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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Armageddon (1998) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Armageddon (1998) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Armageddon (1998) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998).

About the movie: When an asteroid the size of Texas is headed for Earth the world's best deep core drilling team is sent to nuke the rock from the inside.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		As of 2008, the cast includes four actors (Alan Arkin, Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey and Al Pacino) who have won Academy Awards and two others (Alec Baldwin and Ed Harris) who have been nominated for Academy Awards.
b.		Russ Scott (Sime) was also a stunt actor and is actually diving from a cliff in the desert scene.
c.		In one sequence, Anna and Sadie go to a music/book store and check out a bunch of books, albums and magazines. The ones visible on-screen are as follows: Books: "Confessions of the Guerrilla Girls" by the Guerrilla Girls; "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" by Greg Palast; "Pretty in Punk" by Lauraine Leblanc; "Backlash" by Susan Faludi; "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America..." by Bill Quinn; "The Power of Feminist Art" by Broude & Garrard; "Radical Feminism: A Documentary Reader" by Barbara Crow; "The New Our Bodies, Ourselves" by The Boston Womens Health Book Collective; "Emma" by Howard Zinn; "We Owe You Nothing" by Daniel Sinker; "The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolf; "Zines! Volume One" by V. Vale; "Grassroots" by Baumgardner, Richards & LaDuke; "The Radical Women Manifesto" by The Radical Women; "Angry Women" by Vale & Juno. Magazines: Ms., February/March 2001 ("Oh My God, Im a Hardcore Feminist!" cover); Bitch, Spring 2002 (Sandra Tsing Loh cover); Venus, Summer 2005 (Sleater-Kinney cover). Albums: Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control; PJ Harvey - Rid of Me; The Queers - Punk Rock Confidential; Tiger Trap - Tiger Trap; Sleater-Kinney - The Hot Rock; Sleater-Kinney - Dig Me Out; Sleater-Kinney - All Hands on the Bad One; various artists - Otis Opuses (Kill Rock Stars sampler). This sequence lasts for 30 seconds.
d.		According to the Criterion Collection commentary, many of the errors found in the film were acknowledged by the director and known even during filming/production and were left in deliberately (such as fire in space). Michael Bay said, "Its a movie and not many people know about it", so they were kept in for entertainment value.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		One of only two movies rated X on its original release (the other being Midnight Cowboy) to be nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
b.		Producer and director of this film, Ivan Abramson, went to court after the film was banned. To settle the case, the had to change the films lurid title and publicity material.
c.		The park scene was filmed in Beaver, Pennsylvania. The film crew built the gazebo especially for the film, and left it as a gift to the city, where it remains today.
d.		Director Michael Bay said in a magazine interview that the solution in the movie for dealing with the asteroid was very clever but not realistic, but that one idea for countering the threat was in line with actual NASA research (anti-gravity systems). He also said that a problem with a film like this was that it would make Americans erroneously think that if a situation like the movie actually occurred then there was anything that could be done about it.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		"The other Zack" that Zack and Miri meet at their 10th High School reunion is supposed to be an old classmate of theirs. That should place the attendees at about the age of 28 years old. Kenny Hotz who portrayed "The other Zack" was 40 years old at the time of filming.
b.		Bruce Willis had a picture of his daughters in front of him to help him cry during his goodbye to Grace.
c.		Ruth Gordons last film.
d.		Jean-Yves Escoffier, who ordinarily commands a high fee, took a significant pay cut to work with Harmony Korine.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		Trey Parker uses the alias of Juan Schwartz in the credits. This is a variation of John Schwartze, an alias Alferd Packer used while he was in hiding.
b.		Director Bob Giraldi is actually the owner of the restaurant "Gigino" where the movie takes place.
c.		During the training of the mission team, an Aerosmith song ("Sweet Emotion") is playing in the background with vocals by Liv Tylers father, Steven Tyler, who also sings the theme song "I Dont Want to Miss a Thing." The two Tylers appear in the Armageddon music video.
d.		Joel Schumacher had asked Bono of U2 to reprise his role of Macphisto that he played during the bands ZOOTV tour, but Bono denied, saying that when ZOOTV ended so did Macphisto, so instead U2 contributed the song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" to the soundtrack.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		By the time of its release, this was the Walt Disney Companys highest-grossing live-action film (without adjustment for inflation).
