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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988).
About the movie:
An alien is sent on a secret mission to Earth, where she appears as a gorgeous, attractive, and single lady...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
The shot with The Zone working at the taco stand was shot at a Mexican fast food take out stand in Hollywood, while the audio for the scene, as well as The Zones audio for the drive through, was recorded in a car in Santa Monica.
b.
Some location shooting took place in Thousand Oaks, California. The beach that Celeste sets down in at the start is the same beach from
Beverly Hills, 90210
.
c.
The script was written by
Marvin Faulkner
as a method of therapy after losing his own wife to cancer. The film is dedicated to her memory.
d.
Weather and travel delays, as well as
Joan Crawford
s departure, forced director
Robert Aldrich
to cease location filming and move to a $200,000 replica of Houmas House at Fox Studios Soundstage 6.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
Maudie Prickett
s final feature film performance.
b.
Shelley Long
was originally cast as Celeste.
c.
Jon Voight
s role of Luke Martin was loosely inspired by paralyzed Vietnam veteran
Ron Kovic
, who was making inroads in Hollywood with his book "Born on the Fourth of July" at the time. Of course, Kovics book and story was in 1989 put on the screen with
Tom Cruise
in the role of Kovic.
d.
"Entertainment Weekly" magazine voted this the the second scariest film ever made, behind
The Exorcist
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
This is the first Star Trek motion picture since CBS assumed ownership of the Star Trek franchise from Paramount Pictures.
b.
Filmed in 1984.
c.
The choir featured in the wedding scenes was the actual choir at the church used during filming. They had to sing the hymns more than 50 times.
d.
Kim Basinger
turned down the chance to play Sarah Tobias in
The Accused
, in order to play Celeste.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
The first movie musical with songs by
Cole Porter
.
b.
Tensions between director
Antoine Fuqua
and
Bruce Willis
emerged soon after principle photography began, ending with each vowing never to work with the other again.
c.
Juliette Lewis
film debut.
d.
In the book
Patrick Wilson
s character is called Todd. It was changed to Brad, probably because the writer and director of the film is
Todd Field
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
The actors met two days before shooting.
b.
Robert Rusler
auditioned for the role of Ron Grady on the last day of shooting
Weird Science
.
Robert Downey Jr.
drove him to the audition.
c.
Of the three alien council members, the one on the left of
Tony Jay
never speaks.
d.
James Neilson
replaced
Anthony Mann
as director when Mann walked off the picture after a falling out with
James Stewart
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
Film debut of
Gates McFadden
(credited as "Cheryl McFadden"), playing Mr. Prices secretary. McFadden worked with
Jim Henson
as a choreographer and puppeteer on
The Dark Crystal
and
Labyrinth
.
b.
Joss Whedon
wrote the lyrics to one of the songs performed in the film.
c.
Vitaphone production reels #3231-3237
d.
The 25 January 1988 draft of the script credits
Jerico
as writer, with revisions by
Frank Galati
,
Richard Benner
,
Susan Rice
,
Herschel Weingrod
and
Timothy Harris
,
Paul Rudnick
, and
Debra Frank
and
Carl Sautter
, and a further rewrite by
Jonathan Reynolds
. Only four of the ten writers received screen credit.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
The original writer of
My Stepmother Is an Alien
saw the story as a dark allegory about child abuse. That was how it was pitched to Paramount in 1981. They never wound up producing the film, but they do own the TV/digital rights to the story.
b.
Charles Bronson
s salary was more then the films budget.
c.
A print of this film with sound discs, survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
d.
Director
Wes Anderson
drummed up publicity the old-fashioned way by traveling across the country in a tour bus that was kitted out with two big screen TVs, two VCRs, a CD player, cellphones, a satellite dish and a Sony Playstation. This largely came about because Anderson hates to fly.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)?
a.
The Bag impersonates
Carl Sagan
in one scene. (The impersonation is done by
Harry Shearer
). Sagan was one of Americas foremost astronomers and cosmologists. He also wrote the novel Contact, which was adapted into the film of the same name.
b.
The password "fidelio" (from the Latin root "fidelis" meaning "faithful") refers to
Ludwig van Beethoven
s only opera, "Fidelio". In the opera, Fidelio is a woman who disguises herself as a man to save her lover.
c.
This was Allan Dwans last film he made for Universal.
d.
One of Brian Fantanas colognes is called Lime Prop.
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