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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Silent Running (1972) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Silent Running (1972) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972).
About the movie:
In a future where all flora is extinct on Earth, an astronaut is given orders to destroy the last of Earth's plant life being kept in a greenhouse on board a spacecraft.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
Joan Cusack
: Lloyds sister. Joan and
John Cusack
are real-life siblings.
b.
When he was a child,
Frank Miller
saw the
Rudolph Maté
film
The 300 Spartans
, with
Richard Egan
as King Leonidas, and was deeply affected by it. He has explained that the film altered his perception of the Hero concept insofar as he came to realize that the hero didnt always win and that sometimes, to be a hero, one must sacrifice oneself. Ever since he saw the movie, he has been fascinated with Thermopylae.
c.
The "Odyssey" carts the crew members drive in the film were custom-built on a chassis designed by the directors father.
d.
The name of the talk-show host, "Bentley Tittle", is a reference to horror writer
Bentley Little
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
The stripes on his coat proved to be a nightmare for the animators working on Shere Khan.
b.
The device labeled "Fiber Optic Converter" used by the hacker is really a mechanical KVM switch (a device used to operate several PCs with one set of keyboard, mouse and monitor).
c.
The scenes in which the first shard is retrieved from Diego Garcia were filmed at the Naval Station Point Loma ULF/VLF facility. The ringlike antenna can be seen in the background. It is used to communicate with submerged vessels.
d.
Several shots of the Valley Forge and its sister ships were later re-used in the television series "Battlestar Galactica," as agricultural ships in the refugee fleet.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
The role of Brenda was originally offered to
Aaliyah
but she turned it down.
b.
Theres a Post-It note on the side of the monitor in the limo company office that says "call SoNo Studios" - thats where this film was made.
c.
In the commentary,
Oliver Stone
said that filming the murder of "JFK" was "probably the hardest two weeks" of his life. However, he maintained that it was a powerful moment for him.
d.
To keep costs down, Trumbull hired college students for modelmaking and other such special effects work. One of them,
John Dykstra
, went on to a distinguished special effects career of his own.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
John Waters has stated that the only scene in the film he regrets is the felatio scene, which was awkward to film because the two cast members were friends. He also feels it is the most dated part of the film;
Deep Throat
had just been released and this scene was Waters critique on the rise of porno chic.
b.
The character of Cameron Alexander is based on Tom Metzger, leader of the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), an extremist white supremacy group based in southern California.
c.
As the Bat Gremlin crashes through the wall, escaping into the city, it leaves a hole in the shape of the Batman symbol.
d.
Filmed in February and March of 1971 on a 32-day-schedule.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
Tim Robbins
was considered for Dr. Doom.
b.
Almost all of the cast members of
Aardvark
also appear in this film.
c.
Although some sources list
Morris Ankrum
as being in the cast, he does not appear in the film.
d.
The decommissioned Essex-class aircraft carrier "Valley Forge," a veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, served as the interior of the space freighter "Valley Forge." The flight control area and hangar deck of the carrier were modified and painted to represent the space freighter in the film. The carrier was scrapped after filming was complete.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
George Lucas
deliberately made the Darth Vader suit top-heavy (for instance adding weight on the helmet) to make
Hayden Christensen
not appear "too accustomed" to it in the movie.
b.
The actors were given a brief outline for each scene and they would then improvise all of the dialogue. Since the movie was shot on DV the director and cinematographer would at times shoot up to 40 takes. Until they felt they had it.
c.
Erich von Stroheim
had a larger project, but shooting was stopped after nine months. He was ordered to make two films of the material:
The Wedding March
and the sequel
The Honeymoon
. The third part he had planned, was never filmed.
d.
The "Saturn sequence" was originally intended to be featured in
Stanley Kubrick
s
2001: A Space Odyssey
, but the technology needed for the visual effects team to do such a sequence was not ready for use.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
In the movie, Ethan (
Zach Galifianakis
) talks up his
Two and a Half Men
fan site. The site existed at the time at itsrainingtwoandahalfmen.com.
b.
