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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dune (1984) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Dune (1984) - Part (3) 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.
Most of the "actresses" playing prostitutes in the film are real-life prostitutes.
b.
The actors were given no more than a 35-page outline of the mythology behind the plot before shooting began. All lines were improvised and nearly all the events in the film were unknown to the three actors beforehand, and were often on-camera surprises to them all.
c.
Pooh Bearss (Vincent DOnofrio (I)) fire place at his compound is actually made of Styrofoam.
d.
It was first intended to the shoot all the studio material in the UK. But all of the three big studios were totally full.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
This film was shot in 14 days.
b.
David Lynch
has said he considers this film the only real failure of his career. To this day, he refuses to talk about the production in great detail, and has refused numerous offers to work on a special edition DVD. Lynch claims revisiting the film would be too painful an experience to endure.
c.
Other than Harry causing Voldemorts spell to backfire, the only good character depicted as directly killing Death Eaters is Molly Weasley.
d.
It was Jack Hawkins suggestion that the film be shot in Ceylon, rather than Burma.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
The sound of the demon leaving Regans body is actually the sound of pigs being herded for slaughter.
b.
Unlike many films featuring an appearance by a tiger, the tiger who starred in in this film was fully grown. Two years later, this same cat made a brief appearance on "Star Trek", in the episode "Shore Leave".
c.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
d.
Patrick Stewart
played Claudius in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
, a role that
Kyle MacLachlan
played in
Hamlet
.
Francesca Annis
played Hamlets mother Gertrude in a theatrical production. Appropriately, she was cast as Jessica in this film when the role was declined by
Glenn Close
, who played Gertrude in
Hamlet
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Gurney Halleck gives two quotations that are from the Old Testament of the Bible- Job 24:5 and Habbakkuk 1:9 - The first "Behold, as a wild ass in the desert go I forth to my work" - which he says as they arrive on Arrakis, Job 24:5. And "They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup as the east wind. And they shall gather the captivity of the sand." - Habbakkuk 1:9.
b.
California Gas & Electric (CG&E) in the film is a thinly veiled reference to Pacific Gas & Electric, (PG&E) which operates the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo County, California.
c.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on March 7, 1949 with
John Wayne
,
Joanne Dru
and
Walter Brennan
reprising their film roles.
d.
As part of the directors efforts at authenticity, two of the referees in the film - E.Y. Coley and B. Keith Harmon, who played the crooked referee - are actual officials with the Atlanta Area Football Officials Association.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Richard Stanley
wrote a sequel to the film, called "Hardware II: Ground Zero", and tried to get the project off the ground for a few years. The sequel would have been somewhat different than the original film, closer to a western, with a much larger scale. The project stalled because the rights to the original movie are split between several parties (among them Miramax and producer
Paul Trijbits
).
b.
Some of the modifications to the Enterprise-D bridge, namely the raised command platform, were originally made for the "Future Enterprise" as seen in the Next Generation series finale.
c.
Steve Cardenas
and
Johnny Yong Bosch
also did work as uncredited stunt men in the film and also doubled as Piranhatrons in certain parts of the film.
d.
David Lynch
turned down the chance to direct
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
to direct
Dune
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
When we first see the book "The Number 23" in the bookshop where Agatha buys it, the book is on the shelf facing out, not tucked in between any books. Because of this, 23 books are visible on the shelf behind it.
b.
Alejandro Jodorowsky
had originally planned on filming Dune in the early-70s, and had enlisted the help of
Jean Giraud
and
H.R. Giger
to create the movies visual style.
Salvador Dalí
was enlisted to play the part of the Emperor, and Jodorowsky also intended to cast his own son
Brontis Jodorowsky
as Paul,
David Carradine
as Duke Leto,
Orson Welles
as the Baron, and
Gloria Swanson
as the Benne Geserit Reverend Mother. The soundtrack was to be done by
Pink Floyd
. According to Jodorowsky, "The project was sabotaged in Hollywood. It was French and not American. Their message was not Hollywood enough. There was intrigue, plunder. The storyboard was circulated among all the big studios. Later, the visual aspect of
Star Wars
strangely resembled our style. To make
Alien
, they called Moebius Giraud, Foss, Giger, OBannon, etc. The project signaled to Americans the possibility of making a big show of science-fiction films, outside of the scientific rigor of
2001: A Space Odyssey
. The project of Dune changed our lives." Jodorowsky also planned on making numerous changes to the source material, including making Duke Leto a eunuch and the spice a blue sponge. Author
Frank Herbert
openly despised these concepts.
c.
Charlene Tilton
s film debut.
d.
The original conception of the "Thorn" cult apparently was much more in the vein of
Roman Polanski
s vision of the Satanists in
Rosemarys Baby
, more mundane and real-life, as opposed to what
Daniel Farrands
has called "the Temple of Doom version" in the final film, with underground lairs, altars, and robes and hoods.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Alec Guinness
was also offered the role of Noah.
b.
Originally allotted $44 million, the movies budget was later cut back to $25 million.
c.
The phone number that Meg dials to order pizza from Patsys Pizza is mentioned to be 579-3000. The area code for Manhattan is 212; the number 212-579-3000 is, in reality, for Patsys Pizzeria.
d.
While shooting on location in Mexico, filming came to a near-halt when most of the cast and crew came down with "Montezumas Revenge." The studio had to build a full cafeteria large enough to accommodate the entire cast and crew for every meal, as well as import all the food from the United States to keep the film on schedule.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Geoffrey Rush
directed the play that the asylum residents put on.
b.
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.
c.
Upon entering the music store in search of the Pick Of Destiny, KG (
Kyle Gass
) is seen wearing a
Trainwreck
t-shirt. Trainwreck is a group in which Gass is a vocalist and guitarist (under the pseudonym Klip Calhoun). He also produced the groups 2004 live album.
d.
The musical instrument played by
Patrick Stewart
, the "baliset", is actually a Chapman Stick, an electric guitar and bass created in the 1970s by
Emmett Chapman
, who plays the music we hear.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
According to the biography Five Easy Decades,
Jack Nicholson
at one point in the late 1970s considered directing Dune, but decided that it would be too much of an undertaking. He also turned down the role of Gurney Halleck.
b.
This film was pitched to Disney by
John Musker
and
Ron Clements
several times: (1) In 1985, during production on
The Black Cauldron
, but they ended up assigned to direct
The Great Mouse Detective
. (2) After directing
The Little Mermaid
, but they ended up assigned to direct
Aladdin
. (3) After directing
Aladdin
, but the studio wanted them to direct
Hercules
. Musker and Clements agreed to direct that film only if they were allowed to make Treasure Planet right after it.
c.
Marlon Brando
s Oscar for Best Actor was either lost or stolen. The award did show up later when Brando was contacted by a London auction house, intending to sell the item.
d.
The painting that is seen several times in the film depicting a man in a suit with an apple covering his face is "Son of Man," by
René Magritte
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Dune (1984)?
a.
Virginia Madsen
replaced
Anne-Louise Lambert
.
b.
During the filming of the showdown between Gino and Richie,
Steven Seagal
broke
William Forsythe
s nose when he shoved his face into the wall of the set.
c.
Lillian Gish
went to her grave denying that this film was racist, despite ongoing protests that it glorified the Ku Klux Klan and portrayed black people as unintelligent, ignorant brutes.
d.
Carrie Fisher
s screen debut.
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