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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) - 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: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970).
About the movie:
A dramatization of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the series of American blunders that allowed it to happen.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
Dennis Hopper
and
Jack Nicholson
- huge fans of Italian director
Michelangelo Antonioni
- invited their idol to the first screening of their film. Antonioni was sufficiently impressed to cast Nicholson in his next feature film,
Professione: reporter
.
b.
Of all the time and money spent by
Akira Kurosawa
, less than one minute of the film he shot is in the final release version.
c.
When
Chris Pine
was cast as James Kirk, he sent
William Shatner
a letter and received a reply containing Shatners approval.
d.
Robert De Niro
took the Yankees bobblehead doll as a souvenir; the production company paid collector Anne Wells, who loaned it to the show, $400 for the doll.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
Shot quickly in mostly two locations: the hotel room apartment, and the car in front of a rear projection screen on a soundstage at PRC. The actual shooting schedule was 28 days, including a brief location shoot in Lancaster, California for the desert scenes, and backplates for rear projection.
b.
Contrary to popular belief, the title of this movie means neither Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! nor Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! in Japanese. The phrase actually comes from the first syllables of "Totsugeki" (meaning attack) and "Raigeki" (for "torpedo attack") yielding TO-RA, TO-RA, TO-RA, which incidentally has the same pronunciation as "tiger" repeated thrice.
c.
Joseph Mazzello
was considered for the role of Jack.
d.
The location for Edoras was in the midst of a national park. The Conservation Society of New Zealand gave them permission to film there on the proviso that they returned it in exactly the same condition that they found it. This meant lifting most of the natural vegetation and grasses up and storing them in a purpose-built nursery, as filming in the location would last approximately 18 months.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
The last big rapid that they run before going over the waterfall is a Class 5 rapid, and the scene was performed by stunt doubles since running rapids in a canoe is dangerous and unusual.
b.
The manned radar antenna site depicted as "Opana Point" was actually Koko Head which is just above Oahus famous Hanauma Bay. This is on the opposite side of the island from the real-life location. Today, it is home to many antennae including the FAAs CKH VORTAC.
c.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
The house used for this film was loaned to the filmmakers by the owner, who planned to demolish it anyway, thereby ensuring that they could do whatever they wanted to the house.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~7.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.9 seconds.
b.
During the chase scene, the car driven by Agent Downey and Jack Sylvester passes the Alto-Nido Apartments (1851 N. Ivar Street, Hollywood, California). In
Sunset Blvd.
this is the apartment building where Joe Gillis lived before he moved to Norma Desmonds mansion.
c.
The farewell fly-by honoring actor
Lloyd Nolan
s character was led by "Pete" Everest (
Frank Everest
) accompanied by Iven Kincheloe, Lou Schalk, Stu Childs and Robert M. White. All were famous Edwards A.F.B. test pilots.
d.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 13, 1949 with
Ray Milland
reprising his film role.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
The civilian pilots hired to fly the Japanese aircraft were a bunch of characters. One, never identified, was taken by a line of stage direction in the script which read, "Watanabe smiles". After each successful shot with the aerial coordinator announced his satisfaction, this pilot would anonymously announce on his aircraft radio, "Watanabe smiles". During the filming of one shot, a civilian general aviation aircraft inadvertently flew into their formation, forcing them to perform emergency evasive maneuvers. The aerial coordinator performed an immediate inventory of flying aircraft, announced his relief that disaster had been avoided. This same unknown pilot this time announced, "Watanabe shits!"
b.
The picture in Arthur Cases office is "Cards Player" by Paul Cézanne.
c.
Military sets for the movie were nearly destroyed by a hurricane during filming. Instead of breaking them down and starting over, the partially-destroyed sets were used to create new scenes in the movie (including the scene in "Redux" where the playmates are stranded at the deserted military base).
d.
This was
Walt Disney
s favorite film made by his studios (source: DVD extras).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
Vincent Price
and
Melvyn Douglas
tested for the part of Ashley.
b.
