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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dante's Peak (1997) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dante's Peak (1997) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997).
About the movie:
A vulcanologist arrives at a countryside named Dante's Peak after a long dormant volcano, which has recently been named the second most desirable place to live in America, and discovers that Dante's Peak, may wake up at any moment.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997)?
a.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Paul Dreyfus (
Charles Hallahan
) falls into the white lava (mud flow) when the bridge tips over.
b.
Vincent Sherman
wanted
Eleanor Parker
for the role of Deidre, but the studio stuck with original director
Edmund Goulding
s choice of
Dolores Moran
for the part.
c.
Mayor Finsgtals character is based on a Teachers assistant that the Director had in high school, who kicked him out of class.
d.
The scene where Marty and Jennifer kiss on the porch was the only scene shot while Part II was being made.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997)?
a.
The song "Gee Officer Krupke" was banned by the BBC because of its mentions of drug use and sexual ambiguity.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
In order to keep costs down, several porn actresses, such as
Abigail Clayton
, were hired to play the victims and other minor female roles.
d.
The close-ups of the pyro-clastic cloud erupting were done in a car park with giant gas pumps under a volcano set, which pumped masses of dark-grey cloud 5 or 6 times per second.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 11, 1937 with
Barbara Stanwyck
,
John Boles
,
Anne Shirley
and
Barbara ONeil
reprising their film roles.
b.
Scottys apartment actually exists, and it boasts the improbably stunning view of Coit Tower through its living room window, which looms over Scotty and Madeleine in the apartment scenes. True aficionados can find it (near Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco) by positioning themselves in the same relation to the tower that is seen through the window.
c.
When the volcanic lava begins to destroy the mountain cabin, everyone runs to get onto a small boat. When filming this the first time, the boat sank. Jamie Renee Smith (Lauren) could not swim and Pierce Brosnan held her until a crew member pulled her from the water.
d.
William Holden
refused to do the dance sequence unless he was given an $8,000 "stuntman premium" and was allowed to do the scene while under the influence of alcohol. He didnt believe the studio would do either, but they wound up allowing both. In that scene he is actually intoxicated, and it still remains one of only four movies that he ever danced in (the others being
Sabrina
,
Dear Ruth
and
Sunset Blvd.
), and one of the most memorable scenes in the movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997)?
a.
Dedicated to Wolfgang Gullich,
Sylvester Stallone
s double in the film, who was killed in a car accident shortly after filming had finished.
b.
All of the insert shots for the cave scenes were shot in Director
Lee Fanning
s kitchen. Buckets of dirt were brought in to reconstruct the caves floor.
c.
The dam the white lava spills over took four months to build.
d.
Keep watching after the end credits.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997)?
a.
Roger Donaldson
had not met
Pierce Brosnan
before the making of Dantes Peak. He had seen Brosnan play James Bond in
GoldenEye
, and the two got to know each other before filming of Dantes Peak commenced.
b.
Second of five movie pairings of
Clark Gable
and
Jean Harlow
.
c.
The real-life John Scopes upon whom the Bertram Cates was based had an unusual epilogue of his own. After the famous trial, he was approached by a representative of the University of Chicago, which offered him a scholarship for graduate study in geology. Scopes then did geological field work in Venezuela for Gulf Oil of South America, and went on to make a name for himself in the field of geology.
d.
Charlotte Rampling
had a role as a hitchhiker whom Kowalski met while en route, but her scenes were deleted before the US release. The scenes were re-inserted for the UK release. The DVD release includes both the US and UK versions.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dante's Peak (1997)?
a.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 27, 1953 with
Betty Hutton
reprising her film role.
b.
Roger Donaldson
was attracted to the project, having once been a geology student.
c.
Kim Stanley
was originally announced to play role of the astronauts stripper widow, a part that ultimately went to
Barbara Nichols
.
d.
The scene in the video shop with
Joan Chen
features a shot of the video for
The Last Emperor
. Chen starred in that movie.
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