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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Avalanche Express (1979) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Avalanche Express (1979) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Avalanche Express (1979).
About the movie:
When a senior Russian official, Gen. Marenkov, decides to defect to the west, CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to lead the team to get him out...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avalanche Express (1979)?
a.
Star
Robert Shaw
was very ill during filming and died during its production. His voice was so weak and his delivery was so shaky because of his illness that his voice was dubbed by actor
Robert Rietty
, although Rich Little also dubbed three words near the end of the picture ("Harry, come on") and six words in Shaws own voice were deemed usable ("Too hot in that train" and "Harry").
b.
Benay Venuta
s final film.
c.
This was the only feature film that director/producer
Herk Harvey
ever worked on.
d.
When Moss is lying hurt on the floor, after crossing the Mexican border, a mariachi group starts singing to him. What they say, in English, is: "You wanted to fly without wings, you wanted to touch the sky, you wanted too much wealth, you wanted to play with fire", probably in a reference to the story of the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avalanche Express (1979)?
a.
At the football game when
Michael McKean
and
David L. Lander
hack the satellite, just before the camera comes on you can see the two original "penis noses" in a box. These were the original gags for
Gerritt Graham
and
Kurt Russell
, but Columbia executives put the kibosh on those gags, replacing them with bouncing eyeball glasses.
b.
Lee Marvin
who stars in the movie is mentioned in the novel the movie is based on.
c.
While driving to and from the set,
Ray Liotta
listened to cassettes of interviews that Nicholas Pileggi did with
Henry Hill
. Liotta noted that Hill casually discussed murders and other crimes while eating potato chips.
d.
Steve J. Termath
was originally cast for the role of Pvt. Nellie. However, the role went to
Martin Henderson
when Termath took a brief hiatus from acting for actual military service, enlisting in the US Army Reserves.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avalanche Express (1979)?
a.
During the scene in the video store, Rachels mother notices a stand-up cut-out of
Ewan McGregor
and remarks on his attractiveness. McGregors wife,
Eve Mavrakis
, was the production designer for this movie.
b.
The illustration of Genghis Khan in the high school classroom at the beginning of the film is a caricature of director
John Milius
.
c.
One of the "Baseball Furies" was late martial-artist/actor
Steve James
.
d.
Rich Little
dubbed virtually all of
Robert Shaw
s dialogue, but insisted he not be paid as he was a big admirer of Shaw. In the final cut only three words of Littles dubbing were used - "Harry, come on" - with the remainder dubbed by
Robert Rietty
except for six words in Shaws own voice.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Avalanche Express (1979)?
a.
Robert Shaw
and Director/Producer
Mark Robson
both died during the making of this film.
b.
The opening scene is missing in the TCM print, according to synopses reported in contemporary reviews. In that scene, the
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
character is a bookworm who goes to Central America when advised to do so by a fortune-teller. The missing scene may account for the TCM print being shorter than the reported running time.
c.
After the Batmobile rides up the wall to escape from Two-Face, there was going to be a car chase on the rooftops of Gotham. Due to time and money constraints, this idea was scrapped and used in the next film,
Batman & Robin
.
d.
Only film where
Elvis Presley
is in the church.
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