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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979).
About the movie:
A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant planet. The crew discovers some strange creatures and investigates.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
In its original theatrical release, 20th Century Fox offered a full refund to any viewer who didnt enjoy the film. Approximately 1500 tickets were returned to the studio.
b.
Veronica Cartwright
was originally to play Ripley, but producers opted for
Sigourney Weaver
.
c.
The character of Winston was initially written to be a guard at the Ghostbusters firehouse. Also, in earlier drafts of the script, Winston was the one who conjured up the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man.
d.
Aileen Wuornos
, a notoriously uncooperative person, gave director
Patty Jenkins
access to hundreds of letters she had written and received in order to gain insight into Aileens life.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Three aliens were made: a model; a suit for seven-footer
Bolaji Badejo
; and another suit for a trained stunt man.
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.
A newer restored print of the film is being restored and will be released to limited theater engagements and worldwide DVD release slated for 2008 by the original company that made it, American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
d.
The inspiration for the film largely stems from
Bob Gale
discovering his fathers high school yearbook and wondering whether he would have been friends with his father as a teenager. Gale also said that if he had the chance to go back in time he would really go back and see if they would have been friends.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
During production an attempt was made to make the alien character transparent or at least translucent.
b.
Tim Burton
himself insisted that this movie was not a remake, but a reimagination of
Planet of the Apes
; it uses the idea of an ape-inhabited planet from the same source material as the 1968 movie, but ultimately tells a very different story.
c.
Michael J. Fox
had always been the first choice for Marty, but he was unavailable due to scheduling conflicts with his work on
Family Ties
. As "Family Ties" co-star
Meredith Baxter
was pregnant at the time, Fox was carrying a lot more of the show than usual. The shows producer
Gary David Goldberg
simply couldnt afford to let Fox go. Zemeckis and Gale then cast
Eric Stoltz
as Marty based on his performance in
Mask
. After four weeks of filming
Robert Zemeckis
and
Bob Gale
felt that Stoltz wasnt right for the part and Stoltz agreed. By this stage, Baxter was back fully on the show and Goldberg agreed to let Fox go off to make the film. Fox worked out a schedule to fulfill his commitment to both projects. Every day during production, he drove straight to the movie set after taping of the show was finished every day and averaged about five hours of sleep. The bulk of the production was filmed from 6pm to 6am, with the daylight scenes filmed on weekends. Reshooting Stoltzs scenes added $3 million dollars to the budget.
d.
Grady (
Philip Stone
) never blinks once throughout the entire film. Lloyd (
Joe Turkel
) blinks twice: in his first scene, after telling Jack, "no sir, Im not busy at all," and in his second scene, when he tells Jack, "your moneys no good here."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Prof. Len Adleman is one of the three mathematicians who invented the RSA (hes the "A") cryptosystem, currently the preeminent method of encrypting any form of data in the world. Adleman served as a mathematical consultant on the film, and spent several days constructing the slides Janek displays at the college symposium on "unbreakable codes" (which took Adleman a considerable amount of time to create using primitive early-90s computer graphics technology). In the end, director
Phil Alden Robinson
had the slides transposed as oil crayon scribbles, on account of the notion that "thats what a regular mathematician would have done". Adleman later remarked that this was indeed true and what he would have done, and would have saved him days if only hed known.
b.
Producer/actress Lana Roberts appears in every vignette with the exception of "Frame Tale".
c.
Much of the dialogue was developed through improvisation.
d.
American movie debut for German actor
Curd Jürgens
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Anne Ramsey
s speech impediment was caused by operations she underwent in order to treat throat cancer. She received a best-supporting actress nomination for her role in the film in 1987.
b.
Nicky Henson
was interviewed for a part.
c.
The front (face) part of the alien costumes head is made from a cast of a real human skull.
d.
Irving Cummings
shot retakes after
Raoul Walsh
left the picture.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
An early draft of the script had a male Ripley, making this one of at least three films where
Sigourney Weaver
played a character originally planned to be a man. The second is
The TV Set
and the third is
Vantage Point
.
b.
The first film to have a rap/hip-hop song win an Academy Award.
c.
Dawn Dunlap
s character was originally going to be played by a much older woman, an ex-Playboy Bunny to be precise. When Dunlap herself walked in for the role a day before principle photography, director
Allan Holzman
pleaded to the producers to sign her on. They very reluctantly made a new contract for her.
d.
Steve Buscemi
s favorite movie, declared by himself.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
The golfer next to
John Malkovich
at the driving range is actually the head of the make-up department for the film, Michael Mills.
b.
Jeremy Renner
was attached to the project for some time during the movies pre-production phase in 2010.
c.
Only two actors were paid for work on the film.
Nicholas Toscani
and
Alora Walters
each received $80.
d.
Originally to be directed by
Walter Hill
, but he pulled out and gave the job to
Ridley Scott
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
All of the names of the main characters were changed by
Walter Hill
and
David Giler
during the revision of the original script by
Dan OBannon
and
Ronald Shusett
. The script by OBannon and Shusett also had a clause indicating that all of the characters are "unisex", meaning they could be cast with male or female actors. However, Shusett and OBannon never thought of casting Ripley as a female character.
b.
When Elizabeth Wurtzel is writing the piece on Bruce Springsteen, a pack of Morleys, the fictional cigarette brand from the
The X Files
can be seen on her desk.
c.
Director
Michael Radford
was required to cut the kiss between Antonio and Bassanio for the "Edited for Television" version of this film.
d.
Costume designer Edith Head was much criticized for the dreadful red dress Judy wears to sing "By Myself," but she insisted that she had not designed it or been asked to approve it.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Conceptual artist
H.R. Giger
s designs were changed several times because of their blatant sexuality.
b.
Violinist
Itzhak Perlman
performs
John Williams
haunting score on the soundtrack. Perlman is on record as saying that his contribution to the film is one of his proudest moments in an illustrious career.
c.
Montys Beach House, used in the key opening scene and several others, was actually owned by the films director,
Michael Curtiz
. It was built in 1929 and stood at 26652 Latigo Shore Dr. in Malibu. It collapsed into the ocean after a week of heavy storms in January 1983.
d.
Part of the soundtrack was composed by
Robert Millsap
who played Mr. Parrish.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
According to
Marianne Hagan
, she almost did not receive the leading role of Kara Strode - Miramax Films purportedly did not like her physical appearance, deeming her "too thin", and her chin "too pointy".
b.
The ship used to portray the USS Ward (DD-139), an updated World War I "Flush Deck" destroyer, was the USS Finch (DER-328), a highly modified World War II Edsall class destroyer escort. The Finch bears no resemblance to the Ward.
c.
The models had to be repainted every evening of the shoot because the slime used on-set removed the acrylic paint from their surfaces.
d.
In their quest for authenticity, the Disney studios hired mostly Native American actors to do the voices. They also employed Native American consultants and had a session with a real shaman. Despite these efforts, prominent Native American activists issued an open letter condemning the film for its historical inaccuracies and stereotyping of the Indian people.
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