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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Red Dawn (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Red Dawn (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984).
About the movie:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers bands together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
The photographer, Joseph Galloway, married the daughter of Captain Thomas C, Metsker, who gave up his seat on a chopper to a soldier who was more wounded. He was then subsequently shot.
b.
The first motion picture released with an MPAA PG-13 rating. (
The Flamingo Kid
, the first film to *get* a PG-13 rating, sat on the shelves for 5 months before release.)
c.
The film uses no elements from the
Ian Fleming
short story "Quantum of Solace" except its title. Apart from James Bond, none of the characters from the short story (Rhoda Llewellyn, Philip Masters and the Governor) are used as character names in the movie, nor is its Nassau / Bermuda setting.
d.
Before
Bruce Campbell
accepted the role of "Elvis," he had only one question for director
Don Coscarelli
: "Are you going to show the penis?"
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
In the trailer for the movie, when Gonzo fires the gun in the car, it actually goes off instead of just clicking.
b.
The films replica Soviet T-72 tank was so precise that when it was transported to the studio, two CIA agents followed and wanted to know where it had come from.
c.
Frustrated at seeing his script for
Juarez
rewritten by
Paul Muni
, the films star,
John Huston
vowed that from then on he would direct his own screenplays and therefore not have to see them get meddled with. He was fortunate in that he had a staunch ally in the form of producer
Henry Blanke
who was happy to fulfill Hustons wish.
d.
Prior to making this film,
Angelina Jolie
did volunteer work for the same United Nations organization her character plays in the film. She was ultimately named a UN goodwill ambassador and in 2003 published some journals she wrote of her experiences, titled "Notes from My Travels", to raise funds for refugee relief. Some of the places she writes about are featured in this movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
The two main characters were much older and more cynical in an earlier draft of the script.
b.
The local movie theatre is playing Nosferatu, the original vampire movie.
c.
The original trailer, on the laserdisc release, includes a scene with a tank rolling up to a McDonalds where enemy soldiers are eating. The scene does not appear in the final cut, and was likely removed due to a mass murder at a McDonalds in San Ysidro, CA, weeks before the film opened.
d.
Candida Royalle
, who plays
Jerry Butler
s mother, is in reality not even a decade older than him, which would mean she was conceived with him when she was less than 10 years old.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
Charlie Sheen
s feature film debut.
b.
Around the time of the release of
Get Smart
, Get Smart co-creator
Mel Brooks
commented that he wasnt consulted for any input at all by the production of
The Nude Bomb
.
c.
Doris Day
s 10-inch Columbia LP of selections from the film score captured first place on the "Billboard" pop albums chart.
d.
Very loosely adapted from
H.P. Lovecraft
s "Herbert West - Re-Animator".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
Katrina has a snake tattoo on her back. Snake Plissken had a similar tattoo on his chest, the character from John Carpenters
Escape from New York
and
Escape from L.A.
.
b.
The plot, a Soviet/Cuban invasion from Mexico, was based on CIA and War College studies of US weaknesses at the time.
c.
According to a report in Variety, September 15, 1976, film was originally created as a short subject to book in conjunction with Damiano feature
The Story of Joanna
. It was expanded to feature length before release, however.
d.
Dabney Coleman
and
Barry Corbin
stared together in _WarGames_ in 1983.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
Although a lost film, the trailer survived and is one of the 50 films in the 3-disk boxed DVD set called "More Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894-1931" (2004), compiled by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film archives. It is preserved by the Library of Congress (AFI/Jack Tillmany collection) and has a running time of 1 minute.
b.
Joe Pesci
reprised his character for his 1998 album "Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Sings Just for You".
c.
The cast underwent an intensive 8-week military training course before filming started.
d.
According to an interview,
Jennifer Aniston
stated that the reasons she worked on this film was both to work with her friend
Ben Stiller
and to dance the salsa.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
While filming the invasion scene at the high school, five parachutists dressed as Soviet soldiers were blown up to a mile off course.
b.
Ethan Peck
is the grandson of actor
Gregory Peck
.
c.
Jon Carnoy
: as a man in the Bagelicious and later as a man outside of Bobbys Boy.
d.
Tope makes reference to a civil war comrade named Arch Stanton. This is the name on the grave beside the buried money in The Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
The film made the Guinness Book of Records for having the most acts of violence of any film up to that time. According to their calculations, 134 acts of violence occur per hour, 2.23 per minute.
b.
In the scene that takes place at the construction site, the signs in the background read "Reed Design" - no doubt a tribute to the late
Robert Reed
, the original Mike Brady.
c.
Johnny Depp
plays guitar in this movie in three scenes, and also does on two songs on the soundtrack (the first and last tracks)
d.
The movie had its world premiere on 12 March 1942 in Columbus, Ohio, the location of Ohio State University, the school where both
James Thurber
and
Elliott Nugent
attended.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
Director
Brian Yuzna
on the DVD commentary regrets not coming up with a more proper name for the film as "Return of the Living Dead III" is too long. He suggests the title "Kurt and Julie" and admits that the title "Mortal Zombie" (which it was called in some places in Europe) is a nice name.
b.
Except for a few shots where she was doubled by
Audrey Scott
,
Jeanette MacDonald
did most of her own horseback riding.
c.
In the movie, the Wolverines bomb the invaders regional headquarters. On August 3, 2006, heavy thunderstorms destroyed the 107-year-old Center Block Building in Las Vegas, NM, where the scene was filmed.
d.
All actors were required to lose 20 pounds in a month and then went to boot camp where they learned to use artillery weapons and live like the settlers
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Dawn (1984)?
a.
The illustration of Genghis Khan in the high school classroom at the beginning of the film is a caricature of director
John Milius
.
b.
Paul Schrader was given no money for publicity or music production after Morgan Creek decided to release his version. He was also only given $35,000 for visual effects and post-production (which explains the shoddy computer graphics and inconsistent audio quality). Additionally, Morgan Creek chose the release date of May 20th, the weekend
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
came out.
c.
Most of the deleted scenes are "restored" in the novelized adaptation of
Ghost Busters
.
d.
Randy Thom
, one of the films sound mixers, said that the sound mix took over nine months to complete.
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