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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) - Part (3) 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.
The meaning and relevance of this movies
Nighthawks
title is that Nighthawks refer to the men and women street cops of the New York City Crime Unit who patrol the city at night-time.
b.
A light fell at the "Andes House" location resulting in a giant burn on one of the couches.
c.
The movie originally did not include any songs in order to emphasize
Alice Faye
s acting ability, but one song was added when her fans complained. However, her participation in the performance of that song was minimal.
d.
Because none of the Japanese rickshaws were large enough for the two women to be comfortably seated next to each other, the rickshaw used for the scenes in which Mameha and Sayuri travel together in one carriage was manufactured in California, using wheels and axles shipped in from Japan.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
The collars on the Geishas kimono indicate their status as a Geisha and give customers an indication of their ranking. A Maiko (apprentice Geisha) wears a red collar to symbolize she is in training while an accomplished Geisha will wear a white collar. This is where the phrase "turning the collar" comes from.
b.
D.F. Jones
worked with computers in Britain during WWII and knew about Colossus, the computer which was the heart of Britains code breaking complex at Bletchley Park.
c.
Final cinema feature of
Johnny Sekka
.
d.
Edward Norton
s hair was slightly bleached, as his character lives in a sunny climate, which would make his hair lighter in color.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Youki Kudoh, the actress who portrays the adult Pumpkin had to work with dialect coaches and re-learn how to speak with a Japanese accent as although in real life having been born in Japan, speaks with an American accent from living in the USA for a good portion of her life.
b.
Vitaphone production reels #4131-4137.
c.
A print of this film survives in George Eastman House.
d.
Vitaphone production reels #3546-3553.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Mel Gorham
s monologue was filmed three months after the film wrapped. At the films wrap party, Gorham performed a rendition of "Fever" that so impressed the films producers they decided to add a scene with her performing the song.
b.
"Ricks Café Américain" was modeled after Hotel El Minzah in Tangiers.
c.
This was director
Robert Stevenson
s last feature.
d.
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.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
When Mameha declines from attending the Barons party, Hatsumomo viciously asks taking care of a little nuisance?. While never fully divulged in the film, the book goes onto explain that Mameha had gone for an abortion.
b.
All the black and white and forensic photos shown in the film were taken by the production still photographer. And were used as a last minute resort while editing the film.
c.
Cinematographer
Harvey Genkins
stepped in to play the Salvation Army Santa after the actor that had originally been hired for the role failed to show up for filming.
d.
In 2009 a musical production of Bucket of Blood was produced by Chicagos Annoyance Theatre.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Of
Vera-Ellen
s 14 films released between 1945 and 1957, this was her only movie not to showcase her dancing and also not to receive a contemporary New York Times review. Moreover, this picture was her second and last to be shot in black and white. Her previous monochromatic appearance was in
The Marx Brothers
frolic
Love Happy
, a semi-musical.
b.
Stan Laurel
s laughter was infectious; you can see Sharon Lynn (Lola) laughing unscripted as she tickles Stan during the hotel scene.
c.
In addition animating the monster that invades the camp, Disney artist
Joshua Meador
provided approximately 29 other animation effects depicting laser beams and other forms of visual energy.
d.
The makeup the Geishas wear early in this movie is less traditional and more modern so that it translates to a more modern audience; a Geisha of the time rarely ever fully painted her lips, and would either paint the bottom lip, just the top, or partially the center of both. The full painting of lips did not come until after the forties and the fifties, with the increase of Western culture and style.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Michael Caine
(Andrew Wyke) played the role of Milo Tindle in the original version:
Sleuth
.
b.
M. Night Shyamalan
: [car accident] Grahams wife died in a car accident.
c.
There was much discussion about the traditional Geisha hairstyles of the time period and the filmmakers decided to give each character a specific hairstyle that was slightly symbolic of her character. Pumpkins hair was slightly over-exaggerated with many ornaments to indicate her characters desperation to succeed. Hatsumomos hair when loose was wild, while her up-do was set with sections of hair dangling out to indicate her characters disregard for tradition, and her loose morals. Mamehas hair was side swept with simple buns or generally loose over one shoulder to give her a simple elegant appearance. Sayuris hair was always a simple style either in a bun, a braid or a less exaggerated style to indicate her natural beauty and less need of elaborate styles.
d.
Cobra Commanders mask was redesigned, partly because filmmakers thought the original version was too similar to a Ku Klux Klan mask.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Youki Kudoh revealed in an interview that her grandmother had suffered much heartache when her husband took a Geisha as a mistress during their marriage.
b.
Paul Jones
, the associate producer, appears as the portrait of "Dear Joseph", the dead husband, early in the film.
c.
Lauren German
, who plays the Hitchhiker, originally auditioned for the role of Erin.
d.
Several of the Broadway lyrics were considered too "spicy" for a film. For instance, "according to the Kinsey Report" (
Alfred Kinsey
) was changed to "according to the weather report" in the song, "Too Darn Hot", and a verse containing bawdy puns was omitted from "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" (
William Shakespeare
).
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
Youki Kudoh auditioned for the role of Sayuri but lost out to Ziyi Zhang.
b.
The "Spy Cat" cartoons were done by Joe DAngelo who went on to greater fame as the writer/artist of the "Pirate Cove" web comic.
c.
In one scene Marva Munson shows Professor G.H. Dorr her dead husbands Othars fife, which was included as a homage to Othar Turner a famous fife and drum blues musician.
d.
Footage from this film of a young
Michael Caine
was later used in the film
Austin Powers in Goldmember
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)?
a.
In the scene at the drive-in, Bob and Sally see an earlier
Bert I. Gordon
film,
The Amazing Colossal Man
.
b.
This film marks the first time that a stop-motion animated morphing sequence has ever been accomplished. The sequence runs for 130 frames, or nearly six seconds.
c.
The elements are a running theme through this film and each of the four main Geisha have an elemental character. Sayuri is water, Mameha is wind, Pumpkin is wood and Hatsumomo is fire.
d.
According to
Sylvester Stallone
in the DVD commentary, Rockys trademark outfit of the black snap-brim fedora and the leather coat came from a local hand-me-down store in the neighborhood where they were filming.
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