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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hunt for Red October (1990) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Hunt for Red October (1990) - 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 Hunt for Red October (1990).
About the movie:
In 1984, the USSR's best submarine captain in their newest sub violates orders and heads for the USA. Is he trying to defect, or to start a war?
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
Sean Connery
s conversation with
Sam Neill
in the captains quarters of the Red October has a similar feel as the conversation between Mr. Starbuck and Captain Ahab from Chapter 132 ("The Symphony") of
Herman Melville
s Moby-Dick.3 Ahab and Ramius both spent forty years at sea and share the line "I widowed her the day I married her" concerning their wives.
b.
When
H.G. Wells
gives a false name to the police, he uses "Sherlock Holmes". And one of the police officers is named Inspector Gregson, a character from the original Sherlock Holmes stories. Also, director
Nicholas Meyer
wrote
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
, which is considered to be one of the best Sherlock Holmes story not written by Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle
.
c.
This was
Susan Cabot
s final movie.
d.
The 2006 Infinifilm release fixes a continuity error in the original film. In the scene where Glen watches over Nancy as she sleeps, she turns her light off before sleeping, but its on when she wakes up. The Infinifilm release fixes this mistake by digitally darkening the room when she wakes up, until Nancys mother enters the room and turns it on.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
Garson Kanin
claimed that he modeled the part of the obnoxious junk dealer Harry Brock after
Harry Cohn
, but that the studio chief never realized it.
b.
Sean Connery spent time underway aboard the USS Puffer (SSN 652) preparing for his role. He was given Commander status and allowed to give commands while underway (with the captain beside him.).
c.
The casting of
Mark Dacascos
was the result of a poll on
Jet Li
s website where fans were asked who they would like to see him fight next.
d.
The proposed route for Judge Dooms freeway is the same one the 10 Freeway follows through Los Angeles.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
The main locations for the film, including Pride Rock and the Gorge, are modeled after Hells Gate National Park in Kenya.
b.
Writer/director
Audrey Wells
said that when she was writing the script, the only actress she thought of to play Patti was
Sandra Oh
. They had worked together on
Guinevere
. One of Ohs guests on the Italian location was her fiancé
Alexander Payne
.
c.
The USS Blueback was decommissioned in 1990 and now is on display at OMSI in Portland Oregon for all to tour. The Blueback, a salmon, was the last diesel/eclectic submarine in commission for the Unites States Navy. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is the home of the U.S. Navys last non-nuclear, fast attack submarine. After 31 years of service in the U.S. Navy throughout the Pacific Ocean, the Blueback is now on permanent display at OMSI. The Blueback is a Barbel class submarine, the first battle-ready class of subs to use the tear drop hull design. It housed a crew of 85. The Blueback was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation at a cost of $21 million. By comparison, the latest class of submarine being built for the Navy, the Seawolf, has a price tag of $2.2 billion. The Bluebacks keel was laid on April 15, 1957 and the submarine was launched on May 16, 1959. After 31 years in service, the Blueback was decommissioned on October 1, 1990, and berthed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. OMSI took formal possession of the Blueback in February of 1994, and towed her from Bremerton to Portland. The U.S.S. Blueback opened to the public on May 15, 1994, tied to her dock at OMSI on the banks of the Willamette River.
d.
During his scene,
Michael Winslow
did all the sound effects. In the commentary for the movie
Mel Brooks
jokes that they saved around a $1000 by letting him do this.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
Filmed on the Tallulah Falls Railway which went defunct in the early 1960s.
b.
There is a poster of "The Fall Guy" actress Heather Thomas on the back of Mikes bedroom door.
c.
The US Naval Institute, a private nonprofit professional military association located on the grounds of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, has been publishing books and magazines related to naval strategy and maritime history since 1874. A copy of the Naval Institutess monthly magazine Proceedings is seen in Ryans London apartment. In 1984, the USNI published a work of fiction for the first time in its history, Tom Clancys first novel The Hunt for Red October.
d.
A knee injury to
Pierce Brosnan
delayed shooting for a few weeks.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
According to both
Sean Connery
and
Peter Firth
the scene where Putin is murdered was watched by high ranking Russian Goverment VIPs who were visiting the set that day.
b.
This was the only feature film (Peanuts or otherwise) for which composer
Vince Guaraldi
wrote an original score.
c.
The DVD version of the movie actually offers the viewer a "CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE" ability, which allows you to pick which route the main character, Sara would like to take, leading her to ten different endings.
d.
The films snowstorm sequences were shot in Canada.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
The scenes of the plane taking off, flying through a storm and crash landing on a beach were taken from
Six Days Seven Nights
.
b.
The only US Nuclear submarine with the hull number 623 was the SSBN Nathan Hale, a ballistic missile submarine.
c.
In 2010, Never the Bride: a novel won the ACFWs Book of the Year "Carol Award" in the Womens Fiction category.
d.
Alec Baldwin
accepted the role of Jack Ryan because
Harrison Ford
turned it down. Cast member
Sam Neill
also benefited from Fords refusal three years later, by being cast in the lead role of
Jurassic Park
.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
Tiffani Thiessen
tested for the role of Angela but failed the audition.
b.
Factual errors: The Typhoon is a NATO designated name so the Russians are unlikely to use it. The Russian name for the class is "Akula class". This is not to be confused with name "Akula class" that the NATO used to designate the Russian Project 971 Shchuka-B class attack submarine.
c.
Peter Ustinov
would later say that director
Mervyn LeRoy
gave him the perfect insight as to how to play Nero. LeRoy told him, "I see Nero as a guy who plays with himself nights."
d.
The cement truck that Billy drives has a sticker saying DS/JB Construction Company. DS and JB stand for the films producers,
Don Simpson
and
Jerry Bruckheimer
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
All of the Irish characters (including the henchmen) are either Scottish, English, or American. None of them actually come from Ireland. This was referenced in deleted scene where
Bernie Mac
complains that the Irish accent he is putting on sounds just as real as theirs.
b.
Before
Ryan Phillippe
signed on,
Heath Ledger
was in talks for the role of Hansen.
c.
Right after the mambo number, as the male dancer (choreographer
Bob Fosse
) leaves the stage, the Joe Hardy character shakes the dancers hand and says, "Great work, Fosse!"
d.
The film starts out in Russian, then switches to English in an early scene as the political officer reads the passage from the Bible. The switch occurs on the word "Armageddon", which is the same in both languages.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
Stanley Kubrick
s first film to open at #1 at the US box office.
b.
Shot in only 23 days.
c.
Vaitiare Bandera
auditioned for the role of Shauri but lost it to
Mili Avital
. Bandera would later play the character (renamed Share) in three episodes of
Stargate SG-1
.
d.
The fire seen on the flight deck of Enterprise was real. It occurred on 14 Jan 1969. Enterprise was undergoing ORI (Operational Readiness Inspections) prior to going to Vietnam. The fire took the lives of 23 men.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Hunt for Red October (1990)?
a.
The role of D-Day was written for
Dan Aykroyd
and based on his motorcycle-loving personality.
b.
Final film role for
George Raft
.
c.
In the original revised shooting script prepared by
Tinto Brass
and
Malcolm McDowell
, under the approval of
Gore Vidal
, Proculus was to have survived the film and later on become a major supporting character, but
Bob Guccione
and
Franco Rossellini
ordered them to re-instate his death scene back in the script. That particular draft of the shooting script is available on the three disc special edition DVD of the film.
d.
Two of the submarine captains in this film have actual Navy experience.
Sean Connery
was in the Royal Navy before becoming an actor.
Scott Glenn
spent three years in the United States Marine Corps, which falls under the Department of the Navy.
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