4. Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star 80 (1983)? a. The names of the movies in which Dorothy Stratten appeared were changed in the film. The movie called, "Wednesdays Child" is, in reality, Autumn Born . The movie referred to as "Ball Bearings" is actually Skatetown, U.S.A. . The movie that Snider says is "a sci-fi film where she plays a robot" is a reference to Galaxina . The final film which Aram Nicholas was editing at the time of Dorothys death is supposed to be They All Laughed . b. The music that plays when the Alien Queen appears as Ripley and Newt wait for the elevator is a reused piece from Jerry Goldsmith s score for the original Alien . Thematically, the music appears in both movies at the same time: near the end, as Ripley tries to escape from an alien while the environment around her counts down to self-destruction (the Nostromo in Alien , and the atmosphere processor in Aliens ). c. Debut of Barry Nelson , also feature debut of Ava Gardner , briefly seen walking by Nicks car. d. Although it looks like there are quite a bit more, there were actually only 25 extras in this picture, playing both American and North Korean soldiers, and all of them were students from UCLA (the battle scenes were shot in Griffith Park).
6. Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star 80 (1983)? a. Mariel Hemingway received breast implants shortly before playing the role of Playboy model Dorothy Stratten , but denies that was the reason she got them.b. Following the Exodus 8:2 theme that is throughout the movie, just before the attempted suicide of Sydney Barringer, to his left below his feet against the wall, wire is coiled up forming the number 8:2. c. Being a huge fan of the old Universal monster movies, director Sean Cain made references to those old films with the characters of Frank and Sarah Talbot, played by Jack Forcinito and Nadine Stenovitch . Talbot, of course, is the family name first used in The Wolf Man by Lon Chaney Jr. and Claude Rains which reoccurred in subsequent sequels featuring Chaney. Elsa Lansing, played by Felissa Rose is based on real life actress Elsa Lanchester who was the bride in Bride of Frankenstein and last, but not least Jimmy Williams as Henry Glendon is another werewolf reference only this time its a combination of actor Henry Hull and his Werewolf of London character Dr. Glendon. d. Ray Wise actually kept a part of the torn and tattered remains of Leons clothing (worn for the crane tower explosion) after filming by wrapping it in a plastic bag.
9. Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star 80 (1983)? a. Famous musicians that are spoofed by Dewey Cox are: Johnny Cash , Bob Dylan , Ray Charles , David Bowie , Queen , Meat Loaf , David Crosby , Jim Morrison , Harry Chapin , Don McLean , Elvis Presley , The Cars , Christopher Ward of the Ramones, Nelly , Tim McGraw , Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys during his "SMILE" album period, Stevie Wonder s loss of smell after his 1973 car crash, and Michael Jackson with the monkey and the giraffe as house pets. b. The cell phone that Brad Pitt s character uses in the film (and which is stolen by Catherine Zeta-Jones ) is a Siemens S65. c. The character "Bobo Weller" is based on real-life Playboy Playmate Terri Welles . When Paul Snider tries to impress her by listing her favorite books and musicians, theyre the same as those on Welles data sheet. d. All of the puppets in the movie used the same two bodies (one for the males and one for the females) with different heads- except for Kim Jong Il, to make him look that much smaller.
10. Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star 80 (1983)? a. The prison that played Shawshank, the Mansfield State Reformatory, now serves as a museum. Because it was scheduled for demolition at the time of filming, several set pieces remain intact in the prison, including the tunnel Andy crawled out of and the wardens office. b. The enhanced effects used for the Death Star explosions in the 1997 re-releases of this movie and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi feature the "Praxis Wave," so named for its first use by Industrial Light and Magic in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country for the explosion of the Klingon moon, Praxis. c. The real-life inspiration for fictional character Aram Nicholas is director Peter Bogdanovich . d. Before settling on the final version of the Classroom Trap, the creators and writers of Saw III went through a couple different versions of the game. One of them had Troy suspended above the floor of the classroom by large meat hooks. They decided against this, as they figured it would be basically impossible to escape, and that it would be more thrilling if he was standing and able to rip the chains out. A second version had the hooks going through his eyelids, his fingernails, and his teeth. This accounts for two of the promotional posters for the film, one showing a mouth missing numerous teeth, and another showing three teeth dangling from wires.