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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Top Gun (1986) - Part (6) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Top Gun (1986) - Part (6) 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.
Shot in eighty-four days during the summer of 1947.
b.
Tatum ONeal
,
Holly Hunter
,
Michelle Pfeiffer
,
Jennifer Grey
,
Sigourney Weaver
,
Jamie Lee Curtis
,
Ally Sheedy
,
Geena Davis
,
Jodie Foster
,
Daryl Hannah
,
Diane Lane
,
Sarah Jessica Parker
and
Linda Hamilton
all turned down the role of Charlie.
Carrie Fisher
,
Sharon Stone
,
Debra Winger
,
Olivia Newton-John
and
Madonna
were also considered for the role and
Brooke Shields
turned it down in order to study French Literature at Princeton.
c.
Although the writing source credit is a play, no production of it has been found.
d.
This is Marvel Studios first self-financed movie.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Last feature of
Norman Wooland
.
b.
The white muslin dress with yellow overdress
Kate Winslet
(Marianne Dashwood) wears during the picnic scene is the same costume a farmhouse servant wears in
Eroica
, and
Michelle Ryan
wears during the scene in which Sir Thomas asks Maria if she wants to marry Mr. Rushworth in
Mansfield Park
.
c.
When Gooses family arrives in San Diego, he give his son a toy F-14 fighter jet. The toy is actually a Transformers robot named "Starscream" who is white with red trim and blue wings (As seen when you look closely at the color of the toy).
d.
In the scene where Hercules rushes into the town with a carriage containing Amphitryon, Penelope, and a tall bale of hay, the bale hits the top of the entrance to the town, and two men carrying a stone block fall off the top. These two men are caricatures of the directors
John Musker
and
Ron Clements
.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Rick Rossovich
stated in the DVD commentary that he was kicked off of the ship used for filming because he smarted off to an officer. Rossovich had gone to sleep in the bunker he was assigned to, but didnt like being so close to the nuclear reactors that powered the ship, so he moved. When he smarted off to the officer who wanted his bunk back, Rossovich was told to report to the captain who ordered him thrown off the ship for disrespect.
b.
It is often claimed that
Malcolm McDowell
nearly drowned when his breathing apparatus failed during filming of the waterboarding scene. This is not true. Daily records indicate that the scene was filmed in repeated takes with no stoppage from equipment failure. McDowell has never reported a near drowning, while he does report many similar close calls in other scenes.
c.
The actors playing Michael Moon (
Kaiser Johnson
) and Rosamund Hunt (
Ashley Ahlquist
) ended up really getting married a year after they filmed the movie
d.
Zac Efron
came into dance rehearsals 3 weeks late because he had been filming
Me and Orson Welles
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
John Travolta
was considered for the role of Maverick, but his agents asking price for him was too high, especially in lieu of his recent box-office flops.
b.
The film that
Annette Kellerman
is making when she has an accident is titled
Neptunes Daughter
. In 1949,
Esther Williams
would make a film with the same title.
c.
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
d.
Final feature film of
Russ Brown
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Josiah Kibira
: in the scene with the Secretary General.
b.
Renny Harlin
wanted to limit the use of digital effects because he believed it takes away from the films credibility.
c.
The office Agatha Sparrow visits is number 318, 31 - 8 = 23
d.
Louis Gossett Jr.
was considered for the role of Viper. Gossett, however, did play the older, mentor-type role in another 80s fighter jet film,
Iron Eagle
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
The "chickie run" was staged at a Warner Bros. property in Calabasas, California. The cars drove on flat land that led to a small bluff of only 10 -15 feet high. The cars drove over the small bluff, but the "cliff" supposedly overlooking the ocean was built on Stage 7 (now Stage 16) at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank. The constructed cliff overlooked the stages flooded water tank and the actors looked down upon the water from the edge. Even so, it became necessary to matte in shots of the Pacific Ocean in the final product.
b.
Oversized reproductions of worms, chickens, wasps and rats were used to create the gigantic creature effect. Six different mechanized rat heads and four human-motivated rat costumes were also employed.
c.
