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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Mesa of Lost Women (1953) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Mesa of Lost Women (1953).
About the movie:
A mad scientist named Arana is creating giant spiders and dwarves in his lab on Zarpa Mesa in Mexico...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mesa of Lost Women (1953)?
a.
Jessy Schram
,
Taylor Swift
and
Carey Mulligan
were considered for the role of Ariadne before
Ellen Page
accepted it.
b.
To demonstrate his faith in the safety equipment, director
Renny Harlin
put on a harness and flung himself out on a cable over a cliff.
c.
Hoyt Curtin
s original music score - consisting solely of guitar and piano - was recycled by director
Edward D. Wood Jr.
for his film
Jail Bait
.
d.
Deputy Sheriff Duncan Homolkas name is a reference to Karla Homolka who, with her husband Paul Bernardo murdered two teenage girls and her own sister.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mesa of Lost Women (1953)?
a.
The sequel was "The Return Of Billy Jack" (1985) an unfinished film, some of which was shot in Central Park.
b.
While shooting an exterior scene in a suburban neighborhood, one of the neighbors turned on their sprinkler system in hopes that director
Roger Corman
would pay them to turn it off. Instead, Corman used the free special effect to make it a rain scene which worked out better for the shoot.
c.
Just before Dr. Leland Masterson (
Harmon Stevens
) shoots the frenzied dancer, Tarantella (
Tandra Quinn
), in the cantina he quotes a passage from the Bible, (II Kings 9:33), "...So they threw her down, and some of her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses; and he trampled her underfoot..." describing the violent death of Queen Jezebel.
d.
According to executive producer
John Lasseter
, the films emotional center is Bolts journey and the personal evolution it provokes in him.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mesa of Lost Women (1953)?
a.
The name "Tarantella" for the dancer played by
Tandra Quinn
is an in-joke. "Tarantella" is both the Italian word for "tarantula" and the name of an Italian dance that is supposed to make the person doing it look like he or she has just been bitten by a tarantula.
b.
Despite the obvious implications of the films title, only one victim is killed by a chainsaw. Two more are bludgeoned, one is impaled on a meat hook, and one is run over by a semi truck.
c.
Tatum ONeal
,
Lori Loughlin
,
Diane Lane
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
and
Brooke Shields
were each considered for the role of Andie.
d.
The movie was almost not made. Sony Pictures dropped plans to produce it because of fears that it couldnt be made for its then $45-million budget. Fortunately, Fox Pictures came to the rescue by providing most of the cash.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Mesa of Lost Women (1953)?
a.
Mark Hamill
was badly injured in an automobile wreck in Malibu, California immediately prior to production. He bares the scars through
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
and
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
b.
Count Rugens death in the original novel was more graphic. After telling the "son of a bitch" he wants his father back, Inigo proceeds to cut Rugens heart out, even describing what hes doing to Rugen, claiming that the count had figuratively done the same to him when he murdered his father years before (Inigo even tells Fezzik earlier on, "That is the sound of ultimate suffering. My heart made that sound when Rugen slaughtered my father. The Man in Black makes it now.") However, before Inigo finishes cutting out the Counts heart, Rugen dies of fright.
c.
The film was originally begun by
Herbert Tevos
as "Lost Women of Zarpa", but a variety of factors - funds running out and neither the producers nor the cast being able to get along with Tevos - resulted in the production being shut down and then abandoned. A few years later
Ron Ormond
bought the film, shot some new footage and released it as "Mesa of Lost Women".
d.
Make-up artist
Matthew W. Mungle
was called in at the last minute by his colleague
Deborah La Mia Denaver
to assist with
James Woods
s aging make-up, at the recommendation of Woods himself. The three of them had previously collaborated on "Citizen Cohn" and enjoyed the experience. This however left Mungle with only two days to sculpt and manufacture the complete make-up.
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