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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Doomsday (2008) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Doomsday (2008) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008).
About the movie:
A futuristic action thriller where a team of people work to prevent a disaster threatening the future of the human race.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
originally auditioned for the role of Elder Aaron Davis, but the producers gave him the role of Elder Ryder.
b.
The movie ad received complaints from Los Angeles Times readers, not because of what the readers could see but because the illustrated boy characters could see up the skirt of the illustrated girl character. A modified movie ad was run in the Los Angeles Times with the illustrated girls characters modesty protected by a lower skirt from the illustrated boy characters.
c.
Two DDS soldiers sent into Scotland are named "Miller" and "Carpenter".
George Miller
directed the "Mad Max" trilogy and
John Carpenter
directed
Escape from New York
and
Escape from L.A.
, all heavily influential to this film.
d.
Fred Armisen
was originally cast as Wayne Davidson before
Joe Lo Truglio
signed on.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
Almost every reverse angle shot following a desert vista was done on a soundstage due to budgetary constraints.
b.
When Sinclair and her troops first go over the wall into Glasgow, and explore the deserted streets right before theyre attacked, the scene pays homage to James Camerons
Aliens
. Both sets of troops ride around in an APC (Armoured Personnel Carrier) and they even get similar lines of dialogue when checking for a possible ambush, like "Check those corners."
c.
Lisa Loeb
s song, "Stay", was included on the soundtrack after
Ben Stiller
was given a tape of the song by
Ethan Hawke
, who was a personal friend of Loeb.
d.
Teds illegal, subterranean pot-grow house is, ironically enough, the very underground silo from the films prologue where marijuana was first declared criminal.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
The junction scene uses about 700 extras, most of them Afrikaans.
b.
"Coop", the 5th poker buddy who couldnt make it to that nights game is shown in the photo that Bolan looks at. He is "played" in the photo by the films writer/director Jeff Probst (I).
c.
The reasons why the film was made in black and white were mainly to differentiate it from
Rocky
as well as for period authenticity. Another reason was that
Martin Scorsese
didnt want to depict all that blood in a color picture.
d.
Miranda Nolan
:
Christopher Nolan
s cousin appears as an air hostess.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
The assault weapons used by the DDS troopers are (modified) Vektor CR-21 bullpup assault rifles, a product of South Africa, the major filming location of the movie.
b.
Originally slated as Direct-To-Video, this feature was upgraded to theatrical release.
c.
Shelley Winters
developed mixed feeling toward director
George Stevens
for making her look so unglamorous alongside
Elizabeth Taylor
. Her role, moreover, typecast her in mousy or brassy parts for years. Winters said she drove white Cadillac convertibles (similar to Taylors in the film) for years afterward to compensate for her intense feelings of inferiority while making the film.
d.
Original director was
Alex Segal
, who withdrew shortly before production began.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
Despite having many dangerous choreographed stunts, only two went wrong. A motorcycle rider was dragged when he meant to roll safely aside. He was not injured. Another was the man whom Sol punches in the face on the train platform; on a second take of the scene, the stuntmans nose was broken.
b.
According to
Robert Englund
, he based the physicality of Freddy on
Klaus Kinski
s performance in
Werner Herzog
s
Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht
. Englund also says on his DVD commentary that in his mind, the back-story for Freddy was based on something from his own childhood. On Valentines Day when Englund was in school, everyone in the class made Valentine cards for one another, but there was one boy who received no cards from anyone. Englund theorized that this boy went on to become Freddy.
c.
William Christopher
s movie debut.
d.
When
John Dillinger
s body was lying in the street outside the Biograph theater, many by-standers dipped handkerchiefs in his blood to keep as a souvenir.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
The town in which the film takes place was built from scratch in Canada.
b.
Scripts were printed by Zach Meade at Post-Net during his time of employment.
c.
One of the real-life officers who survived the battle was LT Rick Rescorla, who is the main figure on the cover of Gen. Moores book on which the movie was based. A biography of Mr. Rescorla very interesting life was published in the mid 2000s called Heart of Lion. He died in the 9/11 attacks while employed as head of security of Morgan Stanley, while making sure all the companys employees had gotten out pf the WTC (they had).
d.
The APC vehicles were manufactured with real steel plating and armor plated glass windscreens so that actors and stunt people could interact with them authentically. They took four or five weeks to design and ten weeks to build. Two were manufactured, and every piece of them was custom made. There was talk of buying similar vehicles that were being decommissioned, but it turned out to be cheaper to build their own from scratch.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
The car featured in the chase scene is a 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed. Bentley does not participate in product placement, so the films producers purchased three of the cars for approximately $150,000. One car was mistakenly driven into a gorge; the second was used for the lions share of the stunt shots. The filmmakers were astonished at how durable the car was despite the punishment it took; by the time filming concluded, the car only needed a cosmetic refit. Its frame and engine were all intact.
b.
This monster movie was produced by
Dino De Laurentiis
who around the time of the mid-1970s in the wake of
Jaws
produced a number of these movies featuring wild beasts. These movies included
King Kong
,
Orca
and
The White Buffalo
.
c.
Nearly all of the hotel scenes were shot at night to avoid disrupting hotel business.
d.
Although this movie carries the VITAPHONE trademark, in fact, the sound was looped onto the film by a sound-on-film process. This was the result of Warner Brothers having to carry the trademark of the obsolete process until it expired.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
During the Ichabod tale, the title character is frightened by some reeds whistling in the wind. The same drawings were first used in the Disney short
The Old Mill
.
b.
Two versions of the movie were shot. The first in early 1997 which featured the director Ron Bonk (acting under Chris Irvine) cast as the cameraman Rudy Reynolds with Debbie Rochon, Thomas Minlon, Tina Krause and Jerry OSullivan. The movie was re-shot in 1999 with a slew of different actors of Jason Reed, Lisa Chelezna, Chrissy Frick, and Bob Fullenbaum in a re-telling of the same story. Both versions were directed and photographed by Ron Bonk.
c.
Even though the film had a number of great songs, a soundtrack for this film was never released.
d.
Scottish Screen contributed 300,000 pounds towards the films budget.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
Director
Peter Bogdanovich
initially planned on playing the role of Winterbourne himself opposite his then-girlfriend Shepard, with
Orson Welles
taking on the duties of director. However, when Welles declined, Bogdanovich decided to direct the picture instead.
b.
Alexander Siddig
, playing the British PM, is the real-life nephew of
Malcolm McDowell
, playing a leading figure among the Scots in this picture.
c.
Countess Elizabeth Bathory did actually exist. However, for the perspective of the film, her story takes place in New Orleans, whereas historically she was located in Hungary.
d.
Kiefer Sutherland
, who has second billing in this film, is on screen for less than three minutes appearing at the very end even though his voiceover is heard throughout.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doomsday (2008)?
a.
Barclay shows LaForge a coil of copper wire to ask if it would work to fix the plasma coil. It is the same prop used in
Forbidden Planet
where a crew-member asks Commander Adams if it would work in building the transmitter.
b.
Though the film takes place in London and Scotland, most of principal photography was done in South Africa. The last scene shot on the continent before moving to the UK was the lengthy car chase with the Bentley crashing through the bus.
c.
Portions of this movie featuring
Joan Jett
were taken from an unfinished musical-comedy, "Were All Crazy Now" (directed by Bernard Girard).
d.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 8.7 seconds
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