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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931).
About the movie:
In one island of Bora Bora lagoon, a young fisherman, Matahi, is in love with Reri. But she is chosen to be the holy maid and therefore becomes "tabu"...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)?
a.
Some hanky panky occurred during the creation of this pictures marketing materials. On an alternate movie poster, actors
Gene Wilder
and
Gilda Radner
are seen flying a helicopter in a chase sequence involving another copter. No such scene exists in the movie. A helicopter and the Grand Canyon are seen in the movie but Wilder and Radner fly through the Grand Canyon in a light-aircraft flown by a pilot but there is no helicopter chase sequence. As such, the tagline shown on this poster, "something funnys going on here" rings true for this posters truth-in-advertising.
b.
Universal paid $7 million for the rights to
John Grisham
s novel.
c.
In a separately filmed trailer,
Arlene Dahl
and
Fernando Lamas
talk to the audience about the film and about Three Dimension.
d.
Producer/director/co-writer
F.W. Murnau
died in a car accident a few days after starting work on the music for this film. The film had its New York premiere a week later.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)?
a.
Co-stars Peter Fonda and Patricia Richardson share the same birthday (February 23rd).
b.
The film was censored upon release to remove nudity involving natives on the island.
c.
During the scene where David is driving in the rain, the song playing is "(Im Not Your) Stepping Stone," which originated on the TV series
The Monkees
,which
Bob Rafelson
created. The version in the film is performed by his son,
Peter Rafelson
.
d.
Many of the male extras in the party scenes were recruited from the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island because military officers already wore the clean-cut hairstyles that were worn by men in the period of the film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)?
a.
This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1994.
b.
Oli speaks a little Icelandic in the film. When knocking on the hotel door Oli yells "Djöfulsins" which literally means "devil", but in the context it kind of the Icelandic "fuck", also Oli says the word "snípur" which means "clit". Also when Josh calls Oli and he gets his voice mail which sounded "Hæ, þetta er Óli, legðu inn skilaboð og ég hringi í þig." which translates "Hi, this is Oli, leave a message and Ill call you back". In the subtitles on the DVD the word "snípur" is misspelled as "sneepur" to avoid people confusing it with the english word "sniper".
c.
Rick Robinson, author of the novel "Manifest Destiny," is a former legislative director for former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY). Many of his characters are based on real political figures he has known in 30 years as a political consultant in Washington, D.C. and Kentucky.
d.
During the "stare" scene,
Danny DeVito
was allowed to do several different permutations on his lines.
Barry Sonnenfeld
just sat and let the camera roll for take after take.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931)?
a.
A preview print had
Richard Dix
being shot and killed after saving his brother
Tom Brown
, but the ending was changed before the final release of the film.
b.
A kiss between Michael and Selene (when she unchains him in Lucians lab) appears in the trailer but was not included in the theatrical release or on the DVD, but it is on the unrated version of Underworld.
c.
There is a mention of Harpers Community College in the movie. This is a reference to Harper College, the community college from writer
Larry Doyle
s home town.
d.
Originally conceived as a co-venture with documentarian
Robert J. Flaherty
. As work on the project progressed, it became increasingly clear to Flaherty that
F.W. Murnau
did not adapt well to co-directing and that he was being squeezed off the film. A factor helping Murnau in this was that he was one of the chief financiers.
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