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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flash Gordon (1980) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flash Gordon (1980) - Part (2) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Flash Gordon (1980) - Part (2)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980).

About the movie: A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		This feature may never have been released.
b.		John Osborne only has two lines.
c.		The original Broadway production of "The Sunshine Boys" by Neil Simon opened at the Broadhurst Theater in New York on December 20, 1972, ran for 538 performances and was nominated for the 1973 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Play.
d.		The ships which appear as the opening credits role are the aircraft carrier USS Randolph (CVS-15) and the destroyer USS Barry (DD-933). The Barry is currently (2003) a museum ship in Washington, DC but the Randolph was scrapped in 1973.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		The fire protection system used in the films finale is not actually used in real museums.
b.		Mike Hodges was the eighth director chosen.
c.		It took nine days to film the major fight scene between Catwoman (Halle Berry) and Laurel Hedare (Sharon Stone).
d.		John Rhys-Davies provides the voice of Treebeard (uncredited for this movie, but credited for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers).

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		Director Mike Hodges, referring to the numerous production problems that plagued the film, once called it "the only improvised $27-million movie ever made".
b.		Although uncredited, Daniel Arora served as Production Designer. He left the project on the first day of filming, due to director Emerson Bixbys insistence on using real blood and gore, and real bullets.
c.		In his first meeting with Clarice Starling, Lecter describes the drawing on his cell wall as "the Duomo, seen from the Belvedere" in Florence, Italy. Lecters line, in fact, foreshadows Buffalo Bills location; Starling later finds Buffalo Bill living in Belvedere, Ohio.
d.		In The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Billy Ray, Ray reports that his adaptation of an article by Buzz Bissinger for the script of Shattered Glass, built on his experience of having worked on a draft of an adaptation of Bissingers book, Friday Night Lights, for the 2004 film of the same name. Ray did not receive a writing credit for the work he did on that adaptation.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		The backstory of Flashs T-shirt was that it was a gift from an anonymous female fan. Flash wore it a lot in the hopes that he would eventually meet the woman.
b.		Adam Sandler wears a different New England area college shirt or hat in nearly every scene.
c.		Director Terry Gilliam first met Bruce Willis while casting his film The Fisher King. He was impressed by the sensitivity shown by Willis in the scene from Die Hard where McClane (Willis) talks about his wife while pulling glass from his feet. Talking to Willis, Gilliam discovered that this part was ad-libbed by Willis. Gilliam remembered this, and was convinced to cast him in this film.
d.		The producers requested that George The Animal Steele submit an audition on video for his role as Tor Johnson. Steele made a comedy short and sent that to the producers. A second audition tape was requested. Steeles wife produced and directed the second audition tape which used dialog from the script.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		Vitaphone production reels #2161-2168; a Vitaphone musical accompaniment and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
b.		For Leos and Willies fight, the actors agreed to actually fight each other. Although they wore knee and elbow pads, everything on screen is actually Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg beating each other up. There are no stunts and the entire thing was taken in two takes from three different angles. The next day, the actors were black and blue.
c.		First film of Jim Carter.
d.		In Sheldons (Edward Nortons) house/apartment he has a picture of a rhino on his wall. He kept this picture and has it hanging on his wall in real life.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		George Lucas had hoped to remake the original Flash Gordon, but when he learned that Dino De Laurentiis had already bought the rights, he wrote Star Wars instead.
b.		Due to a strong friendship formed between the two actors on the set of Bloodsport, Jean-Claude Van Damme wanted no one but Bolo Yeung to play the lead villain in this movie.
c.		In her 1991 autobiography, "Ginger: My Story," Miss Rogers related that the entire film originally was planned for Technicolor. However, other sources, including Arlene Croces "The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book," a lauded study published in 1972, maintained that just one Irving Berlin song, "I Used to Be Color Blind," would have bust into Technicolor during the dance. Miss Croce explained that color tests were shot, but their quality was poor, so the scheme was dropped.
