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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Way Back (2010) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Way Back (2010) Quiz
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About the movie:
Siberian gulag escapees walk 4000 miles overland to freedom in India.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Way Back (2010)?
a.
Based on a true event that occurred in the year 2000 - referred to as a "leap second".
b.
Fred Wolf
and
David Spade
originally wrote a skit in the 90s for
Saturday Night Live
about a child star rampage, spoofing
The Silence of the Lambs
, for when
Macaulay Culkin
was hosting, but it was cut. The idea was later pitched for The WB, but they turned it down. It was eventually totally rewritten and turned into this movie, originally written as a dark comedy with more references to drug use by child stars.
c.
A modern source also includes in the cast
Olaf Hytten
,
Douglas Gordon
,
John Graham Spacey
,
Harry Allen
and
David Thursby
, but they were not seen in the film.
d.
Janusz claims he didnt sign his confession papers. Such a prisoner would be very rare in the Gulag system, as most who refused to sign were simply shot.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Way Back (2010)?
a.
The video game
Sakura Taisen: Katsudou Shashin
3 has a subtitle "Pari wa Moeteiru ka" which is from the Japanese language meaning Is Paris Burning? whilst a level in the video-game
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
is also entitled Is Paris Burning?
b.
The film is based on a memoir by
Slavomir Rawicz
depicting his escape from a Siberian gulag and subsequent 4000-mile walk to freedom in India. Incredibly popular, it sold over 500,000 copies and is credited with inspiring many explorers. However, in 2006 the BBC unearthed records (including some written by Rawicz himself) that showed he had been released by the USSR in 1942. In 2009 another former Polish soldier, Witold Glinski, claimed that the book was really an account of his own escape. However this claim too has been seriously challenged.
c.
The filming took place in and around an 1890s mansion in Floridas Eden State Park. This park is located near the Gulf of Mexicos coastline, about halfway between Fort Walton Beach and Panama City.
d.
The gun that Hillary Faye uses at the target range is an IMI Jericho.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Way Back (2010)?
a.
"The stuff that dreams are made of" was voted as the #14 movie quote by the American Film Institute. The line is paraphrased from
William Shakespeare
s "The Tempest": "We are such stuff as dream are made on, / And our little life is rounded with a sleep."
b.
Because of this films success,
Anne Goursaud
and
Alyssa Milano
decided to shoot another erotic film:
Poison Ivy II
: Lily.
c.
Saoirse Ronan
(Irena) celebrated her 16th birthday on the set of this shoot.
d.
A real house was burned down for a flashback scene.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Way Back (2010)?
a.
To prepare for their respective roles,
Jake Gyllenhaal
spent time with
Jamie Reidy
, the author of the book this film is based on, and
Anne Hathaway
spent time with
Lucy Roucis
, an actress stricken with Parkinsons disease, who has a role in the film.
b.
When Janusz and the others spot the tattoo of Lenin and Stalin on Valkas chest, he angrily replies that they were great men. Such tattoos were in fact employed by criminals in the false hope that they wouldnt be shot there as it was supposed to be illegal to deface an image of either Lenin or Stalin; although it is well-known that the executions were conducted via shooting in the back of the head.
c.
Though Callahans Diner was a set built for the film, the Callahans Diner logo and window script is identical to that used by Callahans Diner at 1213 Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica, California. Its quite likely that members of the cast and/or crew of the film were familiar with the Santa Monica restaurant and used it as an art model for the San Francisco locale. The "Dirty Harry" reference inherent in the Diners name may simply be an added plus.
d.
Though an American film, this picture was mostly filmed in England and arguably qualifies as
Burt Reynolds
only ever British Film until
A Bunch of Amateurs
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Way Back (2010)?
a.
Actor Chai Eun Hillman was originally cast in the role of Domino, Sidonias husband. Chai filmed a short interview and participated in a rehearsal but suddenly passed away a few months later.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Valka says when told he be should be grateful: "Gratitude is for dogs!" Stalin said a very similar thing: "Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs."
d.
Tom Ford
revealed in an interview that the role of Kenny was originally given to a more famous actor (an article with E! Online states the original casting choice was
Jamie Bell
) who then didnt show up to the costume fitting five days prior to shooting. Ford then remembered an audition tape by
Nicholas Hoult
.
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