Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blue Thunder (1983) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Blue Thunder (1983) - Part (2) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983).

About the movie: The cop test pilot for an experimental police helicopter learns the sinister implications of the new vehicle.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		That Casio LCD watch with that "countdown" Murphy uses to "check his sanity" actually belongs to John Badham, the director.
b.		Tristan Tapscott appeared in the stage version and film. He was one of only two performers who recreated their roles for the film. The other was actor Chad V.
c.		Kevin Costner turn down the offer to play as King Koppa.
d.		The characters are all named after streets in the directors neighborhood.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		During filming of the "ambush", where Cochrane ambushs Murphys Blue Thunder at that incomplete skyscraper, the MD-5 Defender (the one Cochrane flew) had an engine failure and had to auto-rotate to a landing below. Fortunately, the parking lot was cleared and the pilot walked away uninjured, and the helicopter was only slightly damaged.
b.		Perry R. Russo, who was a key witness to conversations taking place between David Ferrie, Clay Shaw (aka Clay Bertrand), and Lee Harvey Oswald, plays a man in the bar at the beginning of the film, where Garrison and Lou are watching the TV coverage on the shooting. Mr. Russo yells about how they should give the shooter a medal for shooting Kennedy.
c.		Two shooting locations had to be postponed, and filming had to be switched to Spain. The skiing locale was changed due to avalanches in the French Alps, and filming in Turkey was halted due to political unrest. However, a secret filming unit comprised of twelve crew did film in Istanbul under the fake cover movie title "Destiny".
d.		The ninth of sixteen Andy Hardy films starring Mickey Rooney, the second pairing of Mickey with Judy Garland.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		Charleys quote from John Webster is from Westward Hoe Act II Scene 2. It is also quite similar to one of the Apothegms of Francis Bacon (1561-1626) - "Alonso of Aragon was wont to say in commendation of age, that age appears to be best in four things, - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read".
b.		The first draft of the script had a police helicopter pilot going psycho and terrorizing skies of LA. The script was shot down by the movie studio, as they were afraid that the audience would not identify with a psycho main character. They did like the idea of a helicopter fight over LA though. The rewrite became Blue Thunder.
c.		The current version of Insomniac is a totally different story than the original draft. The short film screenplay was adapted into a feature, and about 80% of the script was shot before the decision was made to make several casting changes. The current script was written to create better parts for the cast members that survived the changes.
d.		Richard suggest they go to the Jersey shore with all the syringes. This is probably in reference to the infamous "Syringe Tide" in 1987-1988 when medical waste washed up on several beaches in New Jersey, costing massive losses in tourist dollars.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		For the spectacular Florida Keys climax, the production actually bought some redundant causeway links, and restored the missing chunks so that they could blow them to smithereens onscreen.
b.		The second film of 2006 to pass the $100,000,000 mark at the box office. Ice Age: The Meltdown was the first.
c.		Malcolm McDowell actually hated flying and no one, not even his wife, could persuade him to overcome his phobia. During the final battle scene between his character Cochrane and Roy Schneiders Frank Murphy, McDowells grimaces were caught on film for all to see, clearly displaying his discomfort at being in the air. When his wife saw the movie, she was incredulous and asked the filmmakers, How did you get him inside that little helicopter? I couldnt even get him inside a plane!
d.		Production took so long on this movie that, in order to kill time between shooting days, Nicholas Zebrun suggested to David Sowden that the two of them collaborate on a short film that Sowden would direct and Zebrun would produce. The resulting film was _White Powder (2006)_.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
b.		At the beginning of the movie, when Murphy and Lymangood first take off (after Murphy asks "all set"), the camera is shooting up at the belly of the police JetRanger. Look closely at the registration number beneath the door. It reads "N2044C". This is the exact aircraft that would became "Santini Air" (the red-white-blue American Flag chopper) about 2 years later in Airwolf.
c.		All the cars in Privet Drive are Vauxhalls, no matter the time period. The Dursleys own a silver 2000 Vauxhall Vectra estate. All other cars parked in the drives are Vectra estates in the present day, with Astra Belmont and Cavalier saloons from the late 1980s in the pre-titles prologue.
d.		An octopus is said to have inspired the title of the original Octopussy short story. Octopussy was also the name of a coracle given to Ian Fleming by friend, neighbor and lover Blanche Blackwell as a present for staying at Goldeneye. Ian Fleming derived the "Pussy" name itself from agent Pussy Deakin aka Livia Stela. The Octopussy name specifically is said to have been named after Flemings pet octopus. Ian Fleming based the character of Pussy Galore in the novel (and later film) Goldfinger on Blanche Blackwell.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		Has the lowest IMDb rating of all Best Picture Oscar winners so far (mid-February 2009).
b.		According to VFX supervisor Markus Manninen, the computer animation used throughout the film was more complex than anything DreamWorks had done before.
