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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Capricorn One (1978) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Capricorn One (1978) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Capricorn One (1978)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978).

About the movie: A NASA Mars mission won't work, and its funding is endangered, so they decide to fake it just this once. But then they have to keep the secret...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		In the first scene featuring Elliot Gould and Karen Black, a child in the crowd rides by on a bicycle wearing a "number 32" t-shirt. This was O.J. Simpsons NFL Jersey number.
b.		The "Fireball 500" is a heavily customized 1966 Plymouth Barracuda, with a relatively-bland 273 V-8 engine.
c.		The film was screened for the inmates of Folsom Prison, 38 years after Johnny Cashs landmark performance.
d.		The poem that Norman and his father recite is an excerpt from Ode: Intimations Of Immortality From Recollections Of Early Childhood by William Wordsworth.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		A scene where Laurence Harvey jumps in Central Park lake was shot on the coldest day in 30 years. They had to break the foot-thick ice on the lake with a bulldozer before the scene could be shot.
b.		Over 2500 girls, including Christina Ricci and Melissa Joan Hart, tried out for the title role.
c.		Pivotal scenes that take place in the woods are tinted blue, same as the woods scenes in Heathers. In one scene Wichita says, "If you ever find yourself turning into one of those, eat some Drano." In Heathers, Heather Chandler died from drinking Drano.
d.		The end helicopter-crop-duster sequence was used in an episode of the television series The Fall Guy.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		The dancers in the nightclub scene were actually chorus girls from the world-famous Cotton Club in New York City.
b.		Even though, in the film, Jesses home is shown as a big two-storey house, the original house is in fact much smaller and was located in town. However, the actual house still stands, but has been moved three times to its current location, next to the Patee House in St. Joseph, Missouri. The final scene with Jesse, the chair and picture is exactly how it happened according to Bob Ford. In the original house, there is still a dent and blood stain on the floor where Jesse fell.
c.		Paramount was reluctant to make the film, as it had already put Theodore Dreisers novel on the screen in 1931 under its original title, An American Tragedy. The studios lack of commitment ultimately changed when director George Stevens sued them for preventing him from working and therefore breaching his contract.
d.		The recovery ship for the return from Mars was specified at the USS Oriskany (CV-34) which was decommissioned in 1975. The short shot we see of the Oriskany was footage from The Bridges at Toko-Ri, with the Korean War era straight-winged F9F Panthers in place on the deck catapults. Main characters in both films, William Holdens character in "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" and James Brolins character in "Capricorn One," are both named Brubaker.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		OK Go: during the credits, as the band in the wedding ceremony.
b.		Willie Pastrano started boxing at the age of 14 and turned pro at 15 years of age.
c.		SERIES TRADEMARK: In the airport, an announcement is made for Lasset Air, Flight A113. Thats two references in one: to director John Lasseter, and to room 113 at Cal Arts College, famous its alumna, including many Pixar animators. A113 is also Andys Mums license plate number.
d.		One of the stunt pilots, Frank Tallman, who flew the red stearman plane, claimed this film was the most dangerous film hed ever flown for. He was killed in a crash soon after filming finished.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		The sunrise at the launch complex at the beginning of the film is actually a sunset played backwards.
b.		In the scene where Johnny Depp bursts in on Maria Bello and Timothy Hutton in the Motel; David Koepp wanted Bello and Hutton to look shocked and scared - he made them both lie in the bed for 15 minutes before Depp rushed in. The production crew set up large speakers that blared static noise when the script called for them to be scared. The lights in the room were also rigged to go on when Johnny Depp opened the door, startling the actors further. No one knew exactly how to act.
c.		Plans were discussed to shoot the film in Technicolor, but the decision was made to revert to black and white; both director Lee and co-star Josephine Hutchinson verified in later years that the film was designed for, and shot in monochrome. Urban myth has it that Karloffs make-up photographed bright green and was a primary reason for shooting in black and white. An urban myth has it that Dwight Frye was in the Technicolor test reel and was subsequently dropped from the cast. In the late 1980s a reel of Technicolor test footage was discovered in Universals vaults, but was either stolen from the desk of the executive who was in possession of it (according to one story) or simply boxed back up by bureaucrats and shipped to a New Jersey film vault (according the film archivist who actually found the reel.) Karloff family home movies shot on the set of the film reveal the Monsters coloration to be grayish with subtle highlights and shadows of blue-green and brick red. The brief clips show Karloff in Monster make-up sticking his tongue out at the camera and pretending to strangle make-up artist Jack P. Pierce can be seen on the CD-ROM The Interactive History of Frankenstein and 100 Years of Horror, courtesy of Sara Karloff.
d.		Most of the shooting was done in Victoria, Australia. As it wasnt the correct season in Melbourne during the county fair scenes, the trees surrounding the location were spray painted with non-toxic orange and yellow paint to make it seem as though it was autumn. And, rather than have extras getting motion sickness on the rides, the art department sculpted bodies out of polystyrene and took casts of their own faces that were put onto the dummies. These dummies were painted and dressed up and strapped into rides; going round and around for about a week - and no motion sickness. Each of their faces (about 5 of them) were on all of the 60 or so dummies.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		Barbra Streisands two husbands, Elliott Gould and James Brolin, both star in this movie.
b.		In the 1972 "Life" magazine article that inspired the film, P.F. Kluge and Thomas Moore describe robber John Wojtowicz as "a dark, thin fellow with the broken-faced good looks of an Al Pacino or a Dustin Hoffman". Al Pacino, of course, played the role based on Wojtowicz, and when he nearly quit the film early on, the role was offered to Dustin Hoffman.
c.		Moyna MacGill (Mrs. Harkley) is Angela Lansburys mother in real life.
d.		Christopher Walken appeared in The Dead Zone. His role therein was frequently parodied by Jay Mohr on Saturday Night Live. Cast member Sean Patrick Flanery appeared in the television series The Dead Zone (2002)(TV).

