Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Silkwood (1983) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Silkwood (1983) Quiz

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Silkwood (1983).

About the movie: The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silkwood (1983)?
a.		Kurtwood Smith claims in the 20th Anniversary DVD release that the scene where he is taken into the precinct was the first scene hed shot, and proposed the spitting of the blood and swearing to give the scene more punch. Paul Verhoeven, intrigued, decided to give it a shot. Smith mused that this may have simply been due to Verhoevens love of bloodletting.
b.		At the end of the film, as Madame du Lac brings Carson Dyle (Tim Robbins) his meal, Robbins stands at attention in the center of his cell in an imitation of the first appearance of Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, also directed by Jonathan Demme.
c.		The scene where Karen sets off the radiation alarms actually happened. Her level of contamination was forty times the safe limit.
d.		Deanna Durbin was pregnant during the filming of this movie.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Silkwood (1983)?
a.		The World Trade Center is seen in the New York scenes of the film, set many years into the future after 2001. Less than three months after the films release, they were destroyed in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Though risking controversy and criticism, Steven Spielberg left the twin towers in the DVD release.
b.		In an attempt to really get into character, John Hurt stopped bathing for most of the 53-day schedule and reeked so badly in time, most of his colleagues avoided being close to him.
c.		Lily Tomlin auditioned for the role of Dolly.
d.		Character "Dr. Fred Schiller" is a reference to the 18th century German poet Friedrich Schiller, who wrote the lyrics used by Ludwig van Beethoven in his 9th symphony, which is used in Die Hard.

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