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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - Part (9) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - Part (9) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien (1979) - Part (9)

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.		The faith-healing evangelist Big Sister (played by Geraldine Page) is based on Aimee Semple McPherson, a.k.a. Sister Aimee. Born in Canada, McPherson came to Hollywood in 1919, and founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. As depicted in the film, she was one of the first evangelists to use the new medium of radio to reach a widespread audience. In 1923, McPherson led the construction of Angelus Temple in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. The temple, which still stands today, originally included two radio towers to broadcast her revival sermons. McPhersons revivals at the temple were regularly attended by thousands of people. She often employed faith healing during her sermons, and donations for the church were taken with the admonishment, "No coins, please." McPherson continued her revival broadcasts until 1944, when she died from an accidental drug overdose while on a tour in Oakland, California. She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale in an elaborate grave adorned by white marble angels.
b.		One of the witches is played by Brainerd Duffield, a man. Some sources mistakenly credit Charles Lederer in the role.
c.		The inside of the alien eggs as seen by Kane was composed of real organic material. Director Ridley Scott used cattle hearts and stomachs. The tail of the facehugger was sheep intestine.
d.		This movie is one of a handful of pictures that Burt Reynolds made with his 1970s girlfriend Sally Field. In every movie they made together, Field played Reynolds girlfriend. The four movies are: Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper, Smokey and the Bandit II and The End.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		In exasperation after several attempts to have Groucho Marx read one of his lines in the manner director Sam Wood had requested, Wood exclaimed, "I guess you just cant make an actor out of clay." Groucho Marx instantly responded, "Nor a director out of Wood."
b.		Ridley Scott cites three films as the shaping influences on his movie: Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey for their depiction of outer space, and Tobe Hoopers The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) for its treatment of horror.
c.		According to Debi Mazar, when her character trips after meeting Henry it was actually Mazar tripping over the camera dolly track. Martin Scorsese liked it because it looked like she was overwhelmed by Henry and left it in the film.
d.		As Robert Graysmith drives his son to school, the broadcaster on his car radio makes a reference to the then-forthcoming free concert by The Rolling Stones at the Altamont Speedway. It was Melvin Bellis recommendation to the Rolling Stones to hold this particular concert.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		The company name written in Japanese can be briefly seen on the black box as Ripley retrieves it and on a poster in the office where 85 and Ripley contact the company for the second time. In a scene towards the end of the movie where Ripley and the inmates discuss the killing of the alien, several Kanji characters can be seen on the wall: "Chô-kôon kiken" (danger: extremely high heat). The scrap yard where Bishop is discarded also displays a large red "tetsu" (iron).
b.		Bill Paterson turned down a part.
c.		This film is a partial remake/re-edit of the Australian animated feature Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon; footage from the original film was combined with new animation to create the final result.
d.		Steve Krantz attempted to appeal the films rating, because of the misconception that it was a pornographic film. The MPAA refused to hear the appeal. Ralph Bakshi later stated "Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		Many producers have professional "readers" that read and summarize scripts for them. The reader in this case summarized it as "Its like Jaws, but in space."
b.		This was the only feature film to be adapted into the Bud Abbott and Lou Costello comic book.
c.		Dinah Shore, who was a singer as well as an actress, was initially considered for the role of Anna Leonowens.
d.		This film marks the reuniting of star Jackie Chan and legendary action choreographer Woo-ping Yuen after nearly 2 decades.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		Potential directors, who either were considered by the studio or wanted to direct, included Robert Aldrich, Peter Yates, Jack Clayton, Dan OBannon and Walter Hill. Aldrich in particular came very close to being hired, but the producers ultimately decided against it after they met him in person, and it quickly became apparent that he had no real enthusiasm for the project beyond the money he would have received. According to David Giler, the moment when Aldrich talked himself out of the job came when they asked him what kind of a design he had in mind for the facehugger; Aldrich simply shrugged and said "Well put some entrails on the guys face. Its not as if anyones going to remember that critter once theyve left the theater."
