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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Philadelphia Experiment (1984) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Philadelphia Experiment (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 Philadelphia Experiment (1984).
About the movie:
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)?
a.
Over 150 gallons of blood were used in the making of the movie, nearly three times the amount used on
Eli Roth
s first film
Cabin Fever
.
b.
George Clooney
had a relative in Kentucky (his native state) record himself reading the script, so that Clooney could work on his accent. When Clooney received the recording, he discovered that his relative had in fact removed all of the curse words and replaced them with something else.
c.
Despite the overall low budget nature of this film, the producers obtained the services of the highly regarded cinematographer
John Alton
. This became one of two features shot by Alton during the final year of his active career. This did not indicate a decline in Altons professional reputation; the other film shot that year was the far more upscale
Elmer Gantry
.
d.
Back in 1980, AVCO Embassay Pictures asked
John Carpenter
, who serves as an executive producer on this film to both write and direct this film after the success of
Halloween
and
The Fog
. However, Carpenter showed them
Escape from New York
(which he wrote years earlier) and they did that instead.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)?
a.
The gun Chev uses in the bar scene is a Springfield XD. The loaded chamber indicator on the top of the gun indicates that there was no round in the chamber (the gun wasnt loaded) and the cocked position indicator indicates that the striker was down and the gun could not be fired even if it was loaded.
b.
Charmian Carr
(Liesl) slipped and injured her ankle while filming "Sixteen Going On Seventeen". In early editions of the film, the bandage covering that ankle is visible. When the film was remastered for DVD, the images of this bandage were digitally removed. On the movie commentary of the 40th Anniversary edition in 2005, Charmian said that because of this, some people do not believe her when she says she danced on an injured ankle.
c.
Was originally conceived as a sequel to
Martial Law II: Undercover
with
Cynthia Rothrock
co-starring; Rothrock pulled out of the project and was consequently replaced by
Karen Sheperd
.
d.
The movie is set in Philadelphia. However, the ships used were at Patriots Point, Charleston South Carolina. The aircraft carrier, destroyer, and submarine are docked in the same positions as the movie.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)?
a.
Darryl F. Zanuck
wanted to schedule the release of this film a year after
Pinky
, which had been shot at the same time and covered the same subject, because he wanted "a gradual buildup of audience receptivity."
b.
At the time of its release, it had the fastest theatrical-to-video window in film history (it opened in August and was on video by late October).
c.
Chapter Titles: 1. Mystery Man of the Jungle! 2. Captain Africa to the Rescue! 3. Midnight Attack! 4. Into the Crocodile Pit! 5. Jungle War Drums! 6. Slave Traders! 7. Saved by Captain Africa! 8. The Bridge in the Sky! 9. Blasted by Captain Africa! 10. The Vanishing Princess! 11. The Tunnel of Terror! 12. Fangs of the Beast! 13. Renegades at Bay! 14. Captain Africa and the Wolf Dog! 15. Captain Africas Final Move!
d.
This picture features a natural disaster: a volcano. Director
Mervyn LeRoy
s classic earlier film
The Wizard of Oz
also featured a natural disaster: a tornado.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)?
a.
Though only released at first as a "midnight movie," a number of Hollywood A-list directors saw the film and were impressed by it.
John Waters
, whose
Pink Flamingos
and
Female Trouble
played the same venue, often mentioned Eraserhead as a favorite film, urging viewers to see it.
Stanley Kubrick
reportedly said the same; this was one of the films he made the cast and crew of
The Shining
watch to get in the right frame of mind for.
Mel Brooks
saw it and offered Lynch the chance to direct
The Elephant Man
; Lynch accepted.
George Lucas
asked Lynch to direct
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
; Lynch turned it down.
b.
According to "The Making of The Philadelphia Experiment", the Wendover, Utah air base used in the films climactic fire sequence was where the Enola Gay was outfitted for its historic flight in 1945.
c.
Sidney Poitier
visited the set during the production shoot in Jamaica to congratulate director
Ralph Nelson
on receiving a Best Director Oscar nomination for
Lilies of the Field
, a film he had worked on with Poitier.
d.
According to
Sam Raimi
in the book "The Evil Dead Companion" by Bill Warren,
Charles Napier
was to play Ashs boss in S-mart, but his role was totally cut. Likewise,
Bridget Fonda
was scheduled to have more screen time as Linda.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)?
a.
During the Castle Brunwald rescue, Dr. Jones Sr. expresses dismay at Indy inadvertently bringing the diary into enemy hands saying that he "should have mailed it to
The Marx Brothers
".
Harpo Marx
revealed in his autobiography that he once really had to smuggle a journal of important documents out of Russia to keep them from falling into enemy hands.
b.
The squadron is based at Naval Air Station North Island, which still exists today in San Diego, CA.
c.
This film is widely believed to be based on a real-life and ill-fated experiment with invisibility and force fields in the 1940s. However, to the best of any factual knowledge, no such experiment ever occurred and the story was the work of an eccentric loner, Carl Allen, who sent notes on the "experiment" to the government in the 1950s and whose story was later leaked. Despite the lack of any factual evidence, the story has become an urban legend and favorite of conspiracy theorists, who point to the lack of evidence as proof that its being covered up.
d.
The use of the number 47, done remarkably often in the show Star Trek: The Next Generation, returns here: Capt. Picards authorization code is "Picard 47 Alpha Tango"
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