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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Part (2) 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: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
About the movie:
While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
Renny Harlin
: [finland] Both Mitch and Charly drink Finlandia Vodka.
b.
The original 107-minute version with Scottish accents was completely withdrawn after the disastrous world premiere and did not resurface again until the 1980s.
c.
Original start date of shooting at Elstree was slated to start in March 1979 but was delayed for three months because at that time, set 3 of the studio which was used for
The Shining
was burned down and had to be rebuilt at a higher scale
d.
Patrick Warburton
is basically portraying a live-action version of his trademark voice acting roles: a tough macho jock who often screws up his assignments.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
b.
Most of the "Arctic expedition" footage is taken from a 1926 Pathe two-reeler,
Alaskan Adventures
.
c.
For the 2004 DVDs, the scene with Darth Vader and the Emperor were redone replacing
Clive Revill
with
Ian McDiarmid
who played the Emperor in the rest of the series. The dialogue was re-recorded with
Ian McDiarmid
and
James Earl Jones
. Some additional dialogue was added.
d.
Leslie Goodwins
filled in as director for a few scenes when
John Ford
wasnt available.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
According to costume designer
Mary Zophres
, there were about 130 day-players (bit part actors) and 3,000-4,000 background extras employed throughout the film.
b.
Stephen King
suffered a near fatal car collision in 1999. In an example of life imitating art, King bought the van that struck him and personally beat it with a baseball bat before sending it to the junkyard to be destroyed.
c.
The biggest grossing film of 1980.
d.
Peter Stephens
was a candidate for the role of Brun.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
Brian Rusks mother appears in the longer, 3 hours version. In her sidestory she purchases sun glasses worn by Elvis Presley. She can still be seen in the cut version of the movie at the end wearing the sun glasses.
b.
Production difficulties meant that the film went over budget by $10 million.
c.
Clint Black
, the "Sweet Faced Gambler", also sang the song "Good Run Of Bad Luck" on the films soundtrack. This song plays during the first round of the Poker championship. Ironically just as the song ends Blacks character is caught cheating and thrown off the boat.
d.
The first time that
Gary B. Kibbe
worked as a Director of Photography for
John Carpenter
. Since then, they had worked together on every movie except for
Memoirs of an Invisible Man
and
The Ward
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
David Cronenberg
: obstetrician who delivers the maggot baby.
b.
At the beginning of the film, Jesse James finger disfigurement is revealed to the audience. If one pays close attention, the top half of Brad Pitts left middle finger is painstakingly erased in every single scene it appears in with the help of computer graphics.
c.
Director
Irvin Kershner
provided the voice of Darth Vader himself in the temporary mix of the film, before
James Earl Jones
recorded the final version.
d.
Just as
Trees
was a
Jaws
parody, this film parodies
Jaws 2
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
The Dagobah set needed to be elevated to give
Frank Oz
and three other puppeteers room to control the Yoda puppet from below. For proper interaction,
Mark Hamill
was given an earpiece so he could hear Oz doing Yodas voice. On numerous occasions,
Irvin Kershner
would give a direction to Yoda by mistake and Oz would have to remind him who to talk to.
b.
This film is loosely based on a novel written by
Stephen King
that he penned under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. He wrote the story in 72 hours.
c.
Philip Baker Hall
plays a man named Sydney from Las Vegas who has underworld connections. In
Midnight Run
, Philip Baker Hall has a small role as a man named Sidney who lives in Las Vegas and is connected to the underworld.
d.
The musical score contains a sample from "The Rhythm of the Heat" by Peter Gabriel.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
Marks the first appearance of
The Beach Boys
music in a
Wes Anderson
film. Anderson had originally thought of using their recording of "Sloop John B" for the final scene in
The Royal Tenenbaums
, but later changed his mind.
b.
In early December 2005, a casting call for the female lead was posted on the website of
Mali Finn
Casting. It erroneously identified the movie as
James Cameron
s
Battle Angel
.
c.
Bruno Delbonnel
declined to return for the final two films, saying that "I think I was scared of repeating myself." Subsequently, the filmmakers hired fellow French-Portuguese cinematographer
Eduardo Serra
.
d.
About twenty minutes into the movie there is a shot in the Hoth base control room in which we hear Hans voice over radio describing whats left of the probe droid. One of the background sound effects in this shot was taken from the Canadian shortwave time signal station CHU, which can be heard at 3.330 and 7.335 MHz.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
Last film of
Dan Duryea
.
b.
Carrie Fisher
traveled to the filming location of Finse, Norway, even though she was not scheduled to take part in any outdoor scenes.
c.
It is widely believed that MGM ensured their contracted star
Clark Gable
received the Best Actor Oscar to promote his career at the studio. Only three actors were nominated that year, and it was widely believed
Charles Laughton
would have easily won for his highly acclaimed performance as the tyrannical father in
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
had he received a nomination.
d.
Production designer
Jack Fisk
drew inspiration from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
This was
Jerry Lewis
first film with Columbia after a long career with Paramount.
b.
The producers were only able to locate four of the many Sherman tanks seen on the screen. The rest were plastic molds set on top of 88" Land Rovers. VW Beetle chassis were used for German Kubelwagens. The tank treads didnt reach the ground, but the film is edited so that this isnt noticeable (except in the section after
Elliott Gould
cries "Roll the fuckers / Roll em, fellas" there are shots of the tanks rolling over the bridge. One tank is seen silhouetted against the background and its tracks are clearly not moving as fast as they should be if the tank were real).
c.
Cloris Leachman
originally appeared in the film as Mrs. Himmelstein, an elderly Jewish woman living in Boston. Although filmed, the scenes featuring Mrs. Himmelstein drinking tea with Donny Donowitz (and signing his trademark baseball bat afterward) were cut from the final film.
Quentin Tarantino
says that he might use the footage in the prequel instead.
d.
Having Han Solo frozen in carbonite was (at least in part) due to the fact that they were not sure that
Harrison Ford
would return for a third film. When the original
Star Wars
was made
Carrie Fisher
and
Mark Hamill
were signed for a three picture deal, but
Harrison Ford
refused. Ford even requested
George Lucas
to kill off Solo, since the character had played its part already, but Lucas refused, saying that he still had a heroic part for Han Solo to play in
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)?
a.
The building seen at the very end of the film is "Stites Mental Facility", obviously named after
Todd Stites
, the post-production supervisor and the actor who played the "Trannie".
b.
The scene in the Cloud City apartment where Han Solo enters to tell Princess Leia that the repairs on the Millennium Falcon are almost complete played out differently in the finished film than it did in the original script. There, Han Solo (
Harrison Ford
) is lounging around in the apartment when Princess Leia (
Carrie Fisher
) enters, having changed from the white combat clothes she wore on Hoth to the brown dress and having her hair done up differently. In surprised reaction to how shes dressed, Solo attempts to flatter her ("You look beautiful. You should wear girls clothes all the time.") and Leia teases him by mentioning Luke; the scene ended with them sharing a kiss. The film was originally shot this way, but director
Irvin Kershner
felt it wasnt coming out right, so he re-shot it to appear as it does in the finished film. Excerpts of how the scene was originally filmed can now be seen on the special edition DVD.
c.
Dialogue by
Casey Siemaszko
s character is sampled in the seminal 1994 hip-hop song "Regulate" by
Warren G.
and
Nate Dogg
, but according to the DVD commentary Siemaszko had no clue that this happened nor had he heard of the song itself.
d.
Gordon the Cat was named after film producer
Gordon Carroll
.
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