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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Space Cowboys (2000) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Space Cowboys (2000) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000).
About the movie:
When a retired engineer is called upon to rescue a failing satellite, he insists that his equally old teammates accompany him into space.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
NASA offered their "vomit comet" plane that can create weightlessness, for filming (it was previously used in
Apollo 13
for the weightless scenes).
Clint Eastwood
turned down the offer for fear that the older actors would be made too sick to film.
b.
The sixteenth of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
c.
Before
Dustin Hoffman
auditioned for this film, he knew that his all-American image could easily cost him the job. To prove he could do it, he asked the auditioning film executive to meet him on a street corner in Manhattan, and in the meantime, dressed himself in filthy rags. The executive arrived at the appointed corner and waited, barely noticing the "beggar" less than ten feet away who was accosting people for spare change. At last, the beggar walked up to him and revealed his true identity.
d.
Director
Tom Holland
wasnt happy with the ending; the producers changed the original one (which was faithful to the novel) because every test audience hated it.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
Juliette Lewis and
Claire Danes
auditioned for the role of Andy.
b.
The scenes in the McDonalds were all shot in City of Industry in California (just outside Los Angeles). The set was an actual McDonalds that was built specifically for filming television commercials and for crew member training. It has never been open to the public! When McDonalds (or movies, etc.) isnt using the location for filming, it is locked up behind a chain link fence. Everything works in the restaurant, but from its construction until it was torn down it never served a single paying customer.
c.
John Nichols
was the actual chief of the Detroit Police at the time of his appearance in the movie. No doubt he hoped his appearance in the film would help his 1973 campaign for mayor. He lost to
Coleman Young
, however, and later went on to become sheriff of suburban Oakland County.
d.
Clint Eastwood
wrote the theme that plays at the beginning of the movie and it was worked into the score by
Lennie Niehaus
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
Originally
Sean Connery
was supposed to play Jerry ONeil and
Jack Nicholson
was supposed to play Tank Sullivan.
b.
The mock up posters for the propaganda film "Stolz der Nation" are historically accurate including a German censor approval stamp and they are rendered in the style of the actual film posters of that era, according to the book Film Posters of the Third Reich.
c.
A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.
d.
Carol Lynley
s movie debut.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
Both the interiors and exteriors of "Ernies" restaurant were filmed on sets, although the restaurant was a San Francisco landmark which closed its doors in 1999.
b.
The John Garfield character (Johnny Bradfield/Jack Dorney) is obsessed with not being made a sucker. The word "sucker" is used 19 times in the film.
c.
All of the character are named after Marvel comics artists (Lee, Kirby, Hubert, Wood, Adams, Bucsema, Frazetta, Ditka, Coletta and Sinnolt) from the 60s and 70s.
d.
According to film editor Joel Cox, director Eastwood, a notoriously quick director, would routinely film as many as 35 to 40 set-ups in a single day.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
The night scenes where
Tommy Lee Jones
and
Marcia Gay Harden
are alone together was filmed in the University of Houston - Downtown campus satellite parking lot; permission from the university was needed to film the night scenes.
Clint Eastwood
met with UHD president Dr. Maximillian Castillo in person in late 1998 before filming began.
b.
Boris Karloff
, did not do his own singing in this film. His voice was dubbed by a singer named Tudor Williams.
c.
422 different titles were considered for the adaptation of "The Pinacle". The eventual choice was made by New York exhibitors from a shortlist of eight.
d.
One of the nose insults that C.D. comes up with is "your nose was on time, but you were fifteen minutes late." Cyrano laments later in the play that his nose precedes him by fifteen minutes.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
The shirt that Dexter Holland of The Offspring is wearing in the dance scene is AFI, a Californian punk band who started out in 1991.
b.
The modeling department put a Space Mr. Coffee in the cargo bay of the shuttle. This was the idea of chief model-maker
Adam Savage
, now co-host of
MythBusters
on the Discovery Channel.
c.
When Prince Edward searches Roberts building for Giselle, one of the doors he knocks on is for apartment 714, which is the area code for Orange County, where the original Disneyland park is located.
d.
DESTINI stands for Deep Earth Seismic Trigger INItiative.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
In the film, the four astronauts appear together on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
. To promote the film, they all appeared together on the same show.
b.
The opening shot was not originally intended to be the first shot in the movie; it was strictly done as a test shot and wound up in the movie because it turned out better than expected.
c.
Chapter Titles: 1. Mystery Man of the Jungle! 2. Captain Africa to the Rescue! 3. Midnight Attack! 4. Into the Crocodile Pit! 5. Jungle War Drums! 6. Slave Traders! 7. Saved by Captain Africa! 8. The Bridge in the Sky! 9. Blasted by Captain Africa! 10. The Vanishing Princess! 11. The Tunnel of Terror! 12. Fangs of the Beast! 13. Renegades at Bay! 14. Captain Africa and the Wolf Dog! 15. Captain Africas Final Move!
d.
The working title of the film was "All-American Girl".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
When the students are on the basketball court,
Lauryn Hill
s character, Rita, starts rapping. Her rap wasnt a part of the script.
b.
Official Selection: Indie Distribution Festival (2008). WINNER: Award of Excellence.
c.
Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000 (#09)
d.
Keanu Reeves
was originally cast as Clay Easton.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
Any time someone in the department store asks for a shoe, they request an 8 1/2.
b.
The opening sequence is an excerpt from "The Hap Hapgood Story," a winning entry in the 48-hour film festival directed by
Jacob Gentry
.
c.
The first film to earn a PG-13 rating (though
Red Dawn
would be the first released).
d.
The film opened the Venice Film Festival in 2000.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Space Cowboys (2000)?
a.
Tommy Lee Jones
is seen wearing a "Cowboy Bar" shirt which is from the Million Dollar Cowboy Bar in Jackson, Wyoming. This was a favorite bar for
Clint Eastwood
and where he shot one of his last scenes in
Any Which Way You Can
.
b.
The first investor the producer got was an old Japanese lady that he had to chauffeur all around Los Angeles for two months. She was 85 years and wanted to know everything about LA, the clubs, the bars. She ended taking a hip hop class with 15 years old and salsa class.
c.
In the bar scene in Aspen, the line "No way... thats great. Weve landed on the moon!" was not in the script but made up by
Jim Carrey
on the spot during shooting.
d.
The first and last exchange between
Idris Elba
s character and
Paul Walker
s character are exactly the same, albeit the lines are switched the second time around.
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