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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Zabriskie Point (1970) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Zabriskie Point (1970) Quiz
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About the movie:
An epic portrait of late Sixties America, as seen through the portrayal of two of its children: anthropology...
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
The old car that Daria is driving is a 1952 Buick Special De Luxe.
b.
The film was dedicated to the memory of
Mako
. Mako played Master Splinter in the film.
c.
Sam Robards
was originally to have played Kro-bar but had to drop out in order to appear in
Artificial Intelligence: AI
.
d.
In the extended DVD edition of the film, during the "Concerning Hobbits" prologue, there is a brief shot of Sam holding up a bunch of flowers by the rootball for planting. This is the only place in the trilogy where Sam - Bilbo and Frodos gardener - is actually seen gardening.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
One of the films included in "The Fifty Worst Films of All Time (and how they got that way)" by
Harry Medved
and
Randy Lowell
.
b.
The song "Innamorata", written for this film, went on to be a major record hit for
Dean Martin
and several other singers.
c.
John Guillermin
was to direct the project but was replaced by
Andrew V. McLaglen
d.
House of the Dead is the last film to use the turn-table technique for 360° shots. The risk of actors being hurt or killed by the fast-moving camera was too much.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
In the scene where the bat boy tells Crash Davis "Get a hit, Crash",
Kevin Costner
ad-libbed the response of "Shut up." Since the kid actor playing the bat boy obviously didnt know this response was coming, he started crying.
b.
Harrison Ford
fans know that his scenes were cut from this film. However, in the jail scene, if you look real quick, you can see him standing up against the back wall, near the door.
c.
The film started out as a project for
Sean Combs
.
d.
Spoof of "Rear Window." Script title: "Rear Entry."
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
The airplane crash site was recreated in a field in Northern California and was exactly modeled on a crash that occurred outside Sioux City in Iowa in 1989. The "accident" was reported by several flights flying over the scene. The field was first planted with 85 acres of corn which was then bulldozed to recreate the gouge that a crashing plane would have made. The adjoining cotton field was also purchased to make the crash appear bigger. 140 extras were employed for the scene along with 40 members of the Kern County and Bakersfield Fire Department. One of the towns main roads was closed for a week, and the local electricity company was persuaded to knock down several pylons and snarl up half a mile of electric cable to create a scene of almost total devastation. The crash site took a total of 10 days to prepare, and included throwing 600 suitcases and their contents (all items purchased from local thrift stores) liberally around the site. In total, the recreation cost $2 million.
b.
Michelangelo Antonioni
s original ending was a shot of an airplane sky-writing the phrase "Fuck You, America," which was cut by MGM president Louis F. Polk along with numerous other scenes. Louis F. Polk was eventually replaced by
James T. Aubrey
, who had most of the cut footage restored, but without this final shot.
c.
Julie Andrews
wardrobe (designed by
Donald Brooks
) set a record for the largest number of costume changes for an actress in one film.
d.
The mechanical bounty hunter is named IG-88, and is an assassin droid with a "disassemble on sight" bounty of its own.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 11 September 1912 and had 541 performances. The opening night cast included
Jane Cowl
as Mary Turner and
Brandon Hurst
as Demarest. There was one Broadway revival in 1928 which included
Claudette Colbert
as Agnes.
b.
A piano piece composed by
Richard Wright
of
Pink Floyd
for the violent scene went unused, but was later reworked by the band as "Us and Them" on their album "Dark Side of the Moon".
c.
Madeleine Carroll
played the role of Agatha Reed on stage.
d.
The "Pedro" segment "inspired" the Chilean cartoonist René Ríos Boettiger ("Pepo") to create, in 1949, his most famous character: "Condorito", which became one of the most popular comic strip characters around the world.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
Remembering the scoring sessions for this film, members of
Pink Floyd
later commented that
Michelangelo Antonioni
was very difficult to please, offering vague comments like (quoting the bandmembers, mimicking
Michelangelo Antonioni
s accent) "Eets nice, but too slow" or "Eets a leetle bit too soft."
b.
