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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Red One (1980) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Red One (1980) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Big Red One (1980)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980).

About the movie: The story of a sergeant and the inner core members of his unit as they try to serve in and survive World War II.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		The bulk of the picture was shot in Israel, and director Samuel Fuller remarked that it was unsettling after a scene was shot when the German soldiers and SS troops pull would take off their helmets and Fuller would see them wearing yarmulkes, and between takes they would be sitting around the set in full Nazi uniform speaking Hebrew or reading the Torah.
b.		Kevin is seen wearing a BadAzz MoFo t-shirt and reading an issue of BadAzz MoFo. David F. Walker, writer, producer and director of Damaged Goods, is also the creator of BadAzz MoFo, a pop culture magazine.
c.		Catherine Scorsese, Martin Scorseses mother, is one of the women that stops Vincent to complain about the poor care of the neighborhood.
d.		Apparently features a 15-year-old Fidel Castro as an extra.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		The movie is based on a one-act, two-character, off-Broadway play that originated as "The Tiger".
b.		According to film commentator Richard Schickel, the scene in which the Sergeant (Lee Marvin) is wounded is a re-creation of how Marvin was wounded in real life as a Marine in the Pacific. As in the film, Marvin was shot through the back and collapsed down on his knees.
c.		Brian De Palma was fired from this film.
d.		The incantation heard in the opening sequence sounds like "Cthulhu fhtagn Rlyeh," a bastardized version of an incantation in the H.P. Lovecraft story The Call of Cthulhu. "Phnglui mglwnafh Cthulhu Rlyeh wgahnagl fhtagn", which translates as "In his house at Rlyeh, dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		Reportedly Samuel Fuller wanted Martin Scorsese for the role of Pvt. Vinci, 1st Squad, but Scorsese moved on to do Raging Bull.
b.		Moe Howard, of Three Stooges fame, makes a cameo appearance as a cab driver. Associate producer Norman Maurer was Moes son-in-law, and director Edward Bernds was a frequent director for The Three Stooges. Moe had found himself out of work after more than 25 years when Columbia closed their Shorts Department.
c.		Completed in 1931, and reviewed in Harrisons Reports in November 1931, but not released until 1933.
d.		The film was originally supposed to be shot in Ecuador for the jungle scenes but when that was deemed too expensive it was moved to the Dominican Republic a virtual military dictatorship at that time. The town in the film is Alto Gracia. Soon after the film was finished the town erupted in real life riots (reflecting a scene from the film) when the president nullified an election that he lost to a liberal candidate. The riots spread to neighboring villages forcing the president to step down.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		In 2005, Mark Hamill, who portrays PFC Griff, lent his voice talents to the video game "Call Of Duty 2: The Big Red One". Like the film, the game follows the exploits of a squad from "The Big Red One" from North Africa to East Europe.
b.		The name next to the buzzer of Adeles apartment reads "Capgras." Given the subject of the film - a man has actors play the real people in his life - this is almost certainly a reference to a psychological phenomenon called the Capgras delusion, where the sufferer believes that everyone in his or her life has been replaced with an identical-looking impostor.
c.		Jessica Simpson went through many auditions for the lead character, but dropped out when filmmakers refused to take out the sex scene. Most of the sex scene was cut from the finished film anyway.
d.		Pat Hingle, who plays Warren Beattys father, was in fact only 13 years older than Beatty.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		As of 2009, this was the last studio film to be shot in the 65mm process.
b.		The crashing Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512 were actually outdated Lola T70s made up to look like a 917 and a 512, since it was out of the question to sacrifice one of these priceless cars. The fake Ferrari was remote-controlled.
c.		The screams from the foxholes as the tanks roll over them seem strangely out of place, but actually happened. Samuel Fuller said, "When we were in those holes, and the tanks were rolling over us, it was our only chance to scream all the terror out and not be heard. We got it all out in those holes..."
d.		Because they were deemed as too frightening or could even cause psychological damage to young children, about 19 scenes, mostly pertaining to the Tyrannosaurus Rex, and the five characters in mild peril or distress was cut or trimmed. Don Bluth was unhappy with the cuts, and fought to keep the footage, but felt like he had to do so, making this film only 69 minutes, one of his shortest.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		According to Robert Carradine in the Reconstruction Documentary, he was originally cast as PFC Griff. But when the producers learned they could get Mark Hamill, fresh off of the success of _Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)_, Carradine was given the role of PFC Zab, so Hamill could be cast as Griff.
b.		Kurt Russell, in his screen debut, kicks Elvis Presleys shins.
c.		Official Selection WT Os, Norway Film Festival, 2007.
d.		The film was part of IFCs InDiGent project (Independent Digital Entertainment) which sponsored films budgeted under $150,000 with a 50% revenue share for cast and crew. Other films from the project include "Chelsea Walls", "Women in Film", "Tape" and "10 Tiny Love Stories".

