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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Full Metal Jacket (1987) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987).
About the movie:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow Marine recruits from their brutal basic training to the bloody street fighting set in 1968 Hue, Vietnam.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
Liberace
s final movie.
b.
The cast ate actual Vietnam War era military rations in the scene when the patrol is seen eating.
c.
Bodycount: 100.
d.
When hit by the bus, George is in the middle of stating "My wife said that Deja Vu is like Gods way of...", and then hes cut off by the impact. Some viewers wonder what the end of his sentence was going to be. The answer is that of a common expression, "...telling you that you are in the right place at the right time", hence the irony of the situation.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
Erikas house was the same house used for the scene Joe and Nigel were talking in at the beginning of the movie.
b.
Columbia Pictures released this film on a double bill with
Hellcats of the Navy
starring
Ronald Reagan
and
Nancy Davis
.
c.
R. Lee Ermey
actually slapped
Vincent DOnofrio
in the scene where he knocks his hat off. It was DOnofrios idea. Unfortunately for him, he forgot about Kubricks perfectionism. He had to endure take after take of real slaps.
d.
For the DVD release, the producers toyed with the idea of digitally inserting a shot of the NX-01 Enterprise (Jonathan Archers ship from the prequel series
Enterprise
) into the rec room scene where Decker shows Ilia a display of previous ships named Enterprise. The idea was eventually dropped, possibly since the shot would not be able to be seen clearly anyway (the pictures were not easily legible on-screen). The NX-01 would have replaced the shot of the ringed S.S. Enterprise - which eventually appeared on "Enterprise" anyway (in the bar scene in the episode "First Flight"). Included among the Enterprises originally depicted is the space shuttle pro-type (OV-101) which was paradoxically named after the star-ship Enterprise.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
The following actors and actresses were in studio records but were not seen in the film:
Mary Currier
(Costune Designer),
Paul Irving
(Gen. Trafscott),
Stanley Brown
(Draftee) and
J. Anthony Hughes
(Prisoner).
b.
Director Clint Gaiges car was towed away during filming due to a parking violation. The towing company agreed to return his car free of charge in return for promotion in the film. The tow truck can be seen driving under an overpass in the background during the riverside confrontation between the guys and Vittorio.
c.
The poem quoted by Michael Fitzsimmons on the hill is When You Are Old by
William Butler Yeats
(1865-1939)
d.
The banner at the wall in the conference room at the Da Nang base reads: "First to go last to know - We will defend to the death your right to be misinformed".
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking a theater network, used a 3-tier brand system to sell its pictures: Red Feather (low budget), Bluebird (mainstream) and Jewel (prestige pictures, designed to attract higher roadshow ticket prices). Hoot Gibson, a major studio star, rated the Jewel brand.
b.
The 7.62mm full metal jacket round that Pvt. Pyle refers to was the standard infantry round leading up to the Vietnam War. It was used in the M-14 infantry rifle that was designed during WWII and manufactured up until the Vietnam war era. Although the M-14 was used in the Vietnam War the M-16 had replaced it as the standard rifle. The M-16 uses a 5.56mm round.
c.
Composer David Helpling and Director Eller have never met. Helpling lives in San Diego and Eller lives in Charlotte. They communicated by email and phone.
d.
The movie was shot in sequence (i.e., the scenes were filmed in the same order theyre shown). Many of the actors were surprised by the final plot twist.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
James Ellroy
, author of the novel
L.A. Confidential
(Hanson, Curtiss previous film), is an extra at the party in the home of the head of the English Department.
b.
In the Sea Tiger editorial scene, an American flag was seen at the back of the Quonset hut. This was Gustav Hasfords nod to his fellow combat correspondent Bob Bayer who donated photographs and various items for set decoration of the movie. The flag seen was also his and it contains signatures of all First Marine combat correspondents of 1967-68.
c.
Over the course of a year, producer
Michael Deeley
turned down the project 8 times before finally agreeing to get involved.
d.
The Canadian video release (circa 1981) from Vogue Video was derived from a video master originally created for hotel use. Thus, at the six minute mark, a voice comes on the soundtrack telling viewers that the preview period has ended and, to continue viewing the movie, they must push the appropriate button on their selector box and that the charge will be added to their room bill.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
Apparently, director
Paul Schrader
regretted using the Cat People title after negative reaction to this movie occurred comparing it with the original
Cat People
.
b.
The painting that gets slashed during the swordfight between Bond and Graves is a reproduction of Thomas Gainsboroughs famous "Blue Boy" from 1770. The original "Blue Boy" hangs in the Huntington Library (San Marino, Calif.) The reproduction was hand-painted by Lyons Corner House Fine Art Reproductions in London.
c.
During the training scenes there is a private with the name "Hunter S" on his back, a reference to journalist Hunter S Thompson.
d.
The frozen lake scene was shot on Lake Simcoe, north of Toronto.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
Director Litvak shot all of Stanwycks bedridden scenes back-to-back in fourteen days.
b.
Dorian Harewood visited a doctor twice while shooting his scenes fearing that his ear-drum was blown out.
c.
The title is pronounced "dollars".
d.
Originally written as an East Coast road trip movie from Maryland to Florida, it was shifted to a journey from New Mexico to California due to shooting issues.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
At the insistence of director
Rob Reiner
(an avid non-smoker who campaigned for anti-smoking laws in California), the cigarettes smoked by the boys were made from cabbage leaves.
b.
The band playing at the prom is The Donnas.
c.
Vincent DOnofrio
,
Matthew Modine
, and
Arliss Howard
all went on to appear in films by
Oliver Stone
. Stones film Platoon won best picture the year Full Metal Jacket was released and thus overshadowed the project.
d.
Producer/director/co-writer
F.W. Murnau
died in a car accident a few days after starting work on the music for this film. The film had its New York premiere a week later.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
Gregory Christian (Mancini) and Elyse Mirto (Lady Mancini) previously starred as husband and wife in the film festival favorite, "Cowboy Junction" (now on DVD).
b.
Cameo(
Hildegarde Stadie
): the films author appears as an extra, seated in Davies waiting room.
c.
This surprised a lot of people by picking up the third nomination for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars that year after the locks,
Ratatouille
and
Persepolis
. Many expected the box office hit,
The Simpsons Movie
, to be the third nominee.
d.
Stanley Kubrick
had nothing but praise for
R. Lee Ermey
s skills as a performer. Kubrick originally was going to write dialogue for Ermeys character himself, but he became so impressed with what Ermey improvised, that he decided it wasnt necessary. He just let him ad-lib, something practically unheard of for a Stanley Kubrick film. Ermeys performances were so faultless that Kubrick only needed 2-3 takes to get his scenes filmed, also extremely rare for a Kubrick film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Full Metal Jacket (1987)?
a.
Cassandras line to Maggie, "Wrong me not, good sister, nor wrong yourself," is taken from
William Shakespeare
s play "The Taming of the Shrew."
b.
Film debut of
Dean Jones
.
c.
Vincent DOnofrio
tore ligaments in his knee on the obstacle course, due to the extra weight he put on.
d.
Matthew McConaughey
was one of the male stars considered once
Keanu Reeves
bailed.
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