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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien Nation (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Alien Nation (1988) Quiz
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About the movie:
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien Nation (1988)?
a.
When George is comforting the old woman a poster of former boxing champion
Sugar Ray Leonard
can be seen hanging next to the Pepsi cooler.
b.
The role of Peter was written with
Adrien Brody
specifically in mind.
c.
Andrew Kevin Walker
was one of the uncredited writers.
d.
Sarah Gopnik repeatedly talks about going to "The Whole". The Whole is the music club in the basement of the University of Minnesota student union. It opened in the 1960s.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien Nation (1988)?
a.
Throughout shooting the film on location in Montreal, Quebec, Canada,
Susan Sarandon
would catch a 45-minute flight from New York City (where she lives) to Montreal. One return flight from Montreal turned into a reported 14+ hour ordeal due to a blizzard that shutdown most of the East Coast.
b.
Brian Thompson
(Trent Porter) is the only actor to appear in both the original film version of
Alien Nation
and the subsequent television adaptation
Alien Nation
.
c.
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.
d.
Throughout the film
Joel Miller
opens a number of scenes with
Jason Barry
posed to reference famous pieces of art. Jacques-Louis Davids "Death of Marat," Michelangelos distorted, disconsolate self portrait that is within "the flayed skin" Bartholomew holds in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelos "Pieta," and Roudins "The Thinker."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien Nation (1988)?
a.
The alien character played by
Mandy Patinkin
was originally going to be named George Jetson but Hanna-Barbera wouldnt give the rights to the name. The decision to call his character George in the movie was kept as an in-joke.
b.
The original Dukes -
Tom Wopat
,
John Schneider
and
Catherine Bach
- were all offered cameos in this movie. All three declined because they had read the screenplay and hated it.
c.
Due to damage to the films original negative, the color quality is not consistent.
d.
British music hall comedians
Charlie Hall
and
Charley Rogers
have small parts in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien Nation (1988)?
a.
The screenplay for this film was adapted from the novel "The Home Invaders", written by
Frank Hohimer
, himself a professional thief. Hohimer was serving time in prison at the time this film was in production.
b.
A 650 feet long suburban street set with seventeen semi-detached houses was constructed for this movie. Apparently, at the time at least, it was the largest set built in the UK for twenty-five years.
c.
Bing Crosby
: a skeleton.
d.
Jerry Goldsmith
s synthetic and score was rejected early in post production for being "too weird" and replaced with music by
Curt Sobel
.
Jerry Goldsmith
s rejected score was released in Spring 2005 as a Varese Sarabande CD Club Release limited to 3000 copies.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien Nation (1988)?
a.
The original name of this Tennessee Williams (I) was "The Seven Descents of Myrtle" and opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York on May 27, 1968 and ran for 29 performances.
b.
The trailer shows a portion of a fight scene between George and Rudyard Kipling with a burning car in the background, meaning that in an earlier edit Kipling exits the car before it explodes (you see him regain consciousness at one point with a groan) and then fights with George. This would also explain why it is that Sykes compliments George on showing "some good moves back there".
c.
Director
Mark Waters
installed a ping-pong table at both Crane Estate and Elm Bank Reservation, where the present-day wedding scenes were filmed, and would regularly challenge
Micah Sherman
,
Albert M. Chan
, and
Michael Anastasia
, who play the groomsmen.
d.
In Oct. 1959, Columbia Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with
The Tingler
starring
Vincent Price
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Alien Nation (1988)?
a.
The mountain entrance to the place where the giant ring is kept on Earth is the same entrance that was used to enter NORAD in the movie
WarGames
.
b.
The October 1987 draft of the screenplay credits a rewrite to
James Cameron
. He is not credited in the final film.
c.
When we first see the book "The Number 23" in the bookshop where Agatha buys it, the book is on the shelf facing out, not tucked in between any books. Because of this, 23 books are visible on the shelf behind it.
d.
A young
Elizabeth Berkley
auditioned for the role of Annie but was told that she was too tall for the part.
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