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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : First Blood (1982) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : First Blood (1982) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982).
About the movie:
A mentally unstable Vietnam war vet, when abused with a small town's police force, begins a one man war with it.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Filmed at Universal studios in January 1935, released a month later.
b.
The desert sequences were all set to be filmed in Libya until the Muslim Libyan authorities realized that the film was promoting Christianity. The unit was ordered out of the country, only to show up in Israel.
c.
The scenes at Macys were shot on location at the main New York store on 34th Street itself. Shooting was complicated by the fact that the crews power needs exceeded the stores electricity capacity and required additional power sources arranged in the stores basement.
d.
The movie takes place in the fictitious town of Hope, Washington. However much of the movie was filmed in the real town of Hope, British Columbia, Canada.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
This film was made in seven days.
b.
Tom Bresnahan
did almost all of his own stunts.
c.
In the scene where Shoop teaches his students how to write a complaint letter, some of the lyrics to the
James Brown
song "Papas Got a Brand New Bag" are visible on the blackboard at the front of the classroom. This is left over from a deleted scene in which Shoop diagrams (and sings!) the song for the class.
d.
Rambos trademark combat knife was custom designed by the late Arkansas knife maker, Jimmy Lile. The movie popularized knock-off hollow handled survival knives with compasses in the pommel.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Zaroffs dogs were Great Danes borrowed from
Harold Lloyd
. While big, Great Danes are not especially threatening, so with their coats subsequently darkened and they were filmed at an especially low angle to appear more menacing.
b.
Credited with introducing
Duke Ellington
to white audiences.
c.
The Manson Sisters were played by
Rachel Piplica
and
Kristen Adolfi
- better known as Iron Maiven and Krissy Krash of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. The pair skated for the Hurl Scouts in the film and in real life skate for the Tough Cookies, the team on which the Scouts were based.
d.
The large piece of rotten canvas that Rambo finds in the woods and cuts into a makeshift coat, was in fact not a movie prop, but a real piece of rotten canvas found by the film crew during the movies production. Since there was only one piece,
Sylvester Stallone
joked about how the canvas became a treasured prop on the set. After filming ended, Stallone kept the rotten canvas and still has it in his possession to this very day.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Meryl Streep
decided not to re-read "Mrs. Dalloway" in preparation for the film, as she felt that her character Clarissa would have read it in college and not particularly have understood it then, much as Streep herself had done when she was at college.
b.
The FIELDS Department Store shown in the movie is actually a British Columbia chain, at that time owned by Zellers, which was part of HBC (Hudsons Bay Company).
c.
In the scene where Sandy and the Mormon fight, the fight is broken up by
Ward Bond
s character. Ward Bond has ripped pants as he separates the fighters and you can hear a dog barking in the background. This happened because director
John Ford
wanted to use two dogs that had been ruining every scene in the film by fighting, in the background as the men fought, hoping the dogs would start fighting as a contrast to the men fighting. Instead of fighting however one of the dogs ran away and the other attacked Ward Bond and ripped his pants. John Ford could barely contain his laughter but kept filming. Afterwords however he became quite concerned and said they needed to find the dog in case it had bitten Ward Bond, not just ripped his pants. Ford was worried the dog might have needed a tetanus shot.
d.
Smee says "Goooooooood morning Neverland!", a reference to Williams in
Good Morning, Vietnam
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Sylvester Stallone
suffered several serious injuries during filming of this movie. For the scene where Rambo jumps off the cliff and injures himself on some tree branches on the way down, Stallone performs the stunt himself during the bottom third of the fall, and in the process, broke one of his ribs when he landed on the tree branch. Stallone remarks on the DVD commentary that it was easy to play the landing when Rambo screams in pain, since he was not acting and was really in pain. Also for the scene where Rambo first runs into the abandoned mine shaft to elude the guardsmen firing at him, Stallone places his hand on top of a piece of wood, not realizing that his hand was right on top of a gunfire squib that went off a second later, injuring his hand in the process. Stallone mentions that the pain he felt was so intense, he was afraid to look at his hand, fearing the squib had completely blown his thumb off.
b.
One of 2 1997 films to star
Robin Williams
,
Billy Crystal
and
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
, the other being
Fathers Day
.
c.