Snoot Entertainments
Keith Calder
decided to produce
Bunraku
because he has always loved films in the no-name stranger coming to town and ending up in a bigger struggle genre.
Bunraku
was for him the opportunity to take this genre and spin it on its head and bring a unique and strong visual style to it.
c.
Ursula has six tentacles, plus two human arms, making eight limbs which qualify her as an octopus.
d.
Douglas Trumbull
says that he learned how to be a director while working on this film, as he had no training or experience in the job.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
Bilkos group (Company B) switches the sign on their barracks with the sign on Company As barracks. One of the names on Company Bs sign is Cpt. Hiken.
Nat Hiken
was the creator of the original
The Phil Silvers Show
, on which this movie is based.
b.
Chronology: When numbering the scenes chronologically, then sorting them how they appear in the film, the pattern becomes more clear. The letters A-V will represent the color scenes (with A happening chronologically first, and V chronologically last), and the numbers 1-22 represent the black and white scenes chronologically. The scenes appear in the film like this: 1, V, 2, U, 3, T, 4, S, 5, R, 6, Q...20, C, 21, B, 22/A1 The two types of scenes alternate. The black and white scenes (numbers) start from the very beginning soon after the injury, and work forward to the climax at 22/A, while the color scenes (letters) work backward from the climax at 22/A. The climax scene (22/A) changes to color halfway through, showing the convergence of the two story lines.
c.
About half way through production the lead role of "Clay" was recast. All angles on the character were re-shot but very few reverse angles of the other characters needed to be re-shot - mostly just the ones were Clay appeared in a shot with another character. So, for example, the scenes in the movie where Clay is talking to his father, Sam, the Sam angles were shot with the original lead but the Clay angles were re-shot months later, as well as any two shots of both Clay and Sam.
d.
The model of the "Valley Forge" space freighter was 26 feet in length and was constructed of steel, wood, plastic, and over 650 army tank model kits. This model no longer exists, as it was disassembled and destroyed several years after filming. At least one original "dome" from the model has survived in good condition, and was offered on an Internet auction site in 2003 - it sold for $11,000, and currently rests in a science fiction museum in Seattle, Washington, USA.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
Body count: 14
b.
CGI was used to show the beautiful mountains behind Harlans fishing lake and the town picnic. They also used CGI to add trees to the barren hills behind the picnic.
c.
Although only three "space freighters" are visible ("Valley Forge", "Berkshire", and "Sequoia"), several other freighters are mentioned in radio communications. They are "Yellowstone", "Acadia", "Blue Ridge", "Glacier" and "Mojave" (each freighter is asked to report the final jettisons of their domes). Each freighters name refers to an American National Park or Preserve.
d.
Don Ameche
s film debut.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silent Running (1972)?
a.
The PT boats seen at the beginning (and for a brief moment, at the end) of the film are Elco 77-foot PTs, the type of boat that saw intense combat against the Japanese Navys "Tokyo Express" in the Guadalcanal area early in World War II. The wartime second-series Elco 77-footers, which were the same type as PT 59,
John F. Kennedy
s second command after PT 109 was rammed and sunk, are seldom seen on film, and hardly ever in color.
b.
The three drone robots Huey, Dewey, and Louie (named after Donald Ducks nephews) were operated by four multiple-amputee actors:
Mark Persons
,
Steve Brown
,
Cheryl Sparks
, and
Larry Whisenhunt
.
c.
The name of the lovable furry wombat was Amanda. Amanda actually played herself and came from Eric Worrals Reptile Park Tourist Resort near Gosford in New South Wales, Australia. Many of the other Australian animals and fauna seen in this movie came from this park resort.
d.
The scene where Chekov and Uhura are asking a woman about "nuclear wessels" was almost completely improvised. Her line about them being in Alameda was ad-libbed by her, and although she wasnt supposed to say very much,
Leonard Nimoy
enjoyed the spontaneity of the scene so much he left it the way it was.
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