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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lost Horizon (1973) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Lost Horizon (1973)

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About the movie: This retelling of the classic tale of James Hilton's Utopian lost world plays out uneasily amid musical production numbers and Bacharach pop music...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Charlie (Nicolas Cage) begs Peggy to marry him, saying he doesnt know what the future might bring; he might lose his arm, even. In Cages next role (Moonstruck, he played a baker who has lost his hand.
b.		The seagulls beak was wired shut to prevent it from injuring the actors.
c.		The castle set from Camelot was recycled and used as the lamasery. This was the first motion picture that Columbia Pictures filmed after it moved onto the Warner Bros. Studio Lot in 1972, creating The Burbank Studios to facilitate both production companies. For "Lost Horizons" mythical setting of Shangri-La, the medieval turrets of the Camelot castle on the studios main back-lot were removed and replaced with Tibetan gables to simulate Himalayan Buddhist monasteries. Most of the lower levels of the castle remained intact, and the courtyard was replaced with layered steppes and fountains. This set remained on the studios back-lot for several years before it was torn down to make way for a new office building, and it can be seen in many episodes of "Kung Fu," in which it was often used as an exterior set.
d.		Unspecified material on this film is held at the EYE Film Institute in the Netherlands, according to the FIAF database "Treasures from Film Archives".

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Michael York has said that despite Ross Hunters reputation for lush productions, York actually found the decor rather tacky. Since the lamasery scenes were filmed in Burbank during a hot summer, he began to call the location "Shangri-La in the Smog".
b.		For productions made for big screen theatrical release, this movie was the third remake (or fourth version of) The Front Page. The others were His Girl Friday and The Front Page.
c.		Film debut of Charles Lane.
d.		Don and Cosmo were shown as touring through a variety of small towns as part of their vaudeville career. These included Dead Mans Fang (Arizona), Oatmeal (Nebraska) and Coyoteville (New Mexico). These are all fictional although there is a town called Oatmeal in Texas and one called Coyoteville in California.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Adrien Brody had discussed playing Spock with J.J. Abrams.
b.		The cat in the movie reacted violently whenever it was in a scene with Leslie Caron, but director Vincente Minnelli insisted on having that particular cat, so it had to be heavily drugged. This is especially obvious during "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight".
c.		Shortly before shooting commenced in Toronto, lobbying began by Canadians Concerned About Violence in Entertainment protesting about government support in relation to the films funding.
d.		Professional vocalists Jerry Whitman and Diana Lee provided the singing voices for Peter Finch and Liv Ullmann, respectively. The married twosome also sang on the Disneyland Records release "The World Is A Circle", which featured a handful of songs from "Lost Horizon" as well as other show tunes.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Originally, the film was supposed to be about a group of children living without parents in the wild. They were trying to decide what adult character would find them, when someone thought of Max. After that suggestion, it became a "Mad Max" film.
b.		This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John WIlsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
c.		Maria Bello who plays the onscreen mother of Ashton Holmes in the film, is only 11 years older than him in real life.
d.		Joel Schumacher was originally attached to direct, largely at the insistence of John Grisham. The author had been pleased with the way Schumacher had handled two of his properties - A Time to Kill and The Client.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Continuing the pattern of film versions of "Alice in Wonderland" not being commercially successful, this movie was a huge box office failure. However, it did become something of a cult film during the 1960s, where it was viewed as a "head film".
b.		The symbol of the Norsefire Party is one form of an ancient heraldic symbol called the "Croix de Lorraine". A similar symbol was adopted as the official symbol of General Charles de Gaulles Free French Forces between 1940 and 1944. It was later used for various Gaullist political parties in France, notably the RPR (Rally for the Republic).
c.		Willem Dafoe could not see for three days because he got too many eye drops to dilate the pupils of his eyes in bright sunlight to achieve a superhuman effect.
d.		This film did so poorly at the box office, that many in film circles, its known as "Lost Investment". It is one of the few mainstream American films of the 1970s that has never been released on home video in the United States.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Mexican censors required the peasants to always be wearing clean clothes.
b.		According to Penny Stallings Flesh and Fantasy, when Barbara Stanwyck first encountered Laurence Harvey on the set lounging in his gold brocade bathrobe and drinking champagne, she walked up to him and said, "All right, Larry, lets go! Get your ass in gear. Weve got a picture to make, and I dont have time for prima donnas!" After a moment of silence, this struck Harvey as highly amusing and burst into laughter. He and Stanwyck immediately became friends.
c.		Producer Ross Hunter offered the role of Chang to Toshirô Mifune, but he turned it down. The role was ultimately played by John Gielgud.
d.		This film was actually filmed at two different Nevada prisons as well as having a major fight scene filmed at the Thomas & Mack Center on the UNLV campus.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		During the release of this movie, the real heir to the Danish throne, Kronprins Frederik, married his Australian wife Mary Donaldson, a commoner, later known as Kronprinsesse Mary.
b.		Pierre Cardin put out a line of costume jewelry, watches and belts "inspired by Lost Horizon". Likewise, Marrakech, Ltd. had a line of "Lost Horizon" shirts for men, Periphery a line of womens attire, Rijir a line of colognes and soaps, and Brown Jordan a line of rattan furniture all designed for that Shangri-La look. Craft Masters even put out a paint-by-number set and Saalfield marketed a "Lost Horizon" coloring book.
c.		A freak hail storm forced the cast and crew to abandon a graveyard set right in the middle of shooting.
d.		Will Smith, Idris Elba, Chris Tucker and Jamie Foxx were considered for the lead role.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell. "Esquire" called it "The worst movie of the year," ans "Cue" critic William Wolf dubbed it, "Atrocious... lame-brained... Some $6 million was spent on the worst-of-worst remake,"
b.		The Soda Spring Spa was actually the Arroyo Del Valle Sanatorium, a treatment center for tuberculosis in Livermore, California which opened in 1918. With TB cases in decline, the sanatorium was closed in 1960 and sat vacant for more than a decade before the movie was filmed. The ruins were cleared in 1999, and Camp Arroyo was constructed on the site.
c.		Thomas Vinterberg took two and a half years to write the script.
d.		This is the only Smokey and the Bandit movie featuring Dom DeLuise.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Both Jean Arthur and Barbara Stanwyck turned down the role of the teacher. Additionally Julie Andrews also declined the role.
b.		David Winters was supposed to co-produce the movie and to play a role but turned down the project because of creative differences.
c.		Initially, Germanys Ministry of Defense would not allow filming on Bendler Block. They relented after appeals from Tom Cruise and screenwriter/producer Christopher McQuarrie. The entire crew started every night of filming with a moment of silence in memory of Stauffenberg.
d.		This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Lost Horizon (1973)?
a.		Originally, there was a fertility dance number, but it was cut from the final print because preview audiences laughed at it.
b.		In the colorized version Frank Sinatra (Ol Blue Eyes) is given brown eyes.
c.		All of the songs were written by Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest and other actors in the cast who also played all their own instruments.
d.		The character Regret, named after the prize winning 1915 racehorse, was based on Otto "Abadabba" Berman, the financial genius behind gangster Dutch Schultzs business empire and the close friend of writer Damon Runyon. Berman was shot dead in a hit on Schultz a year after the films release.

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