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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Planet Terror (2007) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Planet Terror (2007) - 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: Planet Terror (2007).
About the movie:
After an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
The title is derived from the song by the late
Warren Zevon
.
b.
The main characters name is El Wray. In
Robert Rodriguez
s earlier movie,
From Dusk Till Dawn
, Seth Gecko is trying to get to a place called El Ray.
c.
The first male co-star of the movie was replaced. Oli Goodwill was the 2nd male lead.
d.
Writer Brian Helgeland first saw the original
Man on Fire
when he was renting videos in the late-80s. He walked in to the video store where
Quentin Tarantino
was working, and asked what was good. Tarantino recommended
Man on Fire
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
This movie is on the American Humane Association Unacceptable list due to a live crocodile being slashed with a knife
b.
The first of three films starring both
Emily Watson
and
Philip Seymour Hoffman
. The others being
Red Dragon
and
Synecdoche, New York
.
c.
In one scene,
Merle Haggard
s "Mama Tried" plays loudly on the record player. His band was "The Strangers."
d.
Robert Rodriguez
first came up with the idea for Planet Terror while making
The Faculty
. He told
Elijah Wood
and
Josh Hartnett
that zombie movies were about to come back in a major way. He wanted to be there first when it happened so he prepared a script. But he only got as far as 30 pages before he got stuck for ideas. And when he got attached to other projects, the zombie craze happened just as he predicted. Rodriguez later commented, "I knew I shouldve made my zombie movie."
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
The movies line "That is one nutty hospital." was voted as the #44 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Mel Brooks
cast
Mary-Margaret Humes
as the Vestal Virgin Miriam for the Roman Empire segment after first seeing her picture on a Sunset Boulevard billboard.
d.
In the scene in the hospital when Dakota is called on by her husband Dr. Bill Block to bring the needles there is a brief shot of her notepad which reads: "To do / Cereal for Tony / Crickets for Tonys pets / Kill Bill" - the latter of course a reference to
Quentin Tarantino
s "Kill Bill" films.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
The "machine-gun leg" effect was pulled off by putting a cast on Rose McGowans leg to keep it stiff and wrapping green bandage around it. A grey wrap was sometimes used.
b.
The first film to use Dolby noise reduction in the mixing of the soundtrack.
c.
The UK censors, the BBFC, viewed the film at the request of the distributors during post-production. The sound mix was incomplete. Warners were keen to get a 12A rating (to match the US PG-13) and the BBFC advised them that in order to avoid a higher rating, "care should be taken with the final sound mix so as not to play up the sound of blows and to avoid more bone crunching sound effects" in a number of scenes. Because the BBFC examiners did not advise the distributors to specifically reduce any of the sound effects, as the sound mix was incomplete at the time of the viewing, this film was passed 12A with no cuts made. This same version was released worldwide, with the cuts discussed in full on the SBBFC website for students.
d.
Although the "Hyborian Age" of Conan was approximately 10,000 BC, creator
Robert E. Howard
used Medieval themes and influences in the Conan stories to avoid any complicated historical research.
Oliver Stone
s script placed the story in a post-apocalyptic future rather than the distant past. This was abandoned and the original timeline was restored.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
This was Paramounts first musical.
b.
When Tammy is changing her car radio station, the DJ is heard to dedicate the upcoming song to the "departed Jungle Julia."
c.
The trial scenes were filmed in the same courtroom in which Alferd Packer was tried in Lake City, Colorado.
d.
Working title was "Good Neighbors."
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
The voice of the professor on the tape recording is that of American Movie Classics host
Bob Dorian
.
b.
Michael Winterbottom
was the original director of the film. Production had actually begun when he left the project because the Producers demanded the script to be finished prior to commencing Principal Photography.
c.
The scene where Wray and Cherry burst out on the motorcycle and Cherry fires the gun was filmed first and then redone with CGI.
d.
Depending on the Choose Their Fate feature, either Ashley or Ashlyn get a slightly worse death than the other. In the original scene where they are both burned, Ashlyn gets the worse death as Ashley inadvertently breaks the glass on her tanning bed due to struggling and thus stops the heat. But Ashlyns bed continues to pump out heat, scorching her worse than Ashley. In the alternate scene, Ashlyn simply gets knocked out by the shelf whereas Ashley is trapped and burned in addition to being electrocuted later on.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
Dedicated to
Dennis Fimple
.
b.
Deputy Tolo is a terrible shot. He keeps misfiring through the movie. In Spanish and Portuguese Tolo means fool.
c.
The movie will be made into a haunted house for Universals Halloween Horror Nights 2010.
d.
Composer
Randy Edelman
was initially not interested in the project because of the massive amount of music he would have to write for the films original six hour length (when it was meant to be a mini-series). However, says Edelman, "I saw the faces of these officers, at the beginning of it, and it completely turned me on. I knew I was going to have to do it."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
When Wray is first introduced, he asks the owner of the Bone Shack for a pack of cigarettes. The brand he is handed, "Red Apple," is the same brand that Bruce Willis character, Butch Coolidge, is handed in Marsellus Wallaces bar in
Pulp Fiction
. This is perhaps a nod to the much noted friendship between Tarantino and Rodriguez.
b.
William Holden
was considered not to be up to the role in the film, however
Barbara Stanwyck
urged producers to keep him in the picture, and succeeded. In 1978, at the
The 50th Annual Academy Awards
, before starting the presentation of the sound award, Holden publicly thanked Stanwyck for what she did.
c.
Despite being criticized for its violence, only four characters die: the armed robber in the corner shop that Travis shoots, the pimp, the Mafioso and the doorman. Some people believe that Travis actually dies in the shootout (and that the final sequences of the movie are a wish-fulfillment in Travis head) so that would raise the body count to five.
d.
The shoot was fast-tracked due to an impending actors/ directors/ writers strike that was anticipated for summer 2001. The strike never actually took place.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
Initial casting proposals had
Betty Grable
playing the mother (a role which Betty turned down) and
Tuesday Weld
portraying the daughter.
b.
Peter OToole
s crown was made of cardboard.
c.
The scene where Dakota jumps out of the window and lands on top of the trash cans was filmed twice, the first shot had a stunt double falling onto a crash mat from the original height and the second had her falling onto the trash cans from a scaffolding at a lower height. A car driving by was put in to disguise the switch.
d.
When
Harvey Pekar
first guest stars on
Late Night with David Letterman
, Joyce is in the waiting room with a man with an alligator (
Terrence Sullivan
). This was originally intended to be a cameo by
John Waters
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Planet Terror (2007)?
a.
When the alien ship is approaching Earth at the beginning to look for the humpback whales, there were originally subtitles saying things like "Where are you? Can you hear us?". The studio wanted to keep them despite
Leonard Nimoy
s objections. In the first test screening, however, test audiences indicated the subtitles were unnecessary so they were cut.
b.
Audie Murphy acted with
Alan Hale Jr.
in "Destry". Alan would go on to be Skipper in
Gilligans Island
. Audie made
Ride Clear of Diablo
with The Professor,
Russell Johnson
.
c.
The appearance of
Bruce Willis
in a minor role is a subtle nod to an old marketing trick often employed by Grindhouse makers. They would contract a big-name movie star to appear in their movie for one day, for a few frontal shots only, while the rest of the scenes were done with a double filmed from the back. A picture of the big star would then be placed prominently on the movies poster in order to boost sales. (Example: Bruce Willis character of Lt. Muldoon is never in the same frame with the other lead and supporting actors indicating that all of his scenes were filmed separately.)
d.
This was
Roger Corman
s most expensive feature up to that time, costing $2 million. Most of the budget was spent on salaries for
Robert Vaughn
and
George Peppard
, who both had high asking prices.
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