Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970).

About the movie: An artificially intelligent supercomputer is developed and activated, only to reveal that it has a sinister agenda of its own.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		The extended scenes with the aliens were cut from the theatrical release because it would have made the film almost three hours long. And back in 1989, a running time that long was considered a big commercial risk. Especially for a film with lots of action scenes and special effects. It increases the likelihood the film wont turn a profit. The scenes were eventually restored in 1993 for the Special Edition.
b.		When the executives at Control Data Corporation found out that Universal was planning a major movie featuring a computer, they saw their chance for some public exposure, and they agreed to supply, free of charge, $4.8 million worth of computer equipment and the technicians to oversee its use. Each piece of equipment carried the CDC name in a prominent location. Since they were using real computers - not just big boxes with a lot of flashing lights - the sound stage underwent extensive modifications: seven gas heaters and five specially-constructed dehumidifiers kept any dampness away from the computers, a climate control system maintained the air around the computers at an even temperature, and the equipment was covered up at all times except when actually on camera. Brinks guards were always present on the set, even at night. The studio technicians were not allowed to smoke or drink coffee anywhere near the computers.
c.		The film starts out in Russian, then switches to English in an early scene as the political officer reads the passage from the Bible. The switch occurs on the word "Armageddon", which is the same in both languages.
d.		William Holden was originally cast as Bill Starbuck. After Holden backed out, Burt Lancaster read about it in Hedda Hopper s column and phoned producer Hal B. Wallis. Lancaster agreed to star in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral if he would get the role of Bill Starbuck in this film.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		The US 1 Flea Market - AKA "The Dirt Mall" - was torn down in the mid-1990s. It is now the site of a multiplex cinema.
b.		During the opening credits, all of the deaths in the movie are foreshadowed. There is a hanging doll, a guillotine and a picture of a knife in someones chest.
c.		Each actor that has appeared in a "Mortal Kombat" video game also portrays a small attribute from their Mortal Kombat alter-egos in this movie. For example: Like the "Mileena" character, Katalin Zamiar is seen dressed with a ninja mask covering her mouth and also uses two sai ninja knives. Like the "Kano" character, Richard Divisio has a shaved head and plays a criminal with a love for knives and black magic (Kano was also a member of the Black Dragon, another word parallel). Like "Johnny Cage", Dan Pesina is seen wearing very dark sunglasses indoors. His character is also hit with an uppercut punch in a style that is very reminiscent of the original Mortal Kombat games. Like "Liu Kang", Ho Sung Pak is the chosen one. He also dons a red headband for a fight scene near the end of the movie, making him look almost identical to his character in "Mortal Kombat II".
d.		Originally Charlton Heston and Gregory Peck were considered for the lead role, but Stanley Chase insisted on an unknown actor for the lead and German-born actor Eric Braeden was cast.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		Although Donald Sutherland is given top billing in this film, he does not appear for the first 42 minutes.
b.		When Uncle John refers to "Nine Yokohama" he is talking about a famous Japanese brothel.
c.		Universal later reused the footage of Colussus being activated as part of Cyborg: The Six Million Dollar Man. Before they begin operating on Steve Austin to attach his bionic limbs, the entire activation sequence from Colossus is used.
d.		The model used for the crash sequence cost $250,000 and was so perfectly built it actually flew further than the crew and testing had predicted. In fact it flew so far it hit the camera filming it and broke the cameramans leg.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		D.F. Jones worked with computers in Britain during WWII and knew about Colossus, the computer which was the heart of Britains code breaking complex at Bletchley Park.
b.		During the auction scene, Robert Redfords character is to leave the room. Redford kept missing his cue because he was listening to the jokes auction MC Billy Connolly was saying.
c.		Film debut of Shirley MacLaine.
d.		Scarlett Johansson was originally set to portray Betsy, but she decided the role was too young for her and Emma Watson was cast to portray Betsy instead.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		The film unfolds in a fractured narrative, like that of memories or just dreamed nightmares floating back to someone.
b.		When the Colossus commanded missile re-targeting procedure is shown in a segment where the conspirators are watching for the success their sabotaged warhead arming module replacement, the new target coordinate provided by Colossus (Lon 99 deg 6 min 45 sec, Lat 19 deg 26 min 5 sec) is that of Mexico City, Mexico.
c.		Parts of the film were shot suing camera lenses that utilized 3-D technology, but was mostly shot with Panavision lenses.
d.		Rosie arranges some flowers as she recounts her beating at the hands of Val Resnick. The flowers are known as Black Eyed Susans.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		Princess Auras "pet" is named Fellini. Production Designer Danilo Donati worked on a number of Federico Fellini films.
b.		With the exception of Darris Love, all of the lead actors in this movie were former gang members from Watts and South-Central Los Angeles.
c.		The original story was written by a 16-year-old girl.
d.		The many prominent blue and gray "consoles" (the ones with a rotary knob on the right side) for Colossus are cannibalized console panels from several IBM 1620 computers remounted on prop "computers".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		Patrick Tantalo said that the Zombie sequence was filmed in one night in Griffith Park. Because they only had one night to film the sequence, the scene where a severed Zombie hand grabs Zach Galligan (Mark) on the wrist was filmed in reverse.
b.		The Coney Island Community Center is in fact the Childs Restaurant Building that went out of business years ago. It was designated a New York City Landmark on February 4, 2003 just one month after the movie was released.
c.		The outside views of the "Colossus Control Center" are images of the Lawrence Hall of Science, just opened in 1968 when this film was being made. LHS is a science and computer museum still open to the public in the hills just above the University of California Berkeley campus and is a University managed facility.
d.		There are several nods to other crime dramas and thrillers throughout ECHO: Darrens last name (Stensland) comes from L.A. Confidential; Detective Capa (Mark Cantu) is named after Capa from Danny Boyles Sunshine; the murder scene where Darren goes to kill Vicente is an homage to the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho; in the scene where Sorenson (Paul Scofield) is executed, the framing of the shot is meant to evoke a similar scene from Millers Crossing; and finally, the scene in which Darren drives to the warehouse to uncover the truth is a small nod to the ending of Christopher Nolans Memento.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		This was the first film project for Pamela Britton.
b.		This marked the first time chorus numbers were created exclusively for a film.
c.		The computer seen in the film was the payroll computer at the studio.
d.		Not only is the name of the Prince never revealed, he is nowhere in the film mentioned as "Prince Charming".

