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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dune (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dune (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984).
About the movie:
In the distant future, a man appears who may be the prophet that a long-suffering galaxy has been waiting for.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
John Fergusons apartment is located at the corner of Jones and Lombard, just one block west of the famed steep switchback block of Lombard Street.
b.
Some scenes were filmed in the same location and at the same time as scenes from
Conan the Destroyer
.
c.
During the fight scene in which Tiffany Shepis kicks her opponent in the face, she misgauged her kick and punctured the actors lip with the stiletto heel of her boot. She later blamed the stunt coordinator, whod rehearsed the scene while Shepis was bare-footed.
d.
The "giant vampire bats" that are shown in the movie were actually fruit bats; vampire bats are a lot smaller.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
The film was at one time intended for a June 2006 release, but was pushed back to December 2006 to avoid competition with two other films from Nickelodeon Movies -
Nacho Libre
and
Barnyard
.
b.
M. Night Shyamalan
: [self] Acting in his movies. His character, "Vick Ran", is a reference to
Vikram Seth
, an Indian author.
c.
John Hurt
was offered the part of Dr Yueh.
d.
The only Universal picture until
The Wolf Man
to introduce the major characters during the opening credits, and the actors playing them, with brief clips from the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Pam Ferris
would often stay in character when the director called cut in an attempt to actually scare the children on set so that their fear would be genuine when the camera was rolling.
b.
One scene called for Duke Leto (
Jürgen Prochnow
) to be strapped to a black stretcher and drugged. During one take, a high-powered bulb positioned above Prochnow exploded due to heat, raining down molten glass. Remarkably, Prochnow was able to free himself from the stretcher, moments before glass fused itself to the place he had been strapped. During the filming of the dream sequence, the Baron (
Kenneth McMillan
) approached Leto, who had special apparatus attached to his face so that green smoke would emerge from his cheek when the Baron scratched it. Although thoroughly tested, the smoke gave Prochnow first and second degree burns on his cheek. This sequence appears on film in the released version.
c.
This was the last Abbott and Costello film to be directed by
Arthur Lubin
. Like their previous collaborations, this became one of the biggest hits of the year.
d.
In keeping with the Disney tradition, several of the puppies were given "hidden Mickeys". This was an alteration of one or two spots that were changed to look like Mickey Mouses silhouette.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Director
David Lynch
and producer
Raffaella De Laurentiis
arranged a screen test in New York with
Sean Young
for the role of Chani. Youngs agent never told Young about the meeting, and she was in fact booked on a flight that evening to Los Angeles. Lynch and De Laurentiis missed their flight back to Los Angeles, and ended up catching the same plane as Young. During the flight, De Laurentiis noticed Young and told Lynch, "I bet that girls an actress." A stewardess told the pair that her name was "Sean Young", and De Laurentiis confronted Young about standing him and Lynch up. The misunderstanding sorted out, the three ended up drinking champagne and reading the script together upon returning to Los Angeles.
b.
When
Peter Farrelly
chose the group, Hootie & The Blowfish to re-record the Orpheus classic "Cant Find The Time", the sheet music that was provided by the songs publisher contained errors in the lyrics. Hootie recorded the song mistakes and all - and it was not until the band invited the songwriter on stage during a show that they learned they had been singing the wrong lyrics.
c.
Santas reflection can be seen in the sleigh bell for just a few seconds, when it is shown in close-up, after Hero Boy places the bell on the table, at the films end.
d.
There was some initial resistance to casting
Sally Field
as MLynn, because the producers thought no one would believe her as the mother of a 22-year-old until she pointed out that, in real life, she had a 22-year-old son.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Dwayne is actually from a previous marriage of Sheryls. She says toward the beginning "he visited his dad in Florida", and a wedding photo is shown with him in it, but much younger. Olive however is not, because her last name is Hoover, the same as her fathers.
b.
Russ Tamblyn
(Riff) was dubbed for "The Jet Song" by
Tucker Smith
, who played Ice, his lieutenant in the movie.
c.
Number of production crew came to a total of 1,700. Dune required 80 sets built upon 16 sound stages. More than 6 years in the making, it required
David Lynch
s work for three and a half years.
d.
Ranked #6 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Mystery" in June 2008.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
The tendons visible when Paul hooks the worm were made from condoms.
b.
The floatplane in the opening sequence has the registration prefix "OB-", which indicates that the action takes place in Peru.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 21, 1941 with
Bette Davis
,
Herbert Marshall
and
James Stephenson
reprising their film roles.
d.
Though
Sandra Bullock
is well renowned for her role, she has less than 6 minutes of actual screen time throughout the entire film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Some special effects scenes were filmed with over a million watts of lighting, drawing 11,000 amps.
b.
Although the time allocated to do all the graphics work (head changes etc.) was just over two weeks, it was in fact completed in just under two days thanks to new software that had just came on the market.
c.
The comics vary on why the Green Lantern Abin Sur travelled in a spaceship when his ring could sustain him in space. The early comics say it was to prevent unnecessarily using the power on his ring; later versions presented him with a prophecy that his ring would fail him (which ironically came true at the moment his ship malfunctioned).
d.
For
Michael Chiklis
s performance as the Thing, a new set of prosthetics were developed. These prosthetics were easier for Chiklis to wear, as they provided better ventilation and could be easily removed, in comparison to the previous films prosthetics which required six hours to apply, were uncomfortable and could not be easily removed.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Budgeted at a mere $225,000, which was extremely low even by RKO standards, this picture netted a relatively amazing $262,000 in profits.
b.
The film was shot on a schedule consisting of only 12 days. And on a budget of $40,000.
c.
Producer
Frank Marshall
stated that the film would be shot the same way as the previous three - with stunt men, and using CGI only when necessary. Before the film entered production
Steven Spielberg
corroborated these claims, but during filming the decision was made to employ more CGI than had originally been anticipated (Spielberg estimated at the time that about 30% of VFX would have to be CGI).
d.
The inspiration for the design of the stillsuits was the medical textbook "Grays Anatomy".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
The song that plays over parts of the opening and closing credits is "Weatherman", co-written by George Fenton (I) and director
Harold Ramis
.
b.
Ridley Scott
worked on bringing the film to the screen, but was unsuccessful.
H.R. Giger
(who worked with Scott on
Alien
) was hired as a production designer.
c.
Though much of the action takes place in two different canyons, all scenes for both were shot in the fabled Bronson Canyon; the famous cave was used in the "second" one.
d.
Produced for a very modest $1.2 million, the film racked up outrageously large grosses in its limited release. Debuting in Detroit, it hit New York City at Thanksgiving and earned $3.109m, holding screens until the end of the year.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Gwyneth Paltrows film debut.
b.
Two hundred workers spent two months hand-clearing three square miles of Mexican desert for location shooting.
c.
Sönke Möhring
: Besides playing Pvt. Butz, Möhring also appeared as Gestapo officer Walter Frazer with the French girlfriend at the bistro with Fredrick and Shosanna.
d.
The whole of the films dialog is spoken in verse.
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