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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sky Pirates (1986) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sky Pirates (1986) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986).
About the movie:
Air force Lieutenant Harris starts for a flight to Boa Boa, on board Reverend Mitchell with a box containing a part of a top-secret extraterrestrial key...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
According to
Ang Lee
s DVD commentary, the dogfight scene in the woods was originally envisioned with the Hulk fighting the monster dogs while naked. However, this was thought to be too difficult for a PG-13 movie, and so the Hulk doesnt appear naked until the very end of the fight.
b.
Wilfred Lucas
as "Archery Official" and
Halliwell Hobbes
are in studio records/casting call lists as cast members, but they did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie.
c.
The Australian 1980s Roadshow Home Video release of this movie also includes after the movie director
Laurie Kirkwood
s 1983 Australian short film "Its a Living".
d.
The character Steak Mungro, played by
Russell Aziz
, wasnt even in the shooting script. Originally, the character Hodges was supposed to be the one who crushes Ricos dreams in the flashback, however, when
Kevin Myers
(who played Hodges) had a last-minute schedule conflict the day the flashback was to be shot, Aziz filled in and Steak Mungro, the Omega legend, was born. The character was eventually written into the script so much that it only made sense for him to return at the Greek Board debate as Ricos foil.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
One of the words C-3PO uses to communicate with the Ewoks is "naboo" which is the name of Queen Amidalas planet in
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
.
b.
Australias first ever time-travel movie (at least of the modern Australian cinema). This film beat
Playing Beatie Bow
into theaters by a few months.
c.
The script was not completely prepared when filming began, since the filmmakers were more focused on the story and the action, so the dialogue was mostly ad-libbed throughout filming;
Jon Favreau
acknowledged this made the film feel more natural. Some scenes were shot with two cameras to capture lines improvised on the spot;
Robert Downey Jr.
would ask for many takes of one scene since he wanted to try something new.
Gwyneth Paltrow
, on the other hand, had a difficult time trying to match Downey with a suitable line, as she never knew what he would say.
d.
The television commentary during LaMottas last fight with Robinson, when he loses the title, is the actual TV broadcast of the bout.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
Deep Roys eyes were digitally replaced with "eyestalks" to give Keenser a more "alien" appearance.
b.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.
Sean Astin
tested for the part of Samwise by playing the scene where he cradles the apparently dead Frodo after his encounter with Shelob.
d.
Actor
Max Phipps
sports peroxided blond hair in this movie.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
Two opening title cards set the movies two periods and settings: "Easter Island, March 1886" and "Australia, August 1945".
b.
In one scene, Peter asks Mary Jane (
Kirsten Dunst
) if shes still in the village. Dunst dropped out of
The Village
to make this film and
Elizabethtown
.
c.
The shot of the three Klingon ships in the Simulator room is from the opening sequence of
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
.
d.
Vivien Leigh
initially felt completely at sea when she joined the tight New York cast in rehearsals. Director
Elia Kazan
was able to exploit her feelings of alienation and disorientation to enrich her performance.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
Original 1919 Jess Willard-Jack Dempsey fight film footage used.
b.
Other directors reportedly considered for this installment of the Harry Potter series included
Callie Khouri
and
Kenneth Branagh
, star of
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
.
c.
Actress
Briony Behets
and director
Colin Eggleston
were married and worked together on the earlier movie suspenser
Long Weekend
which also co-starred this films lead actor
John Hargreaves
. For this movie, Behets did not appear in this film but instead went behind the camera with her husband and did Continuity. Behets did appear in Egglestons later movie
Cassandra
.
d.
Because it was not certain that the movie would be a hit and that other adaptations of
Dan Brown
s novels would follow, this film was made as a "stand-alone" movie, rather than the beginning of a series. All references to the fact that Robert Langdon had already solved another murder riddle (in the novel "Angels and Demons", which precedes "The Da Vinci Code") were therefore purposefully left out of the script. When the movie was a huge financial success, production of
Angels & Demons
was started shortly after the release (but rewritten as a follow-up, not a prequel).
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
John Hargreaves
received top / first billing,
Meredith Phillips
received second billing and
Max Phipps
received third billing.
b.
The womens prison camp was actually a pig farm in rural Georgia.
c.
The name "Barbossa" might have been derived from the real Turkish pirate "Barbarossa". Barbarossa, also known as "Redbeard" was once a pirate in the Aegean and the Mediterranean seas before he became a fleet admiral of the Ottoman Empire navy.
d.
When Dr. Pentola is handing out copies of Kyles book You Dont Know Me, they briefly show two pages in the book. What is actually shown is two pages of The Metamorphosis by
Franz Kafka
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
There were actually two dogs used to play the lead.
Wildfire
was used for close-ups and non-action shots, and a double was used to perform the tricks.
b.
The facade of the Harmonia Gardens still stands as of 2010 on the 20th Century Fox lot, though the park across the street is long gone.
c.
This is the only ever theatrical feature film of actress
Meredith Phillips
who plays Melanie Mitchell, the heroine of the movie.
d.
Tommy Johnson
was the tuba player whose ominous sounds announced the sharks arrival.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
Nastassja Kinski
was considered to play Monica.
b.
Co-editor
Walter Murch
started working immediately after completing his previous movie,
Jarhead
. He had to spend 6 weeks watching all the 170 hours of footage shot and watching the first assembly put up by
Corina Stavila
.
c.
This movie features original Australian black-and-white newsreel footage.
d.
John Hughes
was allegedly unhappy with the ending. He wanted Andie to get together with Duckie. But the films ending of Andie getting together with Blaine was forced upon him by the studio. In retaliation, Hughes virtually made the same film all over again the following year with
Some Kind of Wonderful
, a film about a similar love triangle. Hughes wanted
Molly Ringwald
to star in it as well, but she refused. Hughes took it personally, and effectively ended their working relationship. They never worked together again.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
Bill Hunter
: As OReilly.
b.
At one point, Mrs. Voorhess slaps Alice around a few times. Having worked onstage for years, Betsy Palmer was used to really striking her co-stars with a cupped hand along the jawline to achieve the scene. Sean Cunningham had to tell her about faking the blows and cheating with camera angles.
c.
Ricky Jay is a sleight-of-hand artist and an acknowledged authority on the art of the con. In an NPR interview, Jay related that when David Mamet needed a short-change scam to be explained in "House of Games", he asked Jay for details of an authentic short-change hustle. However, Jay did not want to betray the confidence of the hustlers he knew who still used various short-change cons for their "livelihood". The envelope switch you see in the final film is an original switch invented by Ricky Jay specially for the film. Later, it was reported that an amateur thief had been caught attempting to use the switch as he had learned it from the film.
d.
While appearing on a Dutch TV talk show to help publicize her appearance as Daisy Duke in this movie,
Jessica Simpson
acted as a magicians assistant when she was sawed in half by magician
Hans Klok
in an illusion called "Clearly Impossible". In 1981, original Daisy
Catherine Bach
also took a turn at being a magicians assistant when she was sawed into six by magician
David Copperfield
in his fourth "The Magic of" TV special.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sky Pirates (1986)?
a.
Second of two Australian theatrical feature film collaborations between actor John Hargreaves (I) and director Colin Eggleston. Their first had been
Long Weekend
about eight years earlier.
b.
The dedication "For Dawn" refers to producer
Dawn Steel
, who died of a brain tumor before this films release.
c.
Entertainment Weekly voted this as the fourth scariest film of all time.
d.
Viewers of the film were given the opportunity to win a 24 karat gold horse statue and $500,000 for solving the puzzzle; however, no one solved the puzzle by the deadline and the money and horse were given to Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
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