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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Raid (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Raid (2005) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Great Raid (2005)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005).

About the movie: Taking place towards the end of WWII, 500 American Soldiers have been entrapped in a camp for 3 years. Beginning to give up hope they will ever be rescued, a group of Rangers goes on a dangerous mission to try and save them.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		The role of Simone Clouseau was offered to Ava Gardner and Janet Leigh before Capucine got the part. In her autobiography, Leigh states she turned it down because she had recently gotten married to her fourth husband Robert Brandt and didnt want to go off on location and away from her new husband for the duration of filming. Ava Gardner accepted the role but both her salary and personal demands were deemed unacceptable to the producers.
b.		In the scene where the troopers are smoking marijuana while watching the Johnny Chimpo cartoon, the redness of their eyes was achieved by the makeup artist blowing menthol in their faces.
c.		While this film was based on the Brian Aldiss short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long," that short story has less influence on the movie than the famous poem by William Butler Yeats, "The Stolen Child." The text of the poem appears in the movie in two places, and certain stanzas take on literal meaning as well (e.g. "Till the moon has taken flight"). There are also many surprising similarities to the Philip K. Dick short story "Second Variety".
d.		In order to shoot this film Mark Consuelos had to take time off from shooting the soap opera All My Children in 2002. His role of Mateo Santos was then temporarily recast with Kurt Caceres

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
b.		The 747 used in the film cost $30,000 per day to rent from American Airlines. All exterior shots of the aircraft (and one interior shot of Charlton Heston at the controls) were completed in two days (landing shots in Salt Lake City, aerial shots over the Wasatch mountain range in Utah, evening and early morning flight shots, and a stunt shot involving engine #1 ramming into an outbuilding). The evening taxi and takeoff shots were filmed as the plane, with the re-badged "Columbia Airlines" logo on the fuselage, was being delivered to Salt Lake City for the two days of filming.
c.		The role of Cesar Montano (as Captain Juan Pajota) was originally offered to Zoren Legaspi who passed the first screening. But Legaspi turned down the project due to his commitment to GMA-7 for a TV soap opera, and that he could not leave his family for a months shoot in Australia.
d.		Herbert Marshall portrayed author W. Somerset Maugham in the 1946 film _The Razors Edge (1946)_.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		The movie was shot in 2002 and pulled from the release schedule several times. It was finally released in August, 2005, by Miramax Films, which was cleaning out its closet ahead of the formal departure of co-founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein from the Walt Disney Co.-owned firm.
b.		Alec Guinness: The Reaper
c.		The gasoline station on the outskirts of town is named Kelvin Gasoline. Kelvin was the name of J.J. Abrams grandfather. Abrams commonly uses this name in his work, such as Kelvin Inman from one of his previous works, Lost.
d.		To prepare for the film, Ang Lee let the cast members study stacks of magazine cutouts from the early 1970s.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		The theme music has been sampled by Bomb the Bass (Hip-Hop on Precinct 13) and the bass line used by U2 on "New Years Day"
b.		Kate is shown reading a book, Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. That author appears in a brief but credited role as a shopper. The actress playing Kate, Catherine Keener, is also a featured voice in the audio book of Assassination Vacation.
c.		When Officer Wydell is showing Mother Firefly the pictures of the missing kids, the picture of Jerry is a picture of Chris Hardwick, the actor that played Jerry, on the set of the movie.
d.		This films opening prologue states: "Inspired by true events." This films closing epilogue states: "On January 30, 1945, after nearly three years in captivity, 511 POWs were rescued from the Cabanatuan Prison Camp. During the raid, two Army rangers were killed. The Filipino Guerillas suffered 21 casualties. One POW died after being liberated from the camp. Lt. Colonel Henry Mucci was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for valor. Captain Robert Prince was awarded the same honor. President Truman See: Harry S. Truman awarded Margaret Utinsky the Medal of Freedom for outstanding heroism and fortitude. The raid on Cabanatuan remains the most successful rescue mission in U.S. military history."

