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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paradise Road (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paradise Road (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997).
About the movie:
Fact-based recounting of a group of women who are imprisoned on the island of Sumatra by the Japanese during World War II and used music as a relief to their misery.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
This is the second war movie directed by
Bruce Beresford
. His first was
Breaker Morant
.
b.
Diane Kruger
gained 15 lbs for the role of Helen.
c.
John Garfield
would go on to do another Ernest Hemingway (v) adaptation that year,
The Breaking Point
.
d.
The ending was still being written while the movie was in production.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
Gail Russell
co-stars with author
Cornelia Otis Skinner
who portrayed "Miss Holloway". That same year (1944), Gail Russell portrayed Cornelia Otis Skinner in "Our Hearts Were Young and Gay", a film based on the real-life memoirs of Miss Skinner.
b.
Clare West
: the films costume designer has a cameo part, though her professional name was misspelled.
c.
From her memory, in the actual P.O.W camp, Margaret Dryburgh wrote down and arranged the music for the vocal orchestra from works by the likes of such composers as
Ludwig van Beethoven
,
Frederick Chopin
and
Claude Debussy
.
d.
The Bible verse from Isaiah 53:5 which appeared in the beginning of the film ("He was wounded for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; by His wounds we are healed") is abbreviated. Here is the full verse for those who are not familiar with the Bible: "But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed" (ESV).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
John Houseman
s final film appearance.
b.
Win Condict
had to be sewn into the rubber Slithis costume every day because said outfit didnt have any snaps or zippers. Moreover, once Condict was in the costume he had to stay in it for the entire duration of a days shooting.
c.
This is not the first World War II war movie to be called "Paradise Road". About nine years before this film was made,
Paradise Road
examined the relationship between a British Army nurse and an American journalist in Rhodesia in 1942 during WWII. This
Bruce Beresford
film is not a remake of the earlier movie and both films are unrelated except that both are set in WW 2 P.O.W camps.
d.
The part of Curly was adapted by
Nunnally Johnson
for
Marilyn Monroe
, who was placed on suspension by Twentieth Century-Fox for refusing the assignment. During the next year, Miss Monroe would live in Manhattan, studying with
Lee Strasberg
at the Actors Studio. When Marilyn and Fox came to terms, she returned to Hollywood to star as fame-obsessed Cherie in
Bus Stop
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
This is the first of
John Carpenter
s films which he did not score himself. The films original choice of composer was
Jerry Goldsmith
, but he passed and
Ennio Morricone
composed a very low-key Carpenter-like score filled with brooding, menacing bass chords.
b.
Andy Serkis
drank bottles and bottles of "Gollum juice" (a mixture of honey, lemon and ginger) to keep his throat lubricated for his intense vocal performance.
c.
In the end of the scene where Mufasa explains to Simba that the stars are old kings, we can see the constellation of Leo (the lion) in the sky.
d.
The real-life first concert held by the women in the actual P.O.W camp was held on 27 December 1943.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
Mary Jane Skalski
: the witch who says, "These are the eyes of the ax murderers victims..." in the Halloween "haunted house" scene near the beginning of the film is played by films producer.
b.
Though shot in Technicolor, the film incorporates actual black-and-white footage of Seabiscuit in races.
c.
The film is based on actual true events and according to the end coda, the film was inspired by the reminisces of the actual women prisoners of war, many of whom became life-long friends after the ordeal.
d.
When Jennifer Lopezs character (Grace McKenna) flashes back at the end of the film we see lots of photographs of her as a child. These photographs are actually photos from Jennifer Lopezs private collections of herself as a child.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
Thomas E. Breen Who plays Capt. John, was really missing one leg like his character.
b.
This P.O.W film centers women prisoners as its principal cast and subjects with a theme of utilizing music to survive the horrors of war. However, its not the first film to do this.
Playing for Time
examined similar themes.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #3351-3359.
d.
The title credits on the present surviving version, as well as the anachronistically more modern music behind them, were designed in the 1950s for the television release. The original material and musical accompaniment begins with the first title card, "New York was originally purchased from the Indians..."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
While the plot is set in Sudan (North Africa), the movie was actually filmed in Mexico.
b.
The film refers to the singing prisoner of war women as a vocal orchestra rather than as a choir.
c.
Actor
Jun Naito
broke his foot on the 2nd day of filming and all subsequent shots were framed to hide his boot-style cast. Ironically, his boot came off precisely one day after shooting wrapped.
d.
Norman Wisdom
s first film role in 20 years.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
During production of this film,
Tab Hunter
, who had previously starred in the TV production (
Fear Strikes Out
), dropped by to visit his friend
Anthony Perkins
on the film set. He got a chilly reception from the other cast members and crew, so he discreetly left. (Source: Autobiography "Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star" by
Tab Hunter
and
Eddie Muller
(2005 - Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, NC)
b.
In 1982, the Peninsula Womens Chorus performed a tribute concert to the women in Australia recreating a concert from the surviving score transcripts.
c.
The role of Seraph was originally written specifically for
Jet Li
. Reportedly, Jet Li asked for the same amount of money as
Keanu Reeves
was getting to do the film. The role was then changed to a female and offered to
Michelle Yeoh
, who turned it down due to scheduling conflicts.
d.
During Scene 1 which included the "Terrible Neighborhood" sequence, set dressers pasted street posters for real musical bands upon walls and lampposts. While the selection of posters was generally random, there was careful attention paid to the posters seen just before the tactical squad storms the bomb-makers flat: they are bright red with the headline SMOKE OR FIRE ABOVE THE CITY. The red sky and black cityscape purposefully foreshadows the massive explosion and fireball (indeed, "smoke or fire above the city") which is seconds away.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
The final credits state that the vocal orchestra performed over thirty works in the P.O.W camp during 1943 and 1944. It discontinued performing though when about half of the members had died and the remaining survivors were not well enough to participate.
b.
Ron Kauk
was
Sylvester Stallone
s stunt double and really had to bulk up. He ate 5 carbohydrate-heavy meals a day and pumped a lot of iron. The trainer wanted to have him eat a sixth meal in the middle of the night. Kauk also doubled for
Leon
, a 63" black actor, and
Janine Turner
.
c.
In the beginning of the movie, the song you hear when the boys are practicing, is actually being played by the boys.
d.
According to
Gloria Swanson
s daughter, Michelle Farmer-Amon, her mother stayed in character throughout the entire shoot, even speaking like Norma Desmond when she arrived home in the evening after filming. On the last day of shooting, Swanson drove back to the house she, her mother and daughter shared during production, announcing "there were only three of us in it now, meaning that Norma Desmond had taken her leave."
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops greatly objected upon the movies release, labeling it "morally offensive."
b.
The film is based on the diaries, reminisces and testimonies of
Helen Colijn
and
Betty Jeffrey
as described in their books, "Song of Survival" and "White Coolies".
c.
Wes Anderson
had originally envisioned
Noah Taylor
for the role of Max Fischer. Though
Jason Schwartzman
won the role, Anderson eventually worked with Taylor on
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
.
d.
Alfred Hitchcock
supposedly hired
Raymond Burr
to play Lars Thorwald because he could be easily made to look like his old producer
David O. Selznick
, who
Alfred Hitchcock
felt interfered too much.
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