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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hills Have Eyes (1977) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hills Have Eyes (1977) - 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: The Hills Have Eyes (1977).
About the movie:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
Michael Winslow
(Jones),
David Graf
(Tackleberry) and
George Gaynes
(Cmdnt. Lassard) are the only actors who appeared in all 7 Police Academy movies. Winslow even goes a step beyond this, as he is the only actor to not only appear in all 7 Police Academy movies, but also had a regular role on
Police Academy: The Series
.
b.
The characters that
Fred Ward
and
Kevin Dunn
play in the film are loosely based on the characters of U.S. Marshals Sam Gerard and Cosmo Renfro (played by
Tommy Lee Jones
and
Joe Pantoliano
) from
The Fugitive
, which was also directed by
Andrew Davis
.
c.
A store sign has the name "Viksten" on it, a reference to co-screenwriter
Steve Viksten
.
d.
For the scene where the feral family is eating Bob, the actors were actually eating a leg of lamb roast.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
According to
Wes Craven
the idea of actually having the baby killed in the film was considered. However the cast and crew strongly opposed the idea saying they would leave if the plot went that route.
b.
During an A&E Biography,
Michelle Pfeiffer
said that her Catwoman costume was vacuum sealed once she was fitted into it for scenes, so she actually had only a short amount of time to perform before she would have to have it opened or she could become light headed and pass out. She also admitted that when she first was learning to use the whip she accidentally cut her trainers face with it, at which he acted as a complete gentleman and continued with their training.
c.
Audrey Hepburn
was offered one of the lead roles in this film.
d.
Director
Arthur Penn
oversaw the development of the film and directed the first day of shooting. The next day was a holiday.
Burt Lancaster
, dissatisfied with Penns conception of the picture, had him fired and replaced by
John Frankenheimer
. Penn envisioned a more intimate film that would muse on the role art played in the French character, and why they would risk their lives to save the countrys great art from the Nazis. He did not intend to give much focus to the mechanics of the train operation itself. Frankenheimer said that in the original script Penn wanted to shoot, the train did not leave the station until page 90. The production was shut down briefly while the script was rewritten. Lancaster told screenwriter
Walter Bernstein
the day Penn was fired, "Frankenheimer is a bit of a whore, but hell do what I want." What Lancaster wanted was more emphasis on action in order to ensure that the film was a hit--after the failure of his film
Il gattopardo
--by appealing to a broader audience.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
Dee Wallace
said little acting was required in the scene where Lynne encounters the tarantula. Wallace said her fear of the spider was very much authentic.
b.
Episode titles: 1. On the Stroke of Nine 2. The Million Dollar Reward 3. The Triple Peril 4. Blades of Terror 5. Heights of Horror 6. The Altar of Sacrifice 7. Flames of Destruction 8. At Deaths Door 9. The Haunted Hotel 10. The Fatal Card 11. The Phantom Sword 12. The Danger Signal 13. On the Count of Three 14. The Blazing Train 15. The Sacred Necklace 16. The Phantom Shadow 17. The Price of Fang Wu 18. Double-Crossed 19. The Hawks Prey 20. The Hell Ship
c.
Phil Silvers (I) was originally announced to play the
Milton Berle
role.
d.
During the off days of filming, in Iowa,
Dick Van Dyke
rented a car to drive around the open spaces and small towns locally. He ran out of gas one day, and sat on the roof of his car whistling by putting a blade of grass up to his teeth and blowing. A farmer happened by and gave Van Dyke a lift to get gas.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
In the argument between Sergeant Quirt and Captain Flagg, the actors actually swore at each other. Hundreds of complaint letters were received by Fox by angry lip-readers who recognized the words.
b.
Make-up designers
John Caglione Jr.
and
Doug Drexler
said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly that they treated the original looks for
Chester Gould
s comic strip as their bible for the villains make-up, because the screenplay for "Dick Tracy" didnt include any physical descriptions of the mobsters. The only exceptions were for certain self-defining villains, such as the Rodent and the Brow.
c.
