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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
About the movie:
Nitta Sayuri reveals how she transcended her fishing-village roots and became one of Japan's most celebrated geisha.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
G.D. Spradlin
s last film.
b.
John Williams
passed on scoring the fourth Harry Potter movie,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
in favor of scoring this film.
c.
Purposely released on Friday, January 13 because the Tales From The Crypt movies were originally to be tied with traditional "horror weekends" such as Friday the 13th or Halloween.
d.
At the Waterville "train station", director
Rich Cowan
and director of photography
Dan Heigh
mention (DVD commentary) that the locomotive didnt work, so the train couldnt move. Production designer,
Vincent DeFelice
, mentions in the featurette "Behind the Basket: Designing" that some of the horses that were to pull the Emerys wagon as they meet the train were sent to a different location, so to stay on schedule the scene was shot with staff out of camera range pulling the wagon by hand.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
The playwright
Doug Wright
stayed on set during the shoot to rewrite lines that actors found too difficult to pronounce. He also polished up the shooting script.
b.
All the music was recorded live.
c.
Herschell Gordon Lewis
: The British-accented, mustachioed sailor (in two scenes) aboard a freighter.
d.
The flea market scenes were filmed during the week when the market is normally closed (ref: Movie Lovers Paris).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Two of the emcees in the park (when the "Ice Cream" beat can be heard) are Timbo King and Dreddy Kruger. They are both members of the Wu-Tang Killa Beez. The
RZA
, who scored the movie, is the leader of all things related to Wu-Tang Clan and its affiliates.
b.
Julyana Soelistyo
was once considered for the role of Pumpkin.
c.
The original "cute" character of the movie was a music box, which was supposed to be a musical version of Dopey from
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
. But when the character Chips role was expanded, the music box idea was scrapped. However the music box can be seen for a brief moment on a table next to Lumière just before the fight between the enchanted objects and the villagers in the Beasts castle.
d.
About 28 separate Hobbit holes had to be built for the Shire. Each one had to be different.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
A number of key moments in the movie were created in the editing room: Jeannie kicking Roonie three times in the face (when there was in fact only one kick filmed); Ferris and Sloanes kiss in front of Roonie was originally just a brief kiss, but was later edited into the long kiss seen on film.
b.
The Sumo Wrestler who won the match is retired Sumo Wrestler Mainoumi who reached the rank of Komosubi (Junior Champion). He retired in November 1999 and is now a Sumo Announcer for NHK among other things.
c.
Joel Coen
and
Ethan Coen
stated that the film was nearly in the works for eight years. It initially began as a project they wrote up for Universal.
d.
This is Aaron Norris (
Chuck Norris
brother) last film as a stunt coordinator. He began his career as a director with his next film, his brothers
Braddock: Missing in Action III
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
The compact disc from which Mark plays "Superstar" by
Sonic Youth
is "If I Were a Carpenter", a 1994 compilation of covers of
The Carpenters
songs.
b.
Originally set for a US theatrical release in late 2007 and then 2008, it languished in a vault secondary to the production company going bankrupt after post-production was already completed.
c.
Maggie Cheung
was once considered for the role of Mameha.
d.
One of the hookers in Old Town is dressed like Wonder Woman. She is seen from the back, wearing a set of star-spangled hot pants and with a golden lasso at her side. She also appears in the original comic, in a nearly identical shot (when Marv is asking about Goldie, just before Wendy takes him down).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Tom Stoppard
added several characters in his work on the screenplay, including
Christopher Marlowe
. Some of his additions, including those regarding
John Webster
, were handled with caution, as it was feared some references would be too obscure.
b.
The rights to the novel were bought a month after the book came out in 1997 by husband-and-wife producers
Douglas Wick
and
Lucy Fisher
.
c.
A fifth film, called "The New Superman," was in talks in case the fourth movie was a success.
Christopher Reeve
was not going to star, but he was in talks to direct and write. After this film flopped, the fifth movie was nixed.
d.
At 66 minutes, this is the shortest movie to ever receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
The film was banned outright in Chicago, Guatemala, Spain, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and other countries. Many other locales required cuts in police brutality, Mikes murder and the mine explosions. The Hays office was concerned about Joes criminal behavior in setting off the mine explosions not being punished, but eventually issued a certificate of approval.
b.
Tex Ritter
auditioned for the role of Sam the Lion as his son John was considered for the role of Sonny.
c.
The genuine model head cast from the real Marie Antoinette (and on loan from Madame Tussauds wax museum in London) is in the basket of aristocratic victims.
d.
Yunjin Kim
turned down a leading role.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Robert Beltran
s film debut.
b.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
Michael Bay
compared Megatron to Colonel Kurtz in
Apocalypse Now
: "Hes hiding in the jungles of Africa, nursing his wounds and vainly hiding his pulverized visage while plotting - what else? - revenge!"
d.
It took a lot of negotiating to get
Rob Marshall
to direct this film. Since he directed the hit film
Chicago
for Miramax, he owed his next film to them. This is a DreamWorks film. It was only because Miramax and DreamWorks have a long history of borrowing talent from each other that they were able to work out a deal.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
At the films opening, one of the whaling vessels bears the name Pequod, a nod to the whaling ship in Moby Dick.
b.
Steven Spielberg
,
Brett Ratner
,
Spike Jonze
and
Kimberly Peirce
all considered directing this film.
c.
Shot entirely at a beach house in Galveston, where all the cast and crew lived during the shooting, produced completely on credit cards, with two hurricanes almost ending the production, the film has played in over 20 film festivals and won 2 Audience Awards, 3 Best Film awards, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay.
d.
According to the British tabloid The Sun, the movie was selected by BBC executives as one to be broadcast after a nuclear strike, to improve the morale of survivors. The BBC did not confirm or deny the story, saying, "This is a security issue so we cannot comment".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Part of the original SHOCK THEATER package of 52 Universal titles released to television in 1957, followed a year later by SON OF SHOCK, which added 21 more features.
b.
A print of episode 7 survives at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.
c.
This film has been cited as a reason why Pixar cancelled a film they were making with a similar story: "Newt".
d.
The filmmakers decided that the Gion district of modern-day Kyoto (the Geisha district where Arthur Goldens novel is set) looked much too modern to evoke the 1920s and 30s. So, a large set of the Gion district was constructed outside of Los Angeles in Thousand Oaks, California. The detailed set had real cobblestone streets, bridges, a river, period buildings and antique props which evoked the period described in the novel.
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