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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Predator (1987) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Predator (1987) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987).
About the movie:
A team of commandos, on a mission in a Central American jungle, find themselves hunted by an extra-terrestrial warrior.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
Burt Reynolds
sports a
Clark Gable
-like mustache for this movie.
b.
In real life,
Andrew Robinson
is a pacifist who despises guns. In the early days of principal photography, Robinson would flinch violently every time he fired. Director
Don Siegel
was forced to shut down production for a time and sent Robinson to a school to learn to fire a gun convincingly. However, he still blinks noticeably when he shoots. Robinson was also squeamish about filming the scene where he verbally and physically abuses several schoolchildren, and the scene where he racially insults the man he pays to beat him up (
Raymond Johnson
).
c.
Elpidia Carrillo
s character Anna tells
Arnold Schwarzenegger
the story of the demons that live in the forest and skin their victims on yearly basis. This is the first indication that the Predator creatures have visited earth prior to the events of this movie.
d.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 18, 1951 with
Paul Douglas
reprising his film role.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
The film was shot in chronological order (even though its not in chronological order in its final cut).
b.
In between takes, a make-up girl accidentally scratched
Halle Berry
s corneas while applying eye drops, resulting in much pain and missed work for Ms. Berry.
c.
Shane Black
hated the glasses he was given to wear as Hawkins. He wanted to wear authentic military-issue ballistic glasses worn by actual troops in the field, but the director wanted him to look as geeky as possible.
d.
Citizen Dicks album name "Touch Me, Im Dick" is a direct reference to the Seattle band
Mudhoney
and their song "Touch Me, Im Sick".
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
The scene where one of the dozen pretends to be a general inspecting
Robert Ryan
s troops was initially written for
Clint Walker
s character. However, Walker was uncomfortable with this scene, so
Robert Aldrich
decided to use
Donald Sutherland
instead. The scene was directly responsible for Sutherland being cast in
MASH
, which made him an international star.
b.
The aliens costumes are loosely modeled after those worn by the flying monkeys in
The Wizard of Oz
.
c.
Sven-Ole Thorsen
:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
s friend and frequent collaborator appears as the Russian Officer.
d.
Originally intended as a serious movie, this film was altered by
Harold Lloyd
into a comedy by adding the gag scenes later on.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
In order to lose the required amount of weight for the present day scenes,
Matt Damon
went on a strict regimen of food deprivation and physical training. This caused his health to become so frail that he was put on medical supervision for several months after the shoot. However, his efforts didnt go unnoticed: director
Francis Ford Coppola
was so impressed by Damons display of method acting, that he offered him the leading role in
The Rainmaker
. While making
Good Will Hunting
, after regaining his healthy weight, Damon met Steven Spielberg (who was then casting
Saving Private Ryan
). Spielberg told Damon that he had loved his performance in "Courage Under Fire" and had wanted to hire him to play Pvt. Ryan, but was afraid that Damon was too skinny. Once Spielberg saw Damon at his normal weight, he hired him for Ryan.
b.
Ted Nugents character is a major character in the film but only says two words the whole movie.
c.
The black helicopter pilot seen at the end of the movie is
Kevin Peter Hall
, the actor who plays the Predator.
d.
Released in the first year of the Second World War, this is one of the first Hollywood films to actually mention the word "Jewish" and to deal with the refugee problem.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
Series Trademark: Cid In keeping with the tradition of characters named Cid in the Final Fantasy series, there is a Cid in the movie played by
Donald Sutherland
. In keeping with the tradition he also possesses an airship.
b.
David Niven
: As Sir Charles Litton, a role he had not played himself since
The Pink Panther
, a gap of about just under twenty years.
Christopher Plummer
had played Litton in
The Return of the Pink Panther
. Niven was seventy-three years of age when he appeared in this movie. Niven filmed his scenes for this film and
Curse of the Pink Panther
at the same time, due to his ill health. His voice was so weak that professional celebrity impressionist
Rich Little
was hired to dub Nivens voice.
c.
We learn that Mr. Green is being blackmailed because he is a homosexual working for the government. Later on, J. Edgar Hoover calls the house. In "Ending C" where everyone is guilty, we learn that Mr. Green is really an FBI agent sent in to infiltrate the blackmailer. In a couple of ironic twists, J. Edgar Hoover has long been suspected of being a homosexual and in the 1950s, Hoover started a case called "Operation: Babydoll" in which he gathered intelligence on possible homosexuals working in the federal government.
d.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
noted that filming the climatic fight was made difficult by the fact that the late
Kevin Peter Hall
, who played the Predator, couldnt see through his mask.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
Christopher Reeve
turned down the role of Bellocq, in order to prepare for his role in
Superman
.
b.
Production was first set in Swaziland, sets were built, cast & crew were already on location when they were denied the rights to film and had to find a another location, which will be Namibia.
c.
Being the first Predator movie they only show the thermal vision and infrared vision from the Predators point of view (in Predator 2 they introduce many other vision modes for the predator), but with good attention to details you can get hints that the Predator has different vision modes even in this movie; The Predator can obviously see and avoid the trip wires they hide everywhere in the forest (which would actually not be visible if the Predator only used thermal visions). The predator can also see if the soldiers are carrying any kind of weapons or knives and if they are unarmed, indicating the Predator has a different vision mode which makes him able to detect solid metal.
d.
According to
Rosalind Russell
, she and
Hayley Mills
did not get along during filming. She claimed that every time she turned around or walked away from Mills, she would stick her tongue out at her.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
Body count: 64.
b.
Roger Dorn (Bernsen), Pedro Cerrano (Haysbert), Duke Temple (Yeager) and Harry Doyle (Uecker) are the only characters to appear in all three films in the Major League series.
c.
Raymond Massey
was author
Hartzell Spence
s choice to play his father.
d.
Franco Nero
was cast because he had the right look to play Lancelot.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Predator (1987)?
a.
Joss Whedon
was so frustrated by how much of his vision was being mishandled and how much of it was being rewritten that he eventually left the set during production and never came back.
b.
Michael Nutter
: In the scene where the Mayor (
Viola Davis
) is swearing in Nick as the new District Attorney, the man holding the bible is the actual mayor of Philadelphia at the time of filming.
c.
This was a spec script that accidentally found its way to 20th Century Fox.
d.
On the DVD commentary star
Joel S. Rice
said that director/writer
Jimmy Huston
wanted to avoid slasher movie cliches when he wrote the film by focusing more on the young characters and less on gore and violence.
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