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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sniper (1993) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Sniper (1993) Quiz
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About the movie:
Tough guy Thomas Beckett is a US Marine working in the Panamanian jungle. His job is to seek out rebels and remove them using his sniper skills...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sniper (1993)?
a.
When King Jaffe Joffer (
James Earl Jones
) visits New York to bring Akeem back home, he wears a lion skin sash. Years later Jones would portray the voice of the lion king Mufasa in Disneys
The Lion King
.
Madge Sinclair
(Queen Aoleon) would also star alongside Jones in The Lion King as Mufasas wife, the lioness queen Serabi.
b.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
The movie (along with several others) takes the story from Carlos Hathcock, who shot a enemy sniper through his scope and sending the bullet through the eye. This is registered as a confirmed kill due to the fact that his spotter, John Roland Burke witnessed the kill and surveyed the scene after the kill. Given the flight time of rounds at long ranges, both snipers could easily have killed one another. The enemy rifle was recovered and the incident is documented by a photograph. This event was previously described on this IMDb site as a "myth", but that is not true. It is fully documented and confirmed by the United States Marine Corps.
d.
According to Beverly Grays book "Roger Corman: An Unauthorized Life", the Hells Angels insignia worn by the characters in the film was an exact replica of the trademarked one used by the real Angels. As a result,
Roger Corman
(whose company released the movie in the U.S.) was forced to pay the group unspecified damages for copyright infringement and tarnishing the Angels "stellar reputation".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sniper (1993)?
a.
Very early in the movie there is a scene of Union soldiers playing baseball. While there remains considerable dispute about exactly when, where and how the sport was invented, there is no question that the Civil War itself had a significant role in the rapid growth of the sport, as it became a popular pastime for soldiers on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line who spread it around the country. Incidentally, Union general Abner Doubleday once was credited with inventing baseball but that theory has long been discredited.
b.
This was the third film starring
Sidney Poitier
as Virgil Tibbs, following
In the Heat of the Night
and
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
. With this entry, the Virgil Tibbs series became one of the first, if not the first, cop movie series made in color to make it to part three (the
Dirty Harry
movies did not start until 1971, the same year that this film came out).
c.
In
The Day the Earth Stood Still
, Klaatu instructed Helen to say the famous line "Klaatu Barada Nikto" to Gort in the event of his death, which she did. In this film, Klaatu himself says the famous line to Gort shortly after arriving on Earth, after being shot by the army.
d.
If you look closely at the locomotive of the train that inserts Beckett and Miller, the QR symbol of the Queensland Rail can be seen on the side. Queensland was the state of Australia where this movie was shot.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sniper (1993)?
a.
Director
Leo McCarey
shot two different endings and let remarks by preview audiences determine which one to use.
b.
The weapon used by
Billy Zane
in this movie is not an H&K PSG-1, an expensive precision semi-automatic rifle commonly used by special forces snipers. It is an H&K SR-9 TC , a similar but cheaper version of the PSG-1 that was designed for civilian sales.
c.
Three different MINI DV cameras were used in the making of the movie. The Canon GL1, The Sony VX2000 and the Panasonic DVX100. Each camera was chosen based on its technology and the look it would bring to the film.
d.
Yzma usually wears purple - a color often associated with madness.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sniper (1993)?
a.
The Cubs game depicted in the movie that Ferris and his friends attend was the actual game played versus the Braves on June 5, 1985, based on research by Larry Granillo published in his Wezen-ball column at baseballprospectus.com on February 6, 2011.
b.
Barry Levinson
was originally slated to direct.
c.
Going against the grain in film history in this Tarzan movie, the actress playing Jane (
Bo Derek
) had her name above the title and had top billing over the actor playing Tarzan (
Miles OKeeffe
) who didnt even have his name appearing above the title on the movies poster.
d.
A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Sniper (1993)?
a.
Historically, Thomas Becket was the archbishop of Canterbury in England from 1162 until he was martyred in 1170, during the reign of King Henry II. He was the eponymous protagonist, portrayed by
Richard Burton
in the film
Becket
b.
Christopher Eccleston
and
Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson
were each considered for the role of Silas.
c.
The movies line "You know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?... They call it a Royale with cheese." was voted as the #81 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.
d.
In the scene where the husband turns on the air for his sick wife, you see in the background a man wearing a large beard, it was supposed to fly off in the wind, but the adhesive they used wouldnt let the beard come loose. The man can be seen moving his face back and forth and scrunching his face trying to help it come off.
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