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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Apollo 13 (1995) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Apollo 13 (1995) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995).
About the movie:
True story of the moon-bound mission that developed severe trouble and the men that rescued it with skill and dedication.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
Vespers face can be seen in the opening credits when the cross-hair moves over the face of the Queen of Spades.
b.
During the bar scene with Wood,
Orson Welles
(
Vincent DOnofrio
) complains that Universal Pictures wanted him to make a film with
Charlton Heston
cast as a Mexican, a reference to
Touch of Evil
. In reality, Welles was first approached by Universal only to act in that film; Heston was the one who insisted that Welles be allowed to direct it, too.
c.
According to
Ed Harris
,
Gene Kranz
s reaction to the astronauts living, which was sitting in a chair, almost overcome with emotion, was based off a documentary interview of Gene, who, while describing his feelings as the astronauts made it back, started to break down.
d.
The 28 February 1949 edition of The Hollywood Reporter stated that filming locations for this movie included shooting at such Californian locales as the Baldwin Hills of Los Angeles and Malibu whilst real combat footage of fighting in the Pacific from the US Government would also be used for the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
The film was named the #12 most inspirational movie by the American Film Institute, in 2006.
b.
The reference to the Acuna Boys goes back further than
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
: they were the the murderers in
Rolling Thunder
, which came out in 1977.
c.
Director
John Badham
claims in the DVD commentary that for performing product placement of a Trojan condom in one scene of the movie, he was given a lifetime supply - and that he "donated" them all to someone else.
d.
Pola Negri
s role (Maritana) was originally written for
Rudolph Valentino
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
In the scene in the Merton-Flemmer building lobby, when Craig browses the floor listings to find LesterCorp, the camera scrolls past the listing "Eric Zumbrunnen, CPA".
Eric Zumbrunnen
is the films editor.
b.
Trailers contain a shot not in the film: a truck tire hurtling towards the viewer.
c.
The scene where the engineers are challenged to create a device to use the square CO2 absorbers using only items on board was the inspiration for
Cathy Rogers
to create the British TV show _Scrapheap(1998)_, later called Junkyard Wars which aired in both the UK and spawned a US version.
d.
Premiered at the Broadway Theatre at 1681 Broadway at 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
At the wedding reception, no one was doing the dance correctly. The cast was too tired.
b.
Floyd Vivino
was supposed to appear in this film as the night club owner, but none of his scenes made the final cut.
c.
The characters of Sex Machine and Frost were originally written the other way around: Sex Machine was to be the muscular, scarred, leather-wearing biker while Frost was to be a more slender (yet deadly) individual.
d.
Gene Kranz
(
Ed Harris
) gives a list of instructions to his team at Mission Control and finishes by saying, "Failure is not an option!" Gene Kranz did not actually say this during the Apollo 13 mission, but he liked the line. He would later use it as the title of his 2000 autobiography.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
The Navy SH-3H Sea-King "66" helicopter from the rescue scene is not the original rescue aircraft from the Apollo missions as previously stated, as the original "66" had been crashed (total loss) before the film was made. Another Sea-King (bureau number 148999) was painted up like the original and used for filming. This helicopter can (as of Dec. 2008) be seen on display at the USS Hornet Museum in Alameda CA.
b.
The mezzanine of a BMT subway station in Brooklyn was restored to its 1944 appearance for filming. The subway train consisted of vintage 1927-28 articulating Triplex units which had already been retired from revenue service at the time of filming.
c.
Roger Corman
shot the castle scenes with
Boris Karloff
so quickly that he didnt even bother to use slates to mark the beginnings of shots. Once he just had the actors walk downstairs one after another in succession, figuring he could later cut the single shot into separate shots that he could probably use somewhere.
d.
Shot over a period of only 18 days.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
The scene of the Saturn V launch shows the horizontal service arms swinging back after the rockets ignition. The arms swung back in milliseconds after ignition, once the rocket climbed to a height of two inches. In the movie the service-arms goes in one by one, but for real they went simultaneously.
b.
Topol
had already played the role of Tevye in the original London production of the stage musical.
c.
The makers originally wanted
Bill Murray
and
Harold Ramis
to voice RJ and Verne, respectively.
d.
The excavation scenes were shot on the Universal back-lot in a rocky and desert-like section of the natural hills known as "Gausmans Gulch," named after
Russell A. Gausman
, set decorator on this film, and many other of Universals horror films. To give the gulch a more canyon-like and wild appearance, it was augmented with artificial rock-faces and boulders.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
The cruiser used for filming was the USS St. Paul (CA-73).
b.
The Time Magazine Men of The Year cover that Haise (
Bill Paxton
) and Mattingly (
Gary Sinise
) look at during the Apollo 11 party at the
Jim Lovell
s )house is a real magazine cover, famously celebrating the Apollo 8 missions orbiting of the moon. However, it has been edited, replacing the original caricature of Lovell, with one of
Tom Hanks
(Borman and Anders remain unchanged given that they dont appear in the film).
c.
Made as a silent during a time when
Carl Laemmle
couldnt beg, borrow or steal enough of Foxs Movietone recording equipment. Throughout 1928 and 1929 Universal rented the systems as often as they could, but was left in a position where they had to choose scripts that could be shot within a week as 100% talkies or take longer production times on higher quality material to be released as silents or part-talkies. This was often the financial kiss of death considering the publics appetite for sound movies.
d.
In this movie, Capt. Picard and the crew use the Captains Yacht to travel to the surface of the Baku Homeworld. This is the only instance in either the TV series or the movies in which such a vessel is ever used, although at one point during the TV Episode
Samaritan Snare
, it was briefly suggested that the Captains Yacht for the Enterprise-D be used to transport Capt. Picard to Starbase 515 for immediate heart surgery, but the producers decided to use a traditional shuttlecraft instead.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
Most of
Robin Williams
s muttered Popeye voice was discovered to be inaudible once filming wrapped, and he had to re-dub much of the dialogue.
b.
Tom Hanks
is too tall at 61" to be an astronaut. The maximum height for an astronaut is 60".
c.
The large creature on the ice planet was nicknamed "Big Red" by the filmmakers, and has approximately 250 eyes.
d.
At Lazy Joes Rachel drinks Longboard Island Lager, which is brewed by the Kona Brewing Co.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
Sorrell Booke
s final film performance.
b.
The Saturn V rockets (used for launching the Apollo spacecraft) were 365 ft (111.3 Meters) tall, taller than the overall height of the Statue of Liberty.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 2, 1945 with
Al Jolson
reprising his film role.
d.
The shoot marked the last time that anyone was allowed to climb the "Totem Pole" in Monument Valley. In return for permission to film there, climbers with the production had to remove all of the pitons, which had accumulated from years of climbing, on their way down.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Apollo 13 (1995)?
a.
The movie was filmed on location in North Carolina in October and November, 1987, which is why the grass had to be touched up with green paint. It is also why the breath of the actors can be seen in many of the night scenes.
b.
The movies line "Houston, we have a problem." was voted as the #50 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).
c.
Danny Aiello
said that his line "Michael Corleone says hello" was completely ad-libbed.
Francis Ford Coppola
loved it and asked him to do it again in the retakes.
d.
While doing rewrites for
Out Cold
, the writers came up with the hot tub scene but decided to use it later in their own movie.
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