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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stripes (1981) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stripes (1981) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981).
About the movie:
Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Some of the fishified products are "Coral Cola", "Gup", "Fish King", "Old Wavy" and "Newsreef".
b.
According to
Ivan Reitman
in the DVD Commentary, the scene where
Bill Murray
is loading the rich womans suitcases into the trunk and he hits himself in the crotch was accident. Murray really did hit himself in the crotch with the case, thus his very real line "Oh, my balls."
c.
Jason Robards
last feature film.
d.
Costume Designer
Eiko Ishioka
was from Japan, and because the costumes had a Kabuki theater-like appearance,
Gary Oldman
s wig maker and hair designer
Stuart Artingstall
studied traditional Kabuki and Geisha hair styles and incorporated them into her unique and elaborate designs. Each wig was "built" and took many hours of painstaking work to thread each hair in a base individually, as is done in traditional opera companies.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Producer
Darrin Holender
is the son of veteran film executive
Irv Holender
, who bought the assets of Edward L. Montoros Film Ventures International (FVI) in 1985. FVI was the theatrical distributor of the original
The House on Sorority Row
.
b.
Among the crowd at the Graduation Parade (albeit unseen) was
P.J. Soles
then-husband
Dennis Quaid
.
c.
Jack Lemmons performance in The Days of Wine and Roses inspired Ray Sharkey to become an actor.
d.
James Caan
and
Al Pacino
were only ten years younger than
Morgana King
who plays their mother.
John Cazale
was only five years younger.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
The character nicknamed "Psycho" is actually named "Francis". Francis is Norman Bates middle name in
Psycho
.
b.
Heavily influenced by the French New Wave directors, mainly through its rapid shifts of tone and its choppy editing.
c.
Per the DVD extras,
Albert Brooks
spent an entire day in the recording studio improvising badly mangled versions of the anemone joke; no two tellings were fumbled in the same way. He had the recording technicians in stitches for the duration.
d.
The first Batman movie (both live action and animated) not to feature Bruce Wayne in a tuxedo.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Cinematographer/co-writer
Richard Hilliard
cameos as the father watching the news report of the monster attacks on TV.
Del Tenney
s young son and daughter play the children in the same scene.
b.
The EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle was built from a 1973-1978 GMC Motor Home.
c.
The original title of the film was "Last Cowboy", but the title was changed as to not mislead people into thinking it was linked, or a remake of, films of the same title.
d.
When Hermes delivers the flowers to Hera, he says, "I had Orpheus do the arrangement. Isnt that too nutty?" The joke here is in the double use for the word "arrangement" - as in "floral arrangement" and "musical arrangement". The voice for Hermes is bandleader
Paul Shaffer
, and in Greek mythology, Orpheus is known as "the father of songs", so he would be the perfect choice to do an "arrangement".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Hilary Fayes License says "JC Girl".
b.
The film was very much a family affair for
Tim Robbins
. Aside from directing his long term companion
Susan Sarandon
to an Oscar, he also cast his father,
Gil Robbins
(Bishop Norwich), mother
Mary Robbins
(aide to the governor), sister
Adele Robbins
(nurse), and son
Jack Henry Robbins
(opossum kid) and
Miles Robbins
(boy in church). His brother,
David Robbins
, composed the soundtrack.
c.
Gregory Peck
and
The Big Country
co-star
Charlton Heston
both played the infamous Nazi war criminal Dr.
Josef Mengele
: Peck in
The Boys from Brazil
, Heston in
My Father, Rua Alguem 5555
.
d.
John Wingers use of the phrase "We are the wretched refuse" to describe how the platoon was made up of men from around the world is a reference to a poem, "The New Colossus", by the nineteenth-century American poet
Emma Lazarus
. "The New Colossus", describing the Statue of Liberty, appears on a plaque at the base of the statue.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Will Smith
s film debut.
b.
Final film of
Robert J. Wilke
.
c.
The point-of-view shots from RoboCop include references to MS-DOS, while the point-of-view shots from RoboCop 2 feature a Apple MacIntosh-style interface, with a skull instead of the Apple logo.
d.
During the scene where Gracchus was found guilty of orchestrating the revolt against the Roman, Crassus (
Laurence Olivier
) said, "In every city and province, the list of the disloyal have been compiled." The line is actually a sly dig at
Joseph McCarthy
ism by writer
Dalton Trumbo
(one of the 10 blacklisted). It was intended to be a jab at the watchdogs, since at that time prior to the films release, Hollywood blacklisting was not over yet.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
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.
Was premiered at the Moore Public Library on May 1st, 2008. The screening was free, and over 140 people attended.
c.
This film is considered an Ozploitation movie, an Australian genre and/or Australian exploitation movie.
d.
The cast improvised virtually all of the dialog where they sit around and tell their back stories. This includes Murrays lines about Lee Harvey making out with a cow and calling Sgt. Hulka a big toe.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Madeline Zima
s film debut.
b.
Victor Slezak previously played the role of John F. Kennedy in the Broadway production of "Jackie."
c.
According to the DVD special features, the film was originally conceived as a vehicle for Cheech & Chong;
Ivan Reitman
has also stated that the reason this fell through was because their manager insisted (without the pairs knowledge) on a 25% share of Reitmans next five films, which he wasnt willing to give up. The script was then rewritten for
Bill Murray
and
Harold Ramis
, and most of the "stoner" humor was shifted to the "Elmo" character played by
Judge Reinhold
.
d.
Lloyd Bridges
as Steve McCroskey spoofs his role as airport manager Jim Conrad in the TV series
San Francisco International Airport
. Also,
Robert Stack
appeared as an airline pilot whose nerve fails him during an in-flight disaster in
The High and the Mighty
.
Peter Graves
appeared in a similar "airplane disaster" TV movie,
SST: Death Flight
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Shirley Temple
suggested the idea and placement of the "In Our Little Wooden Shoes" sequence because she felt the song would liven up the movie.
b.
Eric Stoltz
auditioned for the role of Jeff.
c.
The lead singer of the Styx tribute band was Styxs actual lead singer until 1999,
Dennis DeYoung
.
d.
John Wingers habit of hiding his money when removing it from his pocket is lifted from Dr. Hugo Z. Hackenbush in
A Day at the Races
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Some footage in the film was shot by the actors.
b.
Director Trademark: M. Night Shyamalan Bright colours to signify something important The red and yellow cloaks worn by the villagers or the monsters.
c.
An
Ivan Reitman
prank to have some of the characters drag
Warren Oates
character into the mud during the obstacle course scene, led to Oates chipping a tooth and Reitman getting a tongue lashing from Oates.
d.
After seeing the film,
Gary Cooper
said it was "so phony, nobody believes in it." Ironically, Cooper had been a visitor to the set since he was filming
The Hanging Tree
nearby. "Rio Bravo" is considered to be John Wayne and Howard Hawks reply to Gary Coopers own film "High Noon" because neither Wayne or Hawks thought a real lawman would want or need to ask for help in handling a problem like Coopers character did in that film.
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