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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Red Planet (2000) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Red Planet (2000) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000).
About the movie:
Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Because the film was being shot in winter, but was suppose to be set in warmer weather, the crew had to paint the leaves of trees and brushes green on location.
b.
The aircraft used in the movie was owned by the 3M Company
c.
Many of the Mars scenes were filmed in Wadi Rum, Jordan, a desert valley several miles long.
d.
The picture of Susan Sarandon holding a baby on the mantelpiece in the flashback, is the same picture used in
Stepmom
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Approximately 40 minutes into the movie, a computer is scrolling through a list of names in a phone book, in search of its next victim. The names listed are mostly Hollywood producers. Going through the list slowly reveals
Caryn Mandabach
(listed as "Caryn Mandab"),
Wink Martindale
,
Lorne Michaels
(of
Saturday Night Live
),
Bill Melendez
("Charlie Brown" specials),
Neal Marlens
(
Growing Pains
),
Thomas L. Miller
(
Full House
) and a host of others. The name the computer is searching for is Terry Munroe, which (maybe by coincidence) happens to be the birth name of actor
Stepin Fetchit
.
b.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies." (In the description for the list, the magazine stated, "These are movies about which you could say, "Thats Not Entertainment." Theyre not "rides" or "diversions." They are galvanizing experiences that place squarely in your face all the stuff Hollywood usually presumes you go to the movies to get away from. Films that rearrange your head, that challenge your bedrock ideas about life and love and the big sleep. Consciousness-expanders, in other words, but rarely in a pleasant way. Thank God for them.")
c.
Val Kilmer
and
Tom Sizemore
played "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to see who would say the F word.
d.
Diana Barrie says that she wishes
David Niven
could accept her award for her because he would be witty and charming. In the play on which the movie is based, she says
Michael Caine
, but it was changed when Caine was cast as her husband.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Michael Rapaport
s character Ben underwent many drastic changes during the screen writing process. Among the items that changed during writing and filming, were his personality, nationality, and age.
b.
Antony Hoffman
s feature film debut.
c.
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.
d.
Erics apartment is at 1007 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, British Columbia.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
One of the Gorgonites is named "Freakenstien" in both the closing credits and the action figures. However in the movie he is never called that and he is always called by his original name that he had before being destroyed and rebuilt.
b.
Ranked #8 on the American Film Institutes list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Romantic Comedy" in June 2008.
c.
Many scenes were shot at the Los Angeles Ice and Cold Storage Warehouse where Capra had 13,000 square feet of refrigerated space at his disposal. Nearly four miles of ammonia piping cooled the soundstage. Cinematographer
Joseph Walker
experienced a lot of problems in this location as the extreme cold created static electricity which damaged his film stock.
d.
Pettengills name was probably inspired by astronomer Gordon Pettengill, who did much research observing Mercury from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
The only Dirty Harry film not primarily set in San Francisco.
b.
Director
Alan Parker
cites this movie as the most personally enjoyable production experience of his career.
c.
Simon Pegg
was considered for the role of Rufus.
d.
The main lyric to
The Police
song used during the "still" scene is, "When the World is Running Down (You Make the Best of Whats Still Around)," an apt description of the movies plot.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Originally, the second confrontation between Pilate and the Sanhedrin included a line where the Sanhedrin say, "His blood be on our heads and on the heads of our children!" Although this line comes from the Gospels,
Mel Gibson
removed the subtitle of the line to avoid further allegations of the movie having an anti-Semitic message. The actual line in Aramaic was left in the movie.
b.
The film was originally titled "Alone". During pre-production the title was changed to "Mars", changed again to avoid confusion with
Mission to Mars
, and finally changed to "Red Planet".
c.
Buddy Hackett
replaces
Lou Costello
in this film and 25 years later played him in the TV biography
Bud and Lou
.
d.
During filming, Yul Brynners hand was cut by a former crazed lover who traveled across Europe to find him. There are scenes where Brynners bandaged hand is not shown on screen and there scenes where he is holding a prop to camouflage the hand.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Oak".
b.
The entire movie takes place within a Saturday.
c.
The Allies invaded Casablanca in real life on 8 November 1942. As the film was not due for release until spring, studio executives suggested it be changed to incorporate the invasion. Warner Bros. chief
Jack L. Warner
objected, as he thought that an invasion was a subject worth a whole film, not just an epilogue, and that the main story of this film demanded a pre-invasion setting. Eventually he gave in, though, and producer
Hal B. Wallis
prepared to shoot an epilogue where
Humphrey Bogart
and
Claude Rains
hear about the invasion. However, before Rains could travel to the studio for this,
David O. Selznick
(whose studio owned Bergmans contract) previewed the film and urged Warner to release it unaltered and as fast as possible. Warner agreed and the premiered in New York on November 26. It did not play in Los Angeles until its general release the following January, and hence competed against 1943 films for the Oscars.
d.
The song that Gallagher hums (that he learned from his grandfather) is "19th Nervous Breakdown" by
The Rolling Stones
, released in February, 1966.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Gerard Butler
stated that the movie was filmed in an actual prison that was still taking in inmates. During certain times of the day, the inmates would be transferring into the prison and looking confused as to why there was filming equipment all over the place. As a safety precaution the film crew locked themselves behind the cages for safety.
b.
Nevilles primary weapon during the film is a Smith and Wesson M76 Sub Machine Gun, sometimes fitted with a flashlight. During the first night attack by the Family, Neville uses a Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) with an Infra-Red scope.
c.
Connie Francis released an LP called Follow The Boys, but of the 12 tracks on the album, only 5 or 6 were actually used in the film. Some of the tracks were instrumental.
d.
On the screen of one of the handheld info devices can be seen the phrase HAB GPS GROK. "Grok" is the only Martian word in Robert Heinleins novel about a Martian-raised human, Stranger in a Strange Land.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
Shot in 1928, not released until 1929.
b.
Joan Crawford
was seething when she read that
Robert Aldrich
had replaced her with
Olivia de Havilland
. She is quoted in "Hollywood Reporter" as saying, "Aldrich knew where to long distance me all over the world when he needed me, but he made no effort to reach me here that he had signed Olivia. He let me hear it for the first time in a radio release - and, frankly, I think it stinks."
c.
Warner Brothers and Village Roadshow needed to get the cast in place in order to take advantage of benign weather conditions or risk delaying production for several months.
d.
Andrew Bergman
was originally attached to direct and to rewrite the script.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Red Planet (2000)?
a.
The film was actually produced in 2002 by Miramax but held for release for more than a year.
b.
After seeing a rough cut of the film,
Burt Reynolds
regretted making it and fired his agent for recommending the role to him. Reynolds ended up winning a Golden Globe and being nominated for an Academy Award for his performance.
c.
Unlike many other science fiction films, the behavior of fire in zero gravity is depicted quite realistically.
d.
The various versions of the film were rejected by the Toronto Film Festival, Cannes, Sundance, and Slamdance.
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