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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977).
About the movie:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Justin Kady went four days without sleep during the filming of My Streets. He suffered from being sleep deprived and shooting was canceled for 15 hours so Justin Kady could sleep
b.
In 2010, Never the Bride: a novel won the ACFWs Book of the Year "Carol Award" in the Womens Fiction category.
c.
Paul Schrader
wrote the original script. When
Steven Spielberg
, changed a great deal of it, Schrader decided to remove his credit. Since the film couldnt be left with no credit for writing, Spielberg claimed it for himself.
d.
Oliver Stone
was the first director attached to this film in the period after the first films release. He reportedly wrote a treatment but backed out due to scheduling conflicts resulting from
Tom Cruise
s prolonged stint on
Eyes Wide Shut
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Real air-traffic controllers were used in the opening sequence. The synthesizer technician/performer was the actual engineer sent by ARP Instruments to install the synthesizer equipment (ARP 2500) on the set.
Steven Spielberg
watched his expert playing of the equipment and immediately cast him for the role. The name of the ARP engineer is
Philip Dodds
and he is actually mentioned in the credits.
b.
Perhaps because the movie had so many cooks, it accumulated an unusually large number of major scenes which occur on stairways. Scarlett first views Rhett Butler down a stairway; Butterfly McQueen is slapped on the landing of a stairway for complicating Melanies pregnancy; Scarlett shoots a Yankee in the face on a stairway; Rhett charges up a stairway with Scarlett in his arms to force himself on her; and Scarlett falls down a stairway and miscarries.
c.
Max Spielberg
:
Steven Spielberg
s son, sitting behind
Leonardo DiCaprio
during both parts of the airplane scene.
d.
The version of
Walter Murphy
s "A Fifth Of Beethoven" heard in the film is an outtake from the
Requiem for a Dream
scoring sessions.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Barry is shown to be surprised by the extraterrestrials. Director
Steven Spielberg
had two crew members hide in boxes off camera, one in a clown suit and one in a gorilla suit. One popped out, then the other as the cameras rolled, catching young
Cary Guffey
s bewildered reaction. Spielberg then whispered to the gorilla to remove his mask, eliciting a smile from Guffey.
b.
When Angel takes a picture of the billboard advertising the Blue Iguana with her picture on it, the phone number for the Blue Iguana on the billboard is clearly seen. The number actually belongs to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.
c.
Donald Crisp
was the original director, but after a few days of filming had a falling-out with star
Douglas Fairbanks
and was replaced by
Albert Parker
.
d.
The $8 million budget was financed by a wealthy producer-financier,
Sam Nazarian
of Element Films.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Cary Guffey
s performances were so good that they only ever had to do one or two takes of each shot he was in. He became known as One-Take Cary on the set, and
Steven Spielberg
had a t-shirt printed up for him with the phrase written on it.
b.
Much of the clothing (shirts, hats) worn by
Johnny Depp
in the movie were actual pieces of clothing that the real
Hunter S. Thompson
wore in the 70s. Thompson himself let Depp borrow them for the movie, after Depp spent four months with Thompson learning his mannerisms and proper vocal inflection for the role.
c.
Production on the film continued into mid-June 1954, with animation for the "Sinbad the Sailor" segment under the guidance of
William Hanna
,
Joseph Barbera
and
Fred Quimby
. During the live-action shooting,
Carol Haney
had "stood in" for the animated Scheherazade.
d.
Roger Moore
was reportedly so impressed with the film that he went out and bought a DVD copy of it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
The scene with the
Star Trek
fans in full costume dedicating the Captain James T. Kirk birthplace statue as they confront the
Star Wars
fans was shot on location in the Town Square Park Plaza of Las Vegas, New Mexico. You can see the historic Plaza Hotel in the background in certain shots. This spot is also roughly where the Cuban commander and Russian general are standing when the storefront explodes in
Red Dawn
.
b.
Other directors interested in making this film were
Martin Scorsese
,
Milos Forman
and
Stanley Kubrick
.
c.
