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Action Movie Quiz
7 years ago
Here we go again.
Subject: ACTION MOVIES
1) The original "Die Hard" movie was not only a watershed role for Bruce Willis, who jumped from TV roles to major movie status as a result, it was also a watershed moment for Alan Rickman, our favorite bad guy. In what way was it important to him?
2) In "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones is confronted by a large swordsman, who threatens Jones with elaborate flourishes of his blade. Originally the script called for Jones to disarm the man with his whip. Instead Jones shoots him. What was the reason for the change?
3) "In "Jaws" Captain Quint, the shark hunter, explains his hatred for the beasts by regaling his shipmates with the harrowing tale of sinking of the Indianapolis in shark-infested waters. Since this takes place during a night of heavy drinking aboard Quint's boat, Robert Shaw --a dedicated fan of booze-- thought a certain authenticity might be achieved if he was actually drunk while he told the story. The experiment failed miserably, so filming was discontinued and everyone was sent home for the night. The next morning, Shaw showed up on the set contrite and hungover as hell and asked to give the story another try. How many takes were required for Shaw to deliver his lines successfully?
4) In "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" Angelina Jolie carries a brace of guns in most of the action scenes. She also uses them frequently. What is the body-count on those guns?
5) Let's go back in time! "The Towering Inferno" was one of the biggest budget disaster movies of its time. It even featured two major stars, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, along with expensive co-stars William Holden, Fay Dunaway and Fred Astair. It was able to devote this much money to its production because of a collaboration that is relatively common these days, but was almost unheard of back then. What collaboration was this?
6) Double-header. Viggo Mortensen, who played in both the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "Hidalgo" did a lot of his own stunts in these movies. He also did most of his own riding. At the end of each movie, he did something that was both an act of concern and a gesture of respect for a co-star who worked closely with him. What was this?
Subject: ACTION MOVIES
1) The original "Die Hard" movie was not only a watershed role for Bruce Willis, who jumped from TV roles to major movie status as a result, it was also a watershed moment for Alan Rickman, our favorite bad guy. In what way was it important to him?
2) In "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones is confronted by a large swordsman, who threatens Jones with elaborate flourishes of his blade. Originally the script called for Jones to disarm the man with his whip. Instead Jones shoots him. What was the reason for the change?
3) "In "Jaws" Captain Quint, the shark hunter, explains his hatred for the beasts by regaling his shipmates with the harrowing tale of sinking of the Indianapolis in shark-infested waters. Since this takes place during a night of heavy drinking aboard Quint's boat, Robert Shaw --a dedicated fan of booze-- thought a certain authenticity might be achieved if he was actually drunk while he told the story. The experiment failed miserably, so filming was discontinued and everyone was sent home for the night. The next morning, Shaw showed up on the set contrite and hungover as hell and asked to give the story another try. How many takes were required for Shaw to deliver his lines successfully?
4) In "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" Angelina Jolie carries a brace of guns in most of the action scenes. She also uses them frequently. What is the body-count on those guns?
5) Let's go back in time! "The Towering Inferno" was one of the biggest budget disaster movies of its time. It even featured two major stars, Steve McQueen and Paul Newman, along with expensive co-stars William Holden, Fay Dunaway and Fred Astair. It was able to devote this much money to its production because of a collaboration that is relatively common these days, but was almost unheard of back then. What collaboration was this?
6) Double-header. Viggo Mortensen, who played in both the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "Hidalgo" did a lot of his own stunts in these movies. He also did most of his own riding. At the end of each movie, he did something that was both an act of concern and a gesture of respect for a co-star who worked closely with him. What was this?
2. Ford was suffering from dysentery and was exhausted. He went to Spielberg and said, "Steve, he has this pistol on his hip for the entire movie. Why doesn't he just pull it out and SHOOT the fucker?"
3) I believe he did it one take after the failed drunk try.
4. No idea.
5. I think it was the first collaboration between two major movie studios.
6. I believe he either bought the horses or arranged for them to live easily for the rest of their lives.
I'm hoping Charlieg is right about #6, though. That sounds cool.
In Towering Inferno though, I'm old enough to remember when it was a new movie in Sensurround™, though I'll never admit it openly.....if I remember right, for that time it was an all-star cast
2) Seriously down with illness, Ford was not up to any sort of stunt work, and just asked if he could shoot the swordsman.
3) One take.
4) I could not guess. but the new version looks a little better, IMO.
5) This was an MGM/ Universal co-production.
6) Cannot guess.
2. According to a documentary on PBS, they had messed up take after take after take ad nauseum. When the swordsman began to show Jones what he was going to do to him and Harrison Ford shot him, the director yelled "Cut! Print it! That's a wrap!"
3. One.
4. Didn't see it.
5. Collab between two movie outfits: Universal & MGM.
^. Saw to the horse's comfort.