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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Courage Under Fire (1996) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Courage Under Fire (1996)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996).

About the movie: A US Army officer, despondent about a deadly mistake he made, investigates a female chopper commander's worthiness for the Medal of Honor.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		Matt Damon lost 40 pounds for his role in the movie.
b.		Ryan Stiles also appeared in the original Hot Shots!, but played a different character.
c.		Had the film been distributed under its original title, "Cheap", the film would have been advertised as "Roger Cormans Cheap!" When Corman realized that the title was a shot at his production techniques, he asked that the title be changed.
d.		The play opened in New York City, New York, USA on 1 January 1934 and ran for 154 performances. In the opening night cast were Guy DEnnery, George Lessey, J.C. Nugent and Elisabeth Risdon.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		Maxs futuristic-looking wristwatch is a stock Casio model DW-400.
b.		The high school scenes briefly depicted in the film is North Miami Senior High School, in North Miami, Florida.
c.		In some of the background scenes in the training camp, cadets from Texas A&M University were used as extras.
d.		The car that Oliver owns in the movie is a 1960 Morgan Roadster (known to collectors as a Morgan 4/4). The car was really crushed in the film and was purchased by a man named Bill Caruso of Hartford, CT, who restored it with the intention of racing it at Limerock Park, however he died before he could. It was purchased by auto enthusiast Wayne Carini for his show "Chasing Classic Cars".

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		Poindexter (Timothy Busfield) knows how to say "bite my crank" in at least two languages: Spanish and Seminole.
b.		Jodie Foster claims that during the first meeting between Lecter and Starling, Anthony Hopkinss mocking of her southern accent was not rehearsed and that Hopkins improvised it on the spot. Fosters reaction of horror was totally genuine, as she felt personally attacked, though she later thanked Hopkins for generating such an honest reaction.
c.		The scene where Savage is yelling, "Michael, theres rats in here, Michael" as he is stuck in the river is actually Savage yelling at the director Michael Cimino because of his fear of rats which were infesting the river area. He was yelling for the director to pull him out of the water because of the rats... it looked real and they kept it in.
d.		The basic concept of the movie is borrowed from Rashômon.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		Several cast members performed musical and comedy routines for the rest of the cast and crew on the nights no filming took place.
b.		The filmmakers chartered the Seabourn Legend for 6 weeks. Additional scenes were filmed using a false prow built onto the freighter Sturgeon Atlantic.
c.		The movies poster was as #14 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
d.		To prepare for his part in the film, Denzel Washington met with two combat veterans from the Gulf War to ask about their experiences there and any particular memories that had stuck with them since the war

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		A scene was filmed with Dudley Moore appearing in drag as Max Shadys mother, testifying at Lanas trial. Although the scene was cut from the movie, it is included on the DVD release.
b.		Loosely inspired by the 3 October 1993 incident in Mogadishu, Somalia, where a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down and two Delta Force operatives sacrificed their lives to save the pilot, later receiving the Medal of Honor. The story of the incident is told in detail in Black Hawk Down
c.		When Randy is playing blackjack, Michael Buffer is seen in the background
d.		Make-up artist Barney Burman supervised the makeup for the aliens in the film. His team had to rush the creation of many of the aliens, because originally the majority of them were to feature in one major scene (to express the variety of life in the universe). Towards the end of filming, however, J.J. Abrams deemed the scene too similar to the Star Wars cantina sequence, and decided to dot the designs around the film.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		The MPAA ordered 10 frames of blood removed from the film before granting it an R rating.
b.		Addison Randall was killed in a horseback riding accident early in the serials filming. He was replaced by Milburn Stone.
c.		Director Bobcat Goldthwait and actor Geoff Pierson (who plays the principal) starred together in the television series "Unhappily Ever After" in 1995.
d.		In order to lose the required amount of weight for the present day scenes, Matt Damon went on a strict regimen of food deprivation and physical training. This caused his health to become so frail that he was put on medical supervision for several months after the shoot. However, his efforts didnt go unnoticed: director Francis Ford Coppola was so impressed by Damons display of method acting, that he offered him the leading role in The Rainmaker. While making Good Will Hunting, after regaining his healthy weight, Damon met Steven Spielberg (who was then casting Saving Private Ryan). Spielberg told Damon that he had loved his performance in "Courage Under Fire" and had wanted to hire him to play Pvt. Ryan, but was afraid that Damon was too skinny. Once Spielberg saw Damon at his normal weight, he hired him for Ryan.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		Heather Deeley was originally cast to play the role of Candy Kane.
b.		A Rolls-Royce Phantom was destroyed while trying to get shots of the van driving. It drove off a cliff. The stunt driver, luckily, was not hurt because he wasnt actually in the car. Producers still arent sure how the car was moving in the first place.
c.		The tanks are British Centurions with sheet metal added to make them look like M1A1 Abrams tanks; they were shipped from Australia when the US Department of Defense withdrew their cooperation.
d.		Of the five characters encoring from the first Lost Skeleton film (The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra), all but Dr. Paul Armstrong wear the same costumes they did in the original.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		Christopher Plummer intensely disliked working on the film. Hes been known to refer to it as "The Sound of Mucus" or "S&M" and likened working with Julie Andrews to "being hit over the head with a big Valentines Day card, every day." Nontheless, he and Andrews have remained close friends ever since.
b.		Elmer Fudd chases Bugs and Daffy through three of the worlds most famous paintings: "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat (displayed at The Art Institute of Chicago), "The Persistence of Memory" by Salvador Dalí (Museum of Modern Art, New York) and "The Scream" by Edvard Munch (Oslos Munch Museum. On August 31, 2006, Norwegian police announced that the painting stolen in August 2004 had been recovered.).
c.		Camerons fathers Ferrari wasnt a real Ferrari. Because it was too expensive to rent one, they made three fake ones with a fiberglass body.
d.		The Iraqi battle scenes were filmed at the Indian Cliffs Ranch, located just outside El Paso, Texas. Many of the props were left there and became a tourist attraction.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		The Jacket is based on the story "The Star Rover" by Jack London which in turn was based on his interviews with Ed Morrell, who whilst in prison at San Quentin was tortured, often with a very tight straitjacket which constricted his chest, breathing and blood flow. In order to cope with this he quickly learned self-hypnosis similar to what Jack Starks goes through.
b.		This not only marks the first time Ken Watanabe starred in an American-made film, but it is also the first time he spoke English in a film.
c.		The character George, the biker boyfriend played by Aaron Eckhart, was based on Erins Mexican-American biker boyfriend Jorge. Erin and Jorge did break up, but he did not leave her life. He was hired as a full time live-in nanny for Erins children for several years, paid for by the law firm so that she would have more time to devote to her work.
d.		This was the first movie produced by Fox 2000 Pictures to be released in theatres.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Courage Under Fire (1996)?
a.		In May 2004, it was first rumored that David Fincher was set to direct the movie. It was confirmed a year and a month after.
b.		Selma Blair who plays the role of the young freshman Cecile is older than both Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe by 5 and 3 years respectively.
c.		The White House rose garden set was destroyed twice: once by a tornado, and once by a sandstorm.
d.		Michael Moore wrote the screenplay during the first Gulf War, in reaction to what he felt was the US governments manipulation of the media in supporting Operation Desert Storm.

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