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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Firefox (1982) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Firefox (1982) Quiz
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About the movie:
A pilot is sent into the Soviet Union on a mission to steal a prototype jet fighter that can be partially controlled by a neuralink
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
Because his role in the movie required him to speak some Russian,
Clint Eastwood
prepared by studying the language with resources provided by the US militarys Defense Language Institute in the Presidio of Monterey, California (which is just north of Carmel, where Eastwood lives).
b.
The golden oldie playing in the Doctors buried station wagon is a song by Bobby Bare, "Drop Kick me Jesus" - partial lyrics: "Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life / End over end neither left nor to right / Straight through the heart of them righteous uprights / Drop kick me Jesus through the goal posts of life."
c.
The actors do their own driving.
d.
In the original script outline, a tornado destroyed the theater before the cast ever got to perform the show.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
There is a neat in-joke in the film. When the French children find out that the character played by
Doris Day
is American, they ask her whether she knows
Rock Hudson
or
Cary Grant
- who had both been recent co-stars of the real Doris Day. Hudson costarred in
Pillow Talk
,
Lover Come Back
and
Send Me No Flowers
. Grant costarred in
That Touch of Mink
.
b.
Noah Hathaway
almost lost an eye during the fight-scene versus Gmork. One of the claws on his giant paws poked him in the face. The robot was also so heavy that he lost his breath as well when he was hit to the ground by it. They only made one shot due to the risk that he would get seriously wounded.
c.
When Alice and Mark look through the pile of newspapers, for a moment, the camera is set on an article regarding Amanda Kruegers death. In this article,
Robert Shaye
(Producer) is quoted as he says: "She was a victim of the evil within us all. I hope she will know peace in the life hereafter".
d.
The story is loosely based on an actual event in which a Soviet fighter pilot defected to Japan in the mid-70s.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
Vincents mother, Lucy Mancini, is the bridesmaid that Sonny has an affair with in "The Godfather".
b.
The original plan was to use a Swedish JA 37 Viggen jet fighter as the Soviet aircraft, but the Swedish government refused permission.
c.
In a separately filmed trailer, Vitaphone production reel #3718,
Billie Dove
talks to the audience about the movie.
d.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 30, 1946 with
Cary Grant
reprising his film role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
There are two references to
Friday the 13th Part 2
, which
Amy Steel
starred in: A cat scares Skip before he dies, just as it happens to Alice in
Friday the 13th Part 2
; and Arch gets hung upside down in a rope, just like Scott in
Friday the 13th Part 2
.
b.
The cockpit section of the helicopter gunship chasing Gant is adapted from the Aerospatiale Gazelles used for the filming of
Blue Thunder
.
c.
Luis Arrieta
filmed all his scenes in one day.
d.
Gary Michael Hilton not only murdered a woman in Georgia under the same circumstances he offered for the movie. He is under suspect for the murder of an elderly couple in North Carloina and a woman from Miami, Fl. He is highly suspected and is soon the be on trial for the murder of Cheryl Hodges Dunlap of Wakulla County, Fl in the very same manner as depicted in the movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
Sienna Guillory
was offered the chance to reprise her role as Jill Valentine from
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts with
Eragon
and the character was then written out of this sequel.
b.
Released in the UK in the same week that the National Lottery was launched.
c.
Second official EON Productions James Bond movie to feature a casino in the Bahamas. The first was
Thunderball
.
d.
Prior to the release of the movie, the cover art for the novel "Firefox" showed an aircraft similar to a MiG-25 Foxbat. After the release of the movie, the cover art was updated to reflect the design of the movie version of the aircraft. There really is a MiG-31, and its a modified version of the MiG-25.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
Two different test screenings for this film were held. One in San Jose, California where the color version of the film was being shown and the other in San Francisco, where the black and white version was shown. This was a way that Director
John Badham
would prove to then MGM head
David Begelman
, that his version in black and white would be the one to have the best screening. Ultimately, Begelman prevailed and the film was released in color.
b.
Andrew Robinson
created a backstory for Scorpio which involved him being drafted into the Vietnam War, and seeing unspeakable horrors. When he returned home to the United States, he found himself a figure of hate, and his war experiences, combined with the peoples treatment of soldiers, caused him to go insane.
c.
Author
Craig Thomas
sequel to "Firefox", the novel "Firefox Down", is dedicated to
Clint Eastwood
.
d.
Michael Mann
: disowned the TV version aired by NBC. Mann offered to restore seventeen of the cut minutes, NBC decided to instead cut 40 minutes of the film out in order to fit a 3-hour TV time-slot - Mann said, "You can call it a Michael Smithee or an Alan Mann movie."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
Jeffrey Combs
was cast principally because a brunette was needed to match the prop head made for the decapitation scene.
b.
This is the smallest budget film ever to have its world premiere at the famous Graumans Chinese Theatre in Hollywood
c.
The first film to use a long Steadicam tracking shot.
d.
A total of nine models of the Firefox were built. Six were used as miniatures for filming, two actually flew, and one was built to full-scale specifications. Several flying shots were later reused in
Back to the Future Part II
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Firefox (1982)?
a.
The footage of the "Mother One" submarine breaking the surface is recycled from
Ice Station Zebra
.
b.
This was one of the first major productions filmed in Paramounts then new Astoria Long Island studios. Opened in 1919 the studios underwent a major soundproofing renovation when talkies arrived in 1929.
c.
When Dallas (
Matt Dillon
) robs the store clerk, the clerk is played by character actor
William Smith
, who a few years earlier had portrayed Falconetti in
Rich Man, Poor Man
. Years later, in the film
Beautiful Girls
, Matt Dillons character, Tommy, tells his roommate Paul (
Michael Rapaport
) that he will be skipping their high school reunion and staying home to watch "Rich Man, Poor Man". The two characters then gush that there was never a more terrifying on-screen villain than Falconetti.
d.
Mickey Kuhn
, who played
Vivien Leigh
s nephew Beau Wilkes, also played the young sailor who helps her onto the streetcar in
A Streetcar Named Desire
. When Kuhn mentioned to someone else on the set that he had acted with Leigh as a child, word got back to her and she called him into her dressing room for a half-hour chat. In an interview in his seventies, Kuhn stated that Leigh was extremely kind to him and "one of the loveliest ladies he had ever met."
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