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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Escape from L.A. (1996) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Escape from L.A. (1996) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996).
About the movie:
Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
Marilyn Monroe
played Cherie, a role that
Kim Stanley
originated on Broadway. Two years later, Stanley played a thinly-veiled version of Monroe in the
The Goddess
.
b.
The "male" bovines having udders was explained in the October 2006 issue of Nickelodeons official magazine, "Nick Magazine". In the letters page, one reader asked about the anatomically-incorrect cows(bovine) and whether or not it was intentional or not, and the magazine explained that the movies director "thought it would be funny for the male cows(bulls) to have udders".
c.
At the beginning of the film,
Kurt Russell
wears his costume from the original film, which still fits after 15 years.
d.
The instrument panel tones are the original, bridge sound effects from the series, only more digitally synthesized.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
Jason Mewes
,
Kevin Smith
: Jay and Silent Bob, the popular drug dealer characters from
Clerks.
and other movies, appear as tourists visiting Sunrise Studios who spot Gale Weathers and mistake her for
Connie Chung
.
b.
Kane Hodder
(Jason Voorhees), in seen walking into 1428 Elm Street. This was the address that Nancy lived in, in the original
A Nightmare on Elm Street
.
c.
The First Film to be produced in Str8nime, named for its 8 bit animation, Japanese Animation, and Strangeness.
d.
There are several references to Snake Plissken and the city of Cleveland. This is an in-joke reference to a friend of
John Carpenter
s who knew a guy from Cleveland named Snake Plissken; this is supposedly where Carpenter got the name for the character when he was writing
Escape from New York
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
Masao Maki
, who plays the Indian chief, is actually the owner of Sushi Zanmai in downtown Boulder, where UCB is located and where
Trey Parker
and
Matt Stone
attended college while this movie was being made.
b.
Screenings were often picketed by protesters, especially in Britain, where parliament quickly denounced the film.
c.
During the climactic battle scene, when
Steve Buscemi
s character is hanging off the helicopter, several stores are visible in the matte shot behind him. One of the prominent buildings is clearly marked "Miniatures", a reference to the filmmaking technique.
d.
According to
Gedde Watanabe
(Long Duk Dong) there was a deleted scene where he sings at the dance.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
The film used students from Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle, N.Y. as extras
b.
Judy Garland
scoffed at the idea of portraying yet another teenager (she was 21 when filming began) and wanted nothing to do with the film. Her mother even went to MGM chief
Louis B. Mayer
on her behalf. However,
Vincente Minnelli
convinced her to play the part of Esther Smith, and Judy later fell in love with the story. In her later years she considered it one of her favorite roles.
c.
During filming a crew member commented to
Martin Kemp
what a great job the makeup department had done on the prosthetics that made it look like the veins in his forehead were bulging out. Kemp was confused, as he was not wearing any prosthetic makeup. The bulging veins were actually the result of an undiagnosed brain tumor.
d.
During the hijacking, Utopia is wearing a big pin on her suit that says "True Love Waits", according to the virginity pledge of the TLW program.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
This movie was released the same year as the similarly themed movie
Little Darlings
.
b.
It took only 66 days for the film to pass the $250 million mark at the box office.
c.
Cut from the release print was a ballad called "Blue Shadows and White Gardenias" (music and lyrics by
Mack Gordon
and
Harry Owens
), sung by
Betty Grable
and
Victor Mature
(dubbed by
Ben Gage
). The melody remains in the background score.
Bing Crosby
, for Decca Records, waxed a version issued originally on a 78.
d.
(
Wyatt Russell
): The orphan in the cap that Snake Plissken makes eye contact with while being escorted down the hallway was played by
Kurt Russell
s son.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
The movie was a notorious failure on release, making around $25 million (just half its budget) at the US box office. Many reviews criticized the film for being too violent or for being too similar to the original film.
b.
Stars
Alan Tudyk
and
Peter Dinklage
were the only American actors in the film.
c.
A mixture of red and blue food coloring mixed with caramel syrup was used for the fake blood, which - contrary to most movie blood - actually looks real.
d.
The film marked
Steven Spielberg
s first return to Cannes since
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
Final theatrical featured directed by
Burt Reynolds
until
The Last Producer
, a gap of fifteen years. That movie was not theatrically released but during the interim Reynolds did direct in television.
b.
Walt Disney
had been trying to buy the film rights to
J.M. Barrie
s play since 1935 having been smitten by a traveling production of the play when he was a child. The hold-up in negotiations was because Barrie had bequeathed the rights to Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children in London. Disney finally secured the rights in 1939.
c.
Escape From LA was caught in development hell for over ten years. A script for the film was first commissioned in 1985 but
John Carpenter
thought it "too light, too campy". It remained dormant until Carpenter and
Kurt Russell
got together with frequent collaborator
Debra Hill
. It was Russells persistence that got the film made. Snake Plissken was his favourite character, a character he loved and wanted to play again.
d.
187 is the police code for homicide.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
Kurt Russell
practiced playing basketball between scenes as he wanted to make all of his shots legitimately in the basketball scene later on. He made all of those shots purely on his own talent, even the full-court one.
b.
The reindeer who played Prancers real name was Boo.
c.
The film was originally to have been directed by
Viktor Tourjansky
, but it took such a long time getting the script together that he moved on to another project.
George W. Hill
then took over, but the studio was dissatisfied with the way it turned out.
Clarence Brown
was brought in and wound up reshooting almost all of it.
d.
Chapter Titles: 1. Dynamite! 2. The Maddened Herd 3. The Brink of Disaster 4. The Phantom Rides 5. Trapped by Outlaws 6. Shot Down 7. Stark Terror 8. The Night Attack 9. The Indian Raid 10. Human Targets 11. The Shaft of Doom 12. Flaming Gold 13. Crashing Timbers 14. The Last Chance 15. The Outlaws Vengeance
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
The large Aiwha creature, briefly seen flying out of the waves of Kamino, was originally designed by
Ralph McQuarrie
for
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
. In that film, the air-whale would have been seen on Bespin. Subsequently, it was proposed as desert mounts for the Sarlaac scene in
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
and then to be used by the Gungan in
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
.
b.
The revolver that Malone uses is a Mateba Model 6 Unica, an automatic revolver, one of only a few such models ever produced.
c.
The story line is based on
Carrie Fisher
s own life and battle with fame, family and addiction.
d.
According to an interview with
John Carpenter
,
Kurt Russell
not only came up with but wrote the entire ending of the movie.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Escape from L.A. (1996)?
a.
After filming the Academy Award scene where Esther/Vicki is inadvertently slapped by a drunken Norman Maine, the whole side of
Judy Garland
s face was bruised.
b.
Sam J. Jones
was cast in the role after being spotted by the mother-in-law of
Dino De Laurentiis
on an episode of
The Dating Game
c.
This movies closing epilogue states: "In 1979, more than one million undocumented aliens were apprehended crossing the border into The United States. It is estimated more than twice that number of undocumented aliens successfully enter this country every year."
d.
White Zombie
contributed the track "The One" written specifically for the soundtrack to Escape From L.A.. White Zombies frontman
Rob Zombie
later went on to direct a remake of
John Carpenter
s
Halloween
.
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