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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Damnation Alley (1977) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Damnation Alley (1977) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Damnation Alley (1977)

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About the movie: In an post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors travel and find other settlements in huge custom designed all terrain vehicles.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		The script for "Arlington Road", written by Ehren Kruger, was discovered when it won the Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting competition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This film is only the sixth winner of the competition to actually be produced.
b.		For advertising purposes the Indian Motorcycle Co. donated eight "Chief" model motorcycles outfitted as California Highway Patrol bikes for use in the film, one of which was completely destroyed on purpose when crushed by a truck during a chase scene.
c.		The infamous armor-plated "killer cockroaches" are in fact Madagascar "hissing" cockroaches. In reality, they are three-inches long (as seen in the film), and are quite benign. They make the "hissing" sound to communicate with one another, and when they are agitated. Live roaches were used in close up shots, but rubber mock ups were used in the wide and group shots.
d.		The stage production of "Lil Abner" opened at the St. James Theater in New York on November 15, 1956 and ran for 693 performances. Edith (Edie) Adams won the 1957 Tony Award (New York City) for Supporting or Features Actress in a Musical for "Lil Abner" for portraying Daisy Mae. Stubby Kaye, Billie Hayes, Julie Newmar, Robert Karl and Hope Holiday recreated their stage roles in the movie version.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		The character of Nate, played by Jon Voight, is based on real-life former career criminal Edward Bunker.
b.		The film was shot in 13 days.
c.		Damnation Alley was 20th Century-Foxs big-budget science fiction project in 1976 while Star Wars was a little-publicized modest film in production for the studio at the same time.
d.		There wasnt a lot of improvisation in the film as it didnt suit this type of comedy well. Improvisation was instead mostly done during rehearsals.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		The rhyming slang used by Cary Grants character is a form of slang in which a word is replaced by a rhyming word, typically the second word of a two-word phrase (so stairs becomes "apples and pears"). The second word is then often dropped entirely ("Im going up the apples"), meaning that the association of the original word to the rhyming phrase is not obvious to the uninitiated. For example: "Sherman" for an American (Sherman tank = Yank). The exact origin of rhyming slang appears to be unclear, partly because it exists to some extent in many languages. In English, rhyming slang is strongly associated with Cockney speech from the East End of London.
b.		The 12-wheeled "Landmaster" vehicle used in the film was created by Jefferies Automotive in Universal City, California. Despite the appearance of two "Landmasters" in the film, only one was built at a cost of $300,000 in 1976. The Landmaster is powered by a 391 cubic-inch Ford industrial engine, and features a fully-functional, custom-built "tristar" wheel arrangement, which could actually help it "crawl" over boulders. It also used an innovative steering mechanism that guided the vehicle, not by the front wheels, but by "bending" the middle section with hydraulic rams to affect a turn. The Landmasters bodywork was made with 3/8-inch steel plating, which helped it tip the scales at over 10 tons. It was so tough, in fact, that it survived a 25-foot jump during testing with no damage. As of today, the original "Landmaster" is alive and well, and is currently in the hands of a private collector who purchased it in 2005. It has been restored to its original condition as seen in the film.
c.		The first scene filmed was the scene in which Sky Captain enters his office to find Polly waiting for him there.
d.		Producer Darrin Holender is the son of veteran film executive Irv Holender, who bought the assets of Edward L. Montoros Film Ventures International (FVI) in 1985. FVI was the theatrical distributor of the original The House on Sorority Row.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		Mary Pat Kelly first came upon this story while doing research about American soldiers in Ireland during World War II for a documentary on Ireland.
b.		When Fenton is digging the dungeon (from 50:18 to 51:37) his T-shirt is wrapped around his head. At 50:15 in the director commentary Bill Paxton says "These scenes were designed in the storyboards. It was described that hed put his T-shirt on his head by Brent Hanley." At 50:50 in the writer commentary Brent Hanley says "I like the shirt over the head. Thats actually really cool. I think Matt OLeary did that himself." Since David Ivie drew the storyboards, the T-shirt on the head might even have been Davids idea.
c.		One of the Daily Bugle newspapers features a headshot of Spider-Man that is actually from a promotional image for the comic book mini-series Marvels (1994), which was painted by Alex Ross (who painted the recap images in this films main title sequence).
d.		Originally published as a short story in the October 1967 issue of Galaxy Magazine which was later expanded into a novel in 1969, then into a movie in 1977.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		The smoke seen during the transformation of the Beast to the Prince is actually real smoke, not animated. It was originally used in The Black Cauldron and was re-used for Beauty and the Beast.
b.		This is the first movie ever to feature the now-popular Desert Eagle handgun, according to the guns manufacturer, Magnum Research, Inc., and Rick Washburn, the films weapons coordinator.
c.		Roger Zelazny, the author of the novel "Damnation Alley", hated the film version.
d.		The boat for which Buster Keaton is coxswain is called Damfino, the same name as the eponymous boat in his short movie The Boat.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		Escape In Time had 47 locations, shot on a JVC, 5 weeks of production 2 years of post. Orignal story written by Ron Hagg he called it Dream Scape, Escape In Time was only the working title but it stuck.
b.		One day, to mock Harold P. Warrens prima donna attitude to directing, one of the crew impersonated Erich von Stroheim, wearing a safari suit and barking out orders.
c.		Wanda (Traci Lords) tells off Toe-Joe when after he approaches her to take naked pictures. In real life, Traci Lords became infamous for appearing in pornographic films as a minor.
d.		The movie sat on the shelf at 20th Century Fox for some time after production was completed in 1976. Fox had high hopes for it on its release in 1977, expecting it to do better at the box office in comparison to Fox other sci-fi release scheduled for that year... Star Wars

