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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Men in Black (1997) - Part (4) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Men in Black (1997) - Part (4) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Men in Black (1997) - Part (4)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997).

About the movie: Two men who keep an eye on aliens in New York City must try to save the world after the aliens threaten to blow it up.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		The eighth of fourteen films based on Arthur Conan Doyles fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.
b.		The double-action revolver carried by the tow-truck driver and later by Edgar in the morgue scene is a Ruger Super Redhawk .44 Magnum, which is available in two barrel lengths. This one has a 9-1/2" barrel and weighs 58 ounces (i.e., a little over 3-1/2 pounds) empty.
c.		Although Rock Hudson is top billing, he appears on screen only after 40 minutes of running time because the character he plays has quite different face and look after being transformed by a physical reconstruction surgery. John Randolph was chosen to play the scenes of the beginning before the physical reconstruction surgery.
d.		Producer Steven J. Wolfe makes a cameo in the final scene in the dining room. He sits to Megans right side.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		Will Smith was cast because Barry Sonnenfelds wife was a fan of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Sonnenfeld also liked his performance in Six Degrees of Separation.
b.		Uma Thurmans character is named Irene Cassini. Cassini is the surname of the 17th century Italian astronomer, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who discovered the prominent gap in Saturns main rings, as well as the icy moons, Iapetus, Dione, Rhea, and Tethys. The space mission in Gattaca is destined for Saturn. In 1997, NASA launched the Cassini space probe bound for Saturn. It carried the Huygens space probe, which was dropped into Titan in early 2005, and discovered ground under the clouds.
c.		Before Steven Spielberg decided to use animatronic dinosaurs and computer-generated effects, he wanted to use stop motion animation for the dinosaur effects and had Phil Tippett put together a short demo of the kitchen scene using claymation dinosaurs (Barbie dolls were substituted for the actual actors).
d.		The hotel room that Faith Ford was staying in was actually built in an abandoned ice rink.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		Listed among the 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made in "The Official Razzie® Movie Guide."
b.		The noise the neuralyzer makes when it flashes is the sound of a strobe flash reloading.
c.		The second of seven movies featuring The Dead End Kids.
d.		Out Cold is very loosely based on Casablanca. It can be seen when Rick has the flashback of him and Anna, when Rick says "Of all of the bars in all the ski towns in Alaska..." (much like "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world..."), when Anna has Luke (Sam in "Casablanca") play their song and Rick walks in and finally in one of the closing scenes when Anna gets on the plane and Rick says "Well always have Pedro OHornys," which is a direct reference to Humphrey Bogarts famous, "Well always have Paris."