Robert Rodriguez
directed scenes of "Stab," the movie-within-a-movie of
Scream 2
. Rodriguez directed the Casey Becker scene and the Sidney and Billy scene.
c.
According to
M. Night Shyamalan
, the movie was inspired by an episode of
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
called
The Tale of the Dream Girl
directed by
David Winning
in which leading characters are ignored by somebody and dont realize that they are dead until the final moment. In The Tale of the Dream Girl, a brother discovers that only his sister can see him and she ultimately shows him his own obituary.
d.
A tie-in prequel comic entitled "Sweatshop: Hide N Shriek" reveals the fate of Ghost (
Fernando Phagabeefy
) and sets up the events of the film.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
The voice-overs about the futility of non-violence and the definition of humanism that can be heard during the end credits are sound bites from speeches given by
Malcolm X
and
Gloria Steinem
, respectively.
b.
Most of the props were purchased on eBay. Others were inexpensive props made of household items like toilet paper tubes, candle holders and caulk guns. A number of props were obtained by looking around the cabin in which part of the film was shot, including the mashed potatoes the cast are seen eating.
c.
During production,
Tim Curry
was offered the role of the Eighth Doctor in
Doctor Who
, he was interested in playing the role, but he didnt know how to play the character. One day during filming approached
Paul McGann
on how he would play The Eighth Doctor if he was cast. Tim turned down the role of The Eighth Doctor because of scheduling conflicts with several movies, McGann was cast as The Eighth Doctor.
d.
Michelangelo Antonioni
s leftist politics made the film controversial from the start. The production was harassed by groups opposed to the movies alleged "anti-Americanism." FBI agents tailed cast and crew members. Filming locations were besieged by right-wingers protesting an alleged scene of flag desecration, which never happened. Militant anti-establishment students worried they were being "sold out". The sheriff of Oakland, California, accused
Michelangelo Antonioni
of provoking the riots he had come to film. Death Valley park rangers initially refused to allow
Michelangelo Antonioni
to shoot at Zabriskie Point because they thought he planned to stage an orgy at the site; it was conceptualized, but never seriously considered. The U.S. Attorneys office in Sacramento opened grand jury investigations into both the films alleged "anti-Americanism" and possible violations of the Mann Act, a 1910 law prohibiting the transportation of women across state lines "for immoral conduct, prostitution or debauchery," during the Death Valley filming. The investigation was dropped, reluctantly, when they learned that Zabriskie Point was at least 13 miles west of the California-Nevada border.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
Charlton Heston
had talks to play the lead.
b.
One hundred people participated in the orgy scene, half of them from
Joseph Chaikin
s Open Theatre company, and the other half "made up of assorted hippies."
c.
One of the alternate movie posters for this picture, which was used in Britain and Australia, had the lead cast of
Burt Reynolds
,
Lesley-Anne Down
and
David Niven
, superimposed over an image of a large diamond and from left to right top to bottom in the same order as their credential billing.
d.
This movie was apparently one of the first movies to feature a sex scene between people of different races. They were African-American
Jim Brown
and white American
Raquel Welch
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Zabriskie Point (1970)?
a.
The Broadway stage version of "Meet Me In St. Louis" opened at the
George Gershwin
Theater on November 2, 1989, ran for 252 performances and for nominated for the 1990 Tony Awards for Best Musical, Book and Score.
b.
Antonioni met with
Jim Morrison
during early production to ask for a musical contribution to the soundtrack. Morrison and the Doors provided "LAmerica" which Antonioni then rejected.
c.
Big John Studd
s last film role.
d.
The agent that grabs up a bow when Thor is attempting to recover his hammer is referred to as Agent Barton, and appears in the credits as Clint Barton. Clint Barton is the real name of Hawkeye, the archer hero in the Avengers comics.
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