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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Labyrinth (1986) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Labyrinth (1986) - 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: Labyrinth (1986).
About the movie:
15-year-old Sarah accidentally wishes her baby half-brother, Toby, away to the Goblin King Jareth who will keep Toby if Sarah does not complete his Labyrinth in 13 hours.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
Though the movie has little in common with the original
Ian Fleming
James Bond novel, a tie-in release of this book with the movie still occurred complete with the films tattooed girl movie poster on the cover. A tagline for this edition read: "From: M. To: OO7. IMMEDIATE ACTION. Have just seen
Charles K. Feldman
s film of this book - Only one thing in common - Both brilliant. Investigate and report."
b.
Monica Potter
was originally cast as Katie.
c.
Two official music videos promoting this title and marrying it to the career of pop artiste
David Bowie
(who played Jareth the Goblin King) were released. "As the World Falls Down" features scenes from the film itself, not just the ballroom scene, and includes specially filmed scenes of Hoggle together with Bowie. "Underground", which can be heard as the final credits roll, features many of the films characters again in specially filmed scenes with Bowie.
d.
Portions of the "Tower Duel" sequence were actually filmed in the upper section of the Eiffel Tower. Other portions were replicated built sets.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
After solving the problem of the guards who lie or tell the truth, Sarah falls into an oubliette, which Hoggle describes: "Its a place where you put people...to forget about em!" Oubliettes were a type of dungeon where the only entry was through an opening high in the ceiling. To leave an oubliette was practically impossible without external assistance. The word "oubliette" comes from the French word "oublier meaning to forget". The basic premise was that an oubliette was a dungeon for prisoners that the captor(s) wished to forget. Prisoners were often left to starve to death in an oubliette.
b.
Movie posters and promotional materials for this movie formed the word "The" inside the symbol of a heart in this films title logo thereby evoking the films love theme and rom-com romantic-comedy genre.
c.
Film debut of
Colleen Brennan
(billed as "Sharon Kelly"). She was discovered dancing at the Classic Cat topless club on the Sunset Strip and had no formal training as an actress prior to starring in this movie.
d.
The Russian spacecraft named for Soviet Cosmonaut
Aleksei Leonov
contained a drawing made by Aleksei Leonov.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
The first Cinerama film using anamorphic lenses. The labeling was misleading; the film was not really made in Cinerama, but in Ultra Panavision 70, then blown up to the size of Cinerama.
b.
Carey Mulligan
had to learn how to drive for this movie and did a two-week intensive course but failed the driving test. The production team had to shoot the scene on a private road, where she was allowed to get behind the wheel.
c.
In the scene where Toby is seated on Jareths lap, the baby has a fixed and hypnotized look off-camera as Jareth murmurs evilly into his ear. In fact, Toby screamed so much during the many takes of this scene, that something had to be done to keep him quiet. Fortunately, a crew member had a glove-puppet Sooty. For the duration of Jareths speech,
David Bowie
had the Sooty puppet on one hand (out of shot) gently wiggling to distract Toby. The child was entranced, hence the hypnotic stare, and the perfect silence.
d.
The trailer features footage from the original Japanese film, called Kairo. One shot in particular features a plane crashing. The shot was re-done for the final film
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
Topher Grace
was initially considered as the lead before
Tobey Maguire
.
b.
Ned Beatty
played Judge Roy Bean in
Streets of Laredo
c.
According to the Goblin Companion (a book that gives a description of every goblin in the Labyrinth - written by
Brian Froud
and
Terry Jones
) the Junk Lady who carries everything on her back is named Agnas.
d.
The scenes between Stephen, Peter, Roger, and Frannie in the helicopter were filmed with the helicopter never running or leaving the ground. A shell was painted blue for the day scenes and black for the night scenes and interspersed with real helicopter footage.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
The thousands of gold coins made Sterankos metallurgists were actually chocolate coins covered in gold foil wrapping.
b.
The whole movie was shot on Digital 8, 25% of it on blue screen, and took nine yeas to complete.
c.
Dustin Hoffman
was the original choice to play Deckard, although he wondered why he was asked to play a "macho character". According to
Ridley Scott
, Hoffman was interested, but wanted to make it a whole different kind of character. According to
Paul Sammon
, apart from Hoffman, other actors considered for the role included
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Gene Hackman
,
Sean Connery
,
Jack Nicholson
,
Paul Newman
,
Clint Eastwood
,
Arnold Schwarzenegger
,
Al Pacino
,
Burt Reynolds
,
William Devane
,
Raul Julia
,
Scott Glenn
,
Frederic Forrest
,
Robert Duvall
,
Judd Hirsch
,
Cliff Gorman
,
Peter Falk
and
Nick Nolte
.
d.
The baby who plays Toby is
Toby Froud
, son of
Brian Froud
who was the conceptual designer for both this movie and
The Dark Crystal
, another
Jim Henson
production.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
The hotel scenes were filmed at the Avenida Palace hotel in Barcelona. Incidentally, the Beatles stayed there in the Master Suite, Rooms 109-110-111, while giving their only concert in Barcelona 3 July 1965 at the Plaza de Toros Monumental.
b.
Originally,
Brad Silberling
wanted Sunny to be pure CGI. While he eventually used real babies for the part, at least four of Sunnys scenes have a CG baby because they would be impossible or dangerous for a real child to do. Among these are shots of Sunny hanging on to a table by her teeth, and catching a spindle with her mouth, and the scene where she is entangled with the Incredibly Deadly Viper.
c.
Katherine Heigl
didnt read the whole script before accepting her role. In a 2005 magazine interview, she said she regretted the decision after seeing the final cut of the film.
d.
The owl in the title sequence is computer generated - the first attempt at a photo-realistic CGI animal character in a feature film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
Final feature film directed by
Jim Henson
.
b.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.
c.
In its entry for this 1966 movie, the 2003 edition of
Leonard Maltin
s Movie and Video Guide repeats a popular American terminological inexactitude by referring to the ocean liner as "HMS Queen Mary", thus implying that it was a warship at the time of the events depicted in the movie. The truth is that its designation has always been "RMS", traditionally meaning "Royal Mail Steamer" but nowadays sometimes taken to mean "Royal Mail Ship".
d.
Was previously developed as a
Dolph Lundgren
starring vehicle, already with
Steven R. Monroe
attached to direct for
Philippe Martinez
at Bauer Martinez Studios. The production got canceled as a deal could not be finalized with the writers. Another Bauer Martinez project for Lundgren and Monroe, "The Soul of Caleb Lee", also fell through, but Lundgren then went on to make his directorial debut for the company with the movie "The Defender".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
Dan Patrick
: The tall police officer who pulls Paul Crewe (
Adam Sandler
) over.
b.
Alfred Hitchcock
: crossing the top of a staircase during the opening sequence.
c.
Jane Plank
did not really know how to figure skate;
Katie Wahlquist
was the figure skating stunt double for Tammy Duncan.
d.
In one version of the script, the junk lady was actually a puppet being manipulated by Jareth, and the junkyard was actually a town complete with a bar that Hoggle visits before they find Sarah.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
Many of the locations for "Santa Rosita" were filmed in Long Beach, CA. The "Santa Rosita" Police Department was in real life the main branch of the YMCA at 6th and Long Beach Blvd. The hardware store the Crumps were locked in was at 5th and Locust.
b.
The teaser poster for Wrecked, which shows Adrien Brodys face behind broken glass was inspired by the poster for Straw Dogs. The writer and director created the poster themselves using Adobe Photoshop. The films distributors liked the poster so much, they used it as is.
c.
Sarahs dog "Merlin" is also used for Sir Didymus mount "Ambrosius". In Geoffrey of Monmouths The History of the Kings of Britain, Merlin is called "Merlin Ambrosius".
d.
Jane Fonda
suggested
Lee Grant
for the role of Hannah.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Labyrinth (1986)?
a.
At the height of the films popularity, Time Magazine printed the Disney Special Effects Departments recipe for Flubber, as used in the movie. It read as follows: "To one pound of salt water taffy add one heaping tablespoon polyurethane foam, one cake crumbled yeast. Mix till smooth, allow to rise. Then pour into saucepan over one cup cracked rice with one cup water. Add topping of molasses. Boil till lid lifts and says Qurlp." It is not recorded whether this also carried the standard warning "do not try this at home".
b.
Just after the Junk Lady places "dear old Flopsy" behind Sarah she slips a book titled The Wizard Of Oz behind Flopsy.
c.
The film was shot on the 20th Century-Fox back lot, which is now an upscale office complex known as Century City.
d.
Took a crew of 237 more than three years to finish the film.
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