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		Rita Hayworths own singing voice is heard in the introductions to her songs otherwise dubbed by Jo Ann Greer.
b.		In the movie the character of Dr. Day is portrayed as the school board chairman. In fact while Dr. Day was the first African-American to serve on Alexandria School Board and was on the Board in the year George Washington and Hammond High were reorganized to achieve integration in the schools, the actual school board chairman at the time was Norman Schrott.
c.		As is shown in the movie, Marie Antoinette was not allowed to keep her pug, Mops, when she entered France. However, later on Count Mercy arranged for the pug to be sent to her after her marriage.
d.		The helicopters are Hughes OH6 "Cayuse".

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		The original title for this movie was "Caged She-Bitch Cage".
b.		Peter Gallagher was also slated for the role of Bobby James.
c.		Two of Sesame Streets Muppets, Bert and Ernie, share their names with the films cop and cab driver, respectively, but its believed to be just a coincidence. While Karolyn Grimes, who played Zuzu, claimed that the two Muppets were named after the characters because the movie was Jim Hensons favorite, according to longtime Muppets head writer Jerry Juhl in an interview with The San Francisco Chronicle, Ernie and Bert were not named after the movies characters. Juhl said, "I was not present at the naming, but I was always positive the rumor was incorrect. Despite his many talents, Jim Henson had no memory for details like this. He knew the movie, of course, but would not have remembered the cop and the cabdriver. I was not able to confirm this with Jim before he died, but shortly thereafter I spoke to Jon Stone, Sesame Streets first producer and head writer and a man largely responsible for the shows format. He assured me that Ernie and Bert were named one day when he and Jim were studying the prototype puppets. They decided that one of them looked like an Ernie, and the other one looked like a Bert. The movie character names are purely coincidental."
d.		Despite being portrayed as a villain, NASA provided technical assistance, including mock-up spacecraft.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		A sequel titled "Seriously Dude, Wheres My Car?" was planned but was never development and eventually the idea was scrapped.
b.		William Schallert was cast as Jacks doctor as an in-joke since he had played a doctor in The Incredible Shrinking Man.
c.		Jerry Goldsmith wrote the soundtrack for Capricorn One as well as Star Trek: Insurrection. If you listen to the Insurrection soundtrack at about 3:30-3:45 minutes, you will hear the distinct theme of Capricorn One.
d.		The budget was too low to rent the bowling alley during peak daytime hours, so the cast and crew had to wait till the bowling alley closed at 9pm, then shot all night till 9am.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Capricorn One (1978)?
a.		Telly Savalas plays a pilot, but in real life he was afraid to fly.
b.		The part of Mugatu was originally written for Andy Dick, who couldnt do it due to commitments to Go Fish.
c.		The scene where the killer is sneaking up behind Randy is the only one where the person in the costume is actually one of the actors rather than a stunt man. Skeet Ulrich has specifically asked if he could wear the costume for one scene.
d.		Filming began late in 1962 but the movie was not released until 1964.

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