During the pilot briefing before the final furball, Stinger mentions that the MiGs carry the Exocet anti-ship missile. This is a real missile, however, it is of French manufacture and has never been used by the Soviet Union, Russia, or any of the countries that made up the Soviet Union.
d.
Tim Burton
was the original choice to direct.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
For the scene in which Jack breaks down the bathroom door, the props department built a door that could be easily broken. However,
Jack Nicholson
had worked as a volunteer fire marshal and tore it apart far too easily. The props department were then forced to build a stronger door.
b.
Tom Cruise
, at 57", was the only actor who was below maximum height requirements for a fighter pilot.
c.
According to the Estonian mental institute records, Esther was born on April the 20th - Hitlers birthday.
d.
The movie poster is based on an NYPD campaign from the 70s with the phrase "Never Give a Criminal an Even Break".
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
This film sat on the shelf unreleased for six years until is was picked up by distributor
Jerry Gross
(of Cinemation Industries), who needed a horror film to play on the bottom of a double bill with his in-house production
I Drink Your Blood
. The title was changed to "I Eat Your Skin" (1970).
b.
Although it is not unusual in the history of film for an actors singing voice to be dubbed by someone else this film is a rare instance where both leads, Rita Hayward and Larry Parks, could not sing. Anita Ellis sang for Rita and Hal Derwin dubbed Parks.
c.
The film was inspired by an article in the May 1983 issue of "California" magazine about the U.S. Navys Top Gun School.
d.
Similar to Magnetos and Rogues background segments, scenes explaining Storms and Cyclops backgrounds were scripted and storyboarded, but never shot. Storms background segment involved her changing the weather drastically in her home country in Africa and causing vast damage; Cyclops story would show him manifesting his mutant power at school as a teenager, causing him to accidentally destroy a school bathroom. There was a brief talk of shooting these scenes while shooting
X2
in order to insert them into the X-Men Special Edition DVD, but the idea was later scrapped. However, the bathroom set (which had actually been built) was used for the scene in X2 where Mystique drugs Magnetos guard with a metal solution.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Michael Ironside
stated in the DVD commentary that he was so convincing as an officer that when he heard someone running towards him below decks, he got on to the sailor who was running. The sailor saluted and slowed down until he got out of Ironsides line of sight and started running again. The sailor never knew that Ironside was an actor on the film.
b.
Ken Burns
, an extra working on the film at the Nene Valley train location was allowed to film a Super-8 six minute movie of the filming at the Peterborough, England location. This is now available to view on the Ultimate Edition DVD of the movie. The short includes footage of
Roger Moore
and
Michael G. Wilson
and focuses on machinery and filmmaking mechanics. The sixteen year old extra was playing an East German Border Guard and lived near to the location. He was affectionately known on the set as the "3rd Unit".
c.
Ernesto Escobedo is based upon real life drug lord
Pablo Escobar
, who was head of the Medillin cartel in the 1980s. Escobar died as the movie went into production.
d.
There is no werewolf in this film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Top Gun (1986)?
a.
Steven Spielberg
: [Fathers] In Neuville, a father pleads the soldiers to take his kids with them. After Jackson kills the sniper that mortally wounds Caparzo, who took the daughter before getting shot. When reunited with her family, the daughter then slaps the father repeatedly for putting her at such risk.
b.
Berlin
s song "Take My Breath Away" was originally considered for the soundtrack of
Nine 1/2 Weeks
.
c.
"Screen Directors Playhouse" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 17, 1951 with
Dick Powell
reprising his film role.
d.
When
Bob Weinstein
watched parts of the first scenes filmed (rough cuts), he said that the mask used was "idiotic". He asked the producers to film one scene with seven different masks and let him choose the one he liked the most. Producers didnt agree and threatened to shut down production. They told him to wait until the first sequence (
Drew Barrymore
s) was completed and then he could decide. After watching it, he happily agreed to the mask used and didnt make another complaint for the rest of the filming.
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