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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rambo III (1988) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rambo III (1988) - 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: Rambo III (1988).
About the movie:
Rambo's Vietnam commanding officer Colonel Trautman is held hostage in Afghanistan, and its up to Rambo to rescue him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
The original VHS release had in the end credits: "Dedicated to the brave Mujaheddin fighters".
b.
Rosanna Arquette
and
Phoebe Cates
were initially in talks to play the part of Thelma.
c.
The character of Mimi, the dying prostitute, was intended as a macabre joke, a reference to the opera "La Bohème", which features a dying woman named Mimi. Such darkly humorous references are common in
Val Lewton
s films.
d.
The full film was shot with a digital video camera. The interviews were also filmed with the same camera.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 26, 1941 with
Herbert Marshall
reprising his film role.
b.
In the version of the Christmas sermon dictated to the typewriter by Dudley, the following is shown typed onto the paper: "You give me a tie. I give you a book." However, in the pulpit on Christmas morning the Bishop reverses these two sentences when he reads, "I give you a book. You give me a tie."
c.
Porn stars
Amber Lynn
, Sharon Mitchell and
Ron Jeremy
appear in the film in the party sequence.
d.
The knife in this film is the first in the series to not be designed by Arkansas knifesmith
Jimmy Lile
. The blade was designed by fantasy knife designer Gil Hibben and is two inches longer than the one in
Rambo: First Blood Part II
and three inches longer than the knife in
First Blood
. The knife is also the first in the series to not be of a survival knife design.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
The slivovitz (a.k.a. "block and fall") the immigrant brothers recall their father drinking ("he never drank water, only slivovitz") is a real type of high-proof Hungarian plum brandy or schnapps made with the same kind of plums that give Sloe Gin its flavor. Slivovitz is not a brand name, but a generic term for this type of drink, and a definition of it can be found in some dictionaries.
b.
The character Masoud (
Spiros Focás
) is a reference to Ahmad Shah Masoud, a real-life leader of the Afghani resistance against the Russian occupation, minister of defense of Afghanistan (after the Russian occupation ended) and later again a leader of the resistance, this time against the Taliban regime.
c.
Voted the #1 inspirational film of all time in AFIs "100 Years, 100 Cheers" (June 14th, 2006)
d.
Garson Kanin
originally wanted to direct his own script but could not get a commitment from studio chief
Harry Cohn
in writing guaranteeing him final cut. He ultimately sold the story outright to Cohn and went to Europe for three years.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
Before this movie was released in July 1934, two of its actors had died.
Lew Cody
died of heart disease on 31 May 1934, and 19-year-old
Dorothy Dell
was killed in a car accident eight days later.
b.
Bill Condon
scheduled "And Im Telling You Im Not Going" as the last scene to give
Jennifer Hudson
the most time possible to grow into her character.
c.
Director
Peter MacDonald
stated in the DVD commentary that for the scenes involving Rambo and Col. Trautman inside the Monks Temple, the temple itself was a real temple in Thailand undergoing renovation at the time of filming. Also many of the Monk extras were in fact real Monks from that very temple who were paid to appear as extras for those scenes (along with additional extras who were merely dressed as Monks for the scene). MacDonald also went on to say how delighted he was to "give money to people who really needed as opposed to people who had too much of it".
d.
When Terry wakes up saying "Beavers and Ducks", its a reference to two arch-rival Oregon college football teams, the Oregon State University Beavers and the University of Oregon Ducks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
Actress
Juliet Anderson
wore a wig in Taboo to hide her trademark boyish haircut. In real life Anderson swam every day and didnt want the nuisance of longer hair.
b.
There is no female role in the main cast, and few women appear in the film.
c.
Lillian Gish
played her scenes in English, while
Lars Hanson
played his in Swedish.
d.
Bijou Phillips
and
Anne Hathaway
refused to do any press or promotions for the film after producers got heavily involved and took the final cut away from the films female director (
Barbara Kopple
). This led to the film not being released in theaters.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
Film debut of
Chill Wills
.
b.
According to Director
Peter MacDonald
in the DVD commentary, at the time this movie was being filmed, the Russians were in fact invading Afghanistan just as depicted in this movie, however about 4 weeks prior to this movies premiere, the Russians had in fact withdrawn from Afghanistan and were no longer at war with that country. MacDonald felt that this turn of events had hurt the movies box office returns, since the idea of the Russians being the primary villains in this movie was no longer really believable. At the same time though, MacDonald was somewhat glad of the idea that the events of this movie may have helped to contribute to Russias withdrawal from Afghanistan.
c.
Julia Roberts
worked on the set for six days.
d.
Writer Brian Helgeland first saw the original
Man on Fire
when he was renting videos in the late-80s. He walked in to the video store where
Quentin Tarantino
was working, and asked what was good. Tarantino recommended
Man on Fire
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rambo III (1988)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
This was noted by the Guiness Book of World Records (1990) as to being the most violent film. It was noted with 221 acts of violence and over 108 deaths.
c.
Universal employed an actress to dub actresss screams for their horror films, but
Elena Verdugo
s scream worked so well, it was retained in the final version.
d.
Filmed over three weeks in Sept./Oct. 2000.
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