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		The hotel sets for "Weekend at the Waldorf" were also used for Her Highness and the Bellboy, another 1945 MGM movie.
b.		In "The Book of Lists: Horror", the climactic heart-stopping confrontation between Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin is #1 on Stephen King list.
c.		During pre-production, Barry Sonnenfeld changed a lot of the films aesthetic: "I started out saying aliens shouldnt be what humans perceive them to be. Why do they need eyes? So Rick did these great designs, and Id say, Thats great - but how do we know where hes looking? I ended up where everyone else did, only I took three months."
d.		It was so cold during filming of some beach scenes, that the actors breath was visible.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 28, 1949 with Charles Coburn again reprising his film role.
b.		Rick Baker constructed an animatronic of the giant Bug to use in the film, but to his annoyance changes to the scripts climax required that the Bug be rendered in computer-generated imagery.
c.		The character of Frank was to breathe helium at various intervals in Lynchs original script, but Dennis Hopper suggested this be changed to amyl nitrate which he knew was used to enhance sexual experiences. Hopper only realized years later how bizarre the concept of a helium-breathing maniac talking with a high voice was. Lynch, however, felt that using helium might result elicit laughter in the audience which would have been undesirable.
d.		Despite prominent billing, Christopher Lloyd and Richard Dreyfuss each get just a few minutes of screentime.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		Roy Thinnes was originally hired to play Arthur Adamson, but Hitchcocks first choice William Devane became available so Hitchcock fired Thinnes without a reason and hired Devane. Some key scenes had been shot prior to this. Everything that had been shot was re-shot except for long shots which to this day remain as Roy Thinnes and not William Devane.
b.		Producers Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald originally wanted Barry Sonnenfeld to direct, because he had helmed the darkly humorous Addams Family movies. However, Soonenfeld was making Get Shorty at the time, so Les Mayfield was going to replace him, because the positive reception to his film Miracle on 34th Street. The producers saw that film later and decided he was inappropriate for a sci-fi comedy, so they decided to wait until Sonnenfeld was available.
c.		This is the only Spider-Man film without a funeral scene at the end.
d.		Much of the location shooting was done on a gypsum mine near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The gypsum, which is almost pure white, was sprayed with a biodegradable red food dye to give the appearance of a Martian landscape.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		Director Mike Nichols had to be covered by a sound blanket during the toast scene because he was laughing too loud.
b.		There are two versions of the audiences reaction to Bobby Starrs revamped act: one where they all get up and dance, and the version in the film, where they are clap in unison.
c.		The sunglasses used by the Men in Black are the Ray-Ban "Predator 2" glasses. After the film released, Ray-Ban reported that sales of these glasses tripled, from $1.6 million to $5 million.
d.		At one point, Darren Aronofsky was attached to direct this film.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		At the end of the movie Dirk is standing in front of a mirror. Suddenly he unzips his pants and exposes his rather large organ. It is a prosthetic device made from rubber. This prop was kept by Mark Wahlberg as a souvenir from the film. It was made from an easily biodegradable rubber and foam combination which, according to Wahlberg, has since already begun to deteriorate.
b.		Tommy Lee Jones only accepted the role of K after Steven Spielberg promised the script would improve. He had been disappointed with the first draft, which he felt did not capture the tone of the comic.
c.		As shown to Pam Landy on a computer screen Jason Bourne enters New York as Gilberto de Piento from Brazil. The identitys passport is briefly shown in The Bourne Identity during Jasons exploration of the deposit box in Zürich. But the spelling there is Gilberto do Piento.
d.		The little white car that Dick and Maggie drive to the beatnik club is called a VELAM Isetta. They were made between 1955 and 1958. VELAM (Vehicule Leger a Moteur light vehicle with motor) was a French company. The French nicknamed the car the "yoghurt pot" because of its looks. It was also known as the "bubblecar", "rolling egg", "little egg" and even "trouser fly" since you could get into the car from the front.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		Pacino first met Judge Edwin Torres in 1973 while he was preparing for Serpico. At the time, Torres was in the midst of writing the novels on which the film is based and discussed them with Pacino. Twenty years later, Torres took Pacino to East Harlem to help him prepare of the role of Carlito.
b.		Radha Mitchell (Anna Darvulia) and Vincent Gallo (Dominic Vizakna) were set to star.
c.		Almost twenty years after this movie was released, its director, Richard Benjamin, directed another movie about 1950s live television, Neil Simons Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Both films feature a young comedy writer on a 1950s TV show that is based on Your Show of Shows and stars a Sid Caesar-like comedian. Mark Linn-Baker, who plays one of the writers in Laughter on the 23rd Floor, plays the young writer in this film, which was produced (uncredited) by Mel Brooks, a fellow writer with Neil Simon on Caesars 1950s TV show.
d.		When Edwards (Will Smith) jumps from the overpass onto the tour bus, he jumps from the same bridge where Robert Neville (also Smith) is attacked by the demon dogs after the sun goes down in I Am Legend.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Men in Black (1997)?
a.		Oliver Stone originally was looking for a Native American actor to play Sergeant Elias. When he failed to do so, he cast Willem Dafoe, a Dutch-American actor, instead. Several scenes with Elias reflect Stones original idea of the Native American spirit embodying Elias.
b.		The yellow embroidered gown Greta Scacchi (Mrs. Weston) wears to dinner at Hartfield is the same costume worn by Priscilla Morgan (Mrs.Bennet) in Pride and Prejudice, and by Lucy Robinson (Mrs. Elton) at Hartfield in Emma.
c.		Joey Lauren Adams was considered for the role of Bethany.
d.		Lowell Cunninghams comic The Men in Black was much darker and dryer than the family-oriented sci-fi comedy this film adaptation was. In the comics, the MiB survey not only extraterrestrial activity, but paranormal and supernatural activity on earth as well. They are allowed to maintain secrecy by any means necessary (including elimination); they also had a secret agenda: to manipulate and reshape the world in their own image by keeping the supernatural hidden. The comics basic plot was of MiB Agent X going on the run and trying to keep from getting eliminated.

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