Predator - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Predator or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Predator

[camila]

In the final season of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who (1963) (TV Series) The series title protagonist The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) and his companion Ace (Sophie Aldred) find themselves on a hostile wilderness planet inhabited by a race of extra terrestrial hunters called The Cheeta People. Sylvester McCoy's first appeared as The 7th version of The Doctor the same year Predator (1987) was released. The Predator happens to be an extra terrestrial hunter.

[kyle]

The mandibles of the Predator were the idea of James Cameron.

[ruby]

Real venomonous snakes and scorpions invaded the set during filming.

[tom]

The screenwriters' intent was to "strip away elements of the modern, organized world. Here's a guy with the most technological weaponry, and he's reduced to making bows and arrows."

[amber]

The filmmakers used an inframetrics thermal video scanner for the Predators thermal vision as it gave good heat images of objects and people

[kristen]

The Predators head was built as a separate piece, and a total of 3 were created for the film,a "hero" head that was capable of facial articulation, a static stunt head and a head that was completely open at the front for use in scenes where the Predator is wearing its mask. The animatronic face on the hero head was controlled by a set of 9 servomotors that enabled motion of the brow area and mandibles, as well as "a cheek squint", an additional external servomotor was added later, hidden in the creatures backpack, to move the lower mandibles, which previously did not open as widely as intended. Kevin Peter Hall was able to puppeteer the creature's mouth with his own jaw, and wore contact lenses to finish the effect.

[harry]

Originally, Joel Silver wanted Michael Kamen to do the music for this film after collaborating on Lethal Weapon (1987), but Kamen was unavailable due to him working on Adventures in Babysitting (1987). However, director John McTiernan recommended hiring Alan Silvestri after hearing his work on Back to the Future (1985).

[jamie]

When Dutch's right shoulder is wounded when The Predator shoots him with the shoulder cannon, if you watch the scene and look very closely, the Predator doesn't shoot Dutch in his right shoulder and shoots at Dutch's M16 with an underslung M203 grenade launcher. If the Predator had shot Dutch in the right shoulder, Dutch would had lost his right arm.

[steve]

John McTiernan admitted that R.G. Armstrong was too old for his part, but kept him, simply because he liked him. Added to this, the actor wore "too much" tanning make-up, to hide his age somewhat.

[fred]

Three of the main actors have run for Governor of their respective state: Arnold Schwarzenegger (California), Jesse Ventura (Minnesota) and Sonny Landham (Kentucky). Landham was the only unsuccessful campaign.

[bernard]

Carl Weathers was always the first choice to play Dillon.

[terry]

The Predator was first designed by a special effects company the studio picked to save money. Stan Winston later created the Predator for 1.5 million dollars. This other studio charged half that amount. Because of that, their Predator looked like someone in a lizard suit, with the head of a duck, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger. When Winston was brought in to redesign the Predator, the final fight scene had to be re-shot. The new Predator was 8-1/2 feet tall, but the re-cast Kevin Peter Hall was 7'2". The costume was heavy and off-balance, and Hall couldn't see with the mask on. Because of that, during the fight scene with Dutch, he actually did hit Schwarzenegger once.

[frederick]

Geoff Murphy was first attached to direct.

[nicholas]

Arnold Schwarzenegger "wanted to do a film like The Magnificent Seven (1960), where a team of guