Movie Trivia Thread

[Chris D]

First, a fun one:

There are many bloopers in Star Wars, just like any movie, if you look for them. What popular blooper occurs when stormtroopers enter the room where C3PO and R2D2 are hiding in the Death Star, after Luke and Han free princess Leia? (after you see it, you won't ever be able to watch the scene again without giggling, and Lucas left it in all the re-release versions)

And now one more abstract, not really intended to be answered:
How many times does "1138" appear in the Star Wars saga, a tribute to Lucas' original THX 1138 movie? I know of three...

And I think it was David that knew this one the best:
Does Han or Greedo shoot first? :rofl:

[Brandon B]

Kevin - only on the full size interior set. The exterior set and the model are consistent. This was just a mistake on the part of the set builders in England.


Not the change I meant though. Since this was a pretty geeky model builder type question, I'll answer it tomorrow.

BB

[Brandon B]

There are many bloopers in Star Wars, just like any movie, if you look for them. What popular blooper occurs when stormtroopers enter the room where C3PO and R2D2 are hiding in the Death Star, after Luke and Han free princess Leia? (after you see it, you won't ever be able to watch the scene again without giggling, and Lucas left it in all the re-release versions)

Last stormtrooper in on the right side (as the camera is panning away) whacks his head on the half open door.

The whoops I think is by far the worst that I rarely see anyone comment on is the white extension cord coming out of Obi Wan's lightsaber as he turns it on at the beginning of his duel with Vader. White!

How many times does "1138" appear in the Star Wars saga, a tribute to Lucas' original THX 1138 movie? I know of three...

"Prinsoner transfer from Cell block 1138". Don't remember the other two (or more).

Does Han or Greedo shoot first?

Greedo shot?

[David Meek]

In the ORIGINAL version Han shoots first. In the politically corrected versions to follow, Greedo shoots first.

[RobP]

And if you guys are gonna do Star Wars, I have to start reading this thread more.

Major (well to me the geek) exterior change to the Millennium Falcon between Episodes IV and V. What was it and why?

BB

Lets see, they changed the 4 blaster cannons to Turbolasers and installed missle launchers in between the two forward mast on the front of the ship.......The reason, this ship was now a royal transport for Princess Leia and these additions were millitary issue upgrades to stronger weapons.

[Kevin D]

uber-geek... ;x(

[Brandon B]

OK, I won't wait until tomorrow.

They added two large pods to the front underside of the ship for two additional landing foot pads.

Because when they went to build the full size version for the ice hangar, they found it was not so stable with just the single foot in the middle front and the 4 feet at the back.

You can see the added bays in the bottom shot of a modified model kit here:

http://www.ketzer.com/ERTL_Falcon.html

Can't seem to find any decent photos online of the Ep IV model, but here's one of the toy anyway.

http://www.bokey.net/falcon/P1180006.JPG

Oh, and lest you think there are none geekier than I about this stuff:

http://www.mentalwardfilm.com/falcon1.htm

BB

[Chris D]

Wow, that's hard core!

[dyazdani]

Oh, and lest you think there are none geekier than I about this stuff:

http://www.mentalwardfilm.com/falcon1.htm

BB

Yeah, I've got a friend who built a set of bikerscout armor for himself and went to CHicago or something to attend a SW convention. It looks pretty cool actually, I don't know if I still have the pictures.

[Chris D]

What movie did this car appear in?

[George Bellefontaine]

National Lampoon's Vacation... the first one.

[Chris D]

Okay, perhaps a few more from the same movie, none all that hard:

Who played the vixen that Clark Griswold goes skinny dipping with?

What's the name of the theme park they go to?

What's the name of the lead animated character at that park?

Who plays the security guard at the theme park?

[dyazdani]

Okay, perhaps a few more from the same movie, none all that hard:

Who played the vixen that Clark Griswold goes skinny dipping with?

What's the name of the theme park they go to?

What's the name of the lead animated character at that park?

Who plays the security guard at the theme park?

Christy Brinkley
Wally World
Marty???
John Candy

[Brandon B]

Seen the movie, have you?

Some mouse related trivia. Engineers in the train wreck in Iron Giant and the two old guys making "old school" comments at the end of The Incredibles are the same two guys. Anyone know who they are?

