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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thunderheart (1992) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thunderheart (1992) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Thunderheart (1992)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992).

About the movie: A young mixed-blood FBI agent is assigned to work with a cynical veteran investigator on a murder on a poverty-stricken Sioux reservation.

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992)?
a.		The movie is actually a thinly veiled account of real events that occurred on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during the early to mid-Seventies. Exploration for Uranium, disease from irradiated water, the American Indian Movement (AIM) and the "Traditional" Natives fight against the Tribal government "Guardians Of the Oglala Nation (GOONs), and the FBIs assistance to the "Goons" by providing weaponry and other assistance are some of the things that are referred to in the movie that were true and documented by Writer/Director Michael Apted when he was a regular visitor to the Reservation during that time.
b.		Michael Berrymans condition (Hypohidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia) means he has a lack of sweat glands, among other things. Despite this, he worked on the movie for five months in 100+ degrees heat out in the desert.
c.		Most of the actors portraying police officers in the film were actual police officers from the surrounding area. In fact, Charles W. Bennett, Jr., who played Bomb Squad Man, was an actual bomb technician at the time the film was made. He is now (1999) the chief of police in Lynchburg, Virginia.
d.		The cities featured on the postcards during the scene when Lilo and Stitch are having a snow cone include New York, Honolulu, San Fransisco, Toronto, Orlando (with a picture of the Walt Disney World Resort on the front), Dallas, Chicago, and Hong Kong.

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992)?
a.		The coffee maker in Serenitys dining room/kitchen is an F.A. Porsche Design, made by Siemens.
b.		Henry named his cat after Clarence Darrow. Darrow was an American lawyer best known for defending John Thomas Scopes in the infamous "Monkey Trial" against opposing prosecutor William Jennings Bryan. Darrow passed away in 1938.
c.		According to the book The Great Spy Films by Leonard Rubinstein, " . . . this film was released in early 1943 shortly after the British victory at El Alamein in North Africa and incorporated some footage from that battle in its closing scenes, besides providing an imaginative explanation for that success."
d.		The song heard at the end, when Natives are covering the Feds from the top of the stronghold wall, is one of two songs collectively known as The A.I.M. and Freedom Songs, sung at the end of most powwows to honor The American Indian Movement, on which the movies Aboriginal Rights Movement is based, and Native rights activist Leonard Peltier, on whom the character Jimmy Looks Twice is based.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992)?
a.		Sandra Bullock was rumored to have a role in the film, but revealed that she did not even know about the project. Despite the news, she did express interests in working in its possible sequel, depending on the storyline.
b.		Rory Colin Fretland, the first actor cast in the film, grew his hair for almost 1 full year before production began.
c.		During the early to mid-Seventies, there were fifty-seven unsolved murders on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation due to the fighting between the "Traditionals" and Tribal government sanctioned "goons". This made the Village of Pine Ridge (Pop. 1100) the "Murder Capitol of the Nation" with the highest number of violent death per capita in the United States.
d.		This is the first time that Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Bruce Willis have appeared in a film together, in any combination. The three action mega-stars are long-time friends, even working together (with Willis ex-wife Demi Moore) as original venture capitalists and promoters for the "Planet Hollywood" restaurant and casino chain.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992)?
a.		Lukas is right-handed and Reverse Lukas is left-handed.
b.		Based on a true story, documented as Incident at Oglala, which was also directed by Michael Apted.
c.		Karen Black initially wanted the role of Blanche on this picture. Black ended up playing Fran in this movie.
d.		Orson Welles later said that he regretted the way Marion Davies was portrayed as "Susan Alexander" and that Davies was a wonderful woman.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992)?
a.		A fictitious Sal Mineo movie, "Arrows on the Prairie" is mentioned. Although the movie is fictional, Mineo did star as a young Sioux warrior in "Tonka" (1958) and later as a Cheyenne warrior in "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964).
b.		There was a pre-release showing at the Harris Theatre in New York City on 5 May 1919, the proceeds of which were donated to the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army was guaranteed $25,000 of the gross receipts for their cooperation on production.
c.		Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop from 1931 to 1989 is the voice of Helen Kane singing "Chameleon Days".
d.		The movie marks the first time in the Simpsons canon that a celebrity actually dies on screen. Green Day die during their concert at the lake at the start of the film. Celebrities have died in Halloween specials though. The Ramones, however, were ordered to be killed by Mr. Burns except he refers to them as The Rolling Stones in the episode "Rosebud."

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Thunderheart (1992)?
a.		The first Disney animated feature in which the voice talent is credited on-screen with the characters they each play. This would not occur again until The Jungle Book.
b.		Author John OBrien, on whose novel this movie is based, committed suicide two weeks after the movie went into production. Director Mike Figgis contemplated abandoning the project, but decided the film would make a good memorial for OBrien.
c.		In the movie, Val Kilmer plays a character who is 1/4th Sioux. In real life, he is 1/4th Cherokee.
d.		John Carradine sings the title track.

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