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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Executive Decision (1996) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Executive Decision (1996) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996).
About the movie:
When terrorists seize control of an airliner, an intelligence analyst accompanies a commando unit for a midair boarding operation.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
The interior of the Brewster trailer - Unit #3 - is the set that had been built for the MGM movie
The Long, Long Trailer
. The exterior of the trailer however is not the same New Moon model.
b.
Both
Connie Gilchrist
and
Grant Withers
(as Mr. and Mrs. Dunlap) are in studio records/casting call lists for this movie, but were not seen in the final print.
c.
Originally
Halle Berry
refused the part in this movie, but said yes when she was offered $1million for the job. This was her first $1million payment for a film.
d.
At one point you can barely hear someone in a crowd of background voices yelling "This movie sucks. It really sucks."
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
When
Kurt Russell
and
John Rixey Moore
are in the straight tail Beechcraft Bonanza, the planes tail number is N2TS. This is John Rixey Moores personal airplane. Both actors are shown in the actual planes interior.
b.
Tobey Maguire
and
Jake Gyllenhaal
play the brothers in this film. Maguire nearly had to decline the lead role in
Spider-Man 2
due to back injuries, and Gyllenhaal was the top choice to replace him.
c.
The films supervising editor
Margaret Booth
was also the original editor of
Camille
which is featured prominently in this film.
d.
The Junkers Ju 52 used in the film was still in use with the Swiss air force at the time. The Swiss also supplied the T-6 Texan trainers posing as "German fighters."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
The passenger manifest that is seen by
Halle Berry
is an American Airlines manifest.
b.
In the original script, the name of the school was
Barbara Bush
High School.
c.
Peter Weir
attended The Scots College, a private boys school in Sydney. The uniforms, discipline and overall feel of the school translated into many of the films scenes. In 1994 a stage production of the film, the first in the world authorized by Touchstone Pictures, was put on by the school. Peter Weir attended the opening night and spoke about the making of the film.
d.
Professor Z is a Zündapp Janus, a strange German microcar made by the Zündapp motorcycle company from 1957-1958. The name Janus came from the Roman god, based on the unusual design of having the doors at the front and rear - passengers in the rear faced backwards. It had a 250cc engine with an optimistic top speed of around 50MPH and, due to the unusual weight configuration, handled very poorly.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
The only surviving print resides at the UCLA film Archive.
b.
Stuart Baird
s directorial debut.
c.
The film was shot in 7 half-days over 2 weeks.
d.
Seann William Scott
s feature film debut.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
Audiences liked the character of Beck (
John Leguizamo
) so much that they were so disappointed to see him killed off. The director took this as an advantage and shot a close up of Becks body hit the snow with the bloody bullet wound through his forehead.
b.
The works of de Sade read out in the film were actually written by
Doug Wright
.
c.
Writer/Director
T. Justin Ross
undergraduate thesis film
d.
The name of
Steven Seagal
s character, Austin Travis, is derived from the city of Austin, Texas, which is located in Travis County.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
Chris Tucker
improvised much of his dialogue as he normally does in his films.
b.
Don Burgess
reportedly stepped in as cinematographer when producer
Joel Silver
thought
Alex Thomson
was working too slowly.
c.
Ronnie Burn (I)s (adopted son of
George Burns
and
Gracie Allen
) final performance.
d.
In an effort to get the studio executives to commit to making the movie,
Zack Snyder
and his team scanned every image from
Frank Miller
s graphic novel into a computer. They then removed all of the dialogue and descriptive prose, and added simple animation to each frame (such as burning fire, moving clouds, sparkling eyes etc.). They then edited these shots together into what amounted to an animated comic strip, and Snyder hired his friend
Scott Glenn
to record a voice-over narration for the piece. Snyder brought the film to Warner Bros., but they said they needed more to convince them that the movie could work. As such, he decided to shoot a live-action test - a 90-second 360-degree continuous shot featuring a single Spartan killing several Persians. The combination of the animated comic images and the test convinced Warner Bros. that Snyder and his team were capable of making the movie. An extract from the animation as well as the entire test can be found as an Easter egg on disc 1 of the 2-Disc special edition DVD of the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
Nick Nolte
gained 50 pounds for his role as Brennan.
b.
Martha Raye
s final feature film.
c.
According to
John Leguizamo
in his autobiography,
Steven Seagal
physically attacked him during filming in an effort to scare the cast and crew.
d.
When filming the scene where the van goes in the water, the crew had to hire a helicopter to look at the water to make sure no manatees were present. It turned out that manatee do not like noise and the noise from the film crew was enough to keep them away anyway.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
Filming in Dominican Republic was suspended during October 2005 due to raucous behavior from the public and a shooting where the aggressor was injured.
b.
Like
Stargate
, this movie features a small military team sent into a dangerous and unprecedented situation along with a small number of civilian specialists. In that movie,
Kurt Russell
was the military team leader; this time hes a civilian.
c.
For reasons unknown,
Buster Keaton
did not receive a directing credit, although all involved in the film concur that he co-directed the film.
d.
David Mamet
worked on the film as a script doctor. He significantly re-wrote the script, making major changes to character and dialogue from
J.D. Zeik
s original. There was a dispute between the studio, the director and the WGA over the credit, with MGM and the WGA insisting that Zeik be given story credit and billing over Mamet. They wouldnt back down and so Mamet asked that his name either be removed or placed under a pseudonym. The credits of the film now read as "Story by
J.D. Zeik
. Screenplay by
J.D. Zeik
and Richard Wiesz".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
Had
Rosario Dawson
turned down the role of Becky,
Kevin Smith
s wife,
Jennifer Schwalbach Smith
wouldve played the part.
b.
Ferris laments not having his own car, but does at least own a synthesizer which cost $8,000 in 1984.
c.
The F-14 Tomcats that intercept the 747 are actual US Navy Tomcats that the Navy agreed to use in the movie. The aircraft were from the squadron VF-84 Jolly Rogers, and the filming of this movie was one of the squadrons last official duties before being disbanded.
d.
Up until the release of
The Passion of the Christ
in 2004,
The Ten Commandments
was the highest grossing religious epic in history, earning over $65.5 million in 1956. (This translates into $446 million $446,000,000 numerically, in current figures and inflation, throughout the years.)
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Executive Decision (1996)?
a.
The original soundtrack was fully composed by Saint Etienne, the distributors wanted a more typical sound. So many of Saint Etiennes tracks are cut or barely audible.
b.
The face of
Steven Seagal
was added on German cinema posters/VHS covers to attract more viewers, as he is quite popular there.
c.
All Police Officers depicted in this movie are from the fictional 53rd Precinct. This Precinct was also used in the television series
Car 54, Where Are You?
and
Baretta
.
d.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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