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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Abyss (1989) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Abyss (1989) - Part (5) 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.
In the end shot where the alien ship surfaces, its supposed to be spring or summer. However, the film was being shot towards the beginning of winter, so the actors put ice cubes in their mouths so they wouldnt breathe out mist.
b.
This movies opening prologue states: "There has never been a mutiny in a ship of the United States Navy. The truths of this film lie not in its incidents but in the way a few men meet the crisis of their lives. The time - World War II . . . "
c.
Film debut of
Anne Jackson
.
d.
Shooting began Nov. 18, 1934, completed in January, 1935, released Feb. 4.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
Ken Russell was offered the chance to direct the film.
b.
During the game show scene, a lot of talk is about a movie audition, with
Alan Thicke
and
Corey Haim
, about destroying a high school. This refers to the actual film
Demolition High
.
c.
The movies poster was as #16 of "The 25 Best Movie Posters Ever" by Premiere.
d.
James Cameron
: [Biehns hand]
Michael Biehn
s character gets bitten on the arm by another character - see
The Terminator
and
Aliens
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
Filming had already begun when
Lee Tamahori
decided he wanted a car chase through the ice palace set. His set designer
Peter Lamont
had to rebuild the set with steel girders to support the cars racing around it.
b.
The Punisher is the only Marvel adaptation to film in which Stan Lee does not have a cameo.
c.
In-movie monitor time stamps show at one point January 1987. Its an unintentionally hint to a date because a device needed a restart and began with 01/01/87.
d.
Neither
A.J. Langer
nor
Marissa Jaret Winokur
could ice skate before this movie. They trained at an ice rink for two weeks before the movie started, at their own expense.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The scenes in which Harold turns to look at the camera after successfully scaring off his first date, and when he does "the finger" behind his mothers back after she sees the Jaguar turned into a Hearse, were not in the script, rather, they were improvised by
Bud Cort
.
b.
Hal Needham
was better known in the film industry as a stunt man, and had great difficulty in getting any producers interested in this project. Only when his close friend
Burt Reynolds
agreed to star in the film did he manage to gain studio attention.
c.
Executive Producer Alaska Presley was one of the original founders of "Ghost Town in the Sky" in 1961.
d.
James Cameron
: [feet] when the soldiers arrive at the supply ship and jump out of the helicopters. See also
Aliens
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The original camera negative was destroyed in May 1978 during a nitrate film fire in the George Eastman House archives. The fire also destroyed 328 other films original camera negatives.
b.
James Cameron
: [title fade] at the beginning of the movie, the blue "Y" from the opening credits extends and then fades to the underwater scenery with the submarine.
c.
During the UK clampdown on video nasties in the 80s the film was briefly seized by Manchester Police who believed it to be a sex film.
d.
Talisa Soto
,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
and
Grand L. Bush
went to appear in video game based films. Soto and Tagawa appeared in
Mortal Kombat
as Kitana and Shang Tsung respectively, while that
Grand L. Bush
appeared in
Street Fighter
as Balrog.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
Among the famous eccentric actors whom Ernest imitates in jail when trying out for "Mr. Nash", are
James Cagney
,
Walter Brennan
,
Humphrey Bogart
,
Barry Fitzgerald
,
Sylvester Stallone
, and
James Mason
.
b.
One of only two
James Cameron
films not to be scored by
James Horner
or
Brad Fiedel
. (
Alan Silvestri
did the score for this film.)
c.
In the comics, Tony Stark possesses a suitcase containing a portable suit of armour. This famous "suitcase armour" has been revised for the film: the suitcase converts into a series of plates that slide over a wire framework.
d.
About the Finnish speaking whalers. There are no actual whaling in Finland since there are no whales in the Gulf of Finland or in the Baltic Sea.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
The estimated production costs were $3.9 million. At the time, only
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
and
Hells Angels
had cost more.
b.
Tumbleweeds were shipped from Texas to various parts of the United States and world so they could get on location footage of tumbleweed attacks.
c.
James Cameron
s first film to be rated PG-13 in America
d.
Bette Midler
was offered and declined the role of Miss Hannigan.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Abyss (1989)?
a.
When the narrator describes the Persian confusion with the troops at the rear wishing to advance and those in the front line wishing to retreat, he uses lines from the poem "Horatius" by Thomas Babington Macaulay, written in the 19th century about a small Roman force that held a narrow bridge against a much more numerous enemy. From the poem: "Was none who would be foremost to lead such dire attack: But those behind cried Forward!, and those before cried Back!"
b.
Yul Brynner
s character is known as The Gunslinger. Interestingly, the word "gunslinger" was only created in the 1950s and has no connection to the old West.
c.
During underwater filming,
Ed Harris
almost drowned. While filming a scene where he had to hold his own breath at the bottom of the submerged set, Harris ran out of air and gave the signal for oxygen. Harris safety diver got hung up on a cable and could not get to him. Another crew member gave Harris a regulator, but it was upside down and caused him to suck in water. A camera man came over, ripped the upside down regulator, and gave him one in the correct orientation. Later that evening, Ed broke down and cried.
d.
The original novel was a favorite among Americas armed forces, during World War II. The lengthy book helped pass the time when things were slow, and it provided inspiration to the troops, to survive the war and build their own dreams after they got home.
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