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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rescue Dawn (2006) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Rescue Dawn (2006) - 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: Rescue Dawn (2006).
About the movie:
A US Fighter pilot's epic struggle of survival after being shot down on a mission over Laos during the Vietnam War.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
The Brazilian actress
Alice Braga
(who plays an Israeli soldier) is the third brunette actress who appears in the "Predator" series, following the Mexican Actress
Elpidia Carrillo
in
Predator
and Cuban Actress
Maria Conchita Alonso
in
Predator 2
, while the Afro-American actress
Sanaa Lathan
played the female leader in
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
following
Sigourney Weaver
who played the female leader role in "Alien" series.
b.
Those are real worms
Christian Bale
is eating.
c.
This movie represents one of a select group of a few World War II submarine movies which have won the one single Academy Award in a technical category, thats just only the one Oscar in either special effects or sound editing. These movies include
Crash Dive
;
The Enemy Below
;
Torpedo Run
and
U-571
. The non-WW II sub-movie,
The Hunt for Red October
also won just the one Oscar as did the WW 2 part sub-movie
49th Parallel
, but for Best Original Story.
d.
Charles Bronson
was seriously considered for Generearl Sosabowski.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
Josh Waitzkin
, the subject of this movie, has won the U.S. Junior Chess Championships since the movie was made.
b.
The guitar that the narrator describes as saying "Why yes, these pants are Lycra" is a Gibson Flying V Korina. The white one next to it is a normal Flying V.
c.
To prepare for his role,
Jeremy Davies
read the book "Mans Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl. Frankl was a psychiatrist and a Holocaust survivor who wrote about the psychological reactions experienced by prisoners.
d.
Dianna Agron
,
Imogen Poots
and
Felicity Jones
tested for the lead role after
Jennifer Lawrence
dropped out.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
Dieter Dengler
was captured not once but twice in real life. The scene where he was captured while drinking from a river is based on his second capture.
b.
The ambigram used in the film is a real working ambigram, designed especially for the production by artist
John Langdon
, who designed the ambigrams used in
Dan Brown
s
Angels & Demons
and
The Da Vinci Code
. The lead character of Browns books and movies was named Robert Langdon in homage to the artist.
c.
In 1962,
Julie Andrews
and
Carol Burnett
appeared in a special,
Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall
, and at the time, "The Sound of Music" was still running on Broadway. Ironically, in a sketch on this TV special, Julie and Carol did a spoof of the "The Sound of Music" in much the same way Burnett later spoofed movies on her own variety show
The Carol Burnett Show
. At the time,
Julie Andrews
had no idea she would later star in the film version.
d.
The movie was originally scheduled for release on 5 November 2004 in the USA, but was moved to 24 November 2004. Studio executives stated that the move was to put it in a more competitive position for Oscar consideration.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
The 5.1 sound mix that appears on the final DVD was completed using only a personal computer.
b.
The storyline about the adventures of a family who explore the 6th Dimension was added later to tie everything together.
c.
In the POW camp where
Dieter Dengler
was held, there were altogether 7 POWs. For story-telling purposes, this was cut down to 6. This is explained by
Werner Herzog
in his commentary.
d.
Velmas nameplate necklace reads Velmalicious
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
Earlier version of the film was attempted but the faculty at the high school complained about the crew, forcing them to shoot over the summer.
b.
At nearly $5.5 million dollars in the United States, this is the highest grossing film to date (March 2008) for
Werner Herzog
(his films have generally played in art-houses in the US).
c.
Famke Janssen
is right handed however she holds a gun in her left hand in this movie because she felt that because shes used guns before she might look too comfortable holding it in her right hand.
d.
At the party, when he is on acid, Russell Hammond cries out, "I am a golden god!" This is a reference to
Robert Plant
of the band
Led Zeppelin
, who is purported to have said the same thing (sober) while looking over Sunset Strip from a hotel balcony.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
One of the Reliants crew, Commander Kyle, played by
John Winston
, was a recurring member of the Enterprise crew in the original TV series.
b.
The subtitles in Borat are Cyrillic subtitles. Most of these subtitles are real Cyrillic, but they contain many errors, mostly the incorrect use of Cyrillic letters. Some subtitles make no sense, for example the gay pride parade subtitle reads "Meal Society of the Magnolia manor". Some subtitles are nothing more than a random stream of Cyrillic letters, for example the title of the Kazakh TV channel at the beginning of the movie, and the supposedly Kazakh title of the movie later. The geographical names on the maps are almost all gibberish, except for the names in the largest print, such as "America" or "London". Ironically, the Cyrillic text used for the names that appear during the end credits is quite correct.
c.
The film was shot in reverse continuity so
Christian Bale
, having worked hard to lose weight for the role, would appear the gauntest at the end, and then could simply gain the pounds back over the course of filming, working backwards through time so that when Bale returned to his average weight he would be filming his scenes as Dengler prior to being taken prisoner.
d.
The first scene shot was the scene in Moscow where Bourne speaks to a taxi driver and arranges to pay in Dollars.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
Records that are shown in more than one context. Examples: "Cut" by The Slits is for sale at Robs first record store, and is visible when Rob meets Laura when he is a deejay. "Double Nickels on the Dime" by Minutemen is on display in Robs apartment, and it is among the records that Justin and Vince steal from the store.
b.
M Night Shyamalan adapted
Lady in the Water
, originally a bedtime story, into an actual childrens book. It was released on the same day as the film.
c.
Despite the title, only two people are seen being killed by a chainsaw.
d.
All the guards in the POW camp were based on true characters from
Dieter Dengler
s story except for Walkie Talkie who is a fictional creation of the director.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
Macaulay Culkin
s first on-screen kiss.
b.
Much like the character of Lensky, author
Alexander Pushkin
was killed in a duel after challenging a man for seducing his wife, Natalya. Pushkins home in St Petersburg can be seen in the background when Onegin sits on his balcony in this films final scene.
c.
Anthony Perkins
directorial debut.
d.
Matt Damon
was the original choice to play the lead role but ultimately turned it down and
Christian Bale
was cast instead.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Rescue Dawn (2006)?
a.
Filmed in 1960, not released until 1961.
b.
When Dieter (
Christian Bale
) is asked about how he became a Naval Aviator, he describes an awesome experience of seeing a fighter plane flying by very close when he was a child in wartime Germany. The experience described is strikingly similar to what Bales character Jim had nineteen years before in
Empire of the Sun
.
c.
Winner of the 2010 NW Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Salem Film Festival.
d.
Gene Hackman
once said on the casting of
Barbra Streisand
and the scripts re-writing because of this: "The way the part was written, it wasnt that big and would be a waste of her time and talents."
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