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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Unstoppable (2010) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Unstoppable (2010) - 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: Unstoppable (2010).
About the movie:
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstoppable (2010)?
a.
The unrated version of the movie was shown in 60 theaters on its debut weekend across the United States & Canada. Most of the theaters were unaware of the extent of the violence and vile content in the film, and nearly all of the theaters had stopped playing the movie by Monday morning.
b.
The two maps of the rail line shown on the news are of real Pennsylvania counties: The First map has Union and Snyder on the left, and Northumberland, Montour and Columbia in the center and Lycoming on top as well as Schuylkill on the bottom. The Second map has Cameron on the top left, Clinton in the center, Centre on the bottom and Lycoming on the right.
c.
Average Shot Length = ~11.3 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.8 seconds.
d.
Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstoppable (2010)?
a.
The film is inspired by the "Crazy Eights" unmanned train incident in 2001. The train, led by CSX Transportation SD40-2 #8888, left its Walbridge, Ohio, rail yard and began a 66-mile (106 km) journey through northwest Ohio with no one at the controls, after the engineer got out of the originally slow-moving train to correctly line a switch, mistakenly believing he had properly set the trains dynamic braking system, just as his counterpart in the movie did. Two of the real trains tank cars also contained thousands of gallons of molten phenol, similar to the fictional train in the film.
b.
The female clerk from whom Flounder (
Stephen Furst
) buys the marbles is actually his wife.
c.
Sean Penn
asked out
Pamela Springsteen
, who played Dina, on the set of the movie; she accepted.
d.
Thomas Lennon
wrote the character of Feng expecting to play it himself.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstoppable (2010)?
a.
Louisiana was chosen as the main shooting location because of the cooperation of the residents of Morgan City, the lush jungle vegetation, bayous, waterways, abundant black extras, and facilities such as hotels, a railway-serviced wharf and an adjacent storage warehouse.
b.
Body count: 1, surprisingly low for a
Tony Scott
movie.
c.
Freeds song, "Make Em Laugh" bore a striking similarity to Cole Porters "Be a Clown" from the producers 1948 film "The Pirate" although no one ever accused him of plagiarism.
d.
In his acceptance speech when he won a BAFTA for Best Actor on 21 February 2010,
Colin Firth
revealed that he had been on the point of turning down the part and had the email to director
Tom Ford
in his outbox, waiting to be sent. Then a man arrived to repair his refrigerator and Firth reconsidered. He thanked "the fridge guy" in his speech.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstoppable (2010)?
a.
French visa # 8575.
b.
Chosen as part of the "8 Films to Die For" series of horror films by Lionsgate and After Dark Films.
c.
The only siding long enough to allow 1206 to dodge the oncoming runaway is a "rip track". A rip track is a siding on which equipment can be parked for maintenance/repairs that dont require it to be taken to the shops. "Rip" is an acronym for "Repair In Place".
d.
Jason Hughes worked on a television pilot with Blake Phillips, prior to landing the supporting role of Eddie Rodomski.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Unstoppable (2010)?
a.
Edwin OConnor
s 1956 novel "The Last Hurrah", on which the movie is based, is a fictionalized version of former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, a celebrated rogue who raised municipal corruption to an art form.
b.
Dynamic brakes work by switching the traction motors that drive the axles to act as generators. The current produced is dissipated as heat in a resistor grid located atop the locomotive. When Will attempts to brake the train coming into Stanton, the traction motors overheat and burn out - this is the flashes of fire under the train. The "independent" brake is the locomotives own air brake, which still functions (by clamping against the wheel treads) after the dynamic brake is burnt out.
c.
The film was thought lost until its rediscovery in the 1960s. A court battle was fought between film distributor Frank Storace and the estate of Stanley Krellberg, the copyright owner of the film. Storace had wished to produce a restored version of the film but the estate refused him access to original footage in their possession. Storace gave up the court battle and did not win his access to his original footage.
d.
Despite the fact that
Robin Shou
(Liu Kang) and
Talisa Soto
(Kitana) reprised their roles from the first film, the roles of the other characters are portrayed by different actors. The only other actor to return was
Keith Cooke
(Reptile in the first film), as Sub-Zero.
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