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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Last Starfighter (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Last Starfighter (1984) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984).
About the movie:
A videogaming boy, seemingly doomed to stay at his trailer park home all his life, finds himself recruited as a gunner for an alien defense force.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
James Keach
was approached to direct
b.
At Connies wedding, Sonny is seen in close quarters with Lucy Mancini (
Jeannie Linero
) Connies maid of honour at the event (wearing a pink dress). According to the novel, Sonny takes Lucy as his mistress (she is "that young girl" Don Corleone mentions to Sonny; she is also seen before Sonny visits Connie). The novel and film trilogy differ on her fate, though: in the novel she eventually moves on, settling down with a Las Vegas doctor; she is briefly seen in
The Godfather: Part III
, with her son Vincent playing a major role.
c.
This was
Robert Preston
s last movie appearance.
d.
Shot mostly on location in Springville, CA over 13 straight days.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
Jeff Maguire
s script had been knocking around Hollywood for over 10 years before it got picked up.
b.
In the original draft, Harry Fabian (
Robert De Niro
) is killed by a stab wound at the end of the movie, which stayed true to the original
Jules Dassin
films ending. This was changed later during production.
c.
When it came time to film the end titles sequence, where Buckaroo and pals are walking around a dry L.A. aqueduct in step to the music, the music wasnt ready. Composer Michael Boddicker told the film crew to use "Uptown Girl" by
Billy Joel
as a placeholder because it was the exact same tempo. Those scenes were filmed with "Uptown Girl" blaring from a boom box tied to the back of the camera truck.
d.
The alien script seen on the computer screens in the movie is actually Hebrew with some variations.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
In the Jedi Archives, many of the busts, sculpted by
Richard Miller
are actually of members of the "Star Wars" staff, including
George Lucas
, animation director
Rob Coleman
, visual effects supervisors
John Knoll
and
Pablo Helman
and Model supervisor
Brian Gernand
.
b.
When
Joy Division
are about to make their first television appearance they are warned by
Tony Wilson
that he will cut them off if they swear at any point. He also tells them to trust him as he knows when you can and cant swear on TV. This is probably a nod to years later, when in real life Tony Wilson was suspended from his job at Granada for swearing into a microphone that he didnt realize was on.
c.
Jim Carreys original idea - to shave a question mark into his scalp - had to be scotched as he was due in court to finalize his divorce.
d.
The first movie to do all special effects (except makeup and explosions) on a computer. All shots of spacecraft, space, etc were generated on a Cray X-MP computer.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
Austrian film producer, Alfred Ninaus, planned to produce the film in 2008, but the production was put on hold due because of financing problems. Eventually, Simon G. Mueller decided to move the project to New York City. Simon used his own savings, along with the help of cinematographer Markus E. Mueller and co-writer Senad Halilbasic, to fund the production.
b.
Jack Nicholson
wrote some of his own lines for the monologue Bobby says to his father.
c.
Rob Lowe
broke his nose while filming a fight scene.
d.
King Baggot
, (Cinematographer) stood in as Alexs father in a family photo used in the movie.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
In the beginning of the film, after the massacre of Wounded Knee, we see chief Big Foot lying dead in what seems to be an unnatural pose, left arm raised from the ground. This is an accurate depiction of the Miniconjou chiefs actual death pose which was photographed.
b.
Atari actually programmed games for its 5200 SuperSystem and 400/800 series home computers as a tie-in with this movie. The games never went past the prototype phase (though extant copies do survive). Also, the game was nothing like the arcade machine Alex played in the film - the technology did not exist at the time to produce real-time 3-D polygonal graphics on a home machine. Rumor also has it that Atari produced one prototype Last Starfighter arcade machine, but it since has been lost. An early Atari 2600 program was revamped into the game released as "Solaris".
c.
The deep, gravely voice of Pineal Eye is how the voice of actor
Kevin Grevioux
actually sounds (it is used to even greater effect when he played the part of Raze in
Underworld
).
d.
Oprah Winfrey
said that when she saw the movie, it "split her open", and that she immediately called
Tyler Perry
who gave her
Lee Daniels
number, so that she could call him and tell him she would do anything to promote the film. When she called him, he was onstage getting an award at the Sundance Film Festival. Oprah later stated that this film was why "we make movies", and that she thought people might not "enjoy", but would "appreciate this experience".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
Ellen DeGeneres
was originally attached to star in the title role.
b.
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.
c.
The voice of the video game that Alex plays at the trailer park is done by
Robert Preston
, who also played Centauri.
d.
This is the first feature to be released through United Artists.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
Andy Bradford
who plays 009 in this movie was also one of Kristatos henchman in
For Your Eyes Only
.
Albert Moses
, who plays Sadruddin, Head of Station I in Udaipur in this film was also a bartender in Max Kalbas bar in
The Spy Who Loved Me
.
b.
Melissa George
learned how to speak Portuguese so she could play Pru in this film.
c.
"Simon" is played by
Dweezil Zappa
and there is a sign inside the Trax music store that says "Dweezil" is the Pick of the Week. He was also
Molly Ringwald
s boyfriend at the time.
d.
Although
Wil Wheaton
s speaking scenes were cut, he can be seen in two scenes - running around the trailer park early in the film (wearing a red football jersey), and in the final scene, where he is obscured, standing behind Louis (wearing a blue jacket, possibly over the red jersey).
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
A lot of the scenes with the Beta Unit were shot after main filming was complete because the test audience liked the comic relief of the Beta Unit scenes and the director decided they added more originality to the "boy gets to go to outer space" story. This is why in many of the Beta Unit scenes
Lance Guest
is obviously wearing a wig - he had cut his hair by the time those scenes were shot.
b.
The first draft for the script was written one year before
Elle Fanning
(Phoebe) was even born.
c.
Hubert Cornfield
, on the Universal DVD commentary, claims that
Marlon Brando
in an attempt to humiliate him, tried to seduce Cornfields wife and, after being turned down, went to tell Cornfield about his efforts. Cornfield told him that he was flattered.
d.
The songs the characters sing or hum within the film are actual Medieval melodies. For example, the song Friar Tuck sings is set to the tune of a song called Bacche Bene Venies, from the 13th century Codex Buranus.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
As part of the Freddy makeup, Jackie Earle Hayley had half of his face covered in a green appliance so it could be digitally altered in post production via green screen technology.
b.
The "Star Car" that Centauri drives is based on the DeLorean automobile, including its gull wing doors and its stainless steel construction.
c.
Warner Brothers purchased the play for $20,000, the most anyone had ever paid for an unproduced work.
d.
Television debut for
Jacqueline Bisset
though it did get a cinema release outside of the USA.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Last Starfighter (1984)?
a.
The translator given Alex on Rylos is the circuit board of a digital watch.
b.
The name of the company on the door of
Burt Young
s truck is "Paulie Hauling." "Paulie" is the name of Youngs popular character in
Rocky
.
c.
Charles Pascoe
, who plays Viktor Korolev, is the father of
Benjamin Pascoe
, the films producer and star (as Alex Runyan).
d.
Emma Raimi
: The girl who sells her camera to J. Jonah Jameson for $100 is
Sam Raimi
s daughter.
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