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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Black Sunday (1977) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Black Sunday (1977) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977).
About the movie:
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
Ben Foster risked his sight for the movie by adding glaucoma drops to his eyes for much of the shoot to dilate his pupils, making him appear to be high. Hed hide in the bushes at night and cover his eyes between takes to keep the lights from shining into them. He would also talk to Nick Cassavetes with his eyes closed.
b.
Originally a project for
Stephen Sommers
to direct.
c.
Guile is a U.S. Army colonel in the film. Most Anime and video game versions name him as "Captain Guile, United States Air Force"
d.
Lynn Swann
s (Super Bowl MVP) touchdown can be seen from behind the end zone in one of the scenes.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
Eva Gabor
s film debut.
b.
The story of Officer John Ryan and his father comes from a piece of hate mail
Paul Haggis
received while he was working as a writer in the TV series
Family Law
.
c.
The climactic scene in which the blimp descends onto the Orange Bowl was filmed the day before the actual game to avoid setting off a real panic.
d.
Merian C. Cooper
s first vision for the film was of a giant ape on top of the worlds tallest building fighting airplanes. He worked backward from there to develop the rest of the story.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
This movie was shot in Munich, Germany, but the producers had to go outside of Germany to recruit enough little people to play the Oompa Loompas (one of the many tragic legacies of the Nazi era). Many of the people cast as Oompa Loompas (German or otherwise) did not speak English fluently, if at all. This is why some appear to not know the words to songs during the musical numbers.
b.
The first Disney animated film on which
Walt Disney
personally worked to be released in high definition.
c.
In the book Black Sunday the attack was set to take place at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans during a Super Bowl between the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins.
d.
Warner Brothers had, at one point, the opportunity to make both "Rain Man" and
Forrest Gump
but ended up with neither because of concerns they were too similar.
Peter Guber
and
Jon Peters
production company, which had picked up the script for "Rain Man", had a first look deal with the studio. However,
Roger Birnbaum
, an executive with the production company, felt that because Warner Brothers was also developing "Forrest Gump", they would likely let "Rain Man" die if they were to pick it up, because of the scripts perceived similarity. So, reportedly, he purposely gave a weak pitch to the studio in the hopes that they would reject it and allow it to be pitched to another studio. This did in fact occur and United Artists ended up making the film. After the movies enormous success, Warner Brothers decided to pass on "Forrest Gump" because they felt that audiences would be unlikely to go to a movie with such a similar theme as "Rain Man". "Forrest Gump," which most people would consider to be an entirely different type of film than "Rain Man", ended up being made by Paramount and became one of the most successful movies of all time, grossing almost $330,000,000 in U.S. theaters.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
Film debut of
Ruth McDevitt
.
b.
Although it had been screened on UK network television many times, the BBC screening on Sunday, February 3, 2002 provoked a storm of protest. The film was scheduled for late night (post 11.00pm) showing in a time slot directly opposite another UK cable networks coverage of Superbowl XXXVII. Less that 5 months after 9/11 many people felt that it was highly insensitive to show a film about a terrorist attack on the Superbowl the same night that the actual Superbowl was being played.
c.
This film is listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.
d.
The last on-screen production for
Dom DeLuise
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
Raymond memorizes a phone book up to the names Marsha and William Gottsegen -
Dustin Hoffman
s real-life in-laws.
b.
After Rocco Dillon tells Tanya Peters to distract the official, the announcer says "Accepting the award for Mr. Bronkowitz . . . " Samuel L. Bronkowitz was a fictitious producer in
The Kentucky Fried Movie
, which was the first film written by the creators of "The Naked Gun" series.
c.
Daniel Farrands
original script was far more moody and psychological than the final draft. After reading the script, one of the execs at Dimension films could not sleep that night and therefore called Farrands immediately and told him that they wanted go forward with it. Donald Pleseance himself supported the original script and immediately signed on to make the film only to find out that the script was being rewritten.
d.