c.		One scene was cut after initial test screening: Kate was arriving in downtown, and instead of making a "right" as Murphy hoped, she made a left, and went the wrong way down a one-way street, and she immediately made ANOTHER left into an alley. There was supposed to be a scene were a police car blocked her off in the alley, and she did a James Bond "drive on two wheels" move to get past the police car and get to the TV station. However, audience thought this scene was too "incredible" and it was cut from the movie. It is still included in the trailer found elsewhere on the DVD, however.
d.		George Balanchine wanted to film a ballet of Gershwins "An American in Paris" for this movie, He choreographed and rehearsed it for three weeks but was told by Goldwyn that "the miners in Harrisburg wouldnt understand it." The ballet was later used in An American in Paris, choreographed by Gene Kelly.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		As LAPD did not want themselves mentioned, a fictional "Astro Division" designation is used. The real helicopter division of the LAPD is the "Air Support Division," however most of their missions are known as ASTRO, which stands for "Air Support to Regular Operations."
b.		The play originally opened in New Haven, Connecticut, USA on 1 May 1928.
c.		Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick wanted either Ronald Colman or Sir Laurence Olivier for the role "Malcolm Keane." But both were unavailable: Colman was making "A Double Life" and Olivier was making his version of "Hamlet". So the role went to Gregory Peck. And the name "Malcolm Keane" was changed to "Anthony Keane."
d.		When the cops chase H.I. through a house, Nathan Arizonas Unpainted Arizona commercial seen earlier in the film is playing on TV.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		After the original draft of the script was re-written, the character of Cochrane was added as a foil to Murphy and added the back story of Vietnam and their rivalry. Originally Bryan Brown was cast to play Cochran, but had to drop out because of a scheduling conflict with the mini-series, The Thorn Birds. Malcolm McDowell was cast at they very last minute and was not aware that he had to fly a helicopter as the Cochrane character has to in the film because of his fear of flying. Regardless of this he still took the role and did fly inside the helicopter.
b.		Early prints were released under the title Maggie.
c.		The concept of the film (originally scripted as "The Cropsy Maniac") is based on a campfire story told at summer camps in and around New Jersey and upstate New York. The story is still in circulation.
d.		Rupert Murdoch announced in early February 2007 that Sacha Baron Cohen had signed on to do another Borat film with FOX. This was contradicted, however, by an interview with Cohen himself stating that Borat was to be discontinued, as he was now too well known to avoid detection as he did in the film and on Da Ali G Show. A spokesman for FOX later stated that it was too early to begin planning such a film, although they still remain open to the idea. Cohen subsequently announced that he was "killing off" the characters of Borat and Ali G because they were now so famous he could no longer trick people.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		Barrys seven sisters are played by one actress - Mary Lynn Rajskub - and six non-professionals, four of whom were real-life blood relations.
b.		Reported to be R-rated during production, but end up editing down to PG-13 to make it accessible for a wider audience.
c.		In the sequence where Kate had just crashed through the door at the drive-in theater and two police cars spun out, you can see that one of the police cars comes very close to the camera. What you might not know was that a Japanese man, studying under John A. Alonzo (cinematographer), was acting as cameraman, and the police car would have hit him if not for the key grip right behind him. The cameraman was light enough that the key grip, a big burly guy, grabbed the cameramans waist belt from the back, and yanked him right off his feet, thus saving him from being mowed down.
d.		Eric Bana improvised Neros speech patterns.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Blue Thunder (1983)?
a.		The last two flights of the first Bell X-1, Glamorous Glennis, were filmed for inclusion in Jet Pilot. It played the part of a Soviet "parasite fighter". The movie shows it being launched from Boeing EB-50A Superfortress, serial 46-0007. The X-1 was repainted for its role. The vertical stabilizer, fairings on the top and bottom of the fuselage, and the left wing and horizontal stabilizer were painted white. It continued to wear the movie makeup while displayed at the National Air and Space Museum until it was restored for installation in the Milestones of Flight Gallery in 1976.
b.		Ben Burtt recorded 2500 different sounds for the film, twice the average of a Star Wars movie, and also the most that Burtt had ever recorded for one feature film. Burtts involvement with the film lasted for two years.
c.		Troy Duffy wrote the part of Romeo, the Saints sidekick, specifically for his friend Clifton Collins Jr.. Coincidentally, the part of Rocco, the sidekick in the first film, was written specifically (and named for) actor David Della Rocco.
d.		Early in the film, when Murphy and Lymangood are in their first tour of duty. The female dispatcher who alerts them of a a robbery on Vineland and Burbank and a subsequent call is Shaaron Claridge, the same female dispatcher heard in the entire run of the TV series Adam-12. In real life, Claridge was a second-shift radiotelephone operator or police radio dispatcher at the Van Nuys Division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Her voice was also heard on episodes of "Dragnet", "Lou Grant" and "Columbo".

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