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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949).
About the movie:
A dramatization of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
All Deaf characters are played by Deaf actors.
b.
The tavern in which the final scene takes place is called Greeleys. It is a reference to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley who is often incorrectly attributed with writing the line "Go West Young Man." That line was actually written by John B.L. Soule.
c.
Crew was scarce. Usually, the crew count was no more than two. Some days, male lead, David Welborn, carried and set up gear between shots. One day, in the scenes at the Ramada Inn, director, Paul Bruening, had to start the camera, run in front to do his lines as the inn clerk, then run back around to stop the camera.
d.
Kirk Douglas
was originally cast as Sergeant Stryker.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
Michael Parks
,
Marley Shelton
,
Elise Avellan
and
Electra Avellan
are the only performers to appear in both
Grindhouse
parts (
Planet Terror
and
Death Proof
) to play the same characters.
b.
A Spanish-language version,
Drácula
, was filmed at night on the same set at the same time, with Spanish-speaking actors.
c.
Any time someone in the department store asks for a shoe, they request an 8 1/2.
d.
According to the book New Zealand Film by Helen Martin and Sam Edwards, "During the early sections of the film, the R&R camp at Paekakariki in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand was the setting for the meeting and bonding sequences prior to departing for battle. The same camp is the focus of the reminiscences of one of the women who contributed to
Gaylene Preston
s documentary War Stories See:
War Stories
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
Film debut of
Michael Sarrazin
.
b.
Following the success of the movie,
John Wayne
was invited to place his footprints in cement outside Graumans Chinese Theater. As part of the event, actual black sand from Iwo Jima was flown to Hollywood and mixed into the cement in which The Duke left his footprints and "fist print".
c.
All of the incidents of harassment depicted in the movie actually did occur to various women. The incident where a porta-pottie is tipped over with a woman miner inside happened twice. The incident where a miner ejaculated onto a woman miners clothes in her locker occurred three times. Many more incidents of harassment occurred than could be shown in a 2 hour movie.
d.
Vitaphone production reels #3546-3553.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
The Chinese gave Gladys the name Ai-weh-deh, Chinese for Virtuous One, not Jan-Ai as used in the movie.
b.
This film recreates the famous Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima scene as known famously from an historic photograph which was taken on the 23rd February, 1945, by Joe Rosenthal. The three surviving flag raisers make a cameo appearance during this scene in the film. These three men who were part of the flag raising (made famous by the photograph Joe Rosenthal had taken) and survived the battle for Iwo Jima, appear in this scene only.
Rene A. Gagnon
,
Ira H. Hayes
and
John H. Bradley
are seen with with
John Wayne
as he instructs them to hoist the flag (Wayne gives the folded flag to Gagnon). The flag used to recreate the incident is the actual flag that was raised on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945. It was loaned to the movie by the US Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Virginia. (Other films which would later depict the flag-raising on Iwo Jima include
The Outsider
and
Flags of Our Fathers
.)
c.
The Desert Song opened at the Casino Theatre on November 30, 1926 and ran for 471 performances.
d.
Gloria Swanson
insisted on doing the sequence with the lions herself, even after deMille had scrapped the idea for safety reasons. According to Swanson, there were two trainers on set, along with Swansons father.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
b.
Initially given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA, the cinematic kiss of death due to distribution difficulties.
Mary Harron
argued volubly against the rating but was forced to make some minor trims to receive an R rating.
c.
This movies credits state the following historical note: "The first American flag was raised on Mount Suribachi by the late Sgt. Ernest I. Thomas, Jr., U.S.M.C. on the morning of February 23, 1945."
d.
The laptops used in the film are Silicon Graphics Indy Presenter LCD screens (not real laptops) that have been modified to look like functional laptops when in fact the screen image is generated by a computer off-screen.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
Kate Jackson
was asked to play Alison Parker, but turned down the part.
b.
John Wayne
almost turned the film down at first, since at 42 he was rather old for the part and because he felt the American public had had enough of war films.
c.
The plot of this movie is actually that of
Leonard Gershe
s unsuccessful Broadway musical "Wedding Bells" - apparently the studio bought the rights to the title just so they could use the song. The original plot of the musical was scrapped, and Gershwin songs from other musicals replaced several numbers originally written by Gershe himself for "Wedding Bells". These numbers were tweaked so that they could fit into the main storyline, and one of them - of course - was "Funny Face". The studio may have felt that the original plot of "Funny Face" could not be properly adapted into a movie as it was an "ensemble" musical with people dropping out and parts changing all the time.
d.
In order to heighten contrasts, cinematographer
Darius Khondji
added silver to the printing process. This had the result of making the dark colors richer and giving everything else a metallic tinge. He also used an electric blue tint for the underwater sequence.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
Fake blood, oatmeal, and chicken gizzards were used as the guts in Mailroom Boy Robbies "Gutbuster" scene.
b.
Apparently, this movie has the first ever recorded use of the phrase "lock and load", said by
John Wayne
. "Lock and load" is a military command meaning to apply a weapons safety catch, and then load it with ammunition. The expression was used once in this film for this meaning and once as a metaphor to get drunk, as in get loaded.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #2521-2526; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
d.
The name of the drug in the movie (NZT-48) contains a clever little message as to what the drug actually does to the user. If you say the name of the drug backwards, you get 84-TZN or "Ate for teasin (teasing)".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
The scene originally shown in trailers in which Princess Mia says, "Grandma said shut up, shut up!" was cut from the actual film.
b.
During shooting, some of the crew would relax, during non-shooting evenings, by going to the New Beverly Cinema (located in Los Angeles). Two of the films screened included
Xanadu
and
Midnight Madness
.
c.
he New York Times reported that location filming was at Camp Del March, El Toro Marine Air Station and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, all in southern California.
d.
Early drafts of the script explained the cause of Phil Connors weird experience: a disaffected ex-lover called Stephanie cast a spell on him to teach him a lesson.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
Despite hints to the contrary at the time of the films release and in the closing credits,
Prince
does not play the Victim in the Field; this is
J. Todd Anderson
, who was actually a storyboard artist on the film. This was yet another Coen Brothers in-joke, since Prince was a famous native of Minneapolis, Minnesota. To further muddle matters, this moment in the film was memorialized in a "Snow-Globe" promotion included with a special edition version of the DVD, subtly hinting that the dead victim in the snow was a famous cameo.
b.
Opening sequence features artwork by artist
Alex Ross
, which recaps the events in
Spider-Man
.
c.
In one scene, combat veteran Sgt. Stryker (
John Wayne
) instructs bumbling recruit Pvt. Choynski (
Hal Baylor
) on the correct way to march and hold a rifle. In real life Baylor was an ex-Marine who fought in the battles of Saipan and Tinian in WW II; Wayne had never served in the military.
d.
The "one minute" Chester asks Ted to sit on the stool and listen to his proposal actually lasts one minute and twenty eight seconds of screen time.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)?
a.
Despite the similarity between the small role of
Harvey Keitel
in this film and his role in
Pulp Fiction
,
Eli Roth
confirmed that his character is not "The Wolf" in this film. He jokingly added that
Samuel L. Jackson
does not narrate under the guise of Jules Winfield.
b.
Woody Allen did not tell the actors that it was a musical until after they signed their contracts.
c.
Two thousand U.S. Marines appeared as extras, according to an article in The Los Angeles Daily News.
d.
Kate Winslet
was originally offered the female lead but she pulled out shortly before filming started.
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