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		Patricia Collinge, who plays Emma Newton in the film, wrote the garage scene between Charlie (Teresa Wright) and Jack (Macdonald Carey).
b.		In late 2004, many months before this film was released to the public in August 2005, US Ambassador to the Philippines Frank Ricciardone contacted Miramax producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, with whom he was acquainted, to request a personal favor. Ambassador Ricciardone asked if the Weinsteins would consent to allow the U.S. Embassy in Manila to hold special screenings of this film during the Embassys celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Cabanatuan raid. Remarkably, the Weinsteins gave their blessing for the U.S. Embassy to make limited use of the film, an act that had no precedent. Thus, during February 2005, seven months before its public release, the film was screened for a limited audience of both American and Filipino employees of the U.S. Embassy, plus some family members, as well as a select group of people involved in the movies production (Director John Dahl was present), the Hampton Sides novel that provided some of the films material (Mr. Sides was present), and the 60th anniversary ceremonies at Cabanatuan. The film was screened at a theater in the Greenbelt 3 Mall at Ayala Center in Makati - the main financial and entertainment district of Manila.
c.		Of Deanna Durbins 21 Universal features released between 1936 and 1948, only two films, this one plus her next and last, For the Love of Mary, were box-office disappointments.
d.		Final film of Lon Chaney.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		Joseph Fiennes lost 20 pounds for the role of Major Gibson by keeping a strict diet and exercise regime during the five months of shooting.
b.		The character of the pirate lord Mistress Ching is likely inspired by the real-life Chinese pirate Cheng I Sao (or Ching Yih Saou), who controlled the South China Sea with her large pirate fleet in the early 1800s.
c.		Stephen King was briefly approached to write the screenplay. It would have been the first written by King directly for the screen, but the parties could not agree on the terms.
d.		One nitrate reel of this 5 Reel film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		Ebong Joson plays his own grandfather.
b.		Finnish director Pekka Parikka was also considered to direct the film.
c.		Cold reading is the term for a technique used by "professional psychics" to extract information from the client before answering the question(s) asked.
d.		Movie theaters showing this film in the USA were given a replacement track for the typical music and commercials usually heard playing over still images of advertisements before a movie starts. This track consisted of sound bites of music and lines from Night of the Living Dead, the original version, and Day of the Dead. Along with an advert for then upcoming airings of Day of the Dead on a pay per view network.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		During the Hanger 51 scene, the theme for the Ark of the Covenant from Raiders of the Lost Ark is heard when the Ark makes its brief appearance.
b.		Shelley Winters decided that after they came in from the rain, her Helen character should have a moment when she kissed Debbie Reynolds Adelle character on the lips. This unscripted moment was filmed but removed from the final print of the movie to avoid attaining an R-rating.
c.		Many of the Extras were recruited off the streets of the Gold Coast.
d.		Writer Max Kleven (I) intended the part of young Bobby Bellows to be played by his son. However, his son said that he didnt want to do it, so instead Kleven cast a neighbors son in the role.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		The character names "Maud Bailey" and "Christabel LaMotte" refer to a special form of castle, the Motte-and-Bailey, widespread in the 11th/12th century.
b.		Originally set for a US theatrical release in 2003 and then in 2004; the film was then pushed back indefinitely by Miramax. Two massive waves of layoffs were sustained at the studio, and the Disney-Miramax split reached its height. The movie remained in the Miramax vaults unreleased during this time of uncertainty. When the Disney and Miramax divorce was finally completed, numerous films like this one under the Miramax and Dimension label were finally released theatrically.
c.		Many sources, including the DVD box, report an "Anne Casper" in the film with no role. In fact, the role of Anne was played by Kim Casper. Similarly, the box and some sources credit production assistant Nancy Giebink with a role, though she is not credited for one.
d.		Shot in just three days for less than $1,500. The shoot consisted of six locations between two cities, totaling 248 shots, requiring more than 100 set-ups. The film was virtually shot at break-neck speed.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Great Raid (2005)?
a.		Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
b.		Jonathans Ballet is performed by the corps of the New York City Ballet.
c.		The films showing at the local movie theatre are Vogues of 1938 and Intermezzo: A Love Story.
d.		Jackson Rathbone stated his fight scenes in the movie were his favorite scenes to film.

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