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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Seven Years in Tibet (1997) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

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About the movie: True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)?
a.		Because of their roles in the movie, David Thewlis and Brad Pitt are banned from ever entering China.
b.		Brian Cox who plays Argyle Wallace was first offered a larger role but took the role of Argyle because he felt it was a better role.
c.		Although it is usually assumed that the somewhat skimpy battle scenes were due to director Roger Cormans legendary cheapness, Corman had actually arranged for the services of 500 soldiers from the local Greek army garrison. On the morning of filming, however, only about 50 showed up, and as the day wore on (and the heat intensified), some of them drifted away. In order to make it look like there were more "soldiers" than there actually were, Corman had them march in formation past the camera, then when out of camera range run around behind the crew and equipment, and march past the camera again. That is also why the battle scenes are filmed in close-up combat between individual soldiers or small groups of soldiers rather than in long shots of masses of battling infantry, as Corman had originally planned.
d.		A major part of the movie revolves around the fact that Jane Wymans character is supposed to be substantially older than Rock Hudson. In reality, Jane Wyman was only 38 and Rock Hudson was only 30 when they filmed this movie.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)?
a.		The script is loosely based on the first story arc from "The Losers" comic, collectively called "Ante Up". The story appeared in issues 1-6 of the DC Vertigo comic, written by Andy Diggle and drawn by artist Jock .
b.		In the first shot of the Oval Office, the sculpture in the foreground is a copy of Frederic Remingtons "Coming Through the Rye".
c.		When Nino Baragli and Bob Guccione cut the film together, several scenes were truncated and cut into the film in a seemingly random order. A few examples of scenes made fragmented in editing: The opening is a fragment of a scene that was meant to occur immediately following Tiberiuss death (this is why Caligula is clean shaven in this scene, but has a beard in the next). It was supposed to depict Caligula and Drusilla enjoying their new freedom as they no longer need to worry about being seen by Tiberiuss informers. The scene is almost certainly shorter than it was intended to be, and thus is now a meaningless fragment. The scene that was meant to be the opening is cut in half and moved around. In the final cut, the first half of this scene (which depicts Caligula worrying to Drusilla about Tiberius killing him) occurs between Caligulas tour of the grotto and Nervas suicide. The second half of the scene (where Caligula and Drusilla fool around and are caught by Macro) now immediately follows the opening credits. When Caligula and Nerva walk down the path to Tiberiuss pool, we can hear people being tortured behind a curtain, which Caligula looks through at one point. The fragments of people being tortured several scenes later were meant to be intercut with the scene of Caligula and Nerva in the hall. Also, several scenes later, we see bodies being taken off crosses and servants clearing the pathway. These were meant to act as establishing shots for the scene in the hall. Mixed in the scene on Tiberiuss pleasure grotto are shots of an orgy, some of which filmed through mirrors. Its unclear what the purpose of these shots were, but they were obviously not meant for this scene (as they take place in a different room, and, thus, are cutaways to a location across the palace). In the scene where Caligula, Caesonia, and Drusilla have sex, the movie includes inserts of a lesbian tryst that was one of the extra scenes shot by Bob Guccione. This footage replaces shots that made this scene necessary for the plot (the original concept had the palace informers looking through the peephole, thus explaining the closeups of the moon face in the bedroom), as well as a different lesbian act featuring the ladies-in-waiting, shot by Tinto Brass. The shot of Caligula being scared by a black bird while playing with a rat was originally part of a much longer scene in which he sets up many small chariots for a race to entertain his daughter, and, thus, was also meant to be included somewhere in between the I am God scene and the imperial bordello scene (along with several other cut scenes (such as the sacrificial scene and the scene where Caligula claims himself to be king of the gods) and relocated scenes (such as Proculuss death)).
d.		Jetsun Pema is the real-life sister of the The Dalai Lama. In this film she plays the mother of the The Dalai Lama and hence her own mother.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)?
a.		When the film premiered at Sydneys Opera House on April 7 2009, there was spontaneous applause from the audience when Leonard Nimoy first appeared onscreen.
b.		The names of the characters Aviva, Bob, and Otto are all palindromes - as per the title of the film.
c.		When Clark Gable had to sing "Puttin on the Ritz," he actually had to be carried off by Harry Vans Les Blondes, so they saved that scene for last in case he was injured. On the day of the shooting Carole Lombard came to watch and was amazed that it only took one take.
d.		The real Heinrich Harrer joked that "Brad Pitt was a terrible choice to play me. At that age I was much better looking than him."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)?
a.		The character of Captain Sawada was created exclusively for the film as a replacement for Fei Long, who was the only one character from Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers that doesnt appear in this film. Sawada latter would appear in the video game Street Fighter: The Movie as well as in two episodes of the animated series Street Fighter: The Animated Series. This character shares his name with the actor that portrays him in the film (Kenya Sawada).
b.		This film contains some of the last known footage of Stax Records.
c.		In the scene where Heinrich confronts Ngawang, the director did not tell B.D. Wong the script called for Brad Pitt to throw him into the dirt; Wongs reaction is completely authentic.
d.		During his escape from jail, Billy shouts out "Hello, Bob" before shooting Bob Ollinger, and "Goodbye, Bob" after killing him - the exact same dialogue that the real Billy the Kid used during the incident.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)?
a.		Brad Pitt was paid $8 million for appearing in the film.
b.		The film was originally going to be directed by Marcus Nispel. However, Nispel left the project when budget and script problems arose.
c.		James Gleasons debut.
d.		Emma Thompson was offered a role.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Seven Years in Tibet (1997)?
a.		Jar Jar Binks, standing in for Senator Amidala, puts forth the motion that gives Palpatine supreme powers. This means that Jar Jar, the most hated character in the Star Wars canon, is indirectly responsible for the fall of the Old Republic and the near-annihilation of the Jedi order.
b.		There are several Bond movie references, including the attempted poisoning by string (You Only Live Twice), and the Guns N Roses version of the theme from Live and Let Die which Martin listens to just before enters the Ultimart for the first time (when he enters the Ultimart it changes to a Muzak version of Live and Let Die that picks up exactly where G&R left off). There are also references to Goldfinger
c.		Director Jean-Jacques Annaud sent a team to Tibet to secretly film footage. About 20 minutes of it made it into the finished film. This was kept secret even after the films premiere and not known until summer 1999.
d.		Diane Lane called the blond wig that she wore "Peaches." The hairstyle was modeled after Jackie Onassis, and pictures of the former First Lady were tacked up all over the makeup trailer.

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