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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Abyss (1989) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Abyss (1989) - 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: The Abyss (1989).
About the movie:
A civilian diving team are enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
Bubba Smith
: as Himself, trying to save
Dick Butkus
who is attacked at the salad bar.
b.
John Rhys-Davies
, also provided the voice for Treebeard.
c.
The film is set in 1931, and costume designer
Albert Wolsky
had real trouble finding distinctive clothing from the period. As this was the height of the Depression, fashions lacked the flamboyance of the 1920s and the style of the later 1930s when gangsterism was "fashionable". Failing to find any usable real clothes from 1931, Wolsky came across a weaver in upstate New York who was able to make all the required clothes using the same weight of fabrics that were used in that period. Once woven, the costumes then had to be aged and dyed.
d.
The role of Commodore DeMarco was originally meant for
Lance Henriksen
, but he couldnt appear due to a scheduling conflict.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The scene with the water tentacle was one of the first to be filmed. This was done so as to give the effects team the maximum amount of time available to develop the CGI over the course of filming the rest of the movie.
b.
Tranes dog tag contains the number string 8675309, a reference to the band Tommy Tutones only hit from 1982.
c.
The first of twenty-eight Blondie movies starring
Penny Singleton
as Blondie Bumstead and
Arthur Lake
as Dagwood Bumstead.
d.
Jessica Lange
was initially considered for the Elise Elliot role (played by
Goldie Hawn
).
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The character of Claire Stenwick is named for classic-era movie actress
Barbara Stanwyck
.
b.
Inspired by their use on
The Dark Knight
, director
Jon Favreau
considered the possibility of shooting some scenes using IMAX cameras, but eventually decided against it as he figured that the films visual effects would not look convincing at such high resolution.
c.
No cell phones are used in the movie.
d.
The American Humane Association rated this film "unacceptable" because of the rat that was submerged in oxygenated liquid in one scene. It wasnt an effect. The rat really was "subjected to the anxiety of being submerged in this liquid, where it panics and struggles and is then pulled out by its tail as it expels the liquid from its lungs."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The sequence in which Catfish fires a submachine gun into the moon pool at a departing Lt. Coffey was filmed using live ammunition. The underwater camera was locked down and unmanned, and extreme safety precautions were in effect.
b.
Veteran screenwriter
Alvin Sargent
- 73 at the time the film was made - was brought in to perform a script polish as a personal favor for his friend, producer
Laura Ziskin
.
c.
The film borrows heavily from Niebla by Miguel de Unamuno, a Spanish novel about a character who becomes aware he is being narrated by a writer and goes to visit him. However, in Unamunos story, the main character commits suicide.
d.
Old War, the film-within-the-film, was a half-finished feature attempted by the director in 2004. The full story was about two deserting soldiers surviving in the wilderness while waiting for a near-future war to end. Michael Flavin is credited as appearing as the soldier in green ("Green"), and director
Jack Kentala
is seen briefly as the soldier in a desert-camo uniform.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
In the original storyline, when Lindsey is talking to Bud during his descent, she explains why she is always so hard on people. Lindsey grew up in a family with five older brothers, and she had to fight for everything, even to be noticed.
b.
Scotts email address is scottthomas@scottymail.com
c.
In the long dolly shot of Joel McCrea and Mary Astor strolling on the pier from Rudy Vallees yacht, the director Preston Sturges makes a rare Hitchcock-style appearance as the chubby, mustachioed leader of the crew toting Claudette Colberts luggage.
d.
According to
Oliver Stone
,
Val Kilmer
is drinking colored sugar water throughout the film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
It took 3-4 hours every day to apply the make-up to
Jeff East
to make him resemble
Christopher Reeve
.
b.
A scene at the beginning showing the crew rounding up at the moon pool had to be re-shot, because the Flatbed submersible was parked in the pool. Flatbed was supposed to be out in the water pulling the rig during that particular scene.
c.
In the original draft, Harry Fabian (
Robert De Niro
) is killed by a stab wound at the end of the movie, which stayed true to the original
Jules Dassin
films ending. This was changed later during production.
d.
The set of the main room in Poelzigs house were built for $1,500.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The yoga instructor is played by Jennifer and Alans real yoga instructor.
b.
The cast and crew were almost arrested while shooting a murder scene.
c.
The sub called "Flatbed" in the movie was built around a real submarine called "Deep Rover" which was designed by the Canadian company Nuytco Research.
d.
Even though she had a starring role,
Marilyn Monroe
was still under contract to 20th Century-Fox as a stock actor at a fixed salary, so she actually made less money than her make-up man did.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
Roger Avary
had originally intended to direct.
Robert Zemeckis
friend and partner
Steve Bing
, who produced
The Polar Express
, purchased the script for $2 million so Zemeckis could direct
b.
Doris Day
wrote in her autobiography that she hesitated before accepting the lead in this film.
Ruth Etting
was a kept woman who clawed her way up from seamy Chicago nightclubs to the Ziegfeld Follies. It would require her to drink, wear scant, sexy costumes and to string along a man she didnt love in order to further her career. There was also a certain vulgarity about
Ruth Etting
that she didnt want to play. Producer
Joe Pasternak
convinced Day to accept the role because she would give the part some dignity that would play away from the vulgarity.
c.
John Huston
was fascinated by mysterious author
B. Traven
, who was a recluse living in Mexico. Traven approved of the director and his screenplay (by letter, obviously), and sent his intimate friend Hal Croves to the location to be a technical advisor and translator for $150 a week. The general consensus is that Croves was in fact Traven, though he always denied this. Huston was happy not to query him on the subject but his then-wife
Evelyn Keyes
was certain Croves was the mysterious author, believing that he was continually giving himself away, saying "I" when it should have been "he", and using phrases that were exactly the same as those to be found in Travens letters to Huston. All very ironic, especially considering that Traven was offered $1000 a week to act as technical advisor on the film.
d.
The mini-subs in the wide shots were actually models suspended on wires in a smoky environment and filmed in slow motion.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
Hulk Hogan
was Joel Schumachers third choice to play Mr. Freeze.
b.
Sixth of eight movies that paired
Greer Garson
and
Walter Pidgeon
.
c.
The water in the two tanks was chlorinated heavily, to prevent microbes growing in it. This caused many of the actors hair to become green and even white.
d.
Gene Tierney
was the first choice to star but dropped out due to her pregnancy.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The first feature film to have used an early version of Adobe Photoshop.
b.
After shooting the final scene,
Anthony Hopkins
unleashed his anger at the close-up camera by giving it a middle-finger salute.
c.
Mel Gibson
was attached to this project at one stage.
d.
Indiana Joness hat came from the famous Herbert Johnson hat shop in Saville Row, London. The hat was the shops Australian model. On the Bonus Features DVD, costume designer
Deborah Nadoolman
said that in order to properly age the hat, she grabbed and twisted the hat, then she and
Harrison Ford
both sat on it, and it eventually looked like "a very lived-in and well-loved" hat.
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