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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : American Flyers (1985) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : American Flyers (1985) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: American Flyers (1985).
About the movie:
Sports physician Marcus persuades his unstable brother David to come with him and train for a bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Flyers (1985)?
a.
Doris Day
s 10-inch Columbia LP of selections from the film score captured first place on the "Billboard" pop albums chart.
b.
The films luxurious Hotel Selin is named after director
Renny Harlin
s friend, producer
Markus Selin
.
c.
The team that Muzzin rode for in the film, 7-Eleven was a real team that competed in the Tour de France in the late 1980s and early-90s. This team became the Motorola Team when the team changed sponsor. This was the team that Lance Armstong raced with before he contracted cancer.
d.
Emile Hirsch
auditioned for the role of Neil.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Flyers (1985)?
a.
Had a DVD release date before a theatrical release date.
b.
This movie was originally titled "Route 66". The name was changed to "Cars" so as not to imply a connection with the TV show
Route 66
.
c.
When the cyclists are racing at "Monumental National Park" (actually Colorado National Monument, west of Grand Junction, Colorado) one of the cyclists (an extra) falls off and goes over the edge. He actually went over a drop off that was about 1,000 feet, and was only saved from major injuries when a small tree snagged his bike.
d.
This was George A. Romeros first studio film. However, the studio he was working with, Orion Pictures, had re-cut the film against Romeros wishes which contributed to the box office failure of the film. Afterwards, Romero went back to independent filmmaking until
The Dark Half
(also from Orion).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Flyers (1985)?
a.
At the end of the 3rd stage of the Hell of the West race when David needs to beat the second rider by 11 seconds, Marcus stops his stopwatch at 11.34 seconds. If you read 11.34 upside-down, it reads hEll - the first word in the name of the race.
b.
Don Johnson
and
Richard Dean Anderson
, both established action stars in television, were considered for the role of John McClane.
c.
Set a record in its opening weekend for number of screens in the U.S.: 3,467 (later surpassed by
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
with 3,762).
d.
Ridley Scott
: [ceiling fan] There is a large ceiling fan in the cabin during SERE training.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Flyers (1985)?
a.
In the original novel, Captain Blood and Captain Levasseur are fighting over Madamoiselle dOnefoys and not Arabella Bishop. The two characters were combined into one to save money for the production.
b.
An ending similar to
Manhattan Melodrama
(the film on which this movie was based) was written and filmed, but was discarded before the first press preview. It consisted of trial and execution sequences, and casting lists had actors with their character names as follows:
George M. Carleton
(Bailiff),
Howard C. Hickman
(Judge),
Emmett Vogan
(Jury Foreman),
James Millican
(Warden),
Russell Hicks
(High Commissioner),
William Tannen
(Guard),
Roy Barcroft
(Guard),
Herbert Heyes
(Guard),
Patrick McVey
(Guard),
Leigh Sterling
(Guard),
Hooper Atchley
(Juror),
Howard M. Mitchell
(Juror),
Dick Rush
(Juror) and
Murdock MacQuarrie
(Juror).
c.
Muzzins nickname is "The Cannibal". "The Cannibal" was also the nickname of the real life five-time Tour De France champion Eddie Merckx who also appears in the film.
d.
Upon its initial theatrical release the film affected many audiences so strongly that at many theaters, paramedics were called to treat people who fainted and others who went into hysterics.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: American Flyers (1985)?
a.
The train wreck scene was filmed in San Pedro, CA, in conjunction with Pacific Harbor Line RR. PHL SD18 diesel locomotive #40 was changed by the movie crews to the fictitious Southland & Western RR.
b.
The first Pixar film since
Finding Nemo
not to be presented in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio.
c.
In the "shake and brake" "wheelsucker" horse race scene, the cowboys were told to hold the horses back, as the director wanted the cyclists to beat them.
d.
Shot in 1987, the film took a couple of years to find a distributor.
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