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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - 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: 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 "Death Proof", there are several references to
Pulp Fiction
, including the Big Kahuna burger, foot massages, and Tarantinos character mentions a "tasty beverage".
b.
There is no dialog for the first 6 minutes.
c.
John Dillinger
was shot to death by FBI agents on the night of July 22, 1934 while exiting Chicagos Biograph Theater, where he had attended a screening of
Manhattan Melodrama
. While the Biograph Theater was still operating at the time of the production of Public Enemies, the interior had been converted into a number of smaller venues, and no longer resembled the Depression-era movie palace it had been at the time of Dillingers death. Production scouts for Public Enemies found that the Paramount Theatre in nearby Aurora, Illinois resembled the Biograph Theater of 1934 enough to double as that venue. For that reason, the interiors for two scenes were filmed there: The scene in which John Dillinger and his cohorts attend a movie and are alarmed to see themselves and their photographs featured during a newsreel, and the scene taking place immediately prior to Dillingers death. The exterior of the Biograph Theater during the latter scene, however, depicts that actual historic venue, dressed to appear as it did in 1934.
d.
The first shot of the movie was actually the last one filmed; it is also the only shot actually filmed in New York City. The rest of the movies NYC scenes were filmed in Los Angeles because the crew was on such a tight budget.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
The club featured in the film was actually a small business office building next to McDonalds in Queens, New York, that was completely converted to the look in the film by production designer
Mel Bourne
. It is now abandoned and remains unused in any capacity to this day.
b.
The screen test that bagged
Sigourney Weaver
the role of Ripley was her speech from her final scene.
c.
The "milk" scene was filmed in director Bernard Badions kitchen in his hometown.
d.
The scene in which all characters sit in a circle on the floor in the library and tell stories about why they were in detention was not scripted.
John Hughes
told them all to ad-lib.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
This movies closing afterword states: "Hamburger Hill was secured on 20 May 1969. The war for hills and trails continued, the places and names forgotten, except by those who were there."
b.
The two gravestones visible behind Kristen Parkers and Roland Kincaids are for Donald & Nancy Thompson, characters from
A Nightmare on Elm Street
and
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
.
c.
In conjunction to Old Biffs deleted scene where he vanishes, the writers had it planned somewhere in early drafts that Lorraine shot him in 1996.
d.
The genesis of the film arose out of
Dan OBannon
s dissatisfaction with his first feature,
Dark Star
which
John Carpenter
directed in 1974. Because of that films severe low budget, the alien was quite patently a beach ball. For his second attempt, OBannon wanted to craft an altogether more convincing specimen. The goofiness of
Dark Star
also led him in the direction of an intense horror movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Priscilla Lane
was cast as a girl back home. The part was cut before shooting.
b.
The writing partnership between
Dan OBannon
and
Ronald Shusett
came about when Shusett approached OBannon about helping him adapt a
Philip K. Dick
story that he had acquired the rights to. That was "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" which later became
Total Recall
. OBannon then said that he had an idea that he was stuck on about an alien aboard a spaceship and that he needed some assistance. Shusett agreed to help out and they tackled the alien movie first as they felt it would have been the cheaper of the two to make.
c.
In the 24 hour Hitchcock Theater, Katheryn transforms herself with a blonde wig. Hitchcock had a notorious obsession with blonde actresses in his films.
d.
The films title was selected only a few days before its announcement on 24 January 2008. For a long time, it had been considered unsuitable for an 007 film;
Daniel Craig
admitted he was unsure about it, but it seemed to fit in the context of the film: "Bond is looking for his Quantum of Solace, thats what he wants.
Ian Fleming
says that if you dont have a Quantum of Solace in your relationship, you might as well give up. Bond doesnt have that because his girlfriend has been killed, therefore hes looking for revenge to make himself happy with the world again." QUANTUM is also the name of the organization in the film; a kind of new-age SMERSH, or the fictitious S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
After seeing credited director Gordan Chans rough cut, Columbia hired Doug Aarniokoski to shoot new sequences and re-edited the film extensively.
b.
The library in the Beasts castle bears a strong resemblance to the oval reading room of the Richelieu Building at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris.
c.
Walter Hill
and
David Giler
s contribution to the script was to make Ash a robot.
d.
A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress under the title; "Honor above All".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
The character of Ash did not appear in
Dan OBannon
s original script.
b.
The placement of the element selenium in Head and Shoulders shampoo is technically correct. Though regular Head and Shoulders shampoo does not have any of the element, Head and Shoulders Intensive Treatment Shampoo actually does consist of approximately 1% selenium sulfide.
c.
Cheech Marin
: Marin was director
Tommy Chong
s former partner in the comedy duo "Cheech & Chong".
d.
The public booth phone call just prior to the ice hovercraft chase was made from George Williams (now Aurora) College Camp.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
In certain scenes, the Cullens irises are completely black rather than their usual golden topaz color. While never directly commented on in the movie, it is referred to in the novels as an indicator of a vampires extreme hunger when the eyes go completely black.
b.
2009 BIFFY Award Winner Best Soundtrack.
c.
The original title was "Star Beast".
d.
To stage an action scene at White Sands, the buildings built on the sand had explosives inside of them, and six F-16s were flown over the area.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Opinion about this film was so divided when it was shown at the 1971 New York Film Festival that the audience broke out into shouting matches which nearly led to a brawl.
b.
Javier Bardem
and
Penélope Cruz
married for real two years later.
c.
David Mamet
s script was heavily criticized as sexist. He defended himself against this allegation in (Guardian supplement) (UK) 8 April 2004, pg. 8-9, "Why cant I show a woman telling lies?"
d.
20th Century Fox doubled the budget from $4.2 million to $8.4 million on the strength of seeing
Ridley Scott
s storyboards.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
Kenneth Giek
was the owner of several local funeral homes and his hearses were used in the shooting.
b.
Dan OBannon
first encountered
H.R. Giger
s unique style when the two were briefly working on
Alejandro Jodorowsky
s ill-fated attempt at making "Dune".
c.
Steve Martin
, a self-confessed huge fan of Mr. Bean, wanted to play David Langley.
d.
Olivia Newton-John
was interviewed for a key role.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.
The movie takes place on a train. The set was built across the street from a busy commuter train line. A great post-production challenge was removing all of the extraneous train noises from the audio track, while adding back in the desired sounds.
b.
Kevin Smith
was originally cast to co-star with
Bruce Willis
as a supporting SEAL team member. Tragically, he died from head injuries sustained from a three story prop tower fall, after his last film
Warriors of Virtue: The Return to Tao
wrapped.
c.
The shirts worn by the 2 actors that feature prominently in the film were sold on eBay in February 2006 for $101,100. The buyer, film historian and collector Tom Gregory, called them "the ruby slippers of our time". In 2009, Gregory lent the shirts to The Autry National Center of the American West, a Los Angeles museum that seeks "to explore the experiences and perceptions of the diverse peoples of the American West." Their exhibition of the shirts is part of their larger attempt to examine representations of the Western LGBT experience in history and fiction.
d.
Ridley Scott
was keen to take on the project as the one that he had been previously working on at Paramount,
Tristan + Isolde
, was stuck in development hell.
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