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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Airplane! (1980) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Airplane! (1980) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980).
About the movie:
An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
One of the Rhodian locations used in the film has been renamed "
Anthony Quinn
Bay" after the actor was reported to have bought property nearby.
b.
Despite featuring a spoof of the beach scene of
From Here to Eternity
, none of the three directors had actually seen the original film.
c.
Tom Laughlin
used the pseudonym T.C. Frank for his directors credit. The name stands for his three children, Frank, Teresa, and Christina
d.
The only film in the trilogy not to secure
Al Pacino
an Oscar nomination.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
As T-rex turns to walk between houses in residential San Diego, he glances at the basketball hoop in the driveway, then makes a distinct dribbling motion with his right arm as he passes behind the house.
b.
Ethel Merman
insisted on bringing her own hairdresser to set.
c.
To help the actors prepare for their roles, director
James Cameron
took the cast and crew to Hawaii, where they spent their days trekking through the forests and jungles and living like tribes (building campfires, eating fish, etc), in order to get a better sense of what it would be like to live and move around in the jungle on Pandora, since there would not be any actual jungle sets to aid and guide the actors and crew.
Zoe Saldana
even dressed up as a warrior during these journeys, complete with an alien tail symbolic of the one her character has in the movie. These hikes were only done during the daytime, though; the cast and crew spent their nights at a Four Seasons hotel.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on June 26, 1944 with
Dick Powell
reprising his film role.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
There is a brief scene where a pioneer couple watches from a distance while two of the Chinese railroad workers practice martial arts with large knives. The woman comments that "they dont look like injuns", and her husband replies that "theyre not injuns, theyre Jews!". This may be a reference to the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) that the Native American peoples are actually the descendants of a lost tribe of Israel.
b.
James Earl Jones
is the only returning cast member from
The Hunt for Red October
.
c.
CASTLE THUNDER: Heard every time lightning flashes during the storm sequence.
d.
Banned in Thailand.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
Morganas breastplate is in director
John Boorman
s home. In his will it will be given to
Helen Mirren
.
b.
Otto
, the automatic pilot, ultimately disintegrated after spending several years in
Jerry Zucker
s garage.
c.
Film debut of
John Agar
.
d.
The script idea came from Norman watching the UFC fights with his father. Norman looked over at his father and said there is a film script somewhere here.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
The unusual architecture in the film was based on a distinctive style of 1950s space-age futurism known as Googie, most often seen in coffee shops and bowling alleys of the era. Tiki architecture, another 1950s pop style and often considered a form of Googie, is also exemplified in many of the island sets.
b.
During the storm scene, a newspaper proclaiming "STORM! City in Chaos" is shown. A smaller headline reads "Military seals off Tennessee murder site. Time-space disturbance discovered." This is a reference to
Sam Raimi
s previous film
The Evil Dead
and its sequel
Evil Dead II
, which Raimi was writing at the time.
c.
The movies dialog between Stryker and Rumack ("Surely you cant be serious" "I am serious, and dont call me Shirley") was voted as the #79 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
d.
All of the main characters names in
Solarbabies
are character names from enlightenment legends and myths from various cultures.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
Special non-skid felt shoes were designed for
Leslie Howard
,
John Barrymore
and
Basil Rathbone
for their dueling scenes. Research at the time disclosed that felt soles were prepared with a resinous compound brought from Scythia. A similar compound was made up by a druggist and the soles were carefully treated for filming the scene on the flagstone of the public square set.
b.
Poster and book cover by Bill Kaye.
c.
In the marketplace, both MGM Records and Decca released versions of
Carmen Miranda
s pair of frolicsome movie songs, "Yipsee-I-O" (music and lyrics by
Ray Gilbert
) and "Ca-Room-Pa-Pa" (music and lyrics by
Luiz Gonzaga
,
Humberto Teixeira
and Gilbert). The MGM soundtrack album contained the prerecordings. For her last Decca session, Carmen was matched with
The Andrews Sisters
on each side of the single.
d.
The music for the love scenes with Elaine and Ted was taken from
The Hunters
where
Robert Mitchum
plays a fighter pilot and
May Britt
his lover.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
This was the only time
Gwyneth Paltrow
and her father
Bruce Paltrow
worked together on a filmed project.
b.
Some of the gifts at the Callaghans Christmas party: Lucy gets a red cashmere muffler; Ox, a cordless glue gun; Mary, an appointment to get her ears pierced and diamond earring studs to go in them.
c.
According to his autobiography,
Christopher Lee
turned down the role of Dr Rumack.
d.
The opening sequence at the bank is loosely based on the 1997 North Hollywood Shootout. Several radio calls (e.g. "Theres nothing we have that can stop them!") are also taken verbatim from the recording of the 1997 incident.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
Brazilian name: "Pecados Íntimos" (Intimate Sins)
b.
The obligatory copyright notice at the end of the film which warns against piracy or unauthorized duplication ends with the comment "So there!"
c.
Often cited as
Victor Mature
s best performance.
d.
According to an interview with
Andrew G. Vajna
,
Ridley Scott
was asked to direct the film, but he had already committed to
Black Hawk Down
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
This is the second film in which
Andy Serkis
plays an ape, having previously portrayed 2005s version of
King Kong
. He was also the motion capture actor for Gollum in Lord of the Rings, where he bites off Frodos finger. His ape character Caesar bites off the neighbors finger in this role, too.
b.
The singing nun is
Maureen McGovern
who sings the theme song to the sitcom
Angie
which
Robert Hays
was co-starring in at the time of filming. (McGoverns appearance in the film is a poke at her having sung the Oscar-winning theme songs for two classic disaster movies: "The Morning After" from
The Poseidon Adventure
and "We May Never Love Like This Again" from
The Towering Inferno
.)
c.
When Allison is at the police station after the bust on the street, the girl talking to her in cell says, "...then the cop started asking me these really dumb questions, like whats closer to you now, the moon or Europe?" That question was asked to the co-writer of the movie,
Stephen Gaghan
, when he was detained by drug officers during his battle with drug addiction. The whole story can be found in a Newsweek article written by Stephen Gaghan.
d.
The cast and crew shot the entire film in a building that they also used as a yearly haunted house for Halloween.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airplane! (1980)?
a.
In the German version, the talk between the two black passengers was dubbed in heavy Bavarian dialect (with subtitles in standard German).
b.
Alan Cumming
had to endure 10 hours of make-up to become Nightcrawler for the scene in the church (where his skin/make-up is shown from the waist up).
c.
This movie utilized actual World War II combat footage from the Battle of El Alamein.
d.
The rights to this film reverted to novelist
J.B. Priestley
after 25 years. The film was then purchased by
Raymond Rohauer
, whose company still owns it, administered by Douris Corp.
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