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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Screamers (1995) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Screamers (1995) Quiz
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About the movie:
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screamers (1995)?
a.
David Mamet
s screenplay considerably expanded his script for the play, providing more context for the pressure placed on the salesmen. Notably,
Alec Baldwin
s introductory speech was added as well as
Jack Lemmon
s phone calls to clients and the hospital, plus his sales call to the man with the fishing rod. Many consider the screenplay to be superior to the text for his Pultizer-winning stage play.
b.
In the original short story by P. K. Dick the plot takes place on Earth, instead of Sirius 6B. Originally, Screamers were designed by Americans troops hiding in the moon to destroy the Russian Army after the Soviet Union had completely wiped out the United States.
c.
Footage of New Guinea was recycled from a Merian C. Cooper picture that was never completed.
d.
On the official studio soundtrack album, the song Galaxy a Go-Go was written by a young
Randy Newman
, who was in fact the nephew of
Alfred Newman
, the head of 20th Century-Foxs Music Department at that time.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screamers (1995)?
a.
Director
Gus Van Sant
has been involved with the making of
Harvey Milk
projects for over fifteen years. For his unsuccessful attempt to film
The Mayor of Castro Street
in the early 1990s, many actors were under consideration for the role of Harvey Milk including
Robin Williams
,
Richard Gere
,
Daniel Day-Lewis
, and
James Woods
.
b.
The two fighter planes escorting the space plane are Lockheed Martin F-35s. At the time of the release the F-35 was still in production. The first real F-35 would not fly until December 2006, nearly six months after the release of the film.
c.
Early versions of the screenplay were titled "Claw" in reference to the villainous robots, which are called "claws" in the original
Philip K. Dick
short story "Second Variety" instead of "screamers."
d.
In an early version of the script, Harry discovers Dana ditching school to sing in her boyfriends band. While Harry drives Dana back to school, they sing the song she was doing ("Sunshine of Your Love" by
Cream
) when he walked in on her. Both scenes were cut from the movie. Instead, you can faintly hear the song playing on Danas Walkman in the scene before her boyfriend picks her up for school.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screamers (1995)?
a.
At one point Hendricksson refers to someone sarcastically as "a real Perky Pat." This is a reference to the short story "The Days of Perky Pat" and the novel "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch." Both were written by
Philip K. Dick
, who wrote the short story "Second Variety" on which "Screamers" is based.
b.
Bobbie Bresee
s actual Hollywood Hills house was used as the filming location for her characters home.
c.
During production the Mon Calamari opera was nicknamed "Squid Lake".
d.
The title is a common variation of a line from Hippocrates, the Greek Father of Medicine: "Life is short, art is long, decision difficult, and experiment perilous." The line is recited by Nick Bederaux in the film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screamers (1995)?
a.
When
Bill Murray
first read the script, he thought it was so fantastic that he said he wanted to do it so badly he would do it for free.
b.
The drawing of herself Danielle gives Matthew in the café was drawn by
Elisha Cuthbert
.
c.
The strange chessboard in the opening scene is the "Game of Ur," a game from ancient Mesopotamia. The game is still played in Iraq to this day.
d.
Also changed from the original script - the story of Pai Mei is no longer told in a Jeep on the way to the cruel masters temple. Rather, it is now unfolded in front of a campfire somewhere in the Chinese countryside, the night before Bill and The Bride arrive. With the aid of a flute (one of the silent flutes from
Circle of Iron
), Bill tells the tale of Pai Mei in a "Peter and The Wolf" type fashion.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Screamers (1995)?
a.
When Simones costars for "Eternity Forever" with whom she conducts a meeting via telephone introduce themselves, most of them have computer software/hardware manufacturers names: Corel, Claris (Simone worked with her cousin Dell), Hewlett, Lotus, and the two that arent companies: Mac and Hal, the HAL 9000 from
2001: A Space Odyssey
.
b.
Dan OBannon
had been working on the screenplay for
Screamers
as early as 1981. The October 10, 1984 draft credits
Michael Campus
as co-writer. It is unknown whether Campus also intended to direct.
c.
Jann Wenner
, who plays the character Scully, is the publisher of Rolling Stone Magazine, for which writer-director
Cameron Crowe
once worked.
d.
As the release date neared,
Walt Disney
was dismayed to learn that not all theaters were equipped to show a film in CinemaScope. Consequently, another version of the film had to be made, this time in original aspect ratio.
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