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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : S.W.A.T. (2003) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : S.W.A.T. (2003) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003).
About the movie:
An imprisoned drug kingpin offers a huge cash reward to anyone that can break him out of police custody and only the LAPD's Special Weapons and Tactics team can prevent it.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
Actor
Glenn Strange
suffered greatly during the time it to shoot the scene in which the Frankenstein Monster is discovered in quicksand. After sitting for three hours in the makeup chair each morning, having his makeup applied by
Jack P. Pierce
, Strange would spend the rest of the day buried in cold liquid mud (which doubled for the quicksand). "Then everybody else went out for lunch," Strange recalled. "By the time they came back, I was so cold, I could barely feel my legs." Stranges co-star,
Lon Chaney Jr.
, suggested that Strange use alcohol to keep himself warm. Throughout the day, Chaney passed a bottle of whiskey to Strange in between takes. By the end of the day, Strange recalled, he was so drunk he could barely dress himself after removing his monster makeup and costume.
b.
The Chinese straw hat that
Katharine Houghton
wears in one scene was worn as a homage to Houghtons aunt, the great Katharine Hepburn. Hepburn wore a similar hat in the film
Dragon Seed
.
c.
The actors all received SWAT tactics, weapons and live fire training for the film.
d.
Director
Gary Sherman
intentionally chose foggy weather conditions to film in while on location in California. The films setting is suppose to be Maine and the locations looked most like northern New England when the weather was foggy. In addition Sherman liked the ominous mood the gloomy weather created.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
To film a scene where dancers breakdance on walls, the makers borrowed the rotating room from _Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984)_. To show thanks, a picture of Freddys glove is hanging on the wall.
b.
The theatrical trailer is made up mostly of unused alternate takes of the scenes in the film. For instance, in the take used in the trailer,
Cary Grant
doesnt jerk downward when
Katharine Hepburn
rips his coat like he does in the take used in the movie.
c.
Jim Street has a movie poster of
Bullitt
in his apartment. Its visible briefly behind him as his girlfriend is moving out. In real life,
Steve McQueen
is one of
Colin Farrell
s idols.
d.
The football song Wildcats team performs at the end of the movie when the credits are rolled is a parody of the 1985 Chicago Bears video of "The Super Bowl Shuffle," the year the Bears won the Super Bowl.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
The marching band in the film is the Westford Academy (Westford, Massachusetts) marching band. One of the bass drum heads from the movie is on display in the music department at Westford Academy, signed by the cast and crew.
b.
When Frodo falls on the snow and loses the ring, a close-up of the ring with Frodo in the background is shown. In order to keep both the subjects focused, a giant ring (6 inches of diameter) was used.
c.
David Franzoni
was given a three-picture deal with DreamWorks as writer and co-producer on the strength of his work on
Steven Spielberg
s
Amistad
. One of his initial pitches was for "Gladiator".
d.
Paul Walker
was set to play Jim Street and had even started training for the part but had to drop out due to filming on
2 Fast 2 Furious
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
The film combines footage from the direct-to-video anime release Megazone 23 Part 1 and Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross which was the second part of the Robotech television series.
b.
Nicole Kidman
actually wears a wig throughout the movie.
c.
Michael Caines psychiatric office is located at 162 East 70th Street on Manhattans Upper East Side.
d.
Michael Bay
,
Tony Scott
,
John Woo
,
Antoine Fuqua
,
Rob Cohen
,
Joel Schumacher
, and
Michael Mann
were all offered to direct the movie before
Clark Johnson
. They passed because they were all busy with other projects.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
Darryl F. Zanuck
s sheepdog is seen in the film.
b.
The huge SWAT truck used throughout the movie is a modified fire truck, and was difficult to work with due to numerous breakdowns and malfunctions during production of the film.
c.
Lilo & Stitch
received an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature, one of three Disney films nominated in the category that year. The others were
Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi
and
Treasure Planet
.
d.
