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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Star Wars (1977) - Part (18) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Star Wars (1977) - Part (18) 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.
Originally rated "X" by the MPAA, the rating was lowered to "R" upon appeal.
b.
The hotel and room number where Neo has to pick up the phone to get out of the Matrix (at the end) are the same where Trinity awaits the police in the beginning of the movie.
c.
According to
Harrison Ford
, during the making of the film, he and
Mark Hamill
would usually fool around and not commit to their work whenever
Alec Guinness
was not on set. When Guinness was on set, they behaved much more professionally.
d.
John Wayne
intended this film to be an allegory for Americas Cold War with the Soviet Union.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Shirley MacLaine
turned down the role of Diane Freeling in
Poltergeist
to play the Oscar-winning role of Aurora Greenway in
Terms of Endearment
.
b.
The play made from the novel opened in London on 7 January 1896.
c.
The briefing of the pilots and the final dogfights at the Death Star were inspired by many WWII films including
Flying Tigers
,
Flying Leathernecks
and
Battle of Britain
amongst others.
d.
M-G-M saved money by utilizing the same main set as the one from "Weekend at the Waldorf" (1945). When that company finished, "Her Highness and the Bellboy" moved in.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
A total of 64 sets were constructed for the movie.
b.
The original editor for the film was
John Jympson
.
Richard Chew
was Lucas first choice of the editor but budgetary reasons will not allow him to do so. After the first assembly, which was absolutely disastrous, Lucas fired Jympson, asked his then wife Marcia (while editing) New York, New York who in turn brought in Chew and
Paul Hirsch
to finish.
c.
Shortly after the film Dorothy Coonan married director
William A. Wellman
.
d.
Clive (né Vivian) James chose his name from this character.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Shipped to theaters under the code name "Helpful Advice".
b.
Rod Lurie
was offered the chance to direct the project, but passed
c.
Normally 20th Century-Fox released about 20 films per year, but the long-running success of
Star Wars
resulted in the studio issuing only seven new films in the entire year of 1978.
d.
The book and film Girl, Interrupted take their title from the painting "Girl Interrupted at her Music" by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Donald Sutherland
turned down a role in this film because he objected to the violence in the script. He later admitted to regretting that decision.
b.
The filmmakers burned a real house down for the movie.
c.
The second film to gross more than $100 million at the US box office. The first was
Jaws
.
d.
The entire movie was improvised; all the customers who interact with Kaufman and Blassie are plants. The "vomit" the fan spews onto the table is actually ice cream and the fan is actually Andy Kaufmans writing partner Bob Zmuda. Andy Kaufman met his future girlfriend Lynne Margulies on the set of this movie. They meet for the first time on camera.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Inspired by the story of
Merhan Nasseri
, an Iranian refugee. Dreamworks reportedly paid him $250,000 for the use of his biography. In 1988, he landed at
Charles de Gaulle
Airport near Paris after being denied entry into England because his passport and United Nations refugee certificate had been stolen. French authorities would not let him leave the airport. He remained in Terminal One, a stateless person with nowhere else to go. He has since been granted permission to either enter France or return to his own country. He instead chooses to continue to live in the terminal and tell his story to those who will listen. Reportedly, his mental health has deteriorated over the years. When given the opportunity to live in France, he refused because the documents did not name him as "Sir, Alfred", and he claims to have forgotten his native Persian language. Reportedly, he left the terminal in August 2006 to be hospitalized for an unspecified illness.
b.
All of the dogs except for Dug are named after letters of the Greek alphabet (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, etc) although this could relate to rankings in a dog pack, where the lead male is known as the Alpha, then Beta and so on. This is supported by the fact that when Dug puts Alpha in the Cone of Shame, all the other dogs begin referring to Dug as Alpha. The voices of both Dug and Alpha are performed by the same actor,
Bob Peterson
.
c.
Its common practice with a high budget feature film to have more than one unit shooting at any one time, usually two or three. With "The Lord of the Rings", there were occasions when there would be between five and seven units shooting at any given time.
d.
Reportedly because he hated working on
Star Wars
so much,
Alec Guinness
claims that Obi-Wans death was his idea as a means to limit his involvement in the film. Guinness also claimed to throw away all
Star Wars
related fan mail without even opening it.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Cinemataographer
Hilyard John Brown
came up with the idea to do a film with an actual buried treasure for viewers to find. He opted out of working on the film because director
Sheldon Renan
wanted a lot of helicopter shooting, and Brown had had too many close calls in helicopters.
b.
This film is ranked #2 on the AFIs top 10 science fiction films.
c.
Inspiration for the phrase, "I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords," where insect is usually replaced or substituted in an ironic sense. Though no character in "Empire of the Ants" says this line,
The Simpsons
character of newscaster Kent Brockman says it in the episode "Deep Space Homer" and is alluding to the theme of the film.
d.
Christopher Walken
s character has no speaking lines, aside from a couple of "Haa"s to his horse and "shhhh."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
This is the only movie in the film series in which Chads father appears.
b.
Helsinki stood in for Moscow in this movie. Because of the Cold War, Gorky Park could not be filmed on actual locations in Moscow. The film group decided to come to Helsinki, the architecture of which is similar to Russian architecture.
c.
To weather the teddy bear in the Ruth scene, Cody and Alyson kicked it back and forth in a Los Angeles city street the night before departing on the road trip to Texas. They also dunked it in the gutter and jumped on it. Jen and Gordons dog Zach chewed on its green ribbon. The teddy bear was still wet when they left.
d.
In some Spanish subtitled releases, R2-D2 name appears subtitled as "Arturito" or "little Arthur" in Spanish, since the pronunciation is very closed resembled, this is also the case with C3-PO whose name is subtitled as "Citripio", but that does not resembles anything in Spanish.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
The issue of Playboy shown in the movie is also shown in
Home Alone
.
b.
Many actors listed in studio records and in casting call lists were not seen in the movie. These were Farmers
Hank Mann
,
Don Turner
, Paul Panzer and
Frank Darien
, and
Jack Gardner
,
Fred Kelsey
,
Frank Pharr
,
Ray Teal
,
William Bill Phillips
and
Victor Zimmerman
.
c.
The role of Louis Tully was originally written for
John Candy
.
d.
This is the only Star Wars series film in which neither Yoda nor Palpatine make an appearance. Yoda is not mentioned, as the character had not yet been created. Palpatine (whose name is never uttered in the classic trilogy) is mentioned, but referred to only as "the Emperor".
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars (1977)?
a.
Funded by a Baptist church. Several members of the cast let themselves be baptized.
b.
Kay E. Kuter
s final film. The movie was dedicated to him at the end of the credits.
c.
This is the only Star Wars film where Darth Vaders signature theme "The Imperial March" is not played in some form or another - as it had not been written at the time.
d.
The wristwatch with a television monitor is known as the "Liquid Crystal TV Seiko," model T001-5019. Two physical watches were supplied to the production. The screen on the retail version available to consumers was black and white only.
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