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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977) Quiz
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About the movie:
After a senator suddenly dies after completing (and sealing) an investigation into the nuclear power industry...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)?
a.
The last film
Kent Smith
worked on.
b.
Glenn Close
initially rejected the role of Cruella due to scheduling conflicts with the stage musical "Sunset Blvd." The producers then offered the role to
Sigourney Weaver
who also declined. By that time, Close had ended her run on Broadway, and when the producers offered her the role again, she accepted.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #3291-3299
d.
The surviving members of "The Doors" claim that
Val Kilmer
did such a good job playing
Jim Morrison
and singing as
Jim Morrison
that they could not distinguish his voice from the real Morrisons.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)?
a.
This picture never had a regular theatrical run. The showing on 16 April 1977 in Los Angeles was a sneak preview, and another sneak was held the next night on 17 April 1977 at the Admiral Theatre in Omaha, Nebraska. The North Central Edition of Boxoffice Magazine, dated 2 May 1977 had an article about the Omaha showing.
b.
During a conversation between
Danny Glover
and
Tom Atkins
(Michael Hunsaker), before Atkins gets shot, he reveals that he worked for an operation called Air America which involved the CIA and dealt with shipping heroin out of Laos.
Mel Gibson
starred in a movie titled
Air America
that may have been based on this conversation. However, it is equally possible that Hunsacker (as well as
Air America
was referring to the historically factual Air America, an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1976. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
c.
ARIIA appears to be based upon a "black" program through the National Security Agency which is believed to be a large computer program that monitors and records phone calls by listening in for key words related to terrorism and the like.
d.
The police officer stabbed by Sabertooth in front of the Statue of Liberty was played by
D.B. Sweeney
, who is a fan of the X-Men and had tried out for the part of Cyclops.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)?
a.
When
Paul Rudd
appeared on
Late Night with Conan OBrien
he often liked to play a prank: hed set up a clip of his upcoming movie and say hes going to have it played for the audience but instead of the clip his movie, hed show the scene from Mac and Me where Michael falls into the water.
b.
Budget demands would allow for only one prop gun, so all scenes involving gun violence were structured to never include two characters firing at the same time. This way, one gun could be swapped between characters when the camera angle changed.
c.
Mickey Rourke
was always the first choice for the role, but due to his erratic nature and reputation, the original financing for the film fell through.
d.
The sequel was "The Return Of Billy Jack" (1985) an unfinished film, some of which was shot in Central Park.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)?
a.
Suzanne Somers
originally had a more extensive part in this film. It was cut prior to the films release.
b.
The music video for the song "Ghostbusters" by
Ray Parker Jr.
, directed by
Ivan Reitman
, featured a number of celebrities who did not appear in the film. This included
Chevy Chase
,
John Candy
,
Danny DeVito
,
Peter Falk
,
Melissa Gilbert
,
Carly Simon
,
Teri Garr
,
Irene Cara
and
George Wendt
. In addition, the Ghostbusters themselves (in costume) danced down Times Square right behind Parker Jr.
c.
According to writer
Arthur Miller
,
Clark Gable
had already seen a rough cut of the movie by the last day of filming, and said, "This is the best picture I have made, and its the only time Ive been able to act."
d.
Corey Feldman
s scenes were shot in the backyard of his house.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)?
a.
For the scene with the bathtub falling two floors down after being filled with water,
Tom Hanks
does a obnoxious laugh. This clip of him laughing is commonly used for the Universal back-lot tour when the tour guides joke with the visitors.
b.
Cast includes authors Barry Hannah and Tom Franklin. It also includes artists Robert Malone and Milly Moorehead. A life-sized bronze sculpture of William Faulkner by Bill Beckwith is interviewed by the female lead, Liza.
c.
Sallys picky and crazy eating habits were put into the movie after
Rob Reiner
saw
Nora Ephron
ordering her food in the same way Sally did in the movie. When Rob brought this up, Nora said, "I just like it the way I like it," a line which was put into the movie.
d.
Husband and wife Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor kept the mail-bags brought into the Senate at the finale as souvenirs. They used them for duffel-bags on skiing trips. The bags were confiscated by airport officials when they protested that the bags were property of the U.S. Mail (the bags were created for the sole purpose of the film).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977)?
a.
At one point,
Johnny Depp
was interested in the project.
b.
It took around 17 years to get the film into development. Originally, Universal Pictures were to produce the film in April 1990. They later sold the rights to 20th Century Fox. Later, Fox sold the rights to New Line Cinema. Finally, Marvel Studios decided to handle their own creation.
c.
The Senate had to be recreated because the film crew was denied the right to film in the real Senate chambers. As filming progressed, Laughlin found it increasingly difficult to film in Washington, D.C. They were wrongly accused of desecrating grave-sites in Arlington Cemetery.
d.
One of this movies main posters was designed in painted artwork with
Sean Connery
holding a black pistol with his arm around a woman, featured a number of girls in bikinis and displayed a number of action/adventure scenes from the movie, all typical of the James Bond movie franchise which he had been a big part of. Interestingly, the studio that made this movie was United Artists, the same studio behind the Bond movies.
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