The first public performance of the song "White Christmas" was by
Bing Crosby
on his NBC radio show "The Kraft Music Hall" on Christmas Day, 1941, during the middle of filming _Holiday Inn (1942)_, which was released seven months later. The song went on to become one of the biggest selling songs in the history of music. This was the first of three films to feature Crosby singing "White Christmas".
d.
When this films became wildly successful, talk of a sequel naturally arose. However, at the time,
Tom Hanks
adamantly refused to work in any sequel (and making the sequel with another actor was not a consideration). Although Hanks has since reconsidered his stance on sequels/prequels (
Toy Story 2
,
Toy Story 3
,
Angels & Demons
), a sequel remained in "development hell" for years. As of 2010,
Gump & Co.
is in development.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Jessica Tandy
played
Hume Cronyn
s daughter in the film, although she was, in reality, two years older than him.
b.
With the exception of the National Guardsman leader Lt. Clinton Morgen (
Patrick Stack
), all of the other guardsmen who pursue Rambo into the mineshaft are referred to by the same names as the actors who portray them.
c.
In
Rutger Hauer
s book "All Those Moments," Hauer discusses how producer Ed Feldman settled on
Sam Elliott
for the role of John Ryder. Hauer states that "Apparently, Elliott was so scary when he came in to audition that
Edward S. Feldman
was afraid to go out to his car afterward." Sam Elliott had a scheduling conflict and had to back out the role.
d.
Filmed in 18 days.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
The four engine bomber flown by Gable and Tracy near the end of the film is one of thirteen Y1B-17 (model 299B) Flying Fortresses. The Model 299 prototype had crashed on October 30, 1935. Almost all of the Y1B-17s assigned to the 2nd Bomb Group appear flying in formation at the end of the film.
b.
In the DVD commentary,
Sylvester Stallone
compares Rambo to the monster of Dr. Frankenstein and Col. Trautman as the doctor, in the respect that Rambo is a war machine monster created by America to do its bidding, but then he escapes and runs amok, but also wanting to fit into a society who shuns him, and Col. Trautman basically was instrumental in making Rambo into what he is and feels remorse for how he turned out and does what he can to help make things right.
c.
Official Selection of The Rivers Edge Film Festival.
d.
According to her official site,
Miriam Margolyes
asked not to be credited in this film due to the size of her role.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
The film was shot over two nights with five High Definition cameras at the Broadway Studios in San Francisco. It captures the final performances of the live, touring version of the Kinseys I WANNA BE A REPUBLICAN stage show which they developed during the 2004 election season.
b.
Based on a play that ran in London in 1923, starring Tallulah Bankhead.
c.
Jason Benjamin
makes another, uncredited appearance in the movie during the scene where Peter watches the old tee-ball tape. The actual home video of Brooks tee-ball team shows his real father as the coach as well as his older brother, Jason Benjamin (Roid). Jason can be seen standing next to his father on the field and frequently acted as assistant coach during the years he and Brooks father coached little league baseball.
d.
According to
Sylvester Stallone
in the DVD commentary, the names of the people on Rambos team in Vietnam (as read by Col. Trautman) are actually names of various people of the films crew, including make-up artist
Michael Westmore
and costume designer
Tom Bronson
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Another ending, where Rambo commits suicide (as in the novel), was filmed, but test audiences found that conclusion to be too depressing, so the script called for Rambo to live, hence the sequels.
b.
The Majors musical theme is a variation on the Scottish song "Wha Wadna Fecht For Charlie?"
c.
Sonny Landham
was originally cast as the Mayor until a very public statement where he offered up Arab genocide as a resolution to high domestic oil prices.
d.
The Director quit his job as a banker and took out a second mortgage on his house to make this film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: First Blood (1982)?
a.
Richard Nixon
was previously Vice-President under
Dwight D. Eisenhower
, who has been played by cast member
E.G. Marshall
in
Ike
and
War and Remembrance
.
b.
Mark Rosman
, the executive producer, was the writer/producer/director of the original
The House on Sorority Row
.
c.
It rained throughout most of the shoot. Many exterior shots had to be rewritten at the last minute to be shot indoors. Several exterior shots had to be done with a tarp over the actors heads, and the score was used to drown out the sound of the rain hitting it.
d.
In spite of the fact that the air and water temperatures during filming were extremely cold, and he wore only a tank top during most of the movie,
Sylvester Stallone
did not get sick, until someone offered him a shot of brandy.
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