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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962).
About the movie:
A former Korean War POW is brainwashed by Communists into becoming a political assassin. But another former prisoner may know how to save him.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)?
a.
The film lost USD$445,000 in its initial release in the USA.
b.
The cabin was the only set built for this movie. Everything else was a practical location.
c.
In joke: During the prologue set in 1952, one of the bar girls reads an old movie magazine with a cover shot of
Tony Curtis
and
Janet Leigh
, who plays the female lead in this film.
d.
When Chuck is aboard the doomed Fed-Ex flight, he has his shoes off and loses them in the crash. Much later in the movie when Chuck is on a plane returning to his homeland he is shown wearing shoes, one of the first signs of his lifestyle transformation.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)?
a.
Some footage in the film was shot by the actors.
b.
Donald MacBride
was listed in the cast in a news item, but is not seen in the film.
c.
In
Richard Condon
s novel, the relationship between Mrs. Iselin and her son Raymond is more explicitly incestuous, complete with a bed scene. Director
John Frankenheimer
and screenwriter
George Axelrod
wanted to include that element, but reduced it to the less-than-motherly kiss that Mrs. Iselin plants on Raymonds lips. To appease the censors, Frankenheimer instructed
Angela Lansbury
to put her hand between their mouths and the camera during the kiss to obscure what she was doing a bit. By time of
Jonathan Demme
s
The Manchurian Candidate
, the incestuous content between the mother and son shown on screen had been reduced even more, so that the camera cuts away before she kisses her son on the lips, only leaving the implication of that relationship between them.
d.
Most of the back story setting up the alliance between Chun-Li and Nash can be found in the deleted scenes on the DVD.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)?
a.
Alexanders Pyrrhic victory at the Hydaspes is actually a combination of two actual battles. The real Hydaspes battle was a much easier victory for the real Alexander, and Porus became one of his allies. The second battle was the siege of Multan, where Alexander was mortally wounded while leading his men as they assaulted the fortress. Both battles were victories.
b.
As filming went on,
Matt Damon
continued to gain most of the weight that he had lost purposely for his role in Courage Under Fire.
c.
The Antonov An-12 airplane number 9Q-CIH filmed in the movie was owned by a Russian citizen Evgeny Zakharov. On January 8, 2005, the plane crashed at Bukalaza, Uganda; all six crew members were killed. The plane departed Entebbe airport with destination Kinshasa. It was reportedly carrying humanitarian relief items.
d.
Frank Sinatra
refers to Orestes and Clytemnestra when he is talking to
Laurence Harvey
. Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon (King of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Mycenae) who, with her lover Aegisthus, murdered him and took over the throne. Orestes, the son of Clytemnestra, later killed them both.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)?
a.
A song about Admiral Boom was written for the film. Although the song does not appear in the film, the music can be heard in the score.
b.
The movie was shot in 1 year.
c.
In an interview with Starlog magazine in 1990,
Henry Silva
said "no one was doubled" in the fight scene between him and
Frank Sinatra
.
d.
Production had to be briefly halted so that
John Travolta
could attend the funeral of his girlfriend
Diana Hyland
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Manchurian Candidate (1962)?
a.
On the copy of the New York Post announcing the slaying of Senator Jordan and his daughter, a small headline at the top reads: "VIOLENT HURRICANE SWEEPS MIDWEST; 20 DEAD, HUNDREDS HOMELESS"
b.
Anjelica Huston
originally brought the book "Rope Burns" to producer
Albert S. Ruddy
s attention, hoping that he would ask her to direct the film. (She guaranteed that he would cry after reading the "Million Dollar Baby" story, and he admits that he did.) However, by the time Ruddy acquired the rights, Huston was busy on another project.
c.
This film originally started as a 38 page single room stage play which was written by Carolyn Alexander. It was then converted to a 90 page screenplay by her cousin-in-law Tim Alexander.
d.
Sophie mentions that her sister, Rhonda, is seven years older.
Kristen Johnston
is, in fact, 7 years older than
Drew Barrymore
. (
Hugh Grant
is 14 years older than Drew.)
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