b.		Body count: 115, the highest of any Star Wars film. This only counts bodies that are seen. If we counted implied deaths, the highest would be either Star Wars what with the destructions of Alderaan and the Death Star, or Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi what with the destruction of another Death Star and many ships besides.
c.		One of the pictures on Lewis wall in his room in the orphanage is of Nikola Tesla.
d.		Features footage of a real USC-Stanford game filmed in 1928.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		In the crowd shot of the scene of Aragorns ascension you can see the blue banner with the silver swan of Dol Amroth being waved. The prince of Dol Amroth, Imrahil, isnt a major character in the story but is the one who discovers that Eowyn is still alive after her slaying of the Witch King.
b.		Annette Benings Film Debut
c.		In the movie John Cusacks character says to his recorder, "hotel rooms are just naturally creepy places, dont you think? I mean How many people have slept in that bed before you? How many of them were sick? How many were losing their minds?" Stephen King wrote this in his explanatory note of 1408 in his compilation book of short stories.
d.		The slime used on the Alien was K-Y jelly.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		This movie represents a rare instance in film history where a director (Peter Bogdanovich) has publicly apologized for the film he has made.
b.		Katharine Hepburn starred in the Broadway production of the play on which this film was based and owned the film rights to the material; they were purchased for her by billionaire Howard Hughes, then given to her as a gift.
c.		The debate rages on as to whether Bob Ford used a Smith & Wesson No. 3 - either the .45 caliber "Schofield" or the New Model .44 Russian - or a Colt Single-Action Army (aka "Peacemaker") in .45 caliber, to kill Jesse James. Many of the primary sources are contradictory to one another - Ford surrendered a nickel plated No. 3 S&W at the time of his arrest shortly after the killing, yet later claimed he had used (and is seen holding in a famous photo) a .45 Colt. Whatever the truth may be, both versions are presented in the movie in a unique way. In the film, Ford uses the nickel-plated S&W, which Ford claimed was a gift from Jesse (who is reported to have favored the No. 3) to commit the killing, yet he later uses the .45 Colt Single Action in he and his brother Charleys stage re-enactment of the event.
d.		A lawsuit by A.E. van Vogt, claiming plagiarism of his 1939 story "Discord in Scarlet" (which he had also incorporated in the 1950 novel "Voyage of the Space Beagle"), was settled out of court.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		Ron Perlman accepted his role so he could star with his idol Marlon Brando.
b.		During the opening sequence, as the camera wanders around the corridors of the Nostromo, we can clearly see a Krups coffee grinder mounted to a wall; this is the same model that became the "Mr. Fusion" in Back to the Future.
c.		Film debut of Jeanette MacDonald.
d.		Neither the later pictures Crash Dive nor its sequel Counter Measures (aka Crash Dive 2) are remakes of this film. They merely all share being submarine movies and being part of the sub-movie genre with a submarine term title.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		In 1951, after 25 years in show business, Gary Coopers professional reputation declined, and he was dropped from the Motion Picture Heralds list of the top 10 Box Office performers. In the following year he made a big comeback at the age of 51 with this film.
b.		Jazz musician Eric Dolphy is seen on screen playing behind The Platters
c.		All of the cast members worked for free, and the equipment used belonged to the director. So all in all, the films only cost was for food, which totaled around $30, at the most.
d.		Roger Dicken, who designed and operated the facehugger and the chestburster, had originally wanted the latter to pull itself out of Kanes torso with its own little hands, a sequence he felt would have produced a much more horrifying effect than the gratuitous blood and guts in the release print.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien (1979)?
a.		When casting the role of Ripley, Ridley Scott invited several women from the production office to watch screen tests, and thus gain a female perspective. The women were unanimously impressed with then-unknown actress Sigourney Weaver, whose screen presence they compared to Jane Fondas.
b.		Story supervisor Jim Reardon describes the film as "like if Buster Keaton made a movie with Sigourney Weaver."
c.		As Lightning (the character, one of the Three Storms) is crushed to death near the end of the film, some of the lightning he emits forms a small Chinese symbol as it disappears (near the top middle of the screen). The symbol translates as "carpenter". This film was directed by John Carpenter.
d.		David Butlers first film as a director.

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