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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Runaway (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Runaway (1984) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Runaway (1984)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984).

About the movie: In the near future, a police officer specializes in malfunctioning robots. When a robot turns out to have been programmed to kill, he begins to uncover a homicidal plot to create killer robots... and his son becomes a target.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		When Thompson and the police tech officer are assembling a mug shot of Luther (right after Luther kills Johnson) on a small computer screen, the image of Luther blinks.
b.		As Zefram Cochranes ship is taking off, a closeup of a button panel shows two adjacent buttons labeled TOS 3 and TOS 8. Zefram Cochranes character was first introduced in the 38th episode of Star Trek: the original series (TOS).
c.		Filmed, completed, and copyrighted in 1942, but not released until several months later, in 1943, making this one of the earliest featured film roles of Robert Mitchum.
d.		The eleventh of fourteen films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		Director Mark Forster mentions at 11:10 in the DVD commentary that his passion to make the film as authentic as possible was responsible for his insistence on filming Afghanistani characters speaking in Dari (with English subtitles). At 91:37 author Khaled Hosseini says "Iran and Afghanistan share a language - they call it Farsi in Iran and we call it Dari in Afghanistan - its essentially the same language, but the accent is very different." He mentions at 97:38 that the speaker at the soccer game is speaking in Pashdu, the other main language of Afghanistan.
b.		Tom Sellecks characters name "Ramsay" is said approximately 52 times in the movie; a little more than once every two minutes.
c.		William Wallace gives a speech in which he says the famous quote "Every man dies - Not every man really lives." This famous quote commonly attributed to the "Braveheart" character was actually authored by a 19th Century American Poet whose name was William Ross Wallace, famous for writing the poem "The Hand That Rocks The Cradle Is The Hand That Rules The World", who is of no relation to the William Wallace in the film.
d.		For the first time ever in a Tôhô-produced Godzilla film, there is an actual location shoot in the USA, mostly in New York City, thanks to Zazou Productions, a Japanese media company based there. However, principal scenes with the policeman and the pimp were shot in Sydney, Australia. Actual NYC sequences were shot at an undisclosed location. Scenes that are supposed to take place in Arizona, however, were shot in Broken Hill, another part of Australia.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		Josh Hartnett was cast largely at the suggestion of Jerry Bruckheimer who had just worked with him on Pearl Harbor. Hartnett was not overly keen on appearing in another blockbuster so soon after his film with Michael Bay but the strength of the material and the opportunity of working with Ridley Scott soon persuaded him otherwise.
b.		The biggest grossing film of 1983.
c.		Marton Csokas, Paul Bettany and Goran Visnjic all auditioned for the role of Balian.
d.		Gene Simmons, in his book "Sex Money Kiss", said that director Michael Crichtons casting of him was based primarily on this: Crichton asked Simmons to stare at him for about a minute without making any facial expressions. Apparently, Crichton decided on this that Simmons looked menacing enough and cast him for the role of Charlie Luther.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		The character Lucy Westermans name is a reference to the character Lucy Westenra from Bram Stokers book. She is in the movie, as in the book, the best friend of the main character Mina (book)/Mary (movie).
b.		Many of the promotional images for the film (most notably the posters) featured Tom Selleck holding the rocket gun used by the villain, Luther, in the film, even though Ramsey never uses it during the story.
c.		This movie like its source Mickey Spillane novel ends with a dead female corpse on the floor.
d.		Sutherland credits Fellinis La Strada as one of his best, and the reason he knew Fellini was a genius.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		The pistol used by Ramsay is a custom-built Detonics 1911 9mm with the muzzle belled to look like a .45.
b.		Peter Lawford gave Elizabeth Taylor her first on-screen kiss in this movie.
c.		Chloe Webb: guest on "World of the Psychic".
d.		Director John McNaughton says he deleted a scene that would have shown Matt Dillon and Kevin Bacon showering together, as it was gratuitous.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		First film of musician Gene Simmons (of KISS fame).
b.		In the beginning of the movie, when Henslowe asks Will if he has been working on his play, and William Shakespeare answers "Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move" he is quoting from Hamlet (Act II Scene 2). The lines are from a letter he wrote to Ophelia while pretending to have gone mad, and are followed by "Doubt truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love."
c.		This was the highest-grossing movie from Canada for 24 years. As of 2010, it is now third highest, having been beaten by Bon Cop, Bad Cop and Resident Evil: Afterlife.
d.		Fred Walton originally shot this film as a short entitled The Sitter, which was essentially the opening 20 minutes of When A Stranger Calls. However after the huge success of Halloween Walton saw the potential of expanding the short into a full-length feature. The script was then expanded into a feature length film about the pursuit of villain Curt Duncan.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Runaway (1984)?
a.		"Runaway" was the first purely electronic score for composer Jerry Goldsmith. In order to give the synthesizers ambiance, several speakers were set up in a theater, and the playback recorded.
b.		In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #14 Greatest Movie of All Time.
c.		Based on the book, "Death Sentence" - the direct sequel novel to "Death Wish", which itself was made into the movie Death Wish starring Charles Bronson. The Bronson movie spawned four sequel movies, none of which were influenced by the novel series. The author, Brian Garfield has disliked and does not care for each of the sequels, due to how it departs from his original character and theme in the books.
d.		Haley Joel Osment celebrated his 12th birthday on the set during the last day of shooting. Although Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt had completed their own filming, they turned up on the set just to celebrate his birthday. Coincidentally, Trevor McKinney, the character played by Haley, celebrated his 12th birthday in the movie.

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