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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Lair of the White Worm (1988) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988).
About the movie:
Scottish archaelogist Angus Flint discovers an odd skull amid the ruins of a convent which he is excavating...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
The skull of the pagan god Dionin used in the movie was constructed by adding sculpted sections to a real cow skull. The original teeth were pulled and replaced with fabricated ones to simulate the serpent look. Two skulls were fabricated for various scenes in the movie.
b.
Final theatrical film of
Richard Crenna
.
c.
According to Jules Faith in "The Bronfmans", the only person who ever dared mock
Lew Wasserman
s "Music Corporation of America" was
Billy Wilder
in this movie. The musicians played by
Tony Curtis
and
Jack Lemmon
, looking for work, charge into an office labeled "Music Corporation of America". The only occupants are two frowzy women drinking gin.
d.
Stephen Boyd
,
Jack Hawkins
and all other actors, that had the role of a Roman, they had to wear darkened contact lenses, if their eye color was not brown.
William Wyler
didnt want his two leading men to have the same eye color. Boyds lenses constantly irritated and scratched his eyes, often leading to days where shooting had to be halted to allow the actors eyes time to recover.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
Ken Russell
: [snake]
b.
According to an interview with
Miranda Otto
, she originally turned down the part offered by
Steven Spielberg
as she was newly pregnant. However, Spielberg wanted her to play the part and changed the script to incorporate her pregnancy into the role.
c.
Edward Albert
was attacked by an ice bear on the set in Siberia.
d.
Filmed in February 2006 with no money.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
The Los Angeles Times announced on 27 January 1949 that this movie would be starring
Dana Andrews
,
Paul Douglas
and
Anne Baxter
. However, none of these actors ended up being in this picture.
b.
The script filmed is different from the one that the director and star agreed on when they signed on the project.
c.
Was filmed on the plot used in the TV series
The Adventures of Black Beauty
.
d.
Stunt double
Jim Burk
performed the entire scene where Rooster Cogburn charged Ned Peppers gang of horseback.
John Wayne
was only seen briefly in close up, riding a trailer.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
The railroad passenger cars were built especially for the movie by the now-defunct Colorado Railcar Company and are still in existence today.
b.
An incomplete print of this film (missing reel 2 from 7 reels) survives in the Library of Congress.
c.
The picture at Rachels parents house is a painting of Zelda as a child, before her spinal meningitis. Gage is later seen wearing a similar outfit (as well as having her red hair) to signify that Zelda has come back through him, which was Rachels deepest fear.
d.
According to an interview with
Ken Russell
in Fangoria Magazine spring 1988,
Catherine Oxenberg
got upset on location in the cave, when she lost one of her hand-muffs (i.e. hand warmers) during cold weather.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
Ken Russell
: calls out "Hello, Mary," he walks by her farm at the beginning.
b.
This movie has been described as a remake of
Casablanca
. It has also been described as a rip-off, homage, copy, reworking and tribute to that picture.
c.
Many extended scenes, which were lifted from the work print, appeared on the 1996 Anchor Bay Special Edition release.
Charles Bernstein
had not yet composed the iconic score for the film, so these scenes include preexisting temporary music taken from other sources. Some of the music heard is from
Final Exam
by composer
Gary S. Scott
. Scott later went on to score many episodes of the Elm Street spin-off TV series
Freddys Nightmares
.
d.
Dakota Fanning
,
Kristen Stewart
,
Scout Taylor-Compton
,
Stella Maeve
and
Alia Shawkat
spent one month before starting filming The Runaways, rehearsing and recording The Runaways songs.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
The cave used for the cave scenes is Thors Cave (also known as Thors House Cavern and Thyrsiss Cave), a natural cavern located in the Manifold Valley of the White Peak in the Peak District National Park near Staffordshire, England.
b.
Costume designer
Deborah Hopper
had to bring back the look of 1995 in regard to the Springbok uniforms, since the current teams outfits are not the same: "There is a lot of difference in the uniforms. In 1995, the shorts were much shorter and the jerseys were cut fuller and boxier. And the fabric they used at that time was cotton; now its synthetic. We had to have the fabric specially knitted for us." Hopper and her team also had to duplicate the uniforms of the other teams, including the logos, many of which have also changed (in fact, the Springbok on the South African rugby teams logo is facing the opposite direction from the logo of 1995).
c.
When designing Tony Starks house, the guideline the designers were given was to make it more "grease monkey" (inventor/mechanic) than futuristic, in order to keep the film realistic.
J. Michael Riva
took inspiration from the photographs of Julius Schulman, who was noted for photographs of 1950s and 1960s Los Angeles homes.
d.
The final line of the movie spoken by the character, Panama Smith (
Gladys George
) has been ranked by AFI and others as the #1 last line of a gangster movie. In response to a police officers query, "What was his business", Panama answers as she holds Eddie (
James Cagney
) on the stairs of the church, "He used to be a big shot."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
Carole Lombard had a habit of inserting swear words into the dialogue and had re-film several scenes due to this.
b.
When PC Erny talks on the police radio, the voice on the other end is director
Ken Russell
.
c.
The film was shot entirely on location in Europe, with a complete camp resembling Stalag Luft III built near Munich, Germany. Exteriors for the escape sequences were shot in the Rhine Country and areas near the North Sea, and
Steve McQueen
s motorcycle scenes were filmed in Fussen (on the Austrian border) and the Alps. All interiors were filmed at the Bavaria Studio in Munich.
d.
After experiencing difficulties working with
Val Kilmer
on
Batman Forever
,
Joel Schumacher
was insistent that the actor not return for the fourth film in the franchise. Fortunately, Kilmer wanted to make
The Saint
instead so Schumacher was able to recast the role of Batman.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
The film generated intense controversy upon its release with many accusing
Oliver Stone
of making up many of the facts. In fact, Stone published an annotated version of his screenplay, in which he justifies and attributes every claim made in the film. Stone later addressed the controversy in his TV movie
Wild Palms
in which he has a cameo. That film takes place in the 21st Century and has Stone appearing on a talk show discussing how all his conspiracy theories surrounding "JFK" had been proven true.
b.
First cinema film of
Gina McKee
.
c.
The second pairing of three movies of musical stars
Gene Kelly
and
Frank Sinatra
.
d.
The longest British animation film.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Lair of the White Worm (1988)?
a.
Paul Villabrille (The Producer) is often seen with a bottle of hand sanitizer. The idea developed that his character had a bit of a germ phobia.
b.
The mouth of the White Worm (Dionin) seen in the tunnel towards the end of the movie was actually a painted over Volkswagen Beetle hood that bears an uncanny resemblance to the mouth of a snake.
c.
A truck and a trailer were used for the driving scenes, but Egg Murders was unable to use any of that footage. The company blew the trucks engine trying to climb a hill.
d.
For the aliens appearance in the shuttle, the set was built around
Bolaji Badejo
, giving him an effective hiding place. However, extricating himself from the hiding place proved more difficult than anticipated. The alien suit tore several times, and, in one instance, the whole tail came off.
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