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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paradise Road (1997) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Paradise Road (1997) - Part (2) 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.
Based on real life events involving the theft of Eva Perons embalmed corpse, stolen right from her husbands household where it was on display.
b.
This films opening prologue states: "With their hates and desires men are changing the face of the earth - but they cannot change the Sea. Men who live on the Sea never change - for they live in a lonely world apart as they drift from one rusty tramp steamer to the next, forging the life of Nations."
c.
This is one of few P.O.W films where an escape(s) or attempted escape(s) does not feature as a major prominent storyline in the film.
d.
Mary Pickford
and
Walt Disney
planned a combination live action and animated feature, but Paramount beat them in securing the rights to the story on 9 May 1933.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
Writer
William Nicholson
added the aspects of the film in which Maximus discusses the afterlife, seeking to make the character more accessible to audiences.
b.
Although this film played a large part in creating the 12 certificate for UK Cinema releases, the BBFC chose not to use it for video releases until 1994. Therefore, when this film was released to video in 1990, the certificate was upgraded to 15. It has remained unchanged ever since. See also:
Batman Returns
.
c.
James Tolkan
s character is referred to as "Stinger" in the credits, but is never addressed by anything other than "Sir" throughout the film.
d.
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.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
The dog feces in the infamous final scene are real. According to director
John Waters
, the dog was fed steak for three days beforehand.
b.
The temple on the hill in Cambodia on which Lara lands on is Phnom Bakheng which is just outside the South Gate of the city of Angkor Thom. Next, when we see her drive her jeep off, Lara is at Bayon, at the center of Angkor Thom. The temple with trees overgrown on it, where Lara falls into the hidden tomb, is Ta Prohm.
c.
Captain Von Trapps car is a Mercedes-Benz W142, manufactured between 1936 and 1942.
d.
In the book,
Bruce Beresford
: Instincts of the Heart, author Peter Coleman says Beresford asked his uncle about World War II: "I asked him about the treatment of Japanese prisoners. He said: We used to shoot the lot of them. But thats dreadful! I said. You werent there, you wouldnt know, he answered and he is a pleasant, educated, rational man. I was shocked, but it did give me an insight."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
b.
When the film ends, the war has ended. In reality, as the closing statement mentions, the women did not leave the P.O.W camp for another two weeks, as Alllied soldiers did not arrive at the the Belalau internment camp (the most remote of them all) until a fortnight after the end of the war. At this time, they were taken to Singapore and Sumatra where they received medical treatment and after that they returned to their various homes.
c.
Malcolm McDowell
didnt read the whole script when he accepted the role. When he arrived for filming, he was shocked when another actor asked him how he planned to play the conversation with his penis.
d.
The scenes in which Harold turns to look at the camera after successfully scaring off his first date, and when he does "the finger" behind his mothers back after she sees the Jaguar turned into a Hearse, were not in the script, rather, they were improvised by
Bud Cort
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
A rumor grew that the scene where the Marines call in an air strike over a commercial phone line was based on an actual event. The rumor was investigated by the US Department of Defense and proven false. In the book "Night Stalkers" by Michael Durant, published in December, 2006, a story is related where U.S. Navy Seals trapped at the Governors House on the island call the airport terminal on local phone lines to request air support. They had known in advance that their commander would probably be located there and took a chance that someone would answer the phone. It paid off. This incident later grew into the one depicted in the movie.
b.
Nick Frost
got so attached to his Winchester shotgun during filming he named it "Emma".
c.
The train station scene was parodied in
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
.
d.
The camp in this movie is not a P.O.W. camp because the inmates are not prisoners of war. It is an internment camp, where civilians are kept for no other reason than being of the wrong nationality. This happened, for instance, to Japanese civilians in the U.S.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Paradise Road (1997)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on September 27, 1943 with
Ida Lupino
reprising her film role.
b.
The music in the film was derived from the actual score transcripts used in the P.O.W camps which survived World War II.
c.
Some of the growling noises of the vampire dog that Sex Machine turns into were provided by
Robert Rodriguez
s baby son
Rocket Rodriguez
who was just learning to talk.
d.
Film debut of the comedy team of
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
.
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