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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hot Shots! (1991) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Hot Shots! (1991) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991).
About the movie:
Parody of "Top Gun" in which a talented but unstable fighter pilot must overcome the ghosts of his father and save a mission sabotaged by greedy weapons manufacturers.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991)?
a.
This was filmed in the wake of Henry Jagloms divorce settlement. It was filmed with Jagloms ex-wife, who had left him two years prior, in the house they had lived in for all the years of their marriage, starring friends and family.
b.
The shot of the "S.S. Esses" back lit by the rising sun is stock footage of the U.S.S. Nimitz from the movie
The Final Countdown
. That movie starred Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheens Father.
c.
The making of feature on the DVD contains footage of
Sean Connery
performing the fall from the bridge stunt. He fell some hundred feet to the bottom of the ravine floor before his fall was broken by a big pile of cardboard boxes. In his 2010 book, The Elephant to Hollywood,
Michael Caine
reports on page 150, "The real hero then took his
Sean Connery
place.
Joe Powell
was an experienced stuntman ... Joe fell so skillfully, twisting and turning on the way down ... and at the very last minute straightening himself out so that he hit the mattresses dead center...
John Huston
turned to me and said, That was the darnedest stunt Ive ever seen."
d.
During production the title was briefly changed to Brothers to avoid confusion with
David Cronenberg
s
Dead Ringers
which was at that time also called Twins.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991)?
a.
This was Zoje Stages first film. It was made in 2002, but didnt screen until 2006. The budget of the film was just over $5,000 - most of which was the video camera package with which she shot it and the iMac on which she edited it.
b.
Charles Barkley
,
Bill Laimbeer
: re-enacting their infamous on-court brawl.
c.
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (featured in the film) has a club station which, with the permission of Reber, had acquired his old call sign "W9GFZ" earlier in 1997.
Robert Zemeckis
, learning of this tribute, planned to use the same call sign for Arroway in the movie. However, in the end "W9GFO" was used instead. While viewing the film after release, David Wilson of the Internet recognized this call sign as that of his father Robert (Bob) Wilson from the late 1930s. W9GFO and K4WLD are currently assigned to ham radio operators in the USA.
d.
One of the earliest 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 MCA ever since.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991)?
a.
Daniel Radcliffe
,
David Tennant
,
Shia LaBeouf
,
James McAvoy
and
Erryn Arkin
were all rumored to play Bilbo Baggins before
Martin Freeman
was cast.
b.
Some of the previews for the film jokingly claimed that
Saddam Hussein
s role was played by himself.
c.
In the script, Lester was supposed to go ahead and have sex with Angela, but it was decided that it would be better to have him stop just short of doing so - in spite of the filmmakers concerns that they might be making the change out of uneasiness with having the main character actually go that far.
d.
The exterior shots of Miami airport were filmed at the old Ontario, California airport terminal. The old terminal is still standing, but it was converted to office space when the new Ontario Airport opened.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991)?
a.
Leonard Nimoy
agreed to appear in the film only after Paramount agreed to a settlement of his lawsuit against them for allowing his TV series likeness to be used by advertisers. The lawsuit began when Nimoy saw the now famous Heineken beer advertisement that features
Patrick Phillips
.
b.
Patrick Macnee
got the role of Sir Godfrey Tibbet because he wanted to be in a Bond movie, and also because he and
Roger Moore
were the best of friends.
c.
RKO had originally scheduled this film to be filmed twice previously: in 1946 with Fontaine, Henry Fonda, John Sutton, and Marsha Hunt. It was canceled. In 1948, RKO put the film on its filming schedule under the title of BED OF ROSES, with Barbara Bel Geddes in the role of Christabel. However, Howard Hughes decided he did not care for Bel Geddes and postponed it.
d.
Charlie Sheen
(Lt. Topper Harley),
Jon Cryer
(Jim Wash Out Pfaffenbach) and
Ryan Stiles
(Mailman Farnham) would all later work together again in the television show
Two and a Half Men
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991)?
a.
Opened in the #1 spot the weekend it opened, with approx $4M.
b.
"Variety" credits
Nance ONeil
as Mrs. John Drake, but the role is played by
Virginia Howell
. AFI credits
Onslow Stevens
as President, but the role is played by
Frederick Burton
.
c.
Mark Wahlberg
was originally approached for the role of Jim Street.
d.
Several aircraft carrier scenes were taken from the movie
Flight of the Intruder
, including the flyby of 4 planes when the pilots arrive at the aircraft carrier, when the bombs are loaded onto the planes, and when the planes launched for their final mission.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Hot Shots! (1991)?
a.
Stephen King
had originally planned to release the novel under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman. While writing it, however, it was discovered that King was Bachman. King subsequently published the novel under his real name, and announced that Bachman had died from "cancer of the pseudonym."
b.
Though
Quentin Tarantino
wasnt initially cast in the movie, the character he plays was based on him.
Steve Buscemi
was originally cast in the role, but when Tarantino expressed an interest he was immediately given the part.
c.
While the film is based on
William Gibson
s short story "Johnny Mnemonic", it also draws heavily on his later novel "Virtual Light".
d.
Valeria Golino
claims the scene in which she catches an olive popped out of her bellybutton was accomplished without trick photography.
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