John Frankenheimer
was able to secure permission from Goodyear to use its blimp in the film because of his relationship with the companys public relations department from making
Grand Prix
. He had to promise that the blimp itself would not kill anybody - for example, that no one would be torn up in its propellers. In addition, the pilot was changed from a Goodyear employee to a freelance pilot only hired by Goodyear. Miami Dolphins owner
Joe Robbie
got the NFL to allow extensive filming at a real Super Bowl game and the use of copyrighted team names and logos. Additional footage of the stampede at the game was shot at the Orange Bowl after the game with thousands of extras provided for free by The United Way. In exchange for providing the extras, Frankenheimer agreed to direct a short film for them with star
Robert Shaw
narrating it.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
At least some parts of the climatic scene were filmed after the Superbowl, including shots of the nose of the blimp coming onto the field as extras ran about wildly. Only the front portion of the blimp and gondola were recreated for this "head-on" shot and the whole thing was controlled by a crane.
b.
The original script was written in 1985. A dozen other writers wrote treatments of it, but
Neil Cuthbert
was the only one credited.
c.
Geraldine Wall
was replaced in the cast by
Benay Venuta
.
d.
The nightclub owner played by
Phyllis Diller
is Texas Guinan, a real-life New York nightclub owner of the 1920s. "Hello, suckers!" was her standard nightly greeting to her nightclub patrons.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
Grace Kelly
turned down the role of Edie Doyle, deciding to make
Rear Window
instead.
b.
The actual game that was being played in the film was Superbowl X between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys at Miami. Respective scores: 21 to 17.
c.
Although Warner Bros. distributed this ultra-low-budget sci-fi film, it was definitely not a Warner Bros. production. The studio needed a genre film to play as the second feature with the Godzilla sequel it was releasing under the title
Gojira no gyakushû
and bought this from producer
Tom Graeff
.
d.
Brianne Jepsen turned down the role of Chelsea.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
Average Shot Length = ~7.7 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~6.8 seconds.
b.
Audiences initially stayed away, thinking that "Farewell My Lovely", its original title, was yet another
Dick Powell
musical. When the studio changed the title to "Murder My Sweet", box office receipts picked up considerably.
c.
The Great White sharks name in the movie was Bruce. "Bruce" was the nickname given to the models used for the shark in the original "Jaws", named after Spielbergs lawyer, Bruce Ramer.
d.
Movie cameras used in filming during the Super Bowl game were disguised as TV cameras with CBS logos.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
According to their gravestones in the final scene, the date that Mr. and Mrs. Baker died was 15 March 2000.
b.
The first 16 mm feature film shot professionally.
c.
Three Goodyear blimps are used in the film, one based in Miami, one in Houston and one in Los Angeles.
d.
The lead was originally offered to
Gary Cooper
, who turned it down. It was then given to
Bing Crosby
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Black Sunday (1977)?
a.
This was the last film directed by
Clyde Bruckman
. Although Bruckmans name appears on the credit, this film was actually directed by
W.C. Fields
, who took over after Bruckman had to quit early in the shoot due to the effects of his alcoholism. This is the only film on which Fields technically worked as his own director.
b.
George Lucas
s original four story lines were about Curt (
Richard Dreyfuss
s character) and Laurie (
Cindy Williams
and the changes they underwent in the sixties, Debby (
Candy Clark
) being a topless dancer who had an affair with a local politician, Milner (
Paul Le Mat
) trying to beat the Factory Racing team at the local drag strip and Toad (
Charles Martin Smith
) in Vietnam. When Dreyfuss refused to sign on, Lucas had to invent a new character, Lauries younger brother Andy (
Will Seltzer
, who also auditioned for
Star Wars
).
c.
According to her grandson Peter Riva interviewed for the Icons Radio Hour,
Marlene Dietrich
s fight scene was unchoreographed. She and
Una Merkel
agreed to do it impromptu with the only rule being no closed fists. They used feet, pulled hair, and Marlene had bruises for weeks afterwards. but the director got everything in one take.
d.
Average Shot Length = ~5.3 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~5.4 seconds.
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