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		The bizarre, colorful patterns in the sky seen during the post-war scenes were accomplished by filming lasers hitting various types of material, and using the blue sky in the live-action footage as a "key" to insert the resulting patterns. This time-consuming process is what kept the film in post-production longer than expected
b.		Producers Hill and Burt Lancaster had the film re-edited after director Robert Wise finished his cut. Wise left the film after this point for the rest of post-production.
c.		After the first day of shooting, when actor John Hurt was exposed for the first time to the inconveniences of having his make-up applied and walking around in it, he called his wife, saying, I think they finally managed to make me hate acting.
d.		This is the second film of Michael Caines to be remade with Jude Law in the starring role. Previously, Law appeared in Alfie.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		In September 1928, Warner Bros. Pictures purchased a majority interest in First National Pictures and from that point on, all "First National" productions were actually made under Warner Bros. control, even though the two companies continued to retain separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.
b.		Charles Bronson worked with wife Jill Ireland sixteen times in filmed productions but of the five "Death Wish" movies this was the only one "Death Wish" picture that they made together.
c.		50 San Francisco Police Department riot police had to be present at every location every day to deal with picketing gay and lesbian activists.
d.		The "Landmaster" later had a cameo in Phillip J. Roths A.P.E.X..

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		The horse used in most of the closeups was named "Longshot". Although "Trolley Boy" looked more like Secretariat overall, Longshot was deemed more "close-up friendly."
b.		Roland Youngs final project.
c.		Eric Mabius, Natasha Gregson Wagner, and Paula Marshall all auditioned for roles.
d.		The "Landmaster" later had a cameo in Chris Elliotts sitcom Get a Life in which it was an automatic newspaper-delivering machine (called the Paperboy 2000) that, of course, went haywire.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Damnation Alley (1977)?
a.		Made for the then considerable sum of $1.25 million, the production utilized over 2,000 extras. The knowledge that production began only a few months after the 1929 stock market crash puts into perspective the enormous gamble taken by Universal Pictures in making this film.
b.		After poor initial box office returns, was packaged as a double feature with the similarly under-performing Wizards.
c.		Director Irving Rapper wanted Tyrone Power to play George Gershwin, but he was serving in the U.S. military during World War II and was therefore unavailable.
d.		This Italian-language drama was shot in northern New Jersey with members of a Sicilian-American theater company. It was made for the large Italian-speaking population of the northeastern US.

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