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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Octopussy (1983) - Part (4) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Octopussy (1983) - Part (4) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Octopussy (1983) - Part (4)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983).

About the movie: A fake Fabergé egg and a fellow agent's death leads James Bond to uncovering an international jewel smuggling operation, headed by the mysterious Octopussy, being used to disguise a nuclear attack on NATO forces.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		The Sonas plastic-surgery room was recycled into the Museum of Kyrian Heritage in the TV episode Living Witness.
b.		First James Bond movie to be released with the MGM Lion logo at the beginning. MGM merged with United Artists in 1982, the year before the release of Octopussy and this is the first Bond movie distributed by the new company, MGM/UA Distribution Co.
c.		Director Litvak shot all of Stanwycks bedridden scenes back-to-back in fourteen days.
d.		Sterling Hayden was originally supposed to play the knife expert, Britt. Hayden dropped out for unknown reasons, so John Sturges sent out an extensive casting call. Robert Vaughn (Lee) recommended his old schoolmate and friend James Coburn for the role. Vaughn and Coburn helped each other get roles throughout the rest of Coburns life.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Syngenor (the name of the monster) stands for SYNthesized GENetic ORgansism
b.		Synthetic Cinema originally hoped to shoot this movie a year earlier using a stop motion creature, but make Werewolf: The Devils Hound (2007) instead when the special effects were deemed too challenging.
c.		Chapter Titles: 1. The Tunnel of Terror, 2. The Thundering Terror, 3. Flying Coffins, 4. Pillar of Flame, 5. The Time Bomb, 6. Highways of Peril, 7. Bridge of Disaster, 8. Dead or Alive, 9. The Hornets Trapped, 10. Bullets and Ballots, 11. Disaster Rides the Rails, 12. Panic in the Zoo, 13. Doom of the Underworld
d.		The Octopussy character was originally intended to be a villainess and in the media at the time it was reported that Faye Dunaway was being considered for this part. Sybil Danning and Persis Khambatta were also contenders.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Film debut of James Ellison.
b.		In early 1971, Jack Nicholson was announced as one of leads by Los Angeles Times columnist Joyce Haber.
c.		Another actor was hired in addition to Vijay Amritraj when there was a dispute with Actors Equity because Armitraj was not a member of the actors union.
d.		The firehouse where Rimgales office was located is in the heart of Chinatown at the corner of Wentworth and Cermak Avenues.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		It rained very little during the "rain days" in rainy Vancouver, and so up to six water trucks were used to make "rain" and wet down streets. That was just for two nights making it rain along three whole city blocks downtown. While filming at a luxury house up in Lions Bay for six weeks, the houses roof was covered with rain wands on stands and all the windows had special dripping apparatus all hooked up to a fire hydrant outside the property so we had rain most everyday.
b.		The first Canadian feature-length "talkie".
c.		Because of excessive takes for each scene by director William Wyler, Jezebel allegedly ran 28 days behind schedule.
d.		The Acrostar Jet was 12 feet long with a single micro-turbo jet engine TRS-18. It could fly at 160 mph and soar at 310 mph and reach 30,000 feet with a climbing rate of 2500 feet per minute. It was piloted and owned by J.W. Corkey Fornof of Louisiana who had been an uncredited aviation consultant on Moonraker and also worked on Licence to Kill as a pilot.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Make-up designer David Leroy Anderson scoured forensic books and crime scene photos for ideas on how best to convey death and decay.
b.		The three leads, John Wayne, David Janssen, and Jim Hutton, all died within slightly over eight months of one another: Hutton on June 2, 1979, Wayne on June 11, 1979, and Janssen on February 13, 1980.
c.		The comic book pictures shown, are actually reproductions of classic comic book moments with heroes like Superman, Spider-Man, and Captain America replaced by Orgazmo.
d.		It was not a planned part of the Indian cabbie chase sequence when a cyclist rode between the two battling vehicles, providing added suspense.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Hong Kong superstar and director Sammo Hung served as the films 2nd unit director. The release print of "Knock Off" suffers from the removal of a lot of the martial arts action shot for the film, with a couple of sequences being very heavily edited. The final battle between Jean-Claude Van Dammes character and Australian actor/stuntman Michael Miller is less than half of the action shot for their fight, and upon careful viewing you can pick up the fact that the fight has raged across several different sections on the boat, while the fight between Jeff Wolfes character Scar and Jean-Claudes is the most heavily edited with more of the action being shown in the "Making Of" featured on several of the DVD editions than in the finished film.
b.		In the train-flying car stunt, when the car landed, one of the stunt men dressed as a fisherman only just made it out of the row boat in the lake where the car was landing. This footage can be seen in the finished film.
c.		Marsellus and Mia never actually speak to one another on-screen, even though they are husband and wife.
d.		Counting this films win for best picture, it has the most Oscars ever won (7) without winning the best director award.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Gregory Robert Wilson used inspiration from actor David Duchovny for his character, Perry. Duchovny was also starring in a movie called The Secret (Si jétais toi), which was in production at the same time.
b.		The first film has a body count of 33, while the second has a body count of 59.
c.		Footage of Roger Moore and Kristina Wayborn in bed shown in one of the films trailers is not included in the film itself.
d.		There were widespread rumors that Jason Isaacs was to play the part of British Agent Campion Bond. However, in an interview Isaacs revealed he hadnt even read the script and that all reports of him in the role were, in fact, fabricated.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		When Florine and Fifi encounter each other in Totos apartment, he introduces them respectively as his night nurse and his day nurse and Fifi threatens Florine with the line "Ill night nurse you!" Joan Blondell, who plays Fifi, would go on to play a day nurse in the film Night Nurse.
b.		Ron Howard was originally set to direct, with Russell Crowe (I) set to star, but both left the film when Ron Howard and Disney had a major disagreement over the films budget (Howard had sought $200 million). John Lee Hancock was then brought on board as director with Howard as the films co-producer and the budget reduced to $95 million.
c.		Stuntman Martin Grace had a serious accident while filming on the train. Hanging on the side of it, the train went into a non-assessed area of the track and he rammed into a pylon, seriously damaging his leg and hip and hospitalizing him for several months. He made a full recovery. In a similar vein, the actor who uses the buzz saw yo-yo broke his arm when he fell over the balcony onto Octopussys bed. Despite his injury and having to wear a cast, he insisted on completing the rest of his scenes.
d.		The much anticipated bathroom scene in Runaway Jury, where Rohr confronts Finch is the first ever dialog in a movie between Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. It was written while the rest of the movie was being filmed, after someone on the crew found out that the two, though they had been friends since 1956, had never starred in a movie together. It was finally shot on a single day at the very end, weeks after both Hackman and Hoffman had finished their other work.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Lt. John Dunbar carries two guns in the film - a Henry 1860 rifle made specially by Uberti and a Colt 1851 Navy cap-and-ball revolver.
b.		The buzz saw yo-yo was an idea conceived by writer George MacDonald Fraser.
c.		A line of dialogue was cut for time purposes which hinted that the story took place several years after 2022 which was also going to be the last year it ever snowed due to the global warming. This joke was meant to help explain why there was no snow present despite the fact that the first act of the film takes place during the winter.
d.		Released as "Porki 3" in Brazil to cash in on the success of "Porkys" and "Porkys 2".