It was during the production of this film that Marilyn Monroe met her future husband, Arthur Miller.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
Teng would not encourage mandatory rehearsals. There were rehearsals, but he preferred his actors jumping into a scene as their respective characters so it can add different textures to a scene.
b.
This is the only American Ninja film to neither have a female love interest nor kill off the villain at the end.
c.
The ending scene was filmed at a California State Prison in the desert, and during filming, the prison guards had a situation with the inmates and had to go into lockdown, with half the film crew inside the front gates and half of them outside. Three hours later when the lockdown ended, filming resumed.
d.
There are only two shots in the film that are not hand-held. The rest of the film was shot on a shoulder mount, while all of the footage in Berlin was shot with the camera in-hand. No dollies or other equipment were used.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
Bruce Davison
was the first actor to be cast.
b.
During a conversation between
Danny Glover
and
Tom Atkins
(Michael Hunsaker), before Atkins gets shot, he reveals that he worked for an operation called Air America which involved the CIA and dealt with shipping heroin out of Laos.
Mel Gibson
starred in a movie titled
Air America
that may have been based on this conversation. However, it is equally possible that Hunsacker (as well as
Air America
was referring to the historically factual Air America, an American passenger and cargo airline covertly owned and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency from 1950 to 1976. It supplied and supported covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
c.
In the original script, the fight between Beatrix Kiddo and Elle Driver was supposed to resemble her fight with O-Ren Ishii.
Quentin Tarantino
revealed in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that he changed it the day after catching a showing of
Jackass: The Movie
at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas.
d.
Shawn Ryan
, creator of the TV show
The Shield
, was the last of several writers on the script, though he is not credited.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
This is the only Get Smart production or Get Smart movie that does not feature the Agent 99 character. Agent 99 did appear in the revival TV series
Get Smart
but she did not appear in all episodes appearing in five out seven.
b.
Colin Farrell
wanted to perform a stunt as his character, in the scene where the S.W.A.T. team rappels down from a helicopter. His request was refused, as a concern for the stars safety. Farrells stunt double proceeded to break his ankle on the first take of the stunt.
c.
The film is dedicated to
Don Adams
and
Edward Platt
who had both passed away prior to production of this movie, in 2005 and 1974 respectively.
d.
Patti LaBelle
auditioned for the role of Shug Avery.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names):
William Irving
(Waiter),
Mike Lally
(Chicago Taxi Driver). Frank Marlowe (Chicago Taxi Driver) and
William Lally
(Telegraph Operator).
b.
Alexs uncles car (which Alex is driving after he has killed his uncle) has the same license plate number (2WAQ233) as Cindy Campbell from
Scary Movie 2
.
c.
"A Princess of Mars" was originally published as "Under the Moons of Mars" by Norman Bean (Edgar Rice Burroughs pseudonym) in The All-Story (six pulp magazine issues February - July, 1912). Burroughs was originally afraid that he might be ridiculed for writing such a tale, so he decided to use a pen name. The pseudonym was supposed to be a pun "Normal Bean" (as in "Im a normal bean") to reassure people, but the man who typeset the text thought it was a mistake, so he changed it to "Norman".
d.
Ralph Bakshi
bought the rights to use
Billie Holiday
s performance of the song "Yesterdays" for $35.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: S.W.A.T. (2003)?
a.
When Rosalee refers to what sounds like "Shawsville," or "Shartsville," early in the movie, she is actually saying "Charlottesville." This is confirmed by Dr. Peters introduction on the lawn of the University of Virginia. The pronunciation used by
Deanna Nairns
was an apparent side effect of her tongue piercing.
b.
In the scene where they are teeing off at the golf course, they are actually standing on the lawn in front of the Mansion House in Baltimores Druid Hill Park. The Mansion House is the current day administrative offices for the Baltimore Zoo. There is no real golf course in Druid Hill Park.
c.
Vin Diesel
was offered the role of David Deke Kay, but passed because he was in production with
The Chronicles of Riddick
.
d.
The film was mostly shot in the Rajasthani desert, in northwest India.
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