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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006).
About the movie:
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
Ironically, the Bixby Letter which is featured prominently in the film was actually inaccurate. The War Department incorrectly informed Lincoln about the fate of Mrs. Bixbys sons: two had died in battle, the others eventually survived the war. It is not clear whether Mrs. Bixbys story about her sons was borne from error or exaggeration, and why the War Department had failed to correct the report based on their own records.
b.
Filming the café scene was disrupted when an anti-Semitic terrorist group known as Black September informed police that a bomb had been placed near the set and would be detonated unless everyone left. With help from the local police, the actors and crew carried on bravely and finished shooting on schedule at 3 a.m.
Raquel Welch
was quoted saying, "I was glad when we finished, and that the threat seems to have been a hoax."
c.
Director/writer/actor
Albert Brooks
asked Nancy Reagan (who used to act under the name
Nancy Davis
) to play the part of his mother. Nancy really wanted to come out of acting retirement to play the role, but declined because she couldnt bear to be away from husband and former president
Ronald Reagan
, suffering from Alzheimers disease. Also on Brooks list of former actresses to play his mother was
Doris Day
, but she showed no interest in coming out of acting retirement. Brooks is an old friend of actress/writer
Carrie Fisher
, and he knew her famous mother (
Debbie Reynolds
) through her. (Debbie used to try to pair Albert and Carrie off for marriage.) Brooks was looking for a big-name actress from the past and called Fisher to see if she thought her mother would accept the role. Fisher said yes, as did Reynolds.
d.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashis pistol is a Colt M1911A1 with white ivory grips. The pistol was designed by John M. Browning in 1911 and was the US sidearm all the way up to 1986.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
Andrew Stanton
is a big fan of
Peter Gabriel
, who was very enthused to write the song "Down to Earth" because he loved
Finding Nemo
, also by Pixar.
b.
Director
Nicholas Ray
was certainly impressed with
Robert Taylor
s commitment. "He worked for me like a true Method actor," said Ray, who remembered Taylor going to an osteologist, poring over X-rays and asking probing questions so that he would have an understanding of where in his body the pain would be from his characters crippled leg.
c.
A song called "Britches" was recorded for the movie, It was meant that
Elvis Presley
would sing it while riding his horse to the crossing together with his brother Clint. Elvis, however, didnt want to perform a song while riding because it would look too dumb.
d.
Shot back-to-back with
Flags of Our Fathers
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
The only cast member to be in both this film and its companion piece,
Flags of Our Fathers
, appears in the flamethrowing image of Chuck Lindberg (played by
Alessandro Mastrobuono
). He advances on a bunker with a flamethrower. Individual members of the casts of both films have met, though never officially presented together, as there are commonalities between the casts in the acting community.
b.
Chapter Titles: 1. The Master Spy 2. Captured 3. The False Signal 4. The Enemy Strikes 5. Crack-Up! 6. Sunken Peril 7. Tracking the Enemy 8. Chamber of Doom 9. Flames of Jeopardy 10.Crackling Fury 11.Caverns of Peril 12.Fight in the Sky 13.The Fatal Ride 14.Getaway 15. The Last Stand
c.
Reggie Jackson
is depicted as an outfielder for the California Angels and
Jay Johnstone
is depicted as a player for the Seattle Mariners. Though both are legit former major league players, both had been retired by the time this movie was released. Jackson retired as an Oakland As (his original team) in 1987 and Johnstone had retired as a Chicago Cub in 1985.
d.
Ben Gazzara
was unhappy with the role initially, unable to find a way to connect to Cosmo Vitelli. That changed when shooting a scene, Cassavetes spoke to Gazzara about the gangsters in the film as a metaphor for the people who are constantly trying to steal or ruin peoples dreams. Cassavetes started to cry and Gazzara saw that playing Cosmo was representing
John Cassavetes
and the movie was a metaphor for the directors struggles for his own dreams.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
The cameo by
Mantan Moreland
was his last film appearence.
b.
Characters in the movie say the name Michael approximately 118 times.
c.
Kazunari Ninomiya
, who played Saigo, is a part of the Japanese pop boy-band Arashi.
d.
"New Moon" is
Robert Pattinson
s favorite book in the Twilight series.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
The thirteenth of sixteen Andy Hardy films starring
Mickey Rooney
.
b.
Ken Watanabe
read actual letters sent by Imperial Japanese Army Gen.
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
to his family from Iwo Jima while preparing for his role.
c.
Released in the US in mid-summer 1966, this film was frequently double-billed with the similarly-themed
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
.
d.
During the scene where Roy and Chon are drunk in the hotel, director
Tom Dey
hoped to include a drunken kung fu scene as an homage to
Jui kuen II
(Legend of the Drunken Master (1994)). There was no time to choreograph such a scene, so Dey showed Chon blowing bubbles from his mouth, as Wong Fei-hung does in the Drunken Master movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
The movie set a new record for merchandising, with $120 million worth of deals with 24 various companies for product placement and/or tie-ins. These included vehicles Aston Martin Vanquish, Jaguar XKR convertible, 2003 James Bond Edition Ford Thunderbird and Ski-Doo snowmobile; drinks Bollinger champagne, Finlandia vodka, Heineken beer, 7 Up, and Ty Nant curvy PET bottles; Revlon cosmetics 007 Color Collection; Brioni suit tailoring; Electronic Arts video game _James Bond 007: Nightfire (2002) (VG)_; British Airways and Samsonite luggage; Mattel 007 Barbie Collectors Edition set; Omega Seamaster Swatch watches; Phillips Electronics Philishave Sensotec and Norelco Spectra shavers; Kodak cameras; Vodaphone and Sony Ericsson mobile phones; VISA credit cards; Energizer batteries; Phillips heart rate monitor; Sony security systems, TV cameras and laptop PCs; and retail outlets Circuit City and Best Buy.
b.
The screenplay and story is about Hasidic Jews, but the screenplay was written by
Antonio Macia
, who is a Mormon.
c.
The story of Lt. Ito strapping mines to himself and lying among corpses to attack a tank is based on the real-life story of Satoru Omagiri, as told in "The Rising Sun" by
John Toland
.
d.
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
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
The last foreign language film to date to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture (Japanese).
b.
The subplot involving Tuptim, although heavily altered by
Oscar Hammerstein II
in the play to make it more of a definite romance between Tuptim and Lun Tha, was once thought to have a basis in reality, but it has turned out to be completely fictional, part of the embellishments that
Anna Leonowens
added to her autobiography during her years as governess and schoolteacher to the Kings children.
c.
Due to budgetary constraints, over fifty percent of the screenplay was scheduled to be filmed on top of a secluded cliff in West Virginia in only four days. The first day it rained, leaving only three days and two nights to film over 45 pages of script.
d.
Uwe Boll
only shot 3 to 5 takes of every scene in the movie. He thought that the biggest strength in comedy is the emotion behind the acting, which cannot be kept when trying the scenes too often.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)?
a.
Aki Ross was named #87 on Maxim Magazines "Hot 100" list for 2001, and was featured on the cover of the supplemental insert. She is the only nonexistent person to date to make that list.
b.
Originally titled "Red Sun, Black Sand".
c.
The original Broadway production of "Hair" opened at the Biltmore Theater on April 29, 1968, ran for 1750 performances and was nominated for the 1969 Tony Award for the Best Musical.
d.
Tommy Johnson
was the tuba player whose ominous sounds announced the sharks arrival.
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