Our Lady Snowblood DVD giveaway contest has come to an end and we have a winner. We had nine entries get all of the trivia questions correct so it came down to a random draw and our winner is Jon Fidler. Yes, Nick, you did get them all correct so you’ve now been a finalist in every contest we’ve done without winning any of them. Must be karma.
What? You want the answers to the questions? Right. Here they are.
1. Name the two 70’s era Asian film icons to star in the Kill Bill films and three other films each has appeared in.
Gordon Liu and Sonny Chiba. They’ve each appeared in a ridiculous number of films. The IMDB can give you a complete list.
2. An additional American actor originally appeared in the trailer and on the marquee but was cut entirely out of the finished films. Who was it?
Michael Jai White, aka Spawn.
3. Name the production company responsible for the anime sequence in volume one and the film they produced which was in competition at Cannes this year.
The company is Production IG, the film is Innocence: Ghost in the Shell 2.
4. Which director friend did Tarantino call on to provide part of Kill Bill’s score? How much was he paid to do this and name one other film he has scored recently.
Robert Rodriguez was paid $1 for his work on the score. He’s scored his previous films as well, most recently Once Upon a Time in Mexico. It wasn’t part of the question, but Tarantino repayed the favor by directing a segment of Rodriguez’s upcoming Sin City for $1.
5. What film did Beatrice’s daughter want to watch when they met and which two Japanese films were cut together to produce it?
She wanted to watch Shogun Assassin, which is a re-edited compilation of the first two Lone Wold and Cub films. These have been released under a few different names – most common being Sword of Vengeance and Babycart at the River Styx – but I accepted and of the individual titles, or anything listing them as Lone Wolf and Cub One and Two or Babycart One and Two.
6. Okay, I was going to do a screen capture for this, but the software’s being cranky and keeps killing my work … the blue-silhouette sequence at the House of Blue Leaves. Remember it? Yeah? What recent Japanese film did Tarantino steal it from? It was red in the original, by the way.
Hiroyuki Nakano’s Samurai Fiction. Which you should go and watch right now.
7. The Japanese edition of the film is dedicated to which recently deceased director? What was he filming when he died?
Kinji Fukasaku, who was working on Battle Royale 2.
8. Tarantino discovered the actress who played Go Go Yubari in what cult classic film?
That would be Fukasaku’s original, and far superior, Battle Royale.
Nick: I’m taking the full week of the fest off and going to try my luck at rush tickets and the best bet e-mails from the TIFF web-site. I’ll keep in mind your spot and I’ll likely pop by. And no doubt we’ll have tickets to some wonderful midnight madness show or two or three when Chris finally announces his lineup for this year.
I’ve done five movies on five consecutive days in the past [Iron Monkey!!!] and I fully intend to set a personal best during TIFF.
are you volunteering this year KFG? If not I’ll be working the ryerson 1-7 for like 6 or so days. Stop in. But we should catch a flick or some midnight madness no?
Sideshow hasn’t started shipping the Hellboy busts yet … all in good time …
What’s that saying, Nick? And it’s quite appropriate given the context of the contest… What was it?
Always the bridesmade, never the bride.
Ah yes. Very clever of me.
The Hellboy statue you ask? Yeah. Funny thing about that. I have no idea how it’s doing since I haven’t received it yet!!! Oh, there is a place prepared for it’s arrival. A high place of honor so that all my come and bask in it’s glory. But I don’t know where it is. Perhaps someone else does? Hmmmmm. Who would know? Who oh who would know where my Hellboy statue is?
Nick – your time will come buddy. Given your already proven prowess with movie lore I have no doubt that we’ll see your name in the winner’s circle some time in the next five years.
Maybe sooner.
Bump into you in Eaton Centre again or at TIFF.
thanks kfg – how’s your hellboy statue holding up? one of these day’s I’m getting something. maybe an std though with my prize luck these days.
damn. i just realized i didnt read the questions closely enough and forgot to awnser second parts of 2 of the questions that i could easely awnser if i just had read them… *mental note: pay atention and makesure to read the whole question -nex time*
Nick!!! Buddy!!! I feel for you man.
Congratulations, Jon! You’d be paying upwards of $25 for each otherwise, now that the series is so popular.
Also, if you like Samurai Fiction, check out the other SF episode by Hiroyuki Nakano, Stereo Future (which I almost preferred, but not quite).