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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Grudge (2004) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Grudge (2004) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004).
About the movie:
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
The filmmakers persuaded
Tom Felton
to convince his girlfriend, Jade Olivia, to play Draco Malfoys wife, Astoria Greengrass, in the films epilogue.
b.
In the movie, the newspaper account lists
Jascha Heifetz
s stolen Violin as a Stradivarius. Heifetz actually used a Guarnarius in the picture and favored that violin in real life, but the producers felt that the name of Stradivarius would be more recognizable.
c.
The spooky popping sounds that accompany the appearance of the female ghost were made with a hair comb.
d.
A 78-minute version of the film was released by RKO in 1953. Cuts to the dance numbers were severe. Prints are still in circulation.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
Vasiliki Maliaros
had never acted in a movie before. She was discovered by
William Friedkin
in a Greek restaurant. Her only acting experience was in Greek stage dramas. Friedkin selected her because she bore an uncanny resemblance to his own mother and
William Peter Blatty
felt she resembled his mother, too.
b.
Yuya Ozeki
,
Takako Fuji
, and
Takashi Matsuyama
all appeared in
Ju-on
, the Japanese film upon which this film was based, all reprising their roles as the doomed Saeki family.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 3, 1949 with
Glenn Ford
reprising his film role.
d.
The original musical was based on the an actual sorority, Pi Beta Phi. The song, "The Girl of the Pi Beta Phi" was kept on the 1996 soundtrack, but deleted from the 1947 film. The name of the sorority was changed in the 1947 movie to the fictitious "Phi Gamma Gamma".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
was so impressed by
Cary Guffey
s performance that several years later he wanted him for the role of Danny Torrence in
The Shining
.
b.
Was a favourite at the 2006 San Francisco International Asian-American Film Festival. It still holds the records as being the fastest Sold Out show in SFIAAFF history.
c.
James Caan
s film debut.
d.
The open-mouth gasping sound of the ghosts is made by director
Takashi Shimizu
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
According to the DVD Commentaries and Featurettes, the house in
The Grudge
was built completely on a sound stage. It was based almost entirely on the house in
Ju-on
. It was built like a normal house, the house set had two floors so that cuts did not have to be made when a character was walking upstairs. However, the attic was built separately from the house to allow for more room when filming.
b.
Charlotte Zucker
: Director
Jerry Zucker
s mother (who has appeared in many of the Zucker brothers movies) plays the bank officer.
c.
Fred Zinnemann
was another choice to direct;
Sam Spiegel
very much wanted him to take the job, due to his box-office clout, but Zinneman didnt understand the novel and declined.
Orson Welles
was reportedly approached to co-star and direct, but Welles, too, dropped out after reading the script.
William Wyler
was considered but never formally approached. Ultimately, Spiegel explained the decision to hire
David Lean
as being "In absence of anybody else."
d.
The party scene toward the end of the movie was filmed at Asbury College, where both the writer and director graduated.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
Charlton Heston
was sick during much of the film with the flu. Rather than wait for him to get better, the producers felt that his hoarse voice added something to the character of Taylor. According to Hestons diary, after filming the scene where Taylor and Nova are forcibly separated, he wrote that he was feeling like hell while shooting because of his illness, and felt even worse "every time that damn fire hose hit me".
b.
On their way to the graveyard, Karen and Doug pass three schoolgirls on the street - a reference to Izumi and her friends Chiharu and Miyuki from the original
Ju-on
.
c.
The region 1 Blu-ray disc became the highest selling high definition title to date, selling more than 100,000 copies.
d.
When
Kirk Douglas
was first approached for the role, he was committed to a Broadway play.
Stanley Kubrick
then met
Gregory Peck
in connection with
How to Steal a Million
; Peck was interested but was also unavailable. Douglas play was postponed and then Peck also became available; Douglas got in first and got the part.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
In the opening sequence in which the roller rink manager tells the organ player "Youre gonna have to quit now, were goin on the air." The over-dubbed voice of the manager is director Steve Rash.
b.
Erin J. Dean
played both Mandy Anderson and her own mother Harriet. "Ann Jeider," the actress credited with playing Harriet Anderson, is an anagram of "Erin J. Dean."
c.
Straight to video in the UK.
d.
The character of Toshio is almost always found with his cat. In real life, the boy who plays Toshio,
Yuya Ozeki
, was terrified of cats.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
Daniel Roebuck
was chosen partly because of his knowledge of old horror flicks.
b.
According to
Don Siegel
, it was the policy at Universal at the time to shoot the last scene of the film first. On that first day of filming, according to Siegel and
Clu Gulager
,
Lee Marvin
arrived late and had been drinking, but because he had no dialogue, the scenes were used as shot.
c.
According to the DVD commentary by the cast and crew, the first of appearance of the cat right when Karen picks up Kayakos journal was not in fact a real cat, but a fake cat held by a crew member, racing it in front of the camera.
d.
An animated picture of Batman as played by
Robert Lowery
appears in the opening credits of
The Pink Panther Strikes Again
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
The house used for Major Chathams house was actually a museum. The furniture in the house was all antique and the owners would only allow a skeleton crew to shoot inside the location.
b.
Before filming, the cast and crew went through a ceremony where they were blessed so nothing bad could happen to them for filming.
c.
Joel Naumann, who plays the Boy in the Mirror in Lavinias bathroom, is actually Lavinia"s (Jacqueline Wiley) twin brother.
d.
Woody Harrelson
has called being in this film "the most non-work Ive ever done."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
The majority of the dialogue was improvised.
b.
Not only did the real
Richie Roberts
serve as
Frank Lucas
s lawyer after he went into private practice, he was godfather to Lucass son.
c.
Episode 4: At the Lions Mercy
d.
Although the house was built entirely on a sound stage, the actors and cast still had to take off their shoes to enter, to be respectful.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Grudge (2004)?
a.
Bill Cosby
, who appears as himself, was the voice of Fat Albert as well as other characters, in the animated TV series
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
.
b.
A sequel (which became
The Grudge 2
) was greenlit on the Monday after the surprise success of the first weekends box office of more than $39 million.
c.
Billy Wilder
had already written the story in Germany, then brought it to the USA when he emigrated and sold it to MGM.
d.
In the movie, the fictional Texas State University plays a football game against Southwest Texas State University, a real university located in San Marcos, TX. In 2003, Southwest Texas State University changed its name to Texas State University at San Marcos.
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