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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Postman (1997) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Postman (1997) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997).
About the movie:
Post-apocalyptic America. What begins as a con game becomes one man's quest to rebuild civilization by resuming postal service.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
In the United Kingdom, the title was changed to "The Boyfriend from Hell", because Mattel owned the name and trademark Barbie.
b.
The painting given to Jeremy by Todd was kept by
Vince Vaughn
after filming.
c.
This film is about the Battle of Guadacanal. Guadalcanal is situated in the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean, north-east of Australia. Its local name is Isatabu and contains the countrys capital, Honiara. The island is humid and mostly made up of jungle with a surface area of 2,510 square miles or 6,500-km². Guadacanal was named after Pedro de Ortegas home town Guadacanal in Andalusia, Spain. de Ortega worked under Álvaro de Mendaña who charted the island in 1568.
d.
The Postmans fake president was named "Richard Starkey", the real name of
Ringo Starr
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
About one-fifth of the films running time constitute the plot of the original operetta. The preceding storyline was concocted by
Erich von Stroheim
and
Benjamin Glazer
.
b.
The rescue of the Princess - and Obi-Wan Kenobis duel with Darth Vader - were originally intended to take place on Alderaan.
c.
References to other
Kevin Costner
films: a mule is killed and Civil War battles (
Dances with Wolves
), and threatening to use a spoon as a weapon (
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
).
d.
Matobo is the name of a National Park in Zimbabwe.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
The U.S. Marine Corps could only provide color stock footage from the Pacific Island campaigns for this movie due to a lack of resources available due to the Vietnam War. This stock footage had deteriorated and as such a considerable amount of resources from this movies budget had to be directed towards its film restoration i.e. towards making the stock footage adequately match the film.
b.
Originally, the basement scene where Shepard locks the bullets away was supposed to be in a gun and ammo shop. The day of shooting the store canceled and the filmmakers were forced to adapt the scene to a new location, the basement of writer/producer
Matt Robinson
.
c.
At one point, this was in development as a project for
Ron Howard
, with
Tom Hanks
set to star.
d.
Robert Zemeckis
and
Bob Gale
met while attending the University of Southern California Film School. One of USCs most famous school presidents was Rufus von Kleinschmidt, and several buildings on campus bear his name. Ironically, one of von Kleinschmidts many accomplishments was helping start the film school.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
This movies opening prologue states: "On 10 May 1969 Troops of the 101st Airborne Division engaged the enemy at the base of Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley. Ten days and eleven bloody assaults later, the Troops who fought there called it . . . HAMBURGER HILL."
b.
This movie was shot over a period of seven months; 45 days of weekend days only.
c.
In the sequence where
Kevin Costner
s character names Richard Starkey (
Ringo Starr
) as President, he continues with another reference to The Beatles by telling the assembly "Its getting better. Getting better all the time" from the bands song "Getting Better".
d.
After
Viggo Mortensen
passed on the movie, the role was offered to
Hugh Jackman
who also declined.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
The crew referred to the film as "Dirt World".
b.
This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.
c.
The first film to use the word "bugger" in its dialogue.
d.
Janet Leigh
wore moleskin adhesive patches covering her private parts when she acted out the shower scene so she would not really be nude and the camera would not pick up anything supposedly obscene. However, after the warm water of the shower washed off the moleskin,
Alfred Hitchcock
still did one more take. The take was used in the finished film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
The two real-life policemen,
David Greenberg
and
Robert Hantz
, upon whose exploits this film is based, appear in bit parts as detectives.
b.
A total of five identical 1966 Thunderbird convertibles were used throughout the shoot: one star car, one camera car, one back-up car, and two stunt cars.
c.
The signed picture of former U.S. Vice President
Spiro Agnew
in Lopezs office is one that was commonly sent to the general public that requested one during his tenure. Very common in the collectors world, they usually sell for $20.00 or less.
d.
The cities of Pineview and Benning where both filmed in the small town of Metaline Falls, Washington. Tons of dirt was brought in to turn the paved roads into dirt roads and a lot of work was put into to make the buildings look old and distressed.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
Michael Caine
was cast in this film as Sidney Bruhl having previously appeared in the successful related mystery-thriller genre piece,
Sleuth
for which he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award Oscar. Caine also appeared in its remake
Sleuth
playing instead the role played by
Laurence Olivier
in the original.
b.
The scene where General Zod, Ursa and Non use their super-breath to create a storm in Metropolis was shot over three freezing November nights at Pinewood Studios in England. During that time, director
Richard Lester
improvised most of the jokes that you see in that sequence.
c.
Residents of an apartment building in Metaline Falls, Washington were paid to have their windows blown out during the "Hannibal at the gate" scene that takes place in Benning. The apartments were later repaired and cleaned up, returning them to new.
d.
This movie is based on the real-life story of World War IIs OSS Detachment 101. This was an OSS Operations Group designed to specialize in activities in the China-Burma-India region in collaboration with the Kachin Rangers and other Allied special operations units.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
During post production the film was re-edited three full times before a final version was agreed upon.
b.
What Lies Beneath
was the first film released under Zemeckis production company ImageMovers.
c.
One of the films playing on the movie screen at the Army Camp is "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon".
d.
Francis Ford Coppola
,
Sofia Coppola
s father, urged her to shoot the movie in High Definition Video because "its the future", but she chose film because "film feels more romantic".
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
Curtis Armstrong
,
Michelle Meyrink
and
Timothy Busfield
all play their own musical instruments. Timothy Busfield is not a violin player, and he was told his inept practicing would be overdubbed by a proper violinist. He was dismayed when his discordant screechings made it into the film.
b.
The call letters of the radio station in the movie, WPIG, were the call letters of the rival radio station to WKRP in the TV sitcom _ "WKRP In Cincinnati" (1978)(TVseries)_.
c.
Final cinema film of
Robert Ellenstein
.
d.
Another
Kevin Costner
film reference: Costners character being asked for his "seed," as in
Waterworld
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Postman (1997)?
a.
Behind-the-scenes images from location shooting were broadcast live over the Internet.
b.
One of Major Marcos evaluation papers is clearly dated "2008".
c.
Woody Allen
wrote the screenplay in 2 weeks.
d.
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on October 16, 1950 with
Anne Baxter
and
Richard Conte
reprising their film roles.
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