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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).
About the movie:
The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the Moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Sentinel Prime is primarily based on his role in the "Transformers" comics (Optimus Primes yellow-colored predecessor) and his lance and shield were taken from his
Transformers: Animated
incarnation, but his later form on Earth - a red Rosenbauer Panther fire truck - is a homage to
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
s Optimus Prime, whose alternate mode was a fire truck.
b.
Charles Bronson
worked with wife
Jill Ireland
sixteen times in filmed productions but of the five "Death Wish" movies this was the only one "Death Wish" picture that they made together.
c.
A version with Russell Casse flying his bi-plane in with a missile strapped to its wing was scrapped because it implied that Russell flew into the battle planning to commit suicide since he could not launch the missile from his plane. The director wanted him to make the decision to sacrifice himself *after* he was in the air helping the cause.
d.
The film is dedicated to
Baz Luhrmann
s father,
Leonard Luhrmann
, who died just as filming was about to begin.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
It was during the production of this film that Marilyn Monroe met her future husband, Arthur Miller.
b.
During production, the code title used for this film was "Cat Dont Dance".
c.
The huge success of
The Dirty Dozen
the year before had given director
Robert Aldrich
the opportunity to set up Aldrich & Associates. This gave him the freedom to pursue more challenging and stimulating subject matter, of which "The Killing of Sister George" was the first example.
d.
The "dark of the moon" is defined as a phase (approximately three days) when the light of the moon is obscured, and thus absent (i.e. a no-moon time), and precedes the new moon and the beginning of a new lunar cycle. Symbolically, it represents a time of inner stillness and contemplation, and preparedness for a new beginning.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Kim Carnes
recorded her own version of the theme song on her album "Voyeur" (1982). The title song in the movie was performed by
Sue Saad
.
b.
Paul W.S. Anderson
rewarded hardcore Alien and Predator fans by scattering references to the individual franchises with his film. The opening shot of the movie is a silhouette of the Alien Queen from
Aliens
, before being completely revealed as a Weyland Satellite.
c.
The idea of Apollo 11 being connected to the discovery of the Transformers had been previously put forth in the
Transformers
tie-in prequel novel Ghosts of Yesterday.
d.
Angie Dickinson
said on The Tonight Show that of all the movies she was in, Dressed To Kill is her favorite.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
A Decepticon attack leaves Simmons in a wheelchair for most of the film. This is a homage to Chip Chase, a wheelchair-bound human from
Transformers
who was an ally of the Autobots.
b.
Costume designer
Mary Zophres
based much of the designs of the main characters on certain real-life figures. For instance, Mutt is obviously based on
Marlon Brando
in
The Wild One
, Spalko is based on
Marlene Dietrich
and Marion is based on famed pilot
Amelia Earhart
.
c.
In the scene after Andy has escaped, the warden wants them to question Red. When they call to open Reds cell they shout, "Open 237!" This is the same number as the room in
The Shining
and the amount of change ($2.37) the four boys in
Stand by Me
collect between them. All three movies were based on
Stephen King
stories
d.
The mall scene, where Lola and her friend are handing out flyers/paper was shot in Erin Mills Town Center, Mississauga, Ontario.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Alejandro Amenábar
s first English language film.
b.
This project was filmed completely on location in Estacada, Oregon. Many of the crew stayed on the third floor of a Senior Center to avoid the icy roads and the 45 minute trip back and forth from Portland. The locals referred to the crew as "The Hollywoods".
c.
Megatrons alternate mode in this film is a Mack Titan tanker truck, his first Earth disguise. This was chosen to put him on parallel with Optimus Prime (the filmmakers described him as "a demented version of Prime"). This mode also pays homage to the
Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Decepticon Scourge (also known in Japan as "Black Convoy"), who is an evil clone of Optimus Prime.
d.
Meryl Streep
was interested in playing the lead because she liked the play and she worked with
Fred Schepisi
on
Plenty
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Ian McKellen
made Clarence a photographer to amplify the fact that he never noticed anything. He was merely seeing the events, not watching them. Therefore, he never realized how evil Richard actually is.
b.