BB

[Chris D]

Yes, it's Marty MOOSE. (as indicated in the theme song the Griswolds sing in the car, and the Moose at the front of the park)

John Candy: "Sorry, folks. Park's closed. The moose out front should have told you."

BB, I don't know! Are you one of them?

[Brandon B]

A hint - related to Brad Birds childhood dream and my avatar at left.

BB

[Brandon B]

Answer

[Chris D]

In the trilogy finale, Austin Powers: Goldmember, the movie begins with an Austin Powers movie spoof. Who are the famous actors/actresses that playes the roles of:

Austin Powers?
His Lead Female riding the motorcycle?
Dr. Evil?
Mini Me?

Who appears as the famous director of this spoof movie?

In the Goldmember final scene, who plays Goldmember again in the spoof movie?

Bonus questions:

What is the name of this spoof movie?
What is the character's name of the female lead role riding a motorcycle?

[dyazdani]

Tom Cruise
Gwenyth Paltrow
Kevin Spacey
Danny Devito

Steven Spielberg

John Travolta

??? (Drew a blank here)
Dixie Normous

[Chris D]

Wow, great job, Danish! (I hope you didn't cheat with IMDB!)

We'll see if someone can remember the spoof movie's name...

[dyazdani]

Wow, great job, Danish! (I hope you didn't cheat with IMDB!)

We'll see if someone can remember the spoof movie's name...

No, I didn't cheat - if I had, I hope I would've gotten the spoof title.

I happened to have watched it about 3 weeks ago...

[dyazdani]

Since no one is responding to the spoof, I cheated and looked it up - "Austinpussy" is it, should have remembered.

On the animated series "Family Guy," what is Stewie's middle name?

[Kevin D]

Giligan!!!!

[june]

Bruce Lee's first film in the US?????

Hello All,

Anyone know the answer to this?

[dyazdani]

Giligan!!!!

YEP! Got it!

[Chris D]

June, was it not "Enter the Dragon"?

[june]

Hello Chris D,

no the correct answer, Enter the Dragon was his next to the last film.

[june]

Marlowe

sorry all,

Enter the Dragon was not the correct answer. "Marlowe" was his first film he was seen in after the Green Hornent TV series.

[june]

Angel Heart?

Hello All,

Who was the killer in "Angel Heart?"

[dyazdani]

Hello All,

Who was the killer in "Angel Heart?"

I've never heard of that movie... is it an older one?

[Glen]

Hello All,

Who was the killer in "Angel Heart?"

The lead character played by Mickey Rourke. I love that movie, but haven't seen it in many years. Is it out on DVD?



"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." - Is that from Mystery Men ??

[june]

I stole this line from my wife to be on 08/19/06.

[Glen]

Congrats on the soon to be wedding. :T

[David Meek]

In Contact what did the heroine's - Jodie Foster - dad call her (her nickname)?

[Brandon B]

Sparks?

BB

[adinfinitum]

The lead character played by Mickey Rourke. I love that movie, but haven't seen it in many years. Is it out on DVD?

I bought a copy of this on DVD in the bargain bin at K-Mart about 2 years ago.

[David Meek]

Sparks?

BB

Okay, that was obviously wayyyyyy too easy.

[David Meek]

In the original Beverly Hills Cop, what had Axel's friend Mikey stolen to start the whole mess?

[Glen]

Some sort of bank notes ??? (really straining the brain on that one)

[adinfinitum]

In the original Beverly Hills Cop, what had Axel's friend Mikey stolen to start the whole mess?

Bearer bonds?

[Chris D]

Oh, good one! (and I don't know)

[David Meek]

Bearer bonds?

What KIND of bearer bonds? You're almost there! :B

[adinfinitum]

What KIND of bearer bonds? You're almost there! :B

Weren't they South African or perhaps German?

[Chris D]

This should be a good one, and although it doesn't really meet my criteria of the trivia being contained in the movie itself, it should be easily deducible if you've seen the movie and can remember its important plot points:

In the Academy Award-winning movie RAIN MAN, why did the version shown as an in-flight movie on airlines have a big plot hole?

[adinfinitum]

I'm guessing it's because Raymond at one point in the movie refuses to fly then outlines how many crashes each airline has had?