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		The day after the movie won nine Oscars, M.G.M telephone operators were instructed to answer all phone calls with "Hello, M-Gigi-M."
b.		Producer Stanley Chase said that while its frightening to suppose a computer could take over the world, it was indeed possible. His technical advisor said that a machine like Colossus actually existed at that time. The model for Colossus was supposedly the NORAD system that controlled our national defense systems, and thats why the computer programming center in the film was located in the Rocky Mountains, which is also the home of NORAD. The government wouldnt allow a film crew on the NORAD grounds, so the exteriors were filmed at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley, California. The missile sites were photographed in the California desert near Palmdale.
c.		Crispin Glover plays Willy, a spoof of Johnny Depps portrayal of Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Glover and Depp previously worked together in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape and Dead Man and later in Alice in Wonderland.
d.		When the members of Spinal Tap talk about their drummer suffocating on vomit, this is a reference to a number of musicians who have died, or who are rumored to have died, in this manner. Among these are Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, Ronald Belford Scott of AC/DC and Big Band-leader Tommy Dorsey.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)?
a.		Prior to dissolving into a swarm of crabs, Calypso shouts an incantation which in the script reads: "Malfaiteur en Tombeau, Crochir lEsplanade, Dans lFond dleau!". This roughly means "Across all the waters, find the path to he who wrongfully entombed me", evidently referring to Davy Jones.
b.		Ridley Scott actually turned down directorial duties on the project as he was about to begin work on another science fiction adaptation, Dune and was also prepping a version of Tristan & Isolde. Michael Apted, Bruce Beresford and Adrian Lyne also turned down the script. Eventually, Robert Mulligan was hired to direct the picture, and he and Hampton Fancher set about rewriting the screenplay. However, they disagreed about the direction of the project, and Mulligan left after three months. When Scott was presented with a revised version of the script, after he had left Dune due to a lack of progress, he decided to make it to take his mind off his brothers recent death.
c.		The film features characters from Adam Sandlers CD "Stan And Judys Kid" (Whitey the Referee from sketch "Whitey"; The Peeper from sketch "The Peeper").
d.		When Colossus/Guardian detonates a nuclear bomb near the end of the film, the blast footage seen on the monitors and TVs is that of "Ivy Mike", the first US test of a nuclear fusion device. It took place in November 1952 at Enewetak Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

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