b.		Robert Towne wrote the screenplay with Jack Nicholson in mind.
c.		Heathcote Williams was going to be in this film but was replaced
d.		Julia Louis-Dreyfus was rumored to be cast as Sarah Connor but was forced to turn the role down due to her commitment as a regular player on NBCs Saturday Night Live.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		Rockhounds line about sitting on a million pounds of fuel in a rocket built by the lowest bidder is a variation of an actual radio transmission by Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, just prior to lift-off.
b.		Greta Nissen, who plays Josie La Tour, was the female lead in the never-released silent version of Howard Hughes Hells Angels. Since her German accent would have been unbelievable as the voice of an Englishwoman, she was replaced by Jean Harlow in the sound version.
c.		According to Turner Classic Movies, John Boorman wanted Lee Marvin and Marlon Brando to play Ed and Lewis, respectively. After reading the script, Marvin suggested that he and Brando were too old, and that Boorman should use younger actors instead. Boorman agreed, and cast Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds.
d.		In the room with all the money pasted to the walls, every single bill has had the eyes cut out.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		On the Criterion Collection DVD, then Disney Chairman Michael Eisner makes a surprise appearance on the space shuttle set to jokingly tell Bruce Willis that he has been fired and replaced with Kevin Costner.
b.		The movie got the greenlight from actor Ben Affleck, who donated the "Glidecam" digital camcorder used in the production.
c.		This would be the only movie role where Elvis would sing one of his established million selling oldies.("Blue Suede Shoes" from 1956).
d.		Casey Junior made his first appearance in footage that appeared in The Reluctant Dragon when Robert Benchley is touring the sound effects department.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		The cuts last an average of about 1.5 seconds.
b.		The costume worn by Powerline is a parody of the yellow HazMat costumes worn by Devo, circa 1977/78.
c.		John Haugse did the animated title sequence
d.		John Landis originally wanted three other songs to add to the soundtrack: Cat Stevens wouldnt allow "Moonshadow" to be used because he had stopped allowing his secular music to be licensed for films following his conversion to Islam; Bob Dylan wouldnt allow his version of "Blue Moon" to be used in an R-rated film, as he had just begun his brief conversion to Christianity; and Elvis Presleys version of "Blue Moon" proved unavailable due to the ongoing lawsuits involving his estate.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		During the filming of this movie, the cast and crew worked around $19 billion worth of equipment, including a real oil rig and real space shuttle.
b.		The film was banned in 1983 due to its graphic violence and nudity, and was literally pulled-off shelves nationwide. It was later given a DVD release in 2004.
c.		Frank McGlynn Jr., Ethel Wales and Thomas Pogue are in in studio records/casting call lists for unspecified roles but were not seen in the movie.
d.		As a practical joke, during the scene where William Holden and Nancy Olson kiss for the first time, Billy Wilder let them carry on for minutes without yelling cut (hed already gotten the shot he needed on the first take). Eventually it wasnt Wilder who shouted "Cut!" but Holdens wife, Ardis (actress Brenda Marshall), who happened to be onset that day.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.		All the Ape actors and extras were required to wear their masks even during breaks and in between shots because it took so much time to make them up. Because of this, meals were liquefied and drunk through straws.
b.		Rick Baker claims his work on this film was his most complex to date, as he had to have approval on his alien designs from both director Barry Sonnenfeld and producer Steven Spielberg: "It was like, Steven likes the head on this one and Barry really likes the body on this one, so why dont you do a mix and match? And Id say, because it wouldnt make any sense."
c.		The film ran out of money and only half of it was completed in the Winter of 1980. In order to complete it, Sam Raimi, Robert G. Tapert and Bruce Campbell did everything they could to complete the film. From taking out high interest bank loans, borrowing money from friends and family and even making cold calls to businesses around their hometown state of Michigan. The cold calls worked in that they actually got catering, gasoline and other necessities that the cast and crew needed.
d.		The film crew was also allowed to shoot sequences at the top of a real launch pad with an actual space shuttle docked to it. The only condition was that they not step into the shuttle itself. Ben Affleck admitted to stepping inside the orbiter for a brief moment before NASA technicians ordered him out of the spacecraft.

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