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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Star Wars (1977) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Star Wars (1977) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977).
About the movie:
Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
The plot for this movie was loosely based on Custers Last Stand with Thursday as Custer and substituting Apaches for the Sioux. The cover-up by the survivors and the military of Thursdays blunder is in line with the cover up of Custers mistakes and deliberate disobedience of his orders at Little Big Horn.
b.
This was the final Universal film to feature Frankensteins Monster, Dracula and the Wolfman, until
Van Helsing
.
c.
According to
Mark Hamill
, studio executives were unhappy that Chewbacca has no clothes and attempted to have the costume redesigned with shorts.
d.
The tennis shoes young Jimmy Morris is wearing when he first moves to Texas and visits the old ball field by the oil derrick are Converse "Jack Purcells," named after a popular Canadian badminton player from the late 20s and early 30s. It was perhaps the first popular rubber and canvas American "tennis" shoe. They preceded the iconic "Chuck Taylors," which came later.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Terri Nunn
of the band Berlin was in the running for the role of Princess Leia and had readings with
Harrison Ford
and
Mark Hamill
.
b.
At the time of this films original premiere, it bore a title card that read something like, "This is a depiction of the events of the civil war and of the formation of the Ku Klux Klan from the point of view of the American South." This title card has since been lost.
c.
It would usually take over 10 hours to put
James Caviezel
into the scourged makeup. On some of those days, it would happen that the weather conditions turned out to be unsuitable for filming. To avoid spending more hours to have it removed and re-applied the next day, he kept it on and went to bed in full make-up.
d.
Packrats ate 1/3rd of the wardrobe in one night durring production.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Originally scheduled for release in March 2005.
b.
20th Century Fox promoted the film at the San Diego Comic Con, believing the attendees of that event to be the films main target demographic.
c.
Beth Broderick
s film debut.
d.
Edward Norton
says he took every penny he made from
Red Dragon
to finance this film.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Was originally scheduled for a Christmas 1976 release, but was pushed back five months as post-production (especially special effects) took longer than expected. Studio executives were concerned that the new 25th May 1977 release date would put the films box office chances at risk as
Smokey and the Bandit
would come out that same week. However, by the end of its initial theatrical run in the U.S.,
Star Wars
had grossed over twice as much as
Smokey and the Bandit
.
b.
During the credits in the prologue, Dr. Samuel J. Loomis dialog from the first film about Michaels incarceration is heard. The studio, instead of recovering the original audio from the original scene, decided to use a sound-alike actor named
Tom Kane
to provide the voice-over.
c.
This movie sequels title,
Gator
, is the first name of the main character, Gator McKlusky, played by
Burt Reynolds
. Interestingly, the original title of the first movie
White Lightning
was McKlusky, that characters surname.
d.
The callsign Ghostrider that Maverick uses for his plane was the name of a real F-14 squadron (VF-142), and a model of a Tomcat from that squadron can be seen behind Sundown in the shot where Maverick tells Slider he stinks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
The U.S. Senate interior as shown in the film was an extremely accurate reproduction of the real thing.
b.
Daniel Day-Lewis
is alleged to have quipped at the local NC airport to a fellow Mohican player, "I quit smoking, but this film has made me start again".
c.
Shot in 1957, not released until 1959.
d.
The studio was unhappy with
Star Wars
as a title after negative market testing. A competition was held during shooting for cast and crew to come up with a better one but nothing stuck.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
HHS Studios is named for Hollywood High School, which
Frank Darabont
attended.
b.
George Lucas
had not originally intended to use
Anthony Daniels
s voice for the voice of C-3PO. He only changed his mind after a suggestion by
Stan Freberg
, one of the actors considered for
Anthony Daniels
s replacement.
Anthony Daniels
s voice was altered in post-production.
c.
While
Jane Alexander
has a brief cameo, her part was probably meant to be larger, as evidenced by early poster and trailer credits highlighting her name.
d.
Top-billed
Betsy Palmer
does not actually appear on screen for more than 13 minutes. Ironically enough, a stand-in male actor was used for the first 70 minutes of the film in which she is never supposed to be recognized.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
George Lucas
started writing the screenplay in 1974.
b.
Clark Gable
turned down the role of Marcus Vinicius, because he thought the costume would make him look ridiculous.
c.
The film trucks were "protected" by a real gang called The Mongrels for $500 a day.
d.
In every
Chris Van Allsburg
book, there is a bull terrier named Fritz.
Jon Favreau
put Fritz in the movie - look for a Beanie Baby bull terrier behind Walter near the end of the movie.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
The convict football team is made up of several real NFL stars, including Dick Butkus, Jim Kelly, and Jerry Rice.
b.
Star
Charles Bronson
once said of this movie: "I certainly dont advocate anyone taking the law into their own hands. I dont think that the film advocates that, either. If my films have a lesson, its that violence doesnt pay. My opinion is that violence only breeds violence."
c.
Most of the Stormtroopers are left-handed. That is because of how the weapons are constructed. Their weapons are based on a real weapon, where the magazine is on left side of the weapons. This construction caused it to hit the troopers in the chest. Therefore they have to switch grip of the weapon, which made them look left-handed.
d.
There are several close ups of fingers toying with the ring. While some have lovely cuticles and nails, some look quite ragged (see goofs). The latter are actually
Elijah Wood
s hands. He has a habit of biting his nails.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
The pills Sarah Goldfarb takes in the film are actually Synthroid pills taken for thyroid hormone replacement for people with hypothyroidism, this is also true for the pills Marion, Tyrone and Harry take before the party.
b.
Over 60% of this film was shot with a film that was so prone to fading, it was discontinued in the early 80s.
c.
When the group first gets to the bed and breakfast, they hear the song "The Freshmen" on the radio and sing to it. "The Freshmen" was written and performed by Brian Vander Ark, who appears as a zombie and wrote the original score to the film.
d.
Towards the end of the film, several items are shown that reference the live action movies. These include: The Shredders helmet and staff, a Foot Ninja Mask, the canister of ooze that mutated the turtles and Splinter (labeled TCRI instead of TGRI, though a crack is strategically placed to work either way), the Time Scepter, Walkers hat, Lord Norinagas helmet, and pieces of the suits of armor worn by the Turtles in the third film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
In an interview with MTV.com,
Don Cheadle
revealed that before
Iron Man
released, he thought the hero was a robot.
b.
The films male lead was initially offered to
John Wayne
in the early 1970s, several years before the film was finally made. The films female lead, played in the final film by
Isabelle Huppert
, was originally offered to
Jane Fonda
,
Sally Field
and
Diane Keaton
.
c.
The "TIE" in TIE Fighter is an acronym. It stands for "Twin Ion Engines". Modelmaker
Joe Johnston
came up with this acronym. In The Making of Star Wars book he mentions another possibility had been Third Intergalactic Empire.
d.
George Hornedo
, who plays Roman, also served as an unofficial consultant as he was a former National Spelling Bee finalist himself.
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