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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Midnight Express (1978) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Midnight Express (1978) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978).
About the movie:
Story of a man who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
Episode 2: The Jungle King
b.
Was filmed before Neveldine/Taylor made
Crank: High Voltage
.
c.
While in the Beerfest "arena" they show portraits of the Von Wolfhaus ancestors. One of the portraits is of the 11th President of the United States James K. Polk.
d.
The scene in which
Brad Davis
character bites out the tongue of a fellow inmate upset the crew so much that they all walked off the set, leaving
Alan Parker
to shoot it with his two actors. For the scene, Davis carried a pigs tongue around in his mouth.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
Rachel Talalay
was first introduced to the material when her stepdaughter gave her a Tank Girl book as a Christmas present.
b.
Evelyn Ankers
came out of retirement to appear in this film with her husband
Richard Denning
. It ended up being the last film she ever made.
c.
The Pennsylvania Board of Censors demanded that
D.W. Griffith
cut scenes of brutality from the film. Griffiths response to those demands was to cancel the Philadelphia opening.
d.
Both
Richard Gere
and
John Travolta
were considered for the part of
Billy Hayes
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
In a scene at the airport, the customs officer (played by the late
Joe Zammit Cordina
) supposedly speaks Turkish. However in reality, he is speaking Maltese after he forgot his lines in Turkish and decided to use Maltese.
b.
Catherine Kellner
was cast after she answered an ad for an open casting call for what she thought was a movie directed by the Coen Brothers.
c.
Johnny Knoxville
broke his nose during filming.
d.
When Frodo (
Elijah Wood
) and Sam (
Sean Astin
) are in Osgiliath, Sam says, "By rights, we shouldnt even be here." This was a nod to the deviation the screenplay had taken from the books storyline. In the book, Sam and Frodo never passed through Osgiliath at all.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
In 2007, the America Film Institute ranked this as the #12 Greatest Movie of All Time.
b.
Was planned as a remake of
The Last House on the Left
until a week into production, the producer felt it original enough to stand on its own.
c.
According to
Alan Parker
, this was the most grueling shoot of his career - 53 days with cast and crew working 6-day weeks.
d.
The scene in which Jack the Monkey is shivering was accomplished by the concerted efforts of the special effects and animal training departments. The effects guys made a small wooden barrel with a vibrating plate on top. The animal trainers taught the monkey to sit with her arms crossed on the plate.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
b.
Greer Garson
was originally set to play the lead role of Marjorie Lawrence, but the film was postponed for about one year. Garson wanted the part very badly and researched the role extensively. One month after she left MGM (the studio filming the movie),
Eleanor Parker
was cast.
c.
Ranked #8 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Sci-Fi" in June 2008.
d.
Although set in Turkey, the movie was actually filmed at Fort St.Elmo, Valletta, Malta after permission to film in Istanbul was denied.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
The "Pacific Queen" shown in this film is actually a 19th-century ship, originally called the "Balclutha" (although later renamed the "Star of Alaska"). This ship, renamed to its original "Balclutha", can now be found at the Hyde Street Pier in San Francisco as part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park.
b.
Winner of Best Picture at the Backlot Film Festival in Los Angeles.
c.
Oliver Stone
s original script detailed
Billy Hayes
escape over the mountains, but the the small budget did not allow for the filming of these scenes.
d.
First film of
John Hodiak
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
Although the movie is supposed to be based on and has been credited as a "true story", it has been clearly indicted by
Billy Hayes
himself 20 years after its release, that what is presented in the movie is a very exaggerated and fictional version of what happened to him in the prison in Istanbul, Turkey.
b.
Body count: 585
c.
A modern source lists
Robert Bolder
in the role of "Old Man" and
Margaret Seddon
as cast members, but they were not seen in the movie.
d.
The films story is inspired by two different head injuries that director
Jill Sprecher
endured.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
The quote "A woman is a hole, isnt that what they say? All the futility of the world pouring into her" is from the French philosopher
Jean-Paul Sartre
s book, "Being and Nothingness".
b.
Alexis Bledel
s feature film debut.
c.
About one-fifth of the films running time constitute the plot of the original operetta. The preceding storyline was concocted by
Erich von Stroheim
and
Benjamin Glazer
.
d.
Turkish government officials greatly resented the portrayal of their country in the movie, and made this known to the media in general after the films release.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
Everything Walter says to do with Bunnys kidnapping comes true. The fake kidnapping, the fake severed toe and the lack of ransom money.
b.
This is
Lucille Ball
s final theatrical feature film.
c.
According to his book,
Brad Davis
had a drug problem of his own while promoting this film.
d.
Although this film was produced by, and was originally intended for release by, low-rent Producers Releasing Corp. (PRC), when word got around Hollywood that the picture was far better than PRCs usually shoddy product, other studios expressed interest in it, and it was eventually bought from PRC and released by United Artists.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Midnight Express (1978)?
a.
First movie to win an Oscar for "Best Original Score" featuring a totally synthesized music score.
b.
According to the book New Zealand Film by Helen Martin and Sam Edwards, "During the early sections of the film, the R&R camp at Paekakariki in the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand was the setting for the meeting and bonding sequences prior to departing for battle. The same camp is the focus of the reminiscences of one of the women who contributed to
Gaylene Preston
s documentary War Stories See:
War Stories
.
c.
In his later years,
Gene Kelly
held this film in very high regard. In one BBC interview he said something to the effect of, "We made better pictures than that, but that was the apex of our talent. That was it."
d.
In keeping with the naturalistic science fiction tone of the film, the costumes were based on present day flight suits.
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