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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Prince of Darkness (1987) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Prince of Darkness (1987) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987).
About the movie:
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
The only film for which
Elizabeth Taylor
and Katharine Hepburn (I) competed with a co-star for the same Best Actress Academy Award. However, the award went to
Simone Signoret
.
b.
Kevin Spacey
was the third choice to play David Gale.
George Clooney
and
Nicolas Cage
both rejected the part. Nicolas Cage had the script and gave it to Parker, but was already busy with other projects.
c.
This movie along with
RoboCop
,
Basic Instinct
and
Starship Troopers
is one of four separate movie franchises in which the first movie of their respected series (directed by
Paul Verhoeven
) were successful, but their respected sequels (not directed by Verhoeven) all either bombed at the box office or were released Direct-to-DVD.
d.
Rock singer
Alice Cooper
is among the hordes of homeless people that surround the church during the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Alice Cooper
used the bike impalement trick in his stage shows prior to this movie. The bike he uses was his own personal prop.
b.
The song young Gertrude Lang learns on the clarinet is "Stranger on the Shore" by
Acker Bilk
.
c.
Originally shot at World Famous Gleasons Gym in Brooklyn, before and after 9/11.
d.
The shots of Iraq Jack
James Lafferty
climbing the windmill were unscripted.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Alan Smithee exclaims that the film is "worse than
Showgirls
", also written by
Joe Eszterhas
.
b.
When actor
Peter Jason
, who plays Dr. Leahy, introduces himself to Dr. Birack (Victor Wong) for the first time, he wasnt expecting Wong to walk away in the middle of the scene. Jasons subsequent confused appearance and awkwardness is natural and unscripted.
c.
Due to the films relatively low budget, the same two stunt men were used throughout the movie.
d.
Rebecca Schaeffer
auditioned for the role of Rachel.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Tom Cruise
was originally asked to play the Ted Baker role, he passed.
b.
Peter Jason
hurt his shoulder in the scene where he and Jameson Parker try to break the front doors of the church down to escape. He claims that the pain still flares up to this day.
c.
Film debut of
Beth Howland
.
d.
Upham is chastised for saluting Miller (
Tom Hanks
) because it will make Miller a target for snipers. In
Forrest Gump
, Forrest (Hanks) is chastised for doing the same thing to Lt. Dan.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Alan Smithee exclaims that the film is "worse than
Showgirls
", also written by
Joe Eszterhas
.
b.
Writer/producer/director
Robert Gottschalk
was the inventor of the Panavision photographic process, and conceived of this film as a showcase for that process.
c.
Screenwriter
John Carpenter
is credited as "Martin Quatermass". The pseudonym is a homage to Professor Bernard Quatermass, the lead character of
The Quatermass Experiment
and several subsequent TV series and film versions. In the original press notes he was described as the brother of Professor Bernard Quatermass, head of the British rocket programme. In a further nod to Carpenters influences, the character Wyndham is named after science-fiction author
John Wyndham
and
Anne Howard
s character is named after the star of
The Wasp Woman
, Susan Cabot.
d.
Craig T. Nelson
was nicknamed Fish, by
Sam Peckinpah
, because he had to stay under water in the swimming scene
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
This was the only
Don Bluth
movie to contain live action.
b.
In the Giants game, when Mark Wahlberg is running down the sideline in special teams coverage, a Giants player hits him hard and knocks him down. This Giants player was a football player at the nearby University of Delaware, and was not supposed to contact Wahlberg, let alone knock him down. As a result of this, the actor/player was told to leave the set, but the scene was kept.
c.
Composer
John Barry
s final film.
d.
Jameson Parker, who plays Brian, was sporting an old leg injury he picked up while making TV series
Simon & Simon
, and would sometimes need to rest in his trailer because of the pain.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Second consecutive James Bond movie where a female character is revealed to be a double agent.
b.
Marilyn Burns
, whose character was chased by Leatherface through the undergrowth, actually cut herself on the branches quite badly, so a lot of the blood on her body and clothes is real.
c.
This is the second film in what
John Carpenter
calls his Apocalypse Trilogy. The others are
The Thing
and
In the Mouth of Madness
.
d.
Loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural, and extremely religious farming town of Elmore City, Oklahoma in 1978. Dancing had been banned for nearly 90 years until a group of high school teens challenged it.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Erik Rhodes
Italian characterization so offended the Italian government - and dictator
Benito Mussolini
in particular - that the film was banned in Italy. The same fate befell
The Gay Divorcee
the year before.
b.
Film historian and collector William K. Everson stated that the only surviving print was lost by actress Mary Duncan who had borrowed it from Fox Studios.
c.
The first "Grudge" movie not to have an Unrated version on DVD.
d.
The scene where Wyndham (
Robert Grasmere
) is stabbed by the bag-lady at the back of the church is inspired by a similar stabbing scene in the Terence Fisher movie Curse of the Werewolf.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Chris Kentis
wrote the original draft of the screenplay in under six days.
b.
The scene in which Myra and Roy dance to "Auld Lang Syne" was supposed to have dialogue, but nobody could come up with the right words. At about 3:00 in the morning before shooting the scene was to take place,
Mervyn LeRoy
, a veteran of silent films, realized that there shouldnt be any lines and that the images should speak for themselves. The result is the most celebrated scene of the film.
c.
Grant Nieporte
s first produced feature film screenplay. He had previously worked on several tv shows such as
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
and
8 Simple Rules... for Dating My Teenage Daughter
.
d.
The movie was shot in just over 30 days.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Prince of Darkness (1987)?
a.
Matthew Bellamy
, lead singer of the rock group Muse, was originally hired to do the music but dropped out halfway through to concentrate on touring with his band.
b.
Patti LuPone
s movie debut.
c.
Winn-Dixie was played by multiple Picardy Shepherds, a rare breed from France. The DVD extra "Diamond in the Ruff" shows the two principal dogs, Scott and Lyco, but producer
Trevor Albert
mentions at 18:00 and 40:26 in the DVD feature commentary that, in all, four dogs were used. At 00:36 in
AnnaSophia Robb
s commentary "Meet Winn-Dixie" she mentions that the stunt dog Tasha jumped over the flour.
d.
Donald Pleasence
s character, Father Loomis, is named after the character he played in the Halloween movies.
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