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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Communion (1989) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Communion (1989) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989).
About the movie:
Whitley Strieber goes with his family and some friends to his holiday home in the forest. They experience some weird occurances...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Van Dough watches
North by Northwest
which ends in a climactic scene on Mount Rushmore. This film later has a similar scene on "Mount Richmore."
b.
Whitley Strieber
: in the museum sequence near the end.
c.
Kathleen Quinlan
s film debut.
d.
Cecil B. DeMille
considered
Preston Foster
and
Gordon Westcott
during casting for the role that went to
William Gargan
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Roger Moore
s scenes were filmed all in one day outside London at the same time
Octopussy
was filmed.
b.
There was an attempt by censors to have the final scene edited for profanity but
Charlton Heston
was able to argue that his character was actually asking God to damn those responsible for the destruction of the world to hell, rather than simply using the Lords name in vain.
c.
In the opening montage,
Neil Armstrong
says Good luck, Mr. Gorsky on the moon. In urban legend, the child Armstrong, searching in his neighbors backyard for his lost baseball, overhears Mrs. Gorsky from the bedroom saying Oral sex?! Ill give you oral sex when that kid next door walks on the moon! and so, years later, says Good luck, Mr. Gorsky as the first lunar transmission to Earth. This story has been debunked by Armstrong himself and other sources.
d.
Director
Philippe Mora
wanted star
Christopher Walken
involved in the casting of whomever played Anne Strieber. It was Walken who suggested Lindsay Crouse.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
In one scene Joan Manion (played by
Joan Leslie
) is asked by Fred Atwell - a.k.a. Fred Burton (played by
Fred Astaire
) if her boss, Mr. Harriman (played by
Robert Benchley
), has ever proposed marriage to her. She replies that he has attempted to numerous times, but keeps getting side-tracked by discussions of such things as the "sex life of polyps". In 1928 in one of Robert Benchleys earliest films he played a "Doctor Benchley" in the film
The Sex Life of the Polyp
where he lectures Womens Clubs on this interesting creature that can change its sex.
b.
Toward the end of the movie, when "Cowboy" uses the radio to request tank support, the voice of Murphy, to whom he is speaking, is probably none other than
Stanley Kubrick
.
c.
Sally Kellerman
was offered the part of Xaviera Hollander but was committed to a night club act on tour.
d.
The opening shots of NYC were done by an independent cameraman allowed to fly around NYC in a helicopter using a time lapse camera.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Walter Ehlers (Mike Shannon) received the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism on July 9/10, 1944 at Normandy France. He was a Staff Sergeant in the 18th Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division.
b.
Screenwriter
Beverley Cross
was a student of mythology. He developed a storyline centering on Perseus and Andromeda which linked together a number of myths. He took the idea to producers
Charles H. Schneer
and
Ray Harryhausen
. The story was modified to add more creatures.
c.
While serving as executive producer, author
Whitley Strieber
, whose experiences serve as the basis of the film, expressed concerns about
Christopher Walken
s abilities in portraying him. When Strieber finally told Walken that he might be portraying him as a little too crazy, Walken replied, "If the shoe fits."
d.
Russ Tamblyn
appears in this film as an extra.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Print preserved by the Museum of Modern Art.
b.
Talbys starsuit backpack is made from Styrofoam packing material - probably from a TV set.
c.
In the warehouse scene, the second half of Daniels footage was shot a year to the day after the first half.
d.
Whitley has a picture of "The Great Wave of Kanagawa" by Hokusai on his wall, with an added cartoon character, facing the tsunami with an exclamation mark above his head, drawn in for comic effect.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
This marked the final appearance of
Richard Long
as the eldest, and college educated, son Tom. In later films the character would be referred to in dialog but not seen.
b.
The filmmakers had one week in NYC for filming exteriors. During this time, director
Philippe Mora
was assigned an assistant director who turned out to be elderly and deaf. The deafness led to some difficulties, but things managed to work out for that week.
c.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Greg White officially changed his name to Stylez G. White on December 15, 2008. The inspiration for the name change came from
Jerry Levine
s character, Stiles, in Teen Wolf.
d.
The film was re-released as "Tales of the Crypt II" in the Southern United States in early 1981.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Oliver Stone
thought of casting
Kevin Costner
as Sgt.
John McLoughlin
, his
JFK
lead. Costner had narrated the 2006 documentary
On Native Soil
, about the 9/11 Commission Reports investigation of the causes of the terrorist attacks and what could have been done to prevent them from happening. Paramount Pictures was concerned that Stone and Costner would then delve into another conspiracy theory.
b.
The style of action in this movie was heavily influenced by comments made during series of messages posted by fans on the
Jet Li
website forum, immediately after the release of
Romeo Must Die
in the United States. The fans wanted more realistic fighting as in Jet Lis movie
Jing wu ying xiong
(Fist of Legend).
c.
Anne Strieber is referring to Joseph Campbells four-volume compendium of World Mythology with her "Masks of God" observation.
d.
Claire Danes
was only three years older than the character she played. It was her first ever experience of performing Shakespeare.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Clark Johnson
: Dekes partner, who gets hit with a pan as Deke chases a suspect.
b.
Cheung-Yan Yuen
: The films martial arts choreographer and trainer appears as a fellow passenger on the plane in first class at the start of the film. He can be seen speaking in Cantonese to two pretty women, teaching them to say "thank you".
c.
Director
Philippe Mora
had originally met author Strieber in London in the late 1960s. After Mora made his film
Death of a Soldier
in the 1980s, he ran into Strieber again. They got to talking and Strieber mentioned his recent experiences. Mora told Strieber that if he got around to writing about them, to let him know.
d.
Timothy Hutton
accepted his Academy Award for
Ordinary People
immediately after shooting on
Taps
begin.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Communion (1989)?
a.
Val Kilmer
frustrated director
John Frankenheimer
so much, that, after shooting Kilmers last scene in the movie, Frankenheimer is alleged to have said: "Cut. Now get that bastard off my set."
b.
In a separately filmed trailer,
Billie Dove
talks to the audience about the picture.
c.
In China at the time working as a professional mining engineer, future President of the United States, Herbert Hoover and his wife were civilians under siege at the foreign legations compound. The future first Lady, Louise "Lou" Henry Hoover, collected shrapnel from Boxer artillery that is on display at the Presidential Library in West Branch, IA. The Hoovers picked up Mandarin Chinese while in China and used it at the White House when they didnt want to be overheard.
d.
Whitley Striebers Alien Contact books are usually cataloged as "Psychical Research" or "Paranormal". However, the cassette audio-book of Communion, read by Roddy McDowell and produced by a Hertfordshire company called "Redback", simply has the word "FICTION" on the back of the inlay. This could have been a compromise to preserve the credibility of a start-up company and increase publicity for Strieber at the same time.
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