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Octopussy (1983)?
a.		Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker: [Funny Ending Credits] The ending credits contain funny or joke credits (such as "Guy in Charge of Lots of Things" etc).
b.		LLoyd Kaufmans scene was added in after the final version of the script was submitted at the request of Tara Cardinal, who is both a friend and fan of the Troma President.
c.		The original script was scrapped and re-written without Ralph Bakshis knowledge.
d.		Vehicles featured included an Acrostar Mini Jet aka a Bede Jet; yellow and black three-wheeled Indian Auto Rickshaw Tuk-Tuk Company Taxis; a dark gray metallic Alfa Romeo GTV 6 Quadrifoglio; a white Volkswagen Beetle or VW bug; various Mercedes makes including a black Mercedes-Benz 250 SE, Mercedes-Benz 600 Pullman and Mercedes-Benz 240D; Kamal Khans black Rolls Royce Phantom III car and private Beechcraft C-45 Twin Beech (twin-engine) Beech 18 airplane; Qs Hot Air Balloon; a one-person Crocodile water-vessel; five BMW 5 series sedans and a BMW motorcycle for the West German police vehicles; Octopussys S-class steam Circus Train; Octopussys ten-crewed lake barge; a Range Rover convertible; Army Truck and Willys jeep; GAZ-24 Volga driven by General Orlov when chasing Bond; and Aerospatiale SA 316B III Alouette and Aerospatiale SA-365C helicopters.

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