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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Earth vs. the Spider (1958) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Earth vs. the Spider (1958) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Earth vs. the Spider (1958).
About the movie:
Teenagers from a rural community and their high school science teacher join forces to battle a giant mutant spider.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Earth vs. the Spider (1958)?
a.
In one scene, one of the teenagers is seen with issue #1 of "Famous Monsters of Filmland".
b.
Presented as part of the Kraft Music Hall of the Air Program (Red Network of NBC) on Thursday, 6 October 1938, World-Premiered in Little Rock, Arkansas on 6 October 1938.
c.
By the time he got the script for this film,
Gregory Peck
was hungry to do a comedy (he had not been in a comedy on film) and jumped at this opportunity. He later said that, at the time, he felt like every romantic comedy script he had the chance to read "had the fingerprints of
Cary Grant
on it".
d.
Following on the heels of
Olivia Newton-John
s enormous success in
Grease
, this was meant to launch her career as a solo star. Its complete failure at the American box office ensured that this would be the one and only time she ever received top billing without a co-star in a theatrical release.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Earth vs. the Spider (1958)?
a.
This was filmed as "The Spider". Prior to completion, the title was changed to "Earth vs. The Spider" and that was used for the main title on the film itself. When
The Fly
became a blockbuster for 20th Century Fox, American International decided to ride on their success by changing the title back to simply "The Spider" on all advertising material. The main title on the film itself was never changed.
b.
George Clooney
and
Brendan Fraser
were considered for the part of Reed Richards.
c.
(At 1:33:07) Warren Stacy picks up the police radio and it says, "Code 6, Florence and Normandie". Nine years later the largest riot in Los Angeles history--also known as "The Rodney King Riots--would break out at that very same intersection.
d.
In the movie, Bruce Wayne is shown arriving at a fancy hotel in a Lamborghini Murciélago. The word "murciélago" is Spanish for bat (although the car itself was named after a prized bull owned by Don Antonio Miura, who had nothing to do with bats).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Earth vs. the Spider (1958)?
a.
Most Civil War scenes were based on actual photos of scenes they depict. However, postwar reconstruction scenes were not historically accurate, and many were in fact based on political cartoons rather than photographs (such as the legislature scenes).
b.
Paul Blaisdell had created a small makeup appliance ("about the size and weight of a postage stamp") meant to go on the live tarantulas back to make it look like it had "eerie, catlike" eyes, but this was never used.
c.
The Investigative Support Unit ("Mindhunters" is slang for the ISU) is the FBIs special force that has assisted state and local police in cracking some of the United States most notorious serial murder cases. Mindhunters specialize in understanding and profiling the chemistry and mechanical workings of the brain in these serial criminals. Mindhunters train in a multidisciplinary capacity, including highly demanding field training and research of such murderers as
Charles Manson
and
David Berkowitz
(the Son of Sam).
d.
Armie Hammer
studied
Jeremy Irons
performance in
Dead Ringers
to get an idea of how to play twin brothers.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Earth vs. the Spider (1958)?
a.
The last of Bert I. Gordons "giant special effects" features from the 1950s. He would not do another until 1965s "Village of the Giants."
b.
The name Bourne came from Ansel Bourne, a preacher in Rhode Island, the first documented case of "dissociative fugue", a condition not unlike dissociative amnesia or dissociative identity disorder (multiple personality disorder). One day in 1887 he forgot who he was, started a new life in Pennsylvania under the name Brown, and opened a convenience store. About three months later, he woke up and not only remembered his life as Bourne, but forgot all of his life as Brown... and needless to say was quite confused as to why he was in Pennsylvania.
c.
This is
Jerry OConnell
s motion picture debut.
d.
In 1966, Paramount Pictures distributed this film on a double bill with
Young Fury
starring
Rory Calhoun
and
Virginia Mayo
.
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