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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Top Gun (1986) - Part (5) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Top Gun (1986) - Part (5) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986).
About the movie:
The macho students of an elite US Flying school for advanced fighter pilots compete to be best in the class, and one romances the teacher.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Two working (vibrating) BFGs were created for the film. Both were kept by
Dwayne Johnson
.
b.
Robert Redford
did all of his own riding stunts in the film.
c.
One of the deck officers on the carrier is named Scott, a reference to director
Tony Scott
.
d.
Shane Black
had been suffering from writers block; it ultimately took him over a year and a half to write the script for
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
. He then had enormous trouble trying to sell it. His former cachet as being the highest paid screenwriter meant nothing when he was touting around his screenplay. Eventually he took it to
Joel Silver
who gave him his first break back in 1987 when he bought
Lethal Weapon
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Tom Cruise
actually had to wear lifts in his scenes with
Kelly McGillis
. Cruise is 57" while McGillis is 510"
b.
This films is based upon a true story of what happened to Michael Legge, one of the writers, as he was on his way to a meeting with producer, Michael Z. Gordon. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss possible ideas for a new screenplay. After hearing Legges bizarre experience on his way to the restaurant, Gordon looked at him and said, "Theres you story!" Three weeks later, this script was born.
c.
The most difficult challenge for the visual effects department was creating a computer generated wet saber-tooth tiger since it required several of the most challenging elements of visual effects to be combined; fur, wet fur, water and creature animation. The tiger was created by the Double Negative visual effects company.
d.
Loudmouth (the Radio) directs the group "North by northwest" then cautions them to "watch out for low-flying aircraft". This is a reference to the
Alfred Hitchcock
film
North by Northwest
in which
Cary Grant
is chased by a low-flying biplane.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
An official release of
Harold Faltermeyer
s score for the film has never been done. Two pieces of score appear on the current soundtrack, but the complete score has yet to be released.
b.
Pain calls the potion that turns Hercules mortal Grecian Formula. Grecian Formula is an actual product used to color graying hair.
c.
The programmers cubicles at Encom were shot using the actual programmers cubicles at The Walt Disney Companys Information Technology group. A matte painting was used to expand the area to a size more appropriate to a software company.
d.
Oliver Stone
was rumored to be attached to this project before he decided to make
World Trade Center
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
When Maverick receives his orders to the carrier following the graduation ceremony, there is a pilot standing behind him, with a mustache and wearing sunglasses. The pilot is "Heater"
C.J. Heatley
, a real-life former F-14 air show demonstration pilot and TOPGUN instructor.
b.
A theater in the background in one scene is supposedly showing
Metal Messiah
, director Tibor Takacs feature film debut.
c.
Elizabeth Taylor
was said to be so upset the day after
James Dean
was killed in a road accident that she was excused from working on the picture for the day.
d.
There is no original score for this film. The films soundtrack was mostly based on original source music specially selected by Associate Producer/Music Supervisor
Jack Baran
, with the exception of a few classical pieces selected by
Mickey Rourke
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Ramones comment about "Von Dutch style" pin-striping to Minnie and Van is a reference to Kenny Howard, the man who revived the art of pin-striping on motorcycles and vehicles in the 50s under the name
Von Dutch
.
b.
Michael Biehn
auditioned for the role of Lucky Ned Pepper but lost out to
Barry Pepper
.
c.
Patrick Swayze
,
Emilio Estevez
,
Nicolas Cage
,
John Cusack
,
Matthew Broderick
,
Sean Penn
,
Michael J. Fox
and
Tom Hanks
all turned down the role of Maverick.
Charlie Sheen
,
Jim Carrey
,
Rob Lowe
,
Eric Stoltz
,
John Travolta
,
Scott Baio
and
Robert Downey Jr.
were considered for the role of Maverick.
d.
