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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011).

About the movie: A girl made of fire steals a shard of a legendary crystal in hopes of reigniting the dying sun.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011)?
a.		According to Ioan Gruffudd (Lancelot), the camera operator wore a motorcycle crash helmet and was constantly surrounded by men with riot shields because of the intense action sequences happening around him.
b.		Artist/Director Dave McKean was approached to direct this film.
c.		The large statue in the temple was from The Prodigal.
d.		Near the end of the film, the beginning of a TV news broadcast is abruptly interrupted by a message from the Womens Army. The opening animation for the news broadcast was the one used for New York TV station WNEW-TV (now WNYW), channel 5.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011)?
a.		Tony Curtis characters name is "Mr. Schwartz". Mr. Curtis real name is Bernie Schwartz.
b.		Director Delbert Mann was so upset over producer/star Burt Lancasters re-cutting of the picture that he severed his relationship with the company. According to Mann, it was done because Lancasters character is the last of the four major protagonists to be introduced.
c.		Genndy Tartakovsky agreed to direct on two conditions: that the film would utilize live-action puppets as well as computer animation, and that Brian Froud would return to design the characters.
d.		This was the first of the Friday the 13th films to use the hockey mask, which has been in every sequel since.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011)?
a.		In an effort to re-create the magic of the original film, the filmmakers sought to locate and hire as many of the cast and crew of The Dark Crystal as possible.
b.		The hitman refers to a "Senator Dove" who has died... this is the same person who Mickey, a hitman, talked about having killed in _Chain Of Fools (2000)_, also written by Bix Skahill.
c.		At the beginning of the film where April enters her apartment and picks up a pile of magazines, the top one is actually a comic book of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
d.		Noam Pitliks film debut.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011)?
a.		When asked his feelings about a "Crystal" sequel by the San Francisco Chronicle, Frank Oz had a one-word answer: "Why?"
b.		Cinematographer Archie Stout and John Ford used infrared black-and-white film stock, developed originally for medical and scientific researches and which doesnt sense the blue and records that color as black, in many exterior scenes shot in the Monument Valley to enhance the clouds and the rock formations. Ford learned that technique from Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa that he worked with for The Fugitive.
c.		Bette Davis was first offered the role of Lukes mother, but refused the bit part.
d.		In 1966, a pilot of a TV series was shot, with Roger Davis (II)_ cast as Robert E. Lee Prewitt, but it was not picked up.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Power of the Dark Crystal (2011)?
a.		Although the onscreen credits list the source of the movie as a play by Anne Crawford Flexner and Alice Hegan Rice, the play was actually written by Flexner from 2 stories, "Mrs. Wiggs" and "Lovey Mary," by Rice. The play opened at the Savoy Theater in New York on 3 September, 1904 and had 150 performances before closing in January 1905. The opening night cast included Thurston Hall as Bob and Helen Lowell as Miss Hazey.
b.		The story for this film came about from several conversations during production of The Dark Crystal between Jim Henson, David Odell and Brian Froud about a possible sequel. When the original film proved only a modest success in theaters, Henson drifted from the idea of producing a follow-up. Years later, when the original proved a huge success on DVD and generated a large cult following, Henson and Frouds notes were re-discovered, and The Henson Company decided to move ahead with a sequel.
c.		Kevin Costner turned down the role of Col. James Doolittle.
d.		The first trailer for this movie played before Transformers. It showed a giant explosion in the heart of New York City and the Statue of Libertys head being thrown down a street. It was shot with a hand-held video recorder. There was no title.