Will Smith
s squadron were stationed at El Toro air base. This is the same name as the air base from which the Flying Wing Bomber flew out of to drop the A-bomb on the Martians in the movie
The War of the Worlds
. El Toro Marine Corps Air Station was a real air base in Orange County, California, from 1943 until its decommissioning in 1999.
d.
The rattlesnake used in the film actually escaped while preparing to shoot a scene in a narrow mountain crevasse. The entire crew fled at once from the narrow passage frightened. Minutes later the snake wrangler went in and recaptured the snake.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
Janus Blythe
said
Wes Craven
kept insisting that she be covered in more dirt through out shooting because she looked too pretty to have been living in a desert all of her life.
b.
Partially into the films production, Bakshi got into a fight with one of the producers. This resulted in the producers seeking to fire Bakshi and hire Chuck Jones to finish directing the film. When Jones was approached, he declined.
c.
Al Pacino
s first movie in 4 years.
d.
Producers were forced to rent a theater in Baltimore to show the movie after they were unable to find a distributor.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
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.
b.
Robert Houston
was actually the second choice for Bobby Carter and landed the role because the original actor left the production after reading the script.
c.
The music that plays in the teaser trailer is Alan Hawkshaws "Best Endeavours" which was the longstanding theme music for Britains Channel Four news.
d.
The sound effects created for EMARAC were re-used in numerous movies and TV series, notably
Fantastic Voyage
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
Originally the film ended with Bigfoot fleeing from Darcys horrible poetry and leaping to his death from the edge of Ape Canyon. Devastated, Darcy jumped over the edge after Bigfoot. Director Jon Olsen and producer Trevor Guthrie traveled back up to Humboldt County from the Bay Area to shoot the new, improved ending. On the way their ride broke down, and they were forced to hitch-hike most of the 200 mile journey. The finished film, with the new ending, was completed less than a week later - just hours before its premiere at the Parkway Theater in Oakland, CA.
b.
Doris Day
did not want to make this movie but had to under contract obligations.
c.
Auditioning for the role of Ruby required the actresses to have a foot race. When
Wes Craven
shouted for the actresses to go,
Janus Blythe
stood behind for a moment. Then after a moment took off and beat all the other actresses to the finish line. She was given the role.
d.
The restaurant that Travis calls Walts home from is actually located in Cabazon, CA (not San Bernardino, which is about 45 miles away.) This of course is home to Claude Bells famous concrete T-Rex and brontosaurus.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
b.
After one fight scene with
Fredric March
,
Carole Lombard
had to take the following day off to recuperate from her scratches and bruises. To discourage Marchs attentions, she invited him to her dressing room one night; after preliminary fumbling, March discovered to his disgust that she was wearing a rubber dildo. He never bothered her again.
c.
According to
Wes Craven
the film was shot on cameras rented from a famous California pornographer.
d.
Reportedly
Tony Scott
used four cameras simultaneously for at least a few scenes.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
The locations for the film were 30 miles from civilization and the cast and crew had to cram themselves into a few Winnebagos to be driven to location.
b.
Having seen how profligate novice writer-directors like
Orson Welles
and
Preston Sturges
had been, Warner Brothers were not keen on giving
John Huston
too much control. They acquiesced when Huston agreed to do an immediate polish on the script for
Sergeant York
.
c.
The pharmaceutical company "Leznupar" is actually "Rapunzel" spelled backwards.
d.
"Shes My Baby" is the English version of "Cosi Celeste"
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hills Have Eyes (1977)?
a.
Included among the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, edited by Steven Jay Schneider.
b.
Release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title Stone.
c.
400 Chinese extras went on strike after filming had started, until they were served the kind of food they liked.
d.
According to
Susan Lanier
the tension was at first quite high when the crew prepared to shoot the scene where Pluto rapes Brenda. As a gag to break the ice for everyone Lanier and
Michael Berryman
started making out during the first take. The whole crew laughed hysterically.
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