Fabien Cousteau
- grandson of
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
- invented a Great White Shark-shaped submarine to study the sharks in a natural setting. He discovered that, contrary to the killing-machine nature shown in Jaws, Great Whites are actually very cautious fish. They also communicate with each other via their fins and body language.
c.
Soundtrack for the U.S. trailer entitled "Bipolar Darts" composed and performed by
Marion Dean
.
d.
The bandana or "hachimaki" Commander Mitsuo Fuchida wore on his flight to Honolulu translates to "Certain Victory". He flew in the lead Nakajima B5N2 bomber with Lt. Mitsuo Matazaki piloting and Norinobu Mizuki navigating.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
Barry Corbin
s first movie.
b.
The mockups of the American ships in Pearl Harbor were constructed upon ocean-going barges which were extremely expensive to rent, causing director
Richard Fleischer
to comment during production, "If the Japanese had attacked us with ocean-going barges, we couldnt afford to make this film!"
c.
The tornado protector devices that Starbuck is selling in the first scene of the movie are made with copper toilet tank floats, among other things.
d.
In 1938, Roadshow Attractions distributed this with the short film
How to Undress in Front of Your Husband
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
The films "All Time High" main title song sung by
Rita Coolidge
is the first Bond theme song not to feature the title of the movie anywhere in its lyrics.
Casino Royale
s "You Know My Name" by
Chris Cornell
is the second whilst the
Jack White
and
Alicia Keys
song "Another Way To Die" from
Quantum of Solace
is the third.
b.
Jigsaws puppet was originally controlled by fishing line (in
Saw
). This time around, the crew had a slightly larger budget and decided to completely redo the puppet and make it mechanically controlled.
c.
The wounded sailor shown firing back at the strafing Japanese planes is based on Chief Ordnanceman John William Finn, stationed at Kaneohe Naval Air Station on 7 December 1941 who set up a .50 caliber machine gun mount and, despite being wounded several times, defiantly fired back at strafing Zero fighters during the second attack wave, hitting several of them and even shooting down one, the combat unit leader Lt. Fusata Iida. Finn was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor beyond the call of duty.
d.
This film played as the top-half of a double-feature with "Virgin in Bali" at the Tremont Theatre in Galveston, Texas on January 25, 1933.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
The flute solos played by the Pied Piper were played by
Jeremy Steig
, a well-known jazz flutist. He is also the son of
William Steig
, the author of the original Shrek books.
b.
When SID 6.7 pulls up to Madisons house to kidnap her daughter, the song on the vans radio is "The Photograph Kills" by Thirty Odd Foot of Grunts,
Russell Crowe
s band back home in Australia.
c.
First speaking lead role for
Mel Brooks
. His first lead role had been in
Silent Movie
where there was no dialogue.
d.
Akira Kurosawa
attempted to cast friends and business associates, including some high-level industrialists, in key roles in the films Japanese segments as a quid-pro-quo for later funding of future films. Twentieth Century Fox was not amused by this, and finally, the breach became the cause for Kurosawas dismissal from the project.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)?
a.
Richard Donner
was talked into directing the film by
Joel Silver
, who really wanted him on the project.
b.
"Worlds Most Haunted" is a fictitious tale about the crew of the reality TV show, "Worlds Most Haunted Places". The segment was shot at The Ridges in Athens, Ohio, an abandoned mental institution, which was the same location used in an episode of Foxs TV show, "Scariest Places on Earth".
c.
Since the U.S. military presently runs a restricted communications installation at the site, the memorial dedicated to the role of Opana Point in WWII is located down the road, between the hotel lobby and beach of the Turtle Bay Resort.
d.
The restaurant in which Jean Mallory (Jean Rogers) works is a recycled set from the 1934 version of "Imitation of Life." The cashiers booth where Rogers is seen was used in "Imitation of Life" as the spot in which Fredi Washington was working when her mother came to the restaurant and "outed" her as Black.
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