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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Airport '77 (1977) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Airport '77 (1977) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977).
About the movie:
Art thieves hijack a 747, hit fog and crash into the ocean, trapping them and the passengers under 100 feet of water.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
The actor playing Luca Brasi,
Lenny Montana
, was so nervous about working with
Marlon Brando
that, in the first take of their scene together, he flubbed some lines.
Francis Ford Coppola
liked the genuine nervousness and used it in the final cut. The scenes of Brasi practicing his speech were added later.
b.
Greer Garson
was also offered the role of Emily Livingston but she had not made a feature film in ten years and so she declined, preferring to continue making guest appearances on television.
c.
The only two actors to appear in all four Burton/Schumacher films are
Pat Hingle
(Commissioner Gordon) and
Michael Gough
(Alfred.)
d.
All of the Cullens can be seen wearing jewelry with the same symbol on it. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett all had the same wristband, and Alice and Rosalie had similar necklaces with the symbol on it; Esme had a bracelet and Carlisle had a ring.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
When released on video, it was the first cassette to be encoded with the letterbox format.
b.
The character played by
David Cronenberg
is named Dr. Philip K. Decker, a reference to sci-fi author
Philip K. Dick
. Deckard was the last name of the protagonist in Dicks "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", which was later adapted as
Blade Runner
.
c.
The film was never finished, and was released as a work in progress when the studio decided to move up the release date and release the film as it was, telling director
Joe Dante
that he was finished and they were going to go ahead and release what he had at that point.
d.
Legendary Hollywood costume designer
Edith Head
received her 35th and final Oscar nomination for her work on the costumes in this film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
The Bert & I stories were a late addition to the film. Actor-writer
William Cully Allen
had grown up listening to these folk stories in album form. He himself tells them (in dialect) in the films opening and closing.
b.
Jack Lemmon
later said accepting the film had been a big mistake.
c.
Thomas Lennon
advised
Zac Efron
that his appendicitis was in fact bad wind, and advised him to hang upside down to cure it.
d.
The uniforms and badges with the exception of the police patch are accurate for the Richmond, VA Bureau of Police in the 1970s. Also the outside view of the police headquarters is an accurate depiction of the old HQ located at 10th and Marshall St in Richmond, VA.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
Won award for Best Family Film at the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival.
b.
Gary Rogers was inspired to make this film 50 years ago when he first saw
Cecil B. DeMille
s,
The Ten Commandments
.
c.
James Stewart
and
George Kennedy
have both acted together in two films about airplane disasters the other being Flight of The Phoenix(1965).
d.
The Autobot Mirage was originally a Formula-1 race car, but this was altered to a Ferrari Italia 458.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
Joan Crawford
was approached to play the role of Emily Livingston but declined, later saying, "I wanted
Joel McCrea
to play opposite me, and anyway, they actually asked me to fly out there with only one weeks notice! Why, that is hardly enough time for makeup tests or rehearsals... and when I asked about costume fittings, they said they wanted me to wear my own clothes!"
b.
Han Solos blaster was manufactured from a "Broomhandle" Mauser Pistol.
c.
The full cast of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare - Abridged do various other voice acting parts in the film.
d.
Footage of
Roger Moore
and
Kristina Wayborn
in bed shown in one of the films trailers is not included in the film itself.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
The Magnavox Magnavision VLP optical videodisc player shown in the film was
Lew Wasserman
s personal player and was borrowed from his office for the day of shooting. It was a hand-built pre-production model that was given the "7000" model number. The entire top of the player opens instead of just a small "lid" portion and the disc area has a clear window so you can see the disc spinning. For the final player release (model 8000), the lid was shrunk to only the disc area and the transparent window was eliminated. The player used in the film could not play CLV Extended Play discs as the the CLV format had not yet been finalized. The single-sided disc placed on the player contained the actual recording of
James Stewart
seen in the film - MCA Disco-Vision pressed the one-off disc just for the film. The packaging for the disc is a so-called "Nautilus Box" inside a standard cardboard box used to transport MCA Records Nickel-plated LP stampers.
