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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Apocalypse Now (1979) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Apocalypse Now (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: Apocalypse Now (1979).
About the movie:
During the on-going Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade Green Beret who has set himself up as a God among a local tribe.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
Features a brief, debut cameo by Eef Barzelay, front man for the popular alt-rock group Clem Snide.
b.
When the crew is standing on the bluff supposedly watching the flaming Enterprise hulk, they were in fact watching a tennis ball mounted on an overhead boom microphone. The shot had to taken many times because not everyone was watching it at the same time.
c.
Francis Ford Coppola
shot nearly 200 hours of footage for this film.
d.
Dan Aykroyd
married Donna Dixon after working with her on this project.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
Sammy Davis Jr.
s rendition of Paradors national anthem is sung against the music for the song "Besame Mucho."
b.
Francis Ford Coppola
lost 100 pounds while filming.
c.
Based on the infamous
Leo Frank
case of 1913.
Oscar Micheaux
had examined this subject 14 years earlier in
The Gunsaulus Mystery
. It is interesting to note that, while this film sides with the Frank character, research suggests that Micheaux believed the real Leo Frank to have been guilty.
d.
2009 Johnstown Film Festival.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
Scenes featuring
Aurore Clément
as the owner of a French plantation were filmed but cut from the finished picture. They were replaced in the 2001 "Redux" edition.
b.
After
Steve McQueen
turned down a sequel to "The Towering Inferno", this film was made instead.
c.
The filmmakers had completely prepared to go to Montana to shoot a flashback sequence depicting Clarices runaway attempt. But after filming the dialogue between
Jodie Foster
and
Anthony Hopkins
, director
Jonathan Demme
realized it would be pointless to cut away from their performances and announced, "I guess we arent going to Montana."
d.
Only a 16mm copy of this film survives, and has been released on video and DVD. Please check your attic for better print materials.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
To accommodate the enormous set, a higher ceiling was required.
Alfred Hitchcock
had the production company tear out the entire floor of the studio, revealing the basement. What the audience sees as the courtyard was originally the basement level of the studio.
b.
At the beginning of the film, Alice promises Tommy that shell take him to Monterey, California, before his birthday; the last shot of the film shows Alice and Tommy walking down a road in Tucson towards a big sign for a shopping center called "Monterey Village". The shopping center is at the intersection of Speedway and Wilmot in Tucson.
c.
The song that
Kirsten Dunst
at the beginning of the film is from
Annie Get Your Gun
.
d.
During some sequences, the sound of the helicopters was created on a synthesizer to blend in with the music.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
Filmed in 1976.
b.
Since the film was set twenty years in the future, the director, Ladd Ehlinger Jr., had various posters designed and printed for movies he had not made yet to decorate the main set, including "Yankee", "Headbox", "Hinge", and "Cyberiad".
c.
First of five movies that paired
John Wayne
and
Maureen OHara
.
d.
The phrase "I should tell you" is said/stated 27 times throughout the course of the movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
In the scene where Chucky runs behind Maggie in the hallway, Chucky was actually played by
Alex Vincent
s younger sister.
b.
A slightly reworked version of
Love Is News
, a screwball comedy made during the 1930s starring
Tyrone Power
and
Loretta Young
.
c.
Originally scheduled to be shot over six weeks, ended up taking 16 months.
d.
Recordings of
Fay Wray
s screams from
King Kong
were used in this movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
The unnamed "disease" that killed George Gipp wasnt a disease, it was actually complications from strep throat.
b.
The film begins by stating its intentions:
Douglas Fairbanks
mixes ingredients labeled Mystery, Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Pep, and Ginger to create a cake iced with the films title.
c.
"Entertainment Weekly" and "Maxim" voted this the Scariest Movie of All Time.
d.
A typhoon destroyed sets, causing a delay of several months.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
T.E.B. Clarke
:
Barry Sullivan
s assistant.
b.
Gabby West won her role in this film through Scream Queens, just like Tanedra Howard did in Saw VI.
c.
Marlon Brando
so angered
Francis Ford Coppola
that the director turned over the filming of Brandos scenes to
Jerry Ziesmer
, the assistant director.
d.
Ron Perlman
was offered the role of Piccolo in
Dragonball Evolution
, but turned it down in favor of reprising his role of Hellboy.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
Michael Madsen
was initially considered for the role of Mickey, but Warner Bros wanted somebody less intimidating, and with a softer persona, as they felt this might alleviate the brutality of the character somewhat.
b.
Sound editor
Vincent Tulli
makes a cameo appearance in the film as a trash man.
c.
The water buffalo (carabao in Filipino) that was slaughtered was real.
d.
In the scene where Harry, Ron, and Hermione are discussing Harrys kiss with Cho, the three begin to crack up near the end of the scene. This was all real laughter from the three actors. The director thought it was good for the scene and kept rolling.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apocalypse Now (1979)?
a.
Except for the beginning fade in and ending fade out, and the lap dissolves in and out of the main credits, this film is edited entirely with cuts.
b.
Martin Sheen
had a heart attack during the filming and some shots of Willards back are of doubles, including Sheens brother
Joe Estevez
who was flown out specially. Coppola was so worried that backing would be withdrawn by the studio and distributor if news of Sheens heart attack leaked out, that he kept it quiet, even to the extent of explaining Sheens hospitalization as being due to "heat exhaustion" in the official Shoot Schedule.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 2, 1946 with
Judy Garland
,
Margaret OBrien
and
Tom Drake
reprising their film roles.
d.
When Daniel (
J. Carrol Naish
) is thrown off the roof his scream is that of
Boris Karloff
as the Frankenstein Monster when he finds Ygors body in
Son of Frankenstein
.
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