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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - Part (2) 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.
To simulate the thrust of engines on the Nostromo,
Ridley Scott
had crew members shake and wobble the seats the actors were sitting in.
b.
Henry Follett compares the box Mumford gives him to the lost Ark. Director
Lawrence Kasdan
cowrote
Raiders of the Lost Ark
.
c.
This is the second Todd-AO production (the first was
Oklahoma!
) shot twice, at 24 fps (to produce the general-release version in 35 mm) and at 30 fps (to produce the roadshow version in 70 mm). Both versions were shot on 65 mm negative with Todd-AO lenses. Sometimes two cameras operated side-by-side filming the same take, other times the same camera was used with the speed changed for the second take, and still other times, in non-dialogue scenes, the same shot was used. The 35 mm version is presented in conventional 2:1 squeeze anamorphic process (incorrectly credited to Todd-AO); the 70 mm version is presented in Todd-AO.
d.
As many as 50 make-up artists would be working on transforming actors into zombies for the days that required crowd scenes.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Many of the interior features of the Nostromo came from airplane graveyards.
b.
The introduction scene of the 20th Maine, when Ames and Gilmore walk up and chide Chamberlain and the recruits, was shot on 11 September 2001.
c.
According to Frank Sanellos biography "Spielberg,"
Nick Castle
was originally attached to direct the film, and had been developing the screenplay for the film for a long time. Once
Steven Spielberg
expressed interest in being involved, the producers (and possibly heads of the studio) quickly gave Nick Castle a six-figure settlement, gross points and a "screen story" credit so that he could step down and Spielberg could helm the production.
d.
M. Night Shyamalan
: [Philadelphia] Set in Philadelphia, like most of his films.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
This movie was originally intended to star
James Cagney
.
b.
For the awakening from hypersleep segment,
Veronica Cartwright
and
Sigourney Weaver
had to wear white surgical tape over their nipples so as not to offend certain countries.
c.
Character name of Emmett comes from the word "time," spelled backwards and pronounced as syllables (em-it). His middle name is "Lathrop," which is "portal" backwards, with an extra "h" inserted in the middle.
d.
When
Ray Wise
was banging the hammer on an anvil, one of the sparks landed in his pocket and it caught fire. He performed the scene regardless.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Kevin Spacey
as the antagonist, John Doe, made his first appearance in the film, as the photographer taking pictures of
Brad Pitt
and
Morgan Freeman
at the sloth crime scene. If you pause the film at 54:45, when Pitts character was slapping the camera out of the photographers hand, you can clearly see that, it is
Kevin Spacey
.
b.
Chapter Titles: 1. Gun Emperor of the West 2. Riding the Danger Trail 3. The Black Raiders 4. Into the Flames 5. Trapped in a Runaway Wagon 6. Rifles for Redskins 7. Midnight Attack 8. Blast at Gunstock Pass 9. War at the Wagon Camp 10.Buffalo Stampede 11.Into the Fiery Blast 12.Cave-In 13.Bugle Call 14.Blazing Peril 15.Raiders Unmasked
c.
Ridley Scott
s 2003 directors cut largely came about when over 100 boxes of footage of his 1979 original were discovered in a London vault.
d.
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.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Buddy Ebsen
was going to play Davy Crockett until
Walt Disney
saw
Fess Parker
in
Them!
. When he saw Parker, he said, "Thats my Davy Crockett!"
b.
The rumor that the cast, except for
John Hurt
, did not know what would happen during the chestburster scene is partly true. The scene had been explained for them, but they did not know specifics. For instance,
Veronica Cartwright
did not expect to be sprayed with blood.
c.
At the end of the credits you can see "The Munch will return in MUNCHIE HANGS TEN". That third part was never made.
d.
Henry Dieckoff
, who appeared as Mrs. Chasens butler, was the actual butler of Rose Court Mansion in Hillsborough, California, south of San Francisco, which served as the setting for the Chasen mansion.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
The Mooby restaurants playground was created especially for the movie - its shaped like a giant meat grinder.
b.
Film debut of
Alan Reed
.
c.
Christian Bale
got to keep the Batman mask from the movie, after filming. He wanted to keep the entire uniform but he did not have enough room for it.
d.
"Nostromo" is the title of a
Joseph Conrad
book. The shuttlecraft is called the "Narcissus", from the title of another
Joseph Conrad
book. See also
Aliens
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
J.J. Abrams
claimed it was surreal to direct
Leonard Nimoy
as Spock: "This guy has been doing it for forty years!"
b.
130 alien eggs were made for the egg chamber inside the downed spacecraft.
c.
In the original ending to the film Adhar Ruafo was to escape in a craft that fell into the rings that surrounded the planet, where he would get younger and younger. After it was changed the director sent
F. Murray Abraham
a tape of the original ending to see how it had turned out anyway.
d.
Jon Finch
s entire performance was re-looped by another actor.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Contrary to popular belief, this is not the first Bond film to feature Felix Leiter as an African-American -
Bernie Casey
portrayed him in the unofficial Bond movie
Never Say Never Again
. It is, however, the first EON production to use this arrangement.
b.
Conceptual artist
H.R. Giger
would successfully sue 20th Century Fox 18 years later over his lack of screen credit on
Alien: Resurrection
.
c.
Thomas Jane
has voiced his disappointment over the fact that the studio didnt give the film a theater run, rather releasing it on DVD and not in the 3-D format in which it was intended. Further disappointment comes with the fact that the released cut of the film is far from Janes preferred version.
d.
The first scenes of the film were filmed on the directors porch.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Originally, Ultra Magnus was dismembered by the Sweeps (his arms and legs were ripped from his body). This was changed a scene of his being blasted to death. However, the shot of the Sweeps firing at Magnus shows them using continuous beams (almost as if they were ropes of energy), instead of laser blasts they are seen using in the rest of the movie.
b.
Judaism is not a proselytizing religion, meaning that unlike some other religions, its members do not actively recruit new converts. However, very orthodox and Hasidic Jews have no similar compunction against encouraging people who are already Jewish but less orthodox to become more orthodox. That explains the interaction that Sam has late in the movie with a Hasidic man on the street - once the other man verifies that Sam is Jewish, he helps him "wrap tefillin" and pray because he assumes that Sam is a secular Jew.
c.
Many of the non-English versions of the films title translate as something similar to "Alien: The 8th Passenger".
d.
Much of Ferdys dialogue was ad-libbed by
Ricky Gervais
(for example, telling Lamia he can get her a two-faced dog as a guard dog that can watch front and back entrances at the same time.)
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
When Barbie goes through Kens clothing collection, she finds a "Nehru Jacket", which is simple shirt that has a distinctive straight upright collar. The shirt resembles the same style worn by
The Beatles
on the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. As Barbie asks what year the shirt is from, she suggests 1967; the same year the album was released.
b.
George Lucas
first dreamed up the idea of an adventurous archaeologist about the same time he came up with the idea for the Flash Gordon-type space story which became
Star Wars
.
c.
The first sound-on-film feature. The dialogue sequence lasted 15 minutes.
d.
The aliens habit of laying eggs in the chest (which later burst out) was inspired by spider wasps, which are said to lay their eggs "in the abdomen of spiders." This image gave
Dan OBannon
nightmares, which he used to create the story. But spider wasps (pompilidae) lay eggs on their prey, not inside them, after which the wasp maggots simply snack on the sting-paralyzed spiders. OBannon may instead have been thinking of either ichneumon wasps or braconid wasps. The ichneumon drills a single egg into a wood-boring beetle larva, whereas braconids inject eggs inside certain caterpillars. Both result in fatal hatch-outs more alike to OBannons alien.
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