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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Who'll Stop the Rain (1978) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Who'll Stop the Rain (1978).
About the movie:
Vietnam veteran Ray Hicks gets conned into helping his buddy John Converse smuggle some heroin, only to wind up on the lam with John's wife when the deal goes sour.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)?
a.
The alarm company is named BIG BRUISER.
b.
Bordens infant is played by one of director
Christopher Nolan
s children.
c.
Considerable problems arose with the censors, mostly about the suggestive lines in some of the songs. The song "Nobody Loves Me Like a Dallas Man" was originally "Nobody Does It Like a Dallas Man". After the songs were toned down, the Hays office approved the film, and it was passed by the National Board of Review.
d.
The producers were lukewarm about casting Nick Nolte at first, instead preferring the more bankable
Kris Kristofferson
. Karel Reisz fought to get Nolte on board, having been impressed by seeing him in action on
Rich Man, Poor Man
.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)?
a.
Film debut of
Beth Howland
.
b.
The only movie directed by
John Hughes
that was distributed by Warner Bros.
c.
The scene on the railroad tracks is a reference to the final adventure in Mexico of beatnik figure
Neal Cassady
,
Jack Kerouac
s inspiration for Dean Moriarty in "On the Road". Author
Robert Stone
had traveled with Cassady and
Ken Kesey
s Merry Pranksters. Furthermore,
Nick Nolte
was in the midst of extensive research on Cassady for his portrayal in the film
Heart Beat
.
d.
The twenty-fourth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Who'll Stop the Rain (1978)?
a.
Director Hergott got the idea for the movie after being invited to a pyramid scheme meeting in real life. Many of the events in the movie occurred in real life.
b.
Nick Nolte
wore a back brace during much of the filming to maintain a rigid Marine posture.
c.
Debut of
John McGiver
.
d.
In some earlier versions of the screenplay, the Icarus ships used rotating sections to provide artificial gravity. This is not used in the finished movie, so people experience normal Earth gravity everywhere while aboard the ships (apart from a short moment in the Icarus II airlock before it is re-compressed). An early storyboard shows the crew boarding the stricken Icarus I and finding that the only gravity is "sideways", towards the bomb.
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