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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Conqueror (1956) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Conqueror (1956)

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About the movie: Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		Included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and How They Got That Way)" by Harry Medved and Randy Lowell.
b.		In the early years of home video, Paramount tried an experiment in which this film was given a heavily promoted home video release while the film was still playing in some cinemas. The box office was expected to drop off to nothing as soon as the tape became available for rental. Instead, the heavy promotion caused an increase in box office receipts.
c.		This is the only one of the "big three" James Dean films to be released before his death.
d.		Matthew McConaughey was originally cast as Freddie Lee Cobb. After reading the script, he preferred the role of Jake Brigance. He went to director Joel Schumacher, who granted him a private screen test.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		Archie Mayo replaced Fritz Lang after six days of production.
b.		In one of the photos of Chris from high school, a pennant from director Roger Kumbles alma mater (Northwestern University) can be seen hanging on the wall.
c.		The film is sometimes called "An RKO Radioactive Picture." It was filmed near a nuclear test site, and the set was contaminated by nuclear fallout. Photographs exist of John Wayne holding a Geiger counter. After location shooting, contaminated soil was transported back to Hollywood in order to match interior shooting done there. Over the next 20 years, many actors and crew members developed cancer. People Magazine researched the cast and crews health for an article. By the time it was published, in November 1980, 91 of the 220 cast and crew members had developed cancer. Forty-six had died, including John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendáriz (who shot himself soon after learning he had terminal cancer), Agnes Moorehead, John Hoyt and director Dick Powell. The count did not include several hundred local Native Americans who played extras, or relatives of the cast and crew who visited the set, including John Waynes son Michael Wayne. The article quoted the reaction of a scientist from the Pentagons Defense Nuclear Agency to the news, "Please, God, dont let us have killed John Wayne". As of June 2011, the People article is available in their archive online.
d.		This was Fred Zinnemanns first musical, and it cost a then-astronomical $6.8 million.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		The movies poster was as #3 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
b.		The studio was initially reluctant to allow Ben Stiller - the Farrelly Brothers first choice - to star, so the brothers decided upon a then unknown Owen Wilson instead. When the studio was even more reluctant to let Wilson star, they agreed to allow the Farrellys to cast Stiller.
c.		Eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes backed the film financially. He later paid an extra $12 million (estimated) for every existing copy because of guilt; he paid to ship 60 tons of contaminated soil to Hollywood for retakes. He kept a tight hold on the film, not even allowing it to be shown on television, for 17 years. Paramount finally obtained reissue rights in 1974.
d.		The blood used in the movie was left over from the movie "Innocent Blood".