d.		Slughorns trick of offering a prize for the student whose schoolwork is best is a popular teaching technique used in schools all over the world. It is called an extrinsic reward.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		Mike Hodges considered commissioning Pink Floyd to compose the music.
b.		Kevin is seen wearing a BadAzz MoFo t-shirt and reading an issue of BadAzz MoFo. David F. Walker, writer, producer and director of Damaged Goods, is also the creator of BadAzz MoFo, a pop culture magazine.
c.		David Bamber was listed being in this film in UK Trades when filming started
d.		This film was shot in about four weeks in July, 1976.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		The insignia on Klytuss uniform is based on Masonic symbols.
b.		Truman Capote, who grew up with Harper Lee, also knew the inspiration for "Boo" Radley, and had planned to base a character on him in one of his short stories. After seeing how well the character was realized in Lees novel, however, he decided against it.
c.		John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) had lost the tip of his left middle finger in a farm accident when he was younger, so special prosthetic fingertips were made from a cast of his right middle finger. During shooting he decided to pull a prank on Peter Jackson. He cut the tip off the prosthetic finger and filled it with fake blood, then went up to Jackson and said "boss, I had an accident."
d.		Dave Chappelle was offered the role of Tyrone but turned it down.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		The opening scene in the movie which shows Christine being "born" in Detroit was added in for the movie; the scene does not appear in the Stephen King novel.
b.		"A View To A Kill" is an abridged title derived from the Ian Fleming short story "From A View To A Kill". The title and the storys French setting and some Russian spies are the only common story elements of the film and the short story. The short story was included in the "For Your Eyes Only" short story anthology which was the first collection of Ian Fleming James Bond short stories. This was first published on 11 April 1960. The collection was subtitled "Five Secret Occasions in the life of James Bond" and was the eighth James Bond book. Working titles for the story included "The Rough with the Smooth" and "Murder Before Breakfast". The name of the Bond girl in the short story was Mary Ann Russell but this name was not used for the film.
c.		Sigourney Weaver made the behind-the-back half-court basketball shot successfully after two weeks of basketball practice, tutored by a basketball coach. Her conversion rate during that two weeks was about one shot in from every six. When the day came to shoot the scene, director Jean-Pierre Jeunet wanted to have the ball dropped in from above, rather than wait for Weaver to sink the shot herself, which "would probably take about 200 takes". Weaver insisted that the she could get the shot in herself, which she was finally allowed to do. She sunk the shot on the very first take, even though she was six feet further past the three-point line. Ron Perlman was completely stunned (and thoroughly impressed), and turned directly at the camera and broke character, saying, "Oh my God!" The editors looked at the shot and decided that there was "enough room to get the scissors in". Weaver was excited about making the shot, but Jeunet was concerned that audiences would believe the shot to be faked due to the ball leaving the frame. Upon Weavers insistence, he kept the shot as it was. Weaver described the miracle shot as "one of the best moments in her life", after her wedding day and the birth of her daughter, of course.
d.		Princess Auras "pet" is named Fellini. Production Designer Danilo Donati worked on a number of Federico Fellini films.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Flash Gordon (1980)?
a.		Leon Greene was re-voiced by David de Keyser.
b.		While filming in Texas, Milla Jovovich (Michelle) and Shawn Andrews (Kevin Pickford) eloped to Las Vegas and got married. However, Jovovich was only 16/17 at the time and her mother had the marriage annulled.
c.		All four actors portraying the parents are Oscar winners for acting. Robert Duvall (Tender Mercies), Sissy Spacek (Coal Miners Daughter), Jon Voight (Coming Home), and Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard).
d.		Mickeys new husband is a model train enthusiast with only one train. This is because when the filmmakers went to the home which supposedly contained an impressive train setup, all of the trains themselves were broken or otherwise unusable. The engine seen moving in the movie is being pulled by dental floss through "Crabbe Town".

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