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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Armageddon (1998) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Armageddon (1998) - 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: 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.
Steve Buscemi
and
Peter Stormare
previously starred together in
Fargo
and
The Big Lebowski
, then after in
13 Moons
. Stormare and
William Fichtner
both star in
Prison Break
.
b.
Although this was the first talking picture produced by a British company, it was filmed in the United States because suitable sound equipment could not be found in England.
c.
"Klub Satan" was filmed in an old slaughter house in downtown Los Angeles.
d.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
Lawrence Tierney
repeatedly turned down the part of Harrys father until he was offered a substantial pay raise.
b.
The wristwatch that Frank is wearing is an Italian made watch (Swiss movement) named "Panerai" and is a "Luminor-Daylight" model.
Jason Statham
is known as a Panarai lover (owns several). The model uses in The Transporter is a Panerai PAM74. The model used in the transporter 2 is a Panerai Luminor Chrono Daylight PAM196 (44 mm) with custom strap.
c.
The speaking voice for Rusty Nail was provided by
Ted Levine
, most famous for portraying Buffalo Bill in
The Silence of the Lambs
.
d.
Lost a full day of shooting due to a massive snow storm that hit Nebraska and closed I80 for over 24 hours.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
The original draft of the combined script contained 657 pages.
b.
After Rockhound gets space dementia, the shuttle crew wraps him in duct tape, which is, in fact, NASA protocol for immobilizing a crazed crew member.
c.
The real Balto was not part wolf. He was a Siberian Husky.
d.
Unsurprisingly, the movie is a huge favorite among golfers and golf fans.
Tiger Woods
so adores the movie, he played Carl Spackler in an American Express commercial that included references to many of the movies most famous scenes.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
Taking an original idea by
L.L. Carney
, director Harry Preston wrote the script under the name of Deanne Kelly.
b.
In an earlier draft of the script, the character of Lily was originally named Ruby. In the theatrical version, Ruby is now a holographic character in "The Big Goodbye" holonovel. Additionally, the Enterprise-E was initially depicted as being a Nova Class starship instead of a Sovereign Class starship. The Nova Class ship was later introduced in the
Star Trek: Voyager
episode "Equinox" as the USS Equinox.
c.
To prepare for his part in the film, Denzel Washington met with two combat veterans from the Gulf War to ask about their experiences there and any particular memories that had stuck with them since the war
d.
The astronaut training occurs at NASAs Houston facility. Several scenes indicate that the home headquarters for Harry Stamper Oil is also nearby. On the night the boys are allowed out, Rockhound visits his loan shark, Chick visits ex-wife and son and, in a deleted scene available on the extended version, Harry pays a visit to his father. Since they were only out for 1 night and couldnt travel long distances, by inference, they must be in familiar territory in the greater Houston area.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
Footage from this film (namely the destruction of the Atlantis space shuttle) was utilized in a hoax which purportedly featured actual satellite photographs of the February 1st, 2003 destruction of Space Shuttle Columbia.
b.
Tom Hanks
gained 30 pounds in preparation for his role. He attributed the weight he gained to a nearby Dairy Queen.
c.
After Nicky is barred from Vegas casinos, Ace and Nicky meet sixty miles outside Vegas at a bar called the Idle Spurs. The telephone number seen on the front sign of the Idle Spurs was the correct telephone number for the Idle Spurs Tavern in Las Vegas (at 1113 South Rainbow Boulevard, near the intersection of Charleston Boulevard). The telephone number remained in service years after the movie was made. The number is now disconnected.
d.
The movie is based on three short stories from Jerry Boyds book: "The Monkey Look," "Million $$$ Baby" and "Frozen Water." Some parts of the introduction were used as well.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
Jonah Hill
: Uncredited cameo as the Smithsonian guard Brandon/Brundon.
b.
The cast met for the first time the night before shooting began.
c.
Trailers contain a shot not in the film: a truck tire hurtling towards the viewer.
d.
The famous rock in the logo of Touchstone Pictures (one of the production companies) has the same shape as the asteroid that hits the Earth in the first scene, causes global destruction 65 million years ago.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
The shuttle launches were filmed for real. Disney (Touchstone Pictures) were allowed to put cameras (about 16 of them) all over the place. The camera on the launch pad was shook so hard (25G) that all the screws fell out of the lens and it had to be returned to Panavision in a box of pieces, which they put back together).
b.
The final version was slightly different from the pirated one. One scene was added and the narration was altered. But the director never stated that it was motivated by the piracy issues.
c.
Finnish censorship visa # 030025
d.
This movie "spoils" the surprise middle-of-the-movie twist of
The Crying Game
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
The blood was Bosco chocolate syrup.
b.
The Wall Street station scenes were filmed at the Union Square station on the IRT Lexington Ave. line. The 33rd Street station is the real one, on the same line. All scenes filmed on the subway set featured retired carbon steel R-30 subway cars, painted red. Scenes filmed on the actual New York subway featured stainless steel R-62 cars.
c.
There is a scene where the meteors are raining down on New York with a short cut to the World Trade Center with a fiery hole punched through the center of one tower and a chunk missing at the top of the other tower. This looks very much like the real images from the terrorist plane strike on the WTC on 9/11/01, 3 years after the film was made. Statistically speaking, this is the most likely distribution of two strikes on a pair of towers (by meteors, planes, or otherwise).
d.
As the characters exit the El Rey theater at the end of the movie, the poster for "Bussing" - a movie for which
Kevin Smith
has scripted but as of yet not made - can be seen behind Justice and Willenholly just before the camera whip pans to Jay.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
In the original script the Terminator was supposed to steal a car at the beginning of the film. The scene involved the Terminator observing an elderly woman getting into a car and as she saw the Terminator she panicked and put it into reverse hitting a trash can then correcting herself put it into drive and sped off. The Terminator then enters the car, puts it into reverse then into drive mimicking the womans actions. This was cut from a later script.
b.
Peter Sellers
and
Burt Kwouk
played Inspector Clouseau and Cato several times together. This movie and
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
are the only two movies outside of the Pink Panther movie series that they both appear in.
c.
Terry Gilliam
originally wanted to make a motion picture version of the novel in the early 1990s.
d.
Bruce Willis
came to the film after he decided a comedy he was filming called "Broadway Brawler" could not be salvaged and sought a way to exit the project. Disneys then-head
Joe Roth
worked out a deal where Willis would star in Armageddon and two future films for the studio, and in exchange Disney would absorb the failed projects costs as an advance against his initial salary. The two films Willis later made under this deal were
The Sixth Sense
and
Unbreakable
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Armageddon (1998)?
a.
The book that Esteban Vihaio (
Michael Parks
) reads is "The Carrucans of Kurrajong" by Jasmine Yuen.
Jasmine Yuen Carrucan
is one of the crew members.
b.
Scott Rosenberg
,
Robert Towne
, and
Ann Biderman
all did uncredited work on the screenplay.
J.J. Abrams
original contribution was also going to be uncredited, but
Michael Bay
liked it so much that Abrams was brought back for additional dialogue work and ended up sharing a Story credit with
Shane Salerno
.
c.
Linda Darnell
was initially set to co-star.
d.
Writer/Director
Ken Wiederhorn
was trying to get out of the horror genre at the time Lorimar Productions bought his script. Once the film was released he received nothing but horror-comedy directing opportunities.
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