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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knightriders (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Knightriders (1981) Quiz
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About the movie:
A travelling troupe of jousters and performers are slowly cracking under the pressure of hick cops, financial troubles and their failure to live up to their own ideals...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knightriders (1981)?
a.
George A. Romero
married
Christine Forrest
on the last day of shooting, which led to some amusing continuity issues with the 2nd unit biker shots taken on that day.
b.
This movie represents one of a select group of a few World War II submarine movies which have won the one single Academy Award in a technical category, thats just only the one Oscar in either special effects or sound editing. These movies include
Crash Dive
;
The Enemy Below
;
Torpedo Run
and
U-571
. The non-WW II sub-movie,
The Hunt for Red October
also won just the one Oscar as did the WW 2 part sub-movie
49th Parallel
, but for Best Original Story.
c.
The huge Alamo set took two years to construct.
d.
Though only released at first as a "midnight movie," a number of Hollywood A-list directors saw the film and were impressed by it.
John Waters
, whose
Pink Flamingos
and
Female Trouble
played the same venue, often mentioned Eraserhead as a favorite film, urging viewers to see it.
Stanley Kubrick
reportedly said the same; this was one of the films he made the cast and crew of
The Shining
watch to get in the right frame of mind for.
Mel Brooks
saw it and offered Lynch the chance to direct
The Elephant Man
; Lynch accepted.
George Lucas
asked Lynch to direct
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
; Lynch turned it down.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knightriders (1981)?
a.
The scenic view of San Francisco through Kirks apartment window is a painting, originally created for
The Towering Inferno
. In front of the backdrop were placed a couple of models of futuristic skyscrapers, with working lights and elevators.
b.
Overlooked and omitted from the American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1921-30.
c.
Stephen King
and his wife
Tabitha King
played a spectator with a loud mouth opinion and a fairly messy face and his wife in the first scene at the fair. King was on the set because he working on the script for
Creepshow
with
George A. Romero
.
d.
Sean Connery
was always
Steven Spielberg
s first choice to play Indiana Joness father, as an inside joke to say that James Bond is the father of Indiana Jones. If that had failed,
Gregory Peck
and
Jon Pertwee
were back-up choices for the role. Spielberg had always wanted to do a Bond film but did Indiana Jones as a James Bond type character. In keeping with the James Bond theme, the movie has many Bond movie co-stars:
John Rhys-Davies
,
Alison Doody
,
Julian Glover
,
Stefan Kalipha
,
Pat Roach
, and
Eugene Lipinski
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knightriders (1981)?
a.
Larry Vaira
: Appears as one of the Biker Extras at The Renaissance Faire.
b.
The Hades landscape in the opening shot was filmed using forced perspective. The miniature itself was only 13 feet deep and 18 feet wide. Almost seven miles of fiber optics and over 2000 lights were needed to illuminate it.
c.
When Gracie arrives at the pageant with Victor and they are greeted by Kathy Morningside, there is a woman in the background behind Kathy wearing the costume Gracie wears later on for her water glass routine during the talent competition at the Alamo.
d.
This is the show that introduced the song "Send in the Clowns", which became a pop culture hit.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Knightriders (1981)?
a.
When the script was submitted to Orion, producers asked the studio to give them an answer quickly. They felt that since the budget was so low, if the answer was no, they could take it to another studio. The studio agreed to produce it in less than a week.
b.
The 4 barrel pistol that Fouchet pulls out just before being killed is the COP .357. The pistol is no longer in production.
c.
Former "Playboy" Playmate
Kimberly McArthur
had it stipulated in her contract that she wouldnt do any nudity.
d.
Susan Burns (III), girlfriend of
David Crawford
at the time, appears as one of the Biker Extras girlfriends at The Renaissance Faire.
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