The working title was "Watch the Skies," the closing words from
The Thing from Another World
. These words also can be heard in the cartoon that wakes Neary.
d.
Film debut of
Burt Mustin
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Sammo Hung almost didnt appear in the movie; after being asked personally by Bruce Lee to be part of the film, Hung waited for eight months without follow-up and eventually went to film projects in Korea and Thailand, only flying back to the set in China when promised that it would only take a couple days to film his part.
b.
This film took a whole year to make.
c.
It was one of the first home videos released with NCI Closed Captioning in 1981 by Columbia. When you have your TV set to display closed captions, a closed captioning copyright Captions Copyright 1981 Columbia Pictures Corporation is displayed at the end of the movie. That is present in all versions of the movie including the 1998 re-edit.
d.
Notable Hollywood and Los Angeles locations seen in this picture include a Manderville Canyon ranch once owned by actor
Robert Taylor
, the Pasadena mansion used for Wayne Manor in the TV series
Batman
, the Hollywood Wax Museum and La Esperanza, a forty-roomed Hollywood Hills manor house at the time belonging to actress
Greta Garbo
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Originally, the theme song to the film was titled No Love in the Game and was produced, wrote and performed by Cleveland rapper turned director Boogieman (Kenny Latimer).
b.
This was the most financially profitable film of 1993, earning $23.6 million from a budget of $1 million. This gave it a cost-to-return ratio of 23.6, considerably higher than 1993s biggest money-maker "Jurassic Park" whose ratio was 13.8.
c.
Michael Kahn
s first special effects movie.
d.
Final feature film of
Charles Coburn
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Desiree Cousteau
earned an Adult Film Association of America (AFFA) "Best Actress" award for her work in this film.
b.
SFX man
Douglas Trumbull
created the cloud effects by injecting white paint into tanks of salt and fresh water.
c.
When released for a one week run at the Laemmles Monica 4Plex in Santa Monica California, the film only made 70 dollars (meaning only seven or eight tickets were sold). When later released at Laemmles Sunset 5 in Hollywood, CA as a midnight movie, the theater was sold out.
d.
First film of
Philip Van Zandt
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
Julia Stiles
auditioned for the role of Kara, but lost to
Jessica Biel
.
b.
In the scene when Charlie kisses Irene, he says to her "my ass is sore" the song thats playing is "Deep Inside Of You" by
Third Eye Blind
. Coincidently, the lyrics you can hear after Charlie says this, clearly say "it goes deep inside of you" which is a pretty good explanation for why Charlie has a sore ass.
c.
It is possible to see an upside down R2-D2 (from
Star Wars
, etc) in part of the large spacecraft that flies over "Devils Tower". The SFX people needed more detail, and so supposedly there are many more such items, such as a shark from
Jaws
(also directed by
Steven Spielberg
), etc. R2-D2 is visible as Jillian first sees the mother-ship up close from her hiding place in the rocks.
d.
Martin Sheen
had a heart attack during the filming and some shots of Willards back are of doubles, including Sheens brother
Joe Estevez
who was flown out specially. Coppola was so worried that backing would be withdrawn by the studio and distributor if news of Sheens heart attack leaked out, that he kept it quiet, even to the extent of explaining Sheens hospitalization as being due to "heat exhaustion" in the official Shoot Schedule.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)?
a.
The film is dedicated to
Cliff Wenger Jr.
.
b.
Steven Spielberg
and other producers wanted
Walter Cronkite
as newsreader for the broadcast that Neary ignores in the living room sculpture scene. However, CBS would not allow Cronkite to take the role, so producers settled on ABCs
Howard K. Smith
. Unfortunately, the news cutaway scene to Wyoming reporter was filmed before this decision; as a result, the reporter says Order your steak well-done, Walter.
c.
This was said to have been one of the inspirations for
Tomoyuki Tanaka
to go ahead and film
Gojira
.
d.
This movie was the second collaboration of director
Walter Hill
and composer
Ry Cooder
.
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