.
c.
This was the first of the car stunt movies set in the American South that
Burt Reynolds
made during the 1970s and involved some kind of battle with a sheriff or official. This group of movies includes the Smokey and the Bandit films and this movies sequel,
Gator
.
d.
For a while,
Tim Burton
was considering to direct, but could not due to a conflict with another movie
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Less than a month after the films release, UK fencing clubs saw an increase in the number of people interested in taking up the sport.
b.
The first Spider-Man film in which a main villain, Sandman, survives at the end of the film.
c.
Alex West was originally named Alex Mars but because the name hadnt been cleared by the legal department it couldnt be used.
Simon West
decided to name the character Alex West, after his father, since he knew, that if needed, he could get legal clearance for the name.
d.
"Theater Guild on the Air" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 1, 1947 with
Sam Levene
again reprising his film role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Lara Crofts father is played by
Angelina Jolie
s real life father, actor
Jon Voight
.
b.
Rita Hayworth
s own singing voice is heard in the introductions to her songs otherwise dubbed by
Jo Ann Greer
.
c.
The Disney executives had all the secondary animal characters, such as Meeko and Flit, lose all their dialog in order to make the film a bit more serious.
d.
This is the second
Ben Mezrich
adaptation that is produced by
Kevin Spacey
s production company, Trigger Street. The first one was "Bringing Down the House," which became
21
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
In the much-shown previews, at one point Lara says to Powell "You might try to kill me." Powell replies that he "would never kill a lady." She replies archly "I said youd try." That exchange doesnt appear in the actual movie.
b.
Top-billed Noah Beery Jr. plays a character named Pidge Laurie,whose nickname is "Flash" (because hes a news photographer). In real life, the actors nickname really was Pidge. His father, Noah Sr., passed away in 1946.
c.
Eva Marie Saint
(Martha Kent) made her cinematic debut in
On the Waterfront
, coincidentally opposite the late
Marlon Brando
(Jor-El).
d.
Many producers have professional "readers" that read and summarize scripts for them. The reader in this case summarized it as "Its like
Jaws
, but in space."
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Some post production sound was provided by students at Sir Francis Drake High School in San Anselmo. They added their sound to the basketball crowds, party fight scene, and the shooting scene in the girls dorm.
b.
This film, which is presumed lost, contains the earliest known appearance of the legendary Erich von Stroheim, who appears as an extra in a restaurant scene, proving he began his career at least two months before he appeared in "The Birth of a Nation."
c.
Apart from normal jumping, the only moves Lara Croft (
Angelina Jolie
) does in the movie which can also be done in the games is the jump over the living statue and rolls in the air. This can be done in the Playstation game by pressing forward and square, then circle while in the air.
d.
As the rap battle scenes took days to film, and the 300 extras were starting to get bored,
Curtis Hanson
initiated an improv freestyle rap battle among them, where the three best rappers would be filmed going head to head with
Eminem
. 134 volunteers signed up, each getting 15 seconds in front of the judiciary panel to make an impression. This was then whittled down to 20. Ultimately the jury couldnt decide on just three and chose four instead, all of whom had a one-shot one-take-only scene with the films star, who had to mime his responses to save his voice for the scripted scenes which remained to be shot. However, Eminem couldnt resist the challenge by staying silent (especially as the crowd was taunting him), and took on his opponents in his inimitable style.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Lewis Stone
played the heavy - the Marquis de la Tour dAzyr - in the 1923 version of this film. He came back to play the older character of "Georges de Valmorin" in this version.
b.
Many of Laras action sequence moves will be known and loved by any aficionados of the video game series. Drawing weapons mid-somersault, swallow dives into water, forward rolls to reverse direction - these are signature moves of the experienced player.
c.
In order to star in the film,
Tim Roth
declined the role of Professor Severus Snape in
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
.
d.
Fred MacMurray
is actually an accomplished saxophone player, so hes really playing the saxophone in the party scene.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Was filmed at Pinewood Studios in England where James Bond films are made.
b.
Burt Lancaster
celebrated his 70th birthday while filming, and the cast and crew threw him a special honorary birthday party on set.
c.
The first theatrical release from Full Moon Pictures.
d.
As reported by Robert Osborne during a TCM airing of the film,
Howard Da Silva
was originally cast in this film and performed the role in its entirety. However, just before it was distributed, he was denounced as a communist sympathizer in the McCarthy hearings. Producer
Howard Hughes
(a staunch anti-Communist) ordered all of Da Silvas scenes to be re-shot using
Brian Donlevy
. So the film was overhauled to incorporate Donlevy and he became the leading man.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Laras training robot is named Simon, after the director
Simon West
.
b.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
c.
Universal pictures (original production company) refused to release the film, believing it would be given an "NC-17" rating by the MPAA.
d.
Mrs. Samsky bears a strong resemblance to
Grace Slick
, the singer of
Jefferson Airplane
who is heard several times in the movie performing "Somebody to Love".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. However,because of legal or other complications, this particular title was not included in the original television package and may have never been televised.
b.
Up until the release of
The Passion of the Christ
in 2004,
The Ten Commandments
was the highest grossing religious epic in history, earning over $65.5 million in 1956. (This translates into $446 million $446,000,000 numerically, in current figures and inflation, throughout the years.)
c.
The TV episode
The Siege of AR-558
features a number of characters whose names are based on the names of actors and characters from this movie. They include Reese (
Steve McQueen
s character; Larkin (
Harry Guardino
s role), and Kellin (after this movies actor
Mike Kellin
). The episodes story is also similar to this movies.
d.
Lara Croft uses an Ericsson Bluetooth Headset and an Ericsson R310 mobile phone.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)?
a.
Menahem Golan
financed a loan from the Lewis Horwitz Organization to put Death Wish V together.
b.
The night before shooting in the destroyed Command Center commenced, the original set electricians had originally put too many fluorescent lights inside of the control panels and the whole lot got too hot. As a result, the heat caused most of the control console buttons to melt. The electricians had to replace virtually the entire compliment and had to install fans on the panels in order to keep them cool in a single evening that ran late into the night.
c.
Biggest grossing action film with a woman in lead role. Second is
Aliens
.
d.
Included as the second feature on the Troma release of The Hanging Woman DVD.
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