Monica Lewis
uses the player incorrectly. She doesnt shut the lid completely and presses one of the "audio" buttons instead of the "Play Forward" button.
b.
Sylvester Stallone
was offered the lead role, but turned it down.
c.
The movie was deliberately filmed in black & white in an attempt to disguise
Clark Gable
s age and weight.
d.
Roman Polanski
had been hired as director but Columbia dropped him when the scandal broke about his statutory rape charges.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
When Mulan sings "Reflection" in her fathers shrine, her reflection appears in the polished surface of the temple stones. The writing on the temple stones is the names of the Disney animators who worked on the film written in ancient Chinese.
b.
The interiors of the Valenaris restaurant was actually a set designed and built by Richard Sylbert on a soundstage.
c.
Pons Maar
who plays the Lead Wheeler, one of the asylum orderlies, and provides the voice of the Nome Messenger also served as a movement coach on the film, working to develop the postures and movements of the Scarecrow and Jack Pumpkinhead.
d.
Christopher Lee
accepted his role chiefly because it allowed him to work with
Jack Lemmon
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
Apparently
Adrian Lyne
asked
Tracey Ullman
to screen test before
Glenn Close
won the part.
b.
Kevin Smith
says that he received phone calls from
John Cusack
and
Matthew Perry
, who were both interested in playing Fletch.
c.
To keep the realism present in the film, when an actor was not appearing in a scene, they were not allowed to be on or neat the set.
d.
To prepare for his role,
Jack Lemmon
attended both diving school and flight training school. As
Jack Lemmon
stated for his flight training, "I wanted to know what all the knobs and dials were for."
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
The box office receipts were less than expected, so writer
George Lucas
continued Willows story in books rather than in movie sequels. The three books are collectively known as "The Chronicles of the Shadow War" and share a writers credit for
Chris Claremont
and Lucas. They are: "Shadow Moon" (1995), "Shadow Dawn" (1996) and "Shadow Star" (2000)
b.
Howard Starks (
John Slattery
) presentation of his idea for a futuristic city is heavily influenced by
Walt Disney
s television revelation of his new EPCOT Center and the accompanying Florida Project. The 3D map of the city closely mimics that of EPCOTs, and the posters behind Stark are from Worlds Fairs in which Disney had a great influence, like Stark may also have been. In addition, one of the very few real-life 1964 Worlds Fair buildings included in the Stark Expo is a replica of the General Electric pavilion, which famously featured Disneys Carousel of Progress.
Richard M. Sherman
contributed the song "Make Way for Tomorrow Today" to the movie, a song similar to "Theres a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow," which Richard and his brother
Robert B. Sherman
composed for the Carousel of Progress, among many other classic Disney tunes.
c.
For full effectiveness,
Christopher Lee
did the "dead" stunt himself, and as a result was awarded the Stuntmens Unions belt buckle.
d.
During the fake interview scenes when Chris talks to the vandals - filming was shut down as the guys were kicked out of their location. They were in a mall parking garage and told filming wasnt permitted there.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Airport '77 (1977)?
a.
When
Anthony Hopkins
found out that he cast as Hannibal Lecter based on his performance as Dr. Frederick Treves in
The Elephant Man
he questioned
Jonathan Demme
and said "But Dr. Treves was a good man." To which Demme replied "So is Lecter, he is a good man too. Just trapped in an insane mind."
b.
The scene where Tracy uses the infrared light bulb to reveal the presence of the Ghost was accomplished simply by printing the film in negative form.
c.
Along with its fellow sequels
Airport 1975
and
The Concorde... Airport 79
this film was inducted into the RAZZIE Awards Hall of Shame in 1983.
d.
John Cleese who plays British barrister Archie Leach actually entered Cambridge University as a law student although he never became a member of the British bar.
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