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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Contact (1997) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Contact (1997) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997).
About the movie:
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
All the live action that occurred inside the computer was filmed in black and white, and colorized later with photographic and rotoscopic techniques.
b.
Writer
Stephen Gaghan
originally planned to set the Wakefield family storylines in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. During his research, he determined that Cincinnatis bad neighborhoods looked worse than Louisvilles, and would serve the finished film better, so he moved the Wakefields stories to Ohio.
c.
At the time of filming,
Conroy Chino
was, in fact, a reporter for KOB-TV, the NBC affiliate in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
d.
Even though there isnt a note of music during the spectacular car chase,
William Friedkin
cut that sequence to the tempo of
Carlos Santana
s "Black Magic Woman"
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
According to
John Harkness
s book "The 1999 Academy Awards Handbook",
Maurice Jarre
, in his speech accepting the 1984 Best Original Score Oscar for
A Passage to India
, expressed his gratitude that
Amadeus
had not been Oscar-nominated for Best Original Score. An obvious joke, since none of Amadeus score was original.
b.
Nuclear Blast spend $30,000 on the soundtrack rights to promote their bands.
c.
Mike Nichols
,
Arthur Penn
, and
Hal Ashby
were each originally slated to direct this movie.
d.
The vehicle in which Ellie Arroway travels through the wormhole system is a sphere surrounded by a dodecahedron, the fourth Platonic solid. This beautiful figure with twelve pentagonal faces was considered by some Greek philosophers to represent the structure of the Universe. It was favored by
Carl Sagan
, and appears many times in his TV science series
Cosmos
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
Footage of a press conference by President
Bill Clinton
was re-edited and altered to make it appear as if he was speaking about alien contact. This manipulation of news footage caused some controversy. A few years later, CNN would ban the use of its logo in fictional movies, as well as bar its reporters from doing cameo appearances (although
Larry King
does appear from time to time).
b.
The laughter coming from the "dummy" Jolly Jack Tar is that of
Laurence Olivier
.
c.
The photographer of the back flap of "The Orchid Thief" is
Howard Shur
, assistant to director
Spike Jonze
.
d.
All Black Hawks and Little Birds used during the filming were from the 160th SOAR, (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) and most of the pilots were involved in the actual battle on 3/4 October 1993. A lot of the extra Rangers in the film were current Rangers, serving with the 3/75 Ranger Regiment
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
Carl Sagan
and
Ann Druyan
began the concept in 1980 as a movie treatment that was never picked up. Sagan finished the story alone and in 1985, released the book "Contact" with no further assistance from Druyan.
b.
Most scenes in the film were shot several times in an improvised style, straight through with no cuts. Each scene was then edited to give the appearance of several moving documentary-style cameras shooting simultaneously. Only one camera was used.
c.
The battle scenes were an ordeal to film. Principally shot on August 19, 1939 at a ranch in Tarzana, the fog machine proved ineffective in the face of high winds. The 100-degree heat caused the 300 extras to suffer and rain machines caused the soldiers cardboard helmets and shields to disintegrate. Additional battle scenes were shot on August 22 and on September 4, 1939, but the California heat continued to play havoc with the cast, crew and equipment.
d.
The seeing eye dog that was shot had been trained to glide across the floor on command and its "guts" were spaghetti covered in gray paint.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
Sidney Poitier
was announced for this film but was replaced before filming.
b.
The makeup team on the movie tried to paint
Noah Hathaway
green, just as Atreyu is in the book. "It wasnt believable. I looked like fungi!" Hathaway said.
c.
The bar scenes were shot in the same brewery as the concentration camp scenes.
d.
Joe Spinell
was working in between the filming of
Maniac
with other movie projects, one of them being
Nighthawks
which began filming before production on Maniac ended, in which Spinell cut his hair short and shaved off his mustache to play a clean-cut, high-ranking New York police official for Nighthawks. In a few scenes (most of them being where Frank Zito is driving his car), Spinell is wearing a fake mustache with a long-haired wig under his cap.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
Quentin Tarantino
: [body view] Once Budd is bitten by Elles Black Mamba we see the camera through his eyes at Elle looking down at him.
b.
Production notes indicate the screenplay was based on a play "All Those in Favor," but no other information is known.
c.
Took four years to film.
d.
The "UFO ABDUCTION INSURANCE" banner across an RV is from a real company that was paid by Warner Bros to use their novel idea in the movie.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
Robert Z. Leonard
was the original director of the movie, but asked to be relieved of the assignment after the first day of shooting.
b.
Dr. Arroway hypothesizes that the message could be an "Encyclopaedia Galactica", a concept envisioned by
Carl Sagan
as well, featured prominently in the TV series
Cosmos
and meant to be a planetary database for all the worlds within the Milky Way Galaxy. The term originates from
Isaac Asimov
s science-fiction novel "Foundation".
c.
Sean Connery spent time underway aboard the USS Puffer (SSN 652) preparing for his role. He was given Commander status and allowed to give commands while underway (with the captain beside him.).
d.
Arsha Darbinyan
is in real life the mother of
Mihran Konanyan
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
2010 Feature Screenplay Finalists: A Night of Horror International Film Festival.
b.
David Hewitt, the character played by
Richard Carlson
, does not appear at all in the play. He was added to provide a love interest for Alexandra Giddens (
Teresa Wright
s character), and to add another sympathetic male character to the film besides Horace Giddens (played by
Herbert Marshall
).
c.
Sarah Raley-Dale
, who plays the bride, was actually a bride on The Today Show in 2005 when "The Today Show Throws A Hometown Wedding"!
d.
The long shot of Ellie as a child running up the stairs to get medicine for her father starts off on the stairs and rounds a corner, down the hall, into the bathroom and out of the medicine cabinet mirror a shot that is practically impossible. The shot was actually filmed as a normal shot would have been and then flipped and placed in the mirror which, at the time of shooting was a blue screen placement in the cabinet.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
Jenny McCarthy
, when her popularity was boosted when she hosted
Singled Out
, tried to audition for the role of Eleanor.
b.
Happy Madison (2000) regulars
Allen Covert
,
Jonathan Loughran
and
Nick Swardson
make cameos. Covert is a waiter, Loughran is a drag queen in jail, and Swarsdon is a photographer.
c.
Justin Waters ad-libbed a majority of his lines.
d.
The character of Andre Baptiste is loosely based on famous warlord, and ex-leader of Liberia, Charles Taylor.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Contact (1997)?
a.
The pool from which Logan and Jessica emerge when they re-enter the city is the famous "Esther Williams" tank at MGM.
b.
President
Bill Clinton
s appearance was taken from an actual press conference on the White House South Lawn in 1997. His remarks were regarding the real-life discovery of an arctic meteorite discovered to be from Mars.
c.
In the late 1980s, Carolco Pictures bought the film rights of X-Men from Marvel.
James Cameron
was set to produce, along with his production company Lightstorm Entertainment, which was in line to distribute. Well-known X-Men Comic book writer
Chris Claremont
was involved in meetings with X-Men creator
Stan Lee
,
James Cameron
, and executives at Carolco about the project. After
James Cameron
moved on to the
Spider-Man
project and Carolco went bankrupt, the rights became available and were purchased by 20th Century Fox.
d.
Charles Bronson
turned down the role of Billy Madisons father.
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