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		Choreographer Arlene Phillips was seven months pregnant at the start of production. Phillips had a production baby during filming. The baby was name Allana Roxana, the first name being named after this films producer Allan Carr.
b.		Sonny Chiba was originally cast to star in this film along with George Lazenby and Bruce Lee. Chiba flew to Hong Kong in order to meet Lazenby and Lee and to sign his contract for the film. At just about the very moment that Chibas plane was landing in Hong Kong, it was being announced that Bruce Lee had died. The original project featuring Lee, Lazenby, and Chiba was then changed to feature just Lazenby, as Chiba decided not to sign his contract for the film knowing Lee would not be in it.
c.		Filmed between mid-May and August 5, 1954. It premiered in Los Angeles on February 22, 1956, then opened in Manhattan at the Criterion Theatre on March 30, 1956.
d.		Entirely thanks to this movie, Ravels "Bolero" is, to this day, one of the most expensive songs for which to obtain usage rights for film and TV (in excess of $25,000) and, according to SACEM (the French equivalent of ASCAP), Ravels estate earns more royalties than any other French composer.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		John Emery died shortly after release in the USA.
b.		Howard Hughes final motion picture project, ending his 30-year involvement with the film industry. Jet Pilot, a film he produced in 1949, was released the following year.
c.		The song Wonka sings on the boat ride ("Theres no earthly way of knowing... ") are the only song lyrics taken directly from Roald Dahls book. All other songs were written specifically for the film.
d.		Friedkin insisted that the DVD be released fullframe because he dislikes letterboxing. Because the film was originally presented in 1.66:1, he has said that the black bars on either side would look just as bad on a widescreen TV as those on the top and bottom would on a fullscreen one.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		John Wayne regretted playing Temujin so much that he visibly shuddered whenever anyone mentioned the films name. He once remarked that the moral of the film was "not to make an ass of yourself trying to play parts youre not suited for."
b.		In an interview in the late eighties, Steve James stated that when he came on board American Ninja he wanted to change a lot of the dialogue, as it was written like "no problems, whatever you say....partner."
c.		When the police are searching Naomis apartment, Edward James Olmos was talking on the phone to his son while laughing for the shot of the interior
d.		Although it is not included as a deleted scene on the DVD, Sylvester Stallone has said that a scene was filmed in which Rocky sees a woman that looks like Adrian in the building where Robert Jr. works. He follows her for a while before he realizes it is not Adrian. Stallone decided to cut the scene because he felt that Rockys loneliness had already been established enough, and that this scene was overkill.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		When Gandalf has his big stand-off scene with the Balrog, Ian McKellen is actually acting to a ping pong ball.
b.		This movie was filmed once a day for five consecutive days in its entirety. Director Aram Rappaport then picked the best take.
c.		This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Films ever made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE MOVIE GUIDE.
d.		John Wayne took his role very seriously, went on a crash diet, and took Dexedrine tablets 4 times a day.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		The stretched Chrysler Imperial limousine (stretched by 36 inches) used by Burt Reynolds was converted by ASC (American Sunroof Corporation) outside Detroit, Michigan using the front doors from a 1979-81 Dodge St. Regis sedan. This limousine was used in Reynolds previous film Sharkeys Machine and Stick. Co-star Frank Sinatra had a similar limousine converted by the same coachbuilder - which is still owned by the Sinatra family (which was confirmed by a friend of Frank Sinatra Jr. in 2006).
b.		While on a break from filming the fight scene in Alexs apartment, Glenn Close took her dog, Gaby, on a walk around the complex where the production was shooting on-location. Close, still wearing the films iconic white dress, covered in dirt and sweat, with her hair unkempt, began to notice three girls approach her with curiosity. Thinking that the girls presumed she had just been mugged, due to her appearance, Close was about to explain to the girls that she was only shooting a movie. But the girls were really just interested in meeting her dog.
c.		Marlon Brando would improvise several different lines while filming the famous "I coulda been a contender" scene such as asking Rod Steiger "Hows mom?" or "Do you think the Yankees are going to win it this year?". At one point director Elia Kazan said, "Buddy, cut the crap."
d.		According to "The Hollywood Hall of Shame," the screenplay was written with Marlon Brando in mind for the lead. John Wayne was about to make the last film of a three-picture deal for RKO Radio, and Dick Powell had been assigned to direct. They were going over various scripts in Powells office when Powell was called away for a few minutes. When he returned, he found Wayne enthusiastically looking over the screenplay for "The Conqueror", which Powell had intended to throw away. Powell tried to talk him out of it, but Wayne insisted that it was the film he wanted to make. As Powell later said, "Who am I to turn down John Wayne?"

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		Actress Mira Sorvino, who at the time was dating director Quentin Tarantino, can be seen out-of-focus in the back of the courtroom at Jackies arraignment.
b.		Because of the demands of the films low budget, if the lighting was set up for a shot that took place from one particular angle, all the shots from that same angle had to be filmed then and there. This meant that different sides of the same conversation were sometimes shot several weeks apart.
c.		Possibly due to a journalistic mishearing, a Hollywood Reporter piece in August 1958 gave the title of the upcoming film as "Oceans of Loving".
d.		Listed among The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in "The Official Razzie® Movie Guide."

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Conqueror (1956)?
a.		Copyright 1935, and the last Warner Oland entry NOT to feature Keye Luke.
b.		Director Billy Wilder made two World War II pictures, both containing humor, and both filmed in black-and-white. This film was the first of the two, whilst Stalag 17 was the second, and made ten years after this movie.
c.		Average Shot: 8.2 seconds. Median Shot: 7.5 seconds.
d.		Spoof of "Rear Window." Script title: "Rear Entry."

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