Ever since playing Godzilla in
Gojira ni-sen mireniamu
, the suits that stuntman
Tsutomu Kitagawa
wore weighed 100 kilograms, and he compared it to "dragging a tire and giving a piggy-back ride to a fat man while walking." For this film, however, director
Ryûhei Kitamura
required greater flexibility out of Godzilla. Thus, the new, slimmed-down Godzilla suit weighs 30 kilograms. Kitagawa compared wearing the new suit to "dragging something light with a child on my back."
c.
Corey Burton
, who voiced Shockwave in
Transformers
and
Transformers: Animated
, was approached to reprise Shockwave for the film, but turned it down as hed done that role too many times. He had earlier been approached to voice Jazz and Brawl for
Transformers
.
d.
United Artists 1949 publicity release for newspapers: "The sweaters and skirts Virginia Mayo wears in "Red Light" were all purchased in Paris, when Miss Mayo was there after attending a Command Performace in London. They were designed by the famous French dressmaker, Henri de la Penses."
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Production stalled in Chicago as Gabriella Cedillo, an extra was seriously injured driving her own car as background for a stunt shot. The stunt was taking place in the opposite lane and a metal object (rigging from a snapped cable) went flying through her windshield and struck her in the skull. Cedillo suffered permanent brain damage, including left side paralysis and limited vision in her left eye. Paramount Studios provided an undisclosed amount of money to cover the cost of her medical care.
b.
Originally, the shooting script was written so that Harry takes possession of Dumbledores wand after he is killed. Shortly before filming began, the final book in the series came out, in which Dumbledores wand, and who possesses it, turn out to be major issues, so the script had to be changed.
c.
The sixth of ten movies starring
Ann Sothern
as the heroine Maisie Ravier.
d.
Played at the Radio City Music Hall in New York in a slot that was originally intended for
Brigadoon
.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
The name of the hotel that James Bond visits in Hong Kong is The Rubyeon Royale Hotel: "Ruby" for the 40th anniversary of the Bond film series; "Eon" for EON Productions, producers of the series; and "Royale" for Casino Royale the first
Ian Fleming
James Bond novel.
b.
The real Heinrich Harrer joked that "
Brad Pitt
was a terrible choice to play me. At that age I was much better looking than him."
c.
The seventeenth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies starring
Warner Oland
.
d.
US$1 million was spent during the two days of filming at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Henry Niles limp was not part of the script.
David Warner
had broken his leg before production but was able to walk with a cane by the time principal photography started. Because he had broken his foot before shooting (hence the limp), he was considered uninsurable and thus is uncredited.
b.
Michael Bay
described the tone of the film as "a homeland version of
Black Hawk Down
with giant alien robots."
c.
This is Aaron Norris first film to direct and the first with Chuck Norris as they made more movies together after this film.
d.
The software that generated the computer image of the Genesis probe approaching the planet placed mountains on the planet at random, and one of these happened to be right in the probes path. Each frame took so long to create with the systems then available that when the problem was spotted, it was not considered reasonable to discard the seconds of footage already made. Hence a canyon was introduced: see the goofs entry.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)?
a.
Characters from film history that Eric Binford (
Dennis Christopher
) in this movie impersonates or dresses-up as include Dracula (
Bela Lugosi
), Hopalong Cassidy (
William Boyd
), The Mummy (
Boris Karloff
), Norman Bates (
Anthony Perkins
) from
Psycho
,
Arthur Cody Jarrett
(
James Cagney
) from
White Heat
and Tommy Udo (
Richard Widmark
) from
Kiss of Death
).
b.
The Autobot Wheeljacks alternate mode in
Transformers
was a Lancia Stratos sportscar, but this was revised to a Mercedes-Benz E550 automobile. His head is also luminescent, in homage to his appearance in the series where two bulb-like appendages on his face regularly lit up.
c.
A deteriorated copy of the film was discovered at EYE Film Instituut Nederland in 2008.
d.
More than 400,000 bottles of soft drinks and beer were used as background scenery, during the shootout in the warehouse.
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