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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stripes (1981) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stripes (1981) - 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: 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.
During Vincent Ludwigs first encounter with Frank Drebin, Ludwig is feeding his "fighting fish" small minnows. This is identical to a scene in the Bruce Lee movie "Game of Death" where we see Dr. Land (the main villain) feeding the same fish.
b.
According to
Ivan Reitman
in the DVD Commentary, Columbia Pictures wanted to cut out the scene where Sgt. Hulka and John Winger have a confrontation in the latrine. They felt the scene was too serious. But Reitman insisted that it be left in to truly establish Sgt. Hulkas strength and authority.
c.
Darren Head, the host of "Criminals at Large" was supposed to be based on
John Walsh
from
Americas Most Wanted
.
d.
This was the first
Oscar Hammerstein II
film released by Universal since the 1936 version of "Show Boat".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 8.7 seconds
b.
Sadie, with her fiery red hair and passionate temper, is a reference to
Janis Joplin
. Sadie is even seen drinking directly from a Jack Daniels bottle during her downward spiral, an action that Janis did regularly with Southern Comfort. Even Janis throaty singing voice is used by Sadie in the movie.
c.
John Wingers red boy scout jacket, that he wears at the bus station and when going AWOL, has a Great Salt Lake Council (Utah) patch on the shoulder.
d.
Dick Miller
, a regular in Joe Dantes films has a brief, non-speaking cameo as a pizza delivery man.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Bilbo says the words, "Im not at home," when some relatives bang on his door. "Not At Home" is also a chapter title from The Hobbit.
b.
Supervisor
Lou L. Ostrow
was so dissatisfied with the style of the movie he wanted to replace director
Jacques Tourneur
after four days of filming. Producer
Val Lewton
got studio head Charles Koerner to reinstate Tourneur, and when Ostrow insisted on the panther appearing in the drafting room sequence, Lewton had Tourneur use low lighting putting the panther in the shadows.
c.
P.J. Soles
, who plays the role of Stella, also played Pvt. Wanda Winter the year before in
Private Benjamin
.
d.
During the casting process, the film makers went to different New England private schools, mostly in Massachusetts, looking for a student to play Max Fisher.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Because
John Garfield
was playing a Mexican general in
Juarez
when the Epstein brothers were writing the screenplay to this movie, they made his character Hispanic as a joke.
b.
James Coco
became the first - and to date only - actor to be nominated for both an Academy Award and a Razzie for the same performance. He won neither award.
c.
According to John Larroquette, he was drunk in many of his scenes.
d.
The last film starring
Bette Davis
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Chapter Titles: (1) Doom (2) Disappearance of Janet Dale (3) Trail of the Wolf (4) The Open Window (5) The Tower Room (6) The Crystal Ball (7) Gun Fire (8) The Man Trap (9) The Mystic Summons (10) The Foe Unmasked (11) Through Prison Walls (12) Behind the Veil (13) Attack at the Inn (14) Confession (15) Retribution
b.
Vitaphone production reels #2431-2436; a Vitaphone musical score and sound effects were added to this otherwise silent production.
c.
Author
Anne Rice
was so pleased with this adaptation that she took out a two page ad in both Vanity Fair and the New York Times endorsing it as "a masterpiece".
d.
The U.S. Army was actually very helpful and cooperative during filming, which surprised
Ivan Reitman
since the script depicts the military as being made up largely of buffoons.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
John Winger states, after doing push-ups in his apartment, "I gotta get in shape or Ill be dead before Im 30".
Bill Murray
was 31 when this movie was filmed.
b.
A couple of Mercedes S-class were bought and utterly destroyed during filming.
c.
The film was originally supposed to be set in L. A., but Bulgaria was so cheap to film in that producers decided to film it there. Bruce Campbell had to rewrite the movie to fit the new location.
d.
Linda Blair
was "shocked" when she discovered that Warner Bros. had used her image/voice in the promotional campaign(s), unauthorized.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Was the second York Pictures Corporation production, a company owned by
Dean Martin
and
Jerry Lewis
. Prior to making the film, the duo paid $850,000 to extract themselves from their contract with Screen Associates, the company that had underwritten Yorks participation in
At War with the Army
, companys previous production.
b.
John Larroquette
improvised the dialog where hes watching the girls in the shower through the telescope, including the odd line "Oh, God! I wish I was a loofah!" According to Larroquette, he had to explain to Reitman what a loofah was.
c.
After
Boaz Yakin
was hired to direct the movie, producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
learned that Yakin did not know anything about American football. He then arranged for Yakin to attend a football camp, and the director picked up enough information in two weeks to resume full-speed work afterward.
d.
In DVD commentary
Jeff Lieberman
said that the full moon shot that the credits of the film play over was an intensional foreshadowing of the bald-headed lunatics.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Felix Silla
(Shorty) and his leading lady, the late
Claire Brennen
, met on the set of this movie. They began a nine-year relationship and managed to keep it secret for all of those years, despite the fact that it produced a son.
b.
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.
c.
The last sentence the platoon shouts during their performance at graduation, "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", is a sentence that was popularly used to test typewriters and telegraph machines because it contains every letter of the alphabet at least once.
d.
Most of the extras in the film that play the "bad kids" in the detention scene and around campus werent thugs at all. They were football players from the various high schools in the area. They were chosen mostly because they could tower over the actors and look menacing.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Director
William Malone
said the first sale for the picture was to Malaysia for $90,000. They were already making a profit since the film only cost $74,000 to make.
b.
Will Kempe
was originally cast as "Nick Smith". There is even an outtake of him in the role on the 2005 DVD.
c.
The scene the morning after John Winger and MP Officer Stella Hanson had sex in General Barnickys house, when they emerge from the trunk, is actually a lift from a cut scene when the guys and girls meet up in Germany. This lift is now something of a continuity error in the Special Edition DVD where those cut scenes in the German Hotel are now restored. You can tell this because if you watch the decor of the Generals bedroom and Winger and Hansons wardrobe, its the same clothing theyre wearing in their German Hotel Suite and the Generals decor and the suite are the same.
d.
Robert De Niro
claims this was his most physically-exhausting film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Rex Harrison
s final film.
b.
According to
Ivan Reitman
,
Bill Murray
insisted Harold Ramis (I) be cast as his friend for two reasons: 1. They were long time friends in real life. 2. So Ramis could help Murray re-write his dialog or help him improvise.
c.
The character of Dimitri was based on a European prince who vouched for Anna Andersons identity as Anastasia. The prince had only met Anastasia once and during her childhood, though, so he was not considered a very credible source.
d.
The films story came from a rejected live action
Beavis and Butt-Head
movie concept in the late-90s.
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