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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bat*21 (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Bat*21 (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988).
About the movie:
Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988)?
a.
The cantina creature later to be known as Dice Ibegon was really nothing more than a hand puppet known as the Drooling arm. This was because it was fashioned to have a red, oozy liquid drip from its mouth. When they tried this on film however, the liquid spurted all over the place and the shot was judged to be too disgusting for a PG movie.
b.
As a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, "Gene" Hambleton commanded the 57first Missile Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base from 1965 to 1971. He is better known as by his tactical radio call-sign, "Bat 21", he used in Vietnam when he was shot down in 1972 while jamming enemy radar, and parachuted behind enemy lines. When on the ground Col Hambleton found himself in the midst of an invasion force of over 30,000 North Vietnamese troops. While evading capture for eleven days he used his survival radio to call in air strikes against the invasion force. Rescue crews gave him coded instructions for where to go to be rescued based on golf course that he had played at different air force bases. Hambletons harrowing ordeal was recounted in the book Bat 21 (1980), which was made into a movie of the same name in 1988. He died from cancer on September 19 2004 at age 85.
c.
The majority of the film was shot inside the Panavision building in Tarzana, California, weeks before it was completely gutted and remodeled for a new company (Panavision was located in this spot for decades before it moved to Woodland Hills). The movie documented every room in this cinematically historical building before it was destroyed.
d.
Richard Burton
wanted
Richard Egan
to play the
Clint Eastwood
role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988)?
a.
Bill and Ted began as a stand-up act in which the characters would discuss current events without knowing what they were talking about. Originally there was a third character named Bob, but the comedian who played him lost interest after a few performances
b.
Kelly LeBrock
auditioned for the role of Sarah Tobias, but turned it down.
c.
This movies opening prologue states: "Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton was a missile intelligence expert in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. As such, he was privy to certain highly classified information. The film you are about to see is based on a true story."
d.
Denzel Washington
s characters office is above the now defunct Snow White diner in Philadelphia. The office itself became a bar called "No Che". The entrance to the office (Where Tom Hanks character famously exits onto the street and looks both ways as if with no hope left) is located at 1901 Chestnut Street, and is still there.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988)?
a.
The original novel by Lois Gould was much more serious in tone (many of the barbed, humorous lines of the film are missing entirely from the novel). Otto Preminger saw the satirical potential in such a premise and wrote it as such.
b.
Gizmo refers to Mr. Wing as "
Keye Luke
", which is, of course, the actors real name.
c.
This movie was made about five years after
Uncommon Valor
which also starred
Gene Hackman
who in that movie was responsible for recruiting a band of brothers to bring home a number of their buddy soldiers who were still missing in action from the Vietnam War that they had fought in. This movie,
Bat*21
, represents the opposite of this. In this movie,
Gene Hackman
is trapped behind enemy lines in the Vietnam War and it is he who needs to be rescued.
d.
The Restaurant/Cafe was torn down only about a couple of months after the scene was shot. Lexus owned the land and wanted to expand their dealership. Dr. Turners office was also torn down.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988)?
a.
During the final scene in the garden, the statue in the background is of Saint Francis of Assisi, the first person to bear the marks of the Stigmata.
b.
The true events surrounding this story were still classified at the time of production. Ltc Hambleton was rescued by Navy SEAL LT Tom Norris and Vietnamese SEAL Petty Officer Nguyen Van Kiet using a canoe to infiltrate to Hambletons position and rescue him. LT Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
c.
The original theatrical trailer of this movie contains cutting room-floor footage of scenes glimpsed only briefly in the films prologue: Sonja, left to perish in her burning home, is saved by her dying brother Barlok; Gedren, prior to her disfigurement, addresses her soldiers and slaves.
d.
The Arthur films are considered a modern reworking of the
P.G. Wodehouse
s Jeeves and Wooster tales, Arthur is the equivalent of Bertie Wooster and his servant Hobson the equivalent of Jeeves.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988)?
a.
This movies closing epilogue states: "Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton is now retired and resides in Arizona, near a golf course."
b.
Cameron Crowe
s mother appears among those attending the divorced womens group. She is the one who says, "I finally got in touch with my anger."
c.
One of the things that inspired the movie was that
Paul Haggis
was carjacked himself.
d.
Director John Michael Elfers lit himself on fire in the spec trailer they shot to raise financing for the feature.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Bat*21 (1988)?
a.
Zoe Weizenbaum
s debut role.
b.
The true storys ending was quite different. Navy SEAL LT Tom Norris and Vietnamese SEAL Petty Officer Nguyen Van Kiet took a sampan in to pick up Col. Hambleton after repeated attempts failed with major losses of helicopters and men. LT Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions.
c.
Buffalo Bill is the combination of three real life serial killers:
Ed Gein
, who skinned his victims;
Ted Bundy
, who used the cast on his hand as bait to make women get into his van; and Gary Heidnick, who kept women he kidnapped in a pit in his basement. Gein was only positively linked to two murders and suspected of two others. He gathered most of his materials not through murder, but grave-robbing. In the popular imagination, however, he remains a serial killer with uncounted victims.
d.
The English version of the play, by Seymour Hicks, opened in New York on 12 October 1927 and had 13 performances.
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