Tom Hanks
named the beach band (Capn Geech and the Shrimp Shack Shooters) after two seafood restaurants near Beaufort, SC, where many scenes in
Forrest Gump
were filmed. Capt. Geechs was on Ladys Island but is now closed. The Shrimp Shack is still open for business on St. Helena Island.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
The Weta Workshop produced 58 miniatures which were so large and detailed they were nicknamed "bigatures".
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Bruce is running from Guandi, and is shooting randomly, he hits one of the townspeople.
c.
Mary Stuart Masterson did a lot of the paintings herself.
d.
Other real names of the pilots/RIOs were that are not otherwise mentioned in the movie, but only by their callsigns are: Hollywood: Lt. Rick Neven; Wolfman: Lt(jg) Leonard Wolfe; Slider: Lt(jg) Ron Kerner; Cougar: Lt . Bill Cortell; Merlin: Lt(jg) Sam Wells.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of the 12 Columbia titles, the other 61 all being Universals.
b.
The billboard that the twin-engine Beechcraft flies through was made of thin balsa wood, except for a thicker frame for support. Stunt pilot
Frank Tallman
had to fly the aircraft directly through the center of the billboard or the thicker frame would shear off a wing. The billboard was located at the end of the runway of the Chino Airport(40 miles from L.A. and just southeast of Pomona, CA) which made it ideal and isolated enough for filming. It was placed at runways end due to the fact that the planes prop would come to a halt after crashing through the wood, making it necessary for the pilot to land immediately. He did just that, flying through the billboard and landing on the runway directly behind it.
c.
James Tolkan
s character is referred to as "Stinger" in the credits, but is never addressed by anything other than "Sir" throughout the film.
d.
In 2011, Empire magazine described this movie as "a vivid fever dream we still havent woke up from."
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
In the scene in which Maverick chooses to touch-and-go on the deck of the aircraft carrier and go back after Cougar, he has been asked to "call the ball" and is assumed clear to land. The signal lights off to the side of the carrier tell a different story: all red lights means the that the pilot is NOT cleared to land.
b.
The films producers have gone on record saying this movie was going to be produced and aired by ABC as a TV movie back in 1991; when the lousy ratings for the Custer epic
Son of the Morning Star
came in, a skittish ABC promptly pulled the plug on the initial deal.
c.
Eric Nesterenko
, who plays
Rob Lowe
s father in the film was a former professional hockey player who had spent most of his career playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL.
d.
This was the final feature-length score for composer
Les Baxter
, who considered it to be one of his finest.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Michelle Pfeiffer
and
Helena Bonham Carter
are in talks to star.
b.
To make them into credible flying saucers, the CG renditions of the towers at Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, where the finale takes place, are substantially different from the actual buildings. Primarily, there are actually three structures of varying height, not two as shown in the film. Additionally, the saucer dish of the shortest tower intersects with the poles of the taller ones, and the dish of the mid-sized tower intersects with the pole of the largest one. Therefore, there is really only one complete saucer - on top of the tallest building. Moreover, the dish atop the highest tower is double the thickness of the shorter tower, not equal as depicted in the film.
c.
In the documentary
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
, screenwriter
Mark Swift
revealed Kias original final stand involved her telling Jason she wasnt afraid of him anymore in the way Nancy stood up to Freddy at the end of the original
A Nightmare on Elm Street
, not realizing this would have no effect on him. Freddy then taunted her by saying "Wrong one, bitch" before killing her.
d.
An original draft of the script specified that the final showdown involved North Korean aircraft. The final script made the nationalities of the enemy planes unknown and simply specified they were MiGs over the Indian Ocean.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Anthony Edwards
is the only actor who didnt vomit while in the fighter jets.
b.
The fraternity having the party in the morgue is Delta Tau Chi (seen on the wall) which is the same fraternity as in
Animal House
.
c.
Though Vger turns out to be the sixth probe of the Voyager series, in reality only two were created. Voyagers I & II launched in 1977 and are now the two most distant human-made objects from Earth.
d.
WON: Best Screenplay award to John C. Lyons at the Directors Chair Film Festival (2009)
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