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		Real deer were trained to pull the sleigh. The crew required months to complete the training which also allowed the deer to grow their antlers for the final filming. For shots where it was not possible to use the deer, sophisticated animatronic deer were used.
b.		Actress Dana Wynter (who plays Valerie Russell) picked this movie as her favorite of all her films, calling it "an unresolved love story".
c.		In the Reconstructed version, the Captain in the World War I prologue reappears in a short segment as the Commanding General of the Big Red One just prior to the Battle of Hurgten Forest in the Fall of 1944. The actual Commanding General during that time period, Major General Clarence R. Huebner, really was a Captain in the Big Red One at the end of World War I, so this is historically accurate rather than just poetic license.
d.		Weta Digital Ltd, Peter Jacksons special effects company, had to expand their capacity from 1 to 35 computers in order to meet the visual effects demands for this movie.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		In the "Reconstruction" Documentary, Robert Carradine says that when he, Mark Hamill, Bobby Di Cicco and Kelly Ward first met Lee Marvin, Marvin didnt say anything at first. After they got into a taxi to drive out to the shooting range where they would hone their skills, Marvin finally said "Which one of you is Carradine?" To which Robert Carradine answered dutifully "I am." Lee Marvins response: "Fuck you, Carradine." A short time later, after theyd been working together, Carradine asked Marvin why he said that to him to which Marvin replied "Cause yours was the only name I recognized."
b.		Debuted in Denver on 3 May 2004 at the Starz Entertainment Movie Complex at Denvers Tivoli Center, chosen to be one of the films shown that evening as a part of the Denver Film Societys on-going "Colorado Filmmakers Series."
c.		Prior to this film, Norma Shearer had primarily played very "proper," ladylike roles. She was eager to change her image and do parts that were more sensuous, so she launched a campaign to get the part of Jerry. MGM producers were skeptical - none more so than Irving Thalberg, who was also Shearers husband. To convince him that she could handle a more "sexy" role, Shearer did a photo shoot with her posing provocatively in lingerie, and after seeing the pictures, Thalberg agreed to cast her. The decision paid off, as Shearer won Best Actress at the Academy Awards that year.
d.		This film is listed among The 100 Most Amusingly Bad Movies Ever Made in Golden Raspberry Award founder John Wilsons book THE OFFICIAL RAZZIE® MOVIE GUIDE.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		In the film commentary, Richard Schickel points out two incidents which really happened to Samuel Fuller while serving in the Big Red One and are given to Private Zab (Robert Carradine) in the film: When Zab is playing basketball and spots Keiser (Perry Lang) reading his novel. In real life, Fuller didnt know his novel was published until he spotted a soldier reading it. The other major incident is when Zab acts as runner during the D-Day Invasion and tells the Colonel that theyve broken through. Fuller was awarded a medal for his actions.
b.		Chuck Norris first film as a Vietnam veteran; it would later become the basis for his role in the Missing In Action films during the 1980s. Co-star Soon-Tek Oh would later co-star in the second Missing In Action film as the films villain.
c.		The first pairing of three movies of musical stars Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra.
d.		Tiffany Bolling was cast in the female lead role because she was the only actress who auditioned who had no trouble working with spiders.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Big Red One (1980)?
a.		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.
b.		The script for the film, based on an earlier treatment by the author John Ridley, was adapted by Oliver Stone and Richard Rutowski. However, because WGA rules state that a writer must contribute at least 60% new material in order to justify an on-screen credit, their names were ultimately left off the picture.
c.		Aside from the films title, Eli is identified by name only three times. Once, when it appears on a K-Mart name tag inside his backpack, again when Eli introduces himself at Alcatraz Island, lastly on the "head stone" in the end sequence.
d.		In order to create the sound of bullets striking T-1000, sound designer Gary Rydstrom slammed an inverted glass into a container of yogurt creating a combo sound of hard edge and goop.

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