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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stripes (1981) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Stripes (1981) - 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: 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.
David Cronenberg
was also an early choice to direct but later passed.
b.
Judy Garland
had to wear a painful corset-style device around her torso so that she would appear younger and flat-chested.
c.
Film debut of
Timothy Busfield
.
d.
John Rhys-Davies
, also provided the voice for Treebeard.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Do Wah Diddy Diddy, a central theme performed by cast members, was originally recorded in the US by
The Exciters
in late 1963. During "The British Invasion" it was covered by
Manfred Mann
and rose to #1 US Pop in July 1964. The song has become a popular cadence in the US military.
b.
The film has quite a few actors from the Oceans 11 series in it.
George Clooney
,
Julia Roberts
,
Brad Pitt
and
Matt Damon
. One of the producers is
Oceans Eleven
director
Steven Soderbergh
.
c.
The original concept involved
Macaulay Culkin
s character, Kevin McCallister, returning as a teenager. However, the plan was scrapped as Culkin dropped out of acting three years earlier as he thought he was outgrowing "childish" roles.
d.
William Schallert
was cast as Jacks doctor as an in-joke since he had played a doctor in
The Incredible Shrinking Man
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Basic training in Stripes takes place at the fictional "Fort Arnold" which was actually a fort during 18th century. It was named for General Benedict Arnold. After General Arnold was branded a traitor "Fort Arnold" was renamed "West Point".
b.
The "elbow-tit" scene, where Ken Wahl first meets Karen Allen, was shot on Lydig Avenue, one block south of Pelham Parkway, outside of the actual Wanderers turf, which ranged from Allerton to Burke Avenues.
c.
Originally titled "Reaper", this project was going to star
Michael Keaton
.
d.
Tony Scott
gave
Patricia Arquette
the Cadillac featured heavily in the film as a gift after filming wrapped.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Winger throws the keys to his cab into the Ohio River from the same bridge where boxing great
Muhammad Ali
claims to have thrown his Olympic gold medal.
b.
Filmed in 1971.
c.
Geoffrey Rush
was only one year younger than
Peter Sellers
was when he died, and here plays him over the course of thirty years.
d.
The film had such a low budget that according to
Carl Weathers
, he and
Burgess Meredith
shared a cramped dressing room.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
Fort Knox is also near the U.S. Bullion Depository.
b.
When Scott and Charlie are driving the sleigh on the road, the truck they go by and ask about I-94 is driven by
Jimmy Labriola
, who played Benny on Tim Allens show
Home Improvement
.
c.
The hangar in which the real-life
Howard Hughes
partially built his famous "Spruce Goose" airplane was also used for the construction of many of the full-scale models used in
Titanic
, in which
Leonardo DiCaprio
also starred.
d.
This was the first full-length rocknroll movie.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
The Basic Training scenes were filmed at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Fort Knox is home to the U.S. Army Armor Center, which trains new tank crewmen and armored cavalry troopers. The barracks in the film are still at Fort Knox, but theyve been gutted and converted into an urban warfare training course. As of 2010, the United States Army Armor School is being moved to Fort Benning, Georgia as part of the United States BRAC program.
b.
Al Pacino
was offered $5 million but wanted $7 million plus profits from gross to reprise his role as Michael. Coppola refused, and threatened to rewrite the script by starting off with Michaels funeral sequence instead of the films introduction. Pacino agreed to the $5-million offer.
c.
The film was shot in 13 days and the only part actually filmed on board a train was a few seconds of the arrival in Los Angeles.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on November 1, 1943 with
Claudette Colbert
,
Veronica Lake
,
Paulette Goddard
and
Sonny Tufts
reprising their film roles.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
The play by
Langdon Mitchell
, "Becky Sharp", opened in New York City, New York, USA on 12 September 1899 and had 116 performances. There were 3 revivals, the last in 1929. Another play with the title "Vanity Fair", by different authors opened in New York in 1911.
b.
The Cabot house is actually director
Paul Haggis
s own house.
c.
At the end of the film, the four main characters receive Distinguished Service Crosses.
d.
Production took so long on this movie that, in order to kill time between shooting days,
Nicholas Zebrun
suggested to
David Sowden
that the two of them collaborate on a short film that Sowden would direct and Zebrun would produce. The resulting film was _White Powder (2006)_.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Stripes (1981)?
a.
The house that the plane crashes into was built at one end of the only runway at Lincoln Park Airport, a very small airstrip in Lincoln Park, NJ USA (about 35 miles NW of New York City). The wrecked house was not removed for several weeks. While no planes have hit houses in the vicinity, one did bounce off the roof of a passing car several years earlier.
b.
A trailer for this movie plays on its
Rent-a-Cop
movie title by describing
Liza Minnelli
s prostitute character as a "Rent-A-Girl".
c.
According to
Ivan Reitman
in the DVD Commentary,
Kim Basinger
was offered the part of MP Officer Stella Hanson but she was turned down when her agent asked for too much money.
d.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Hobart falls off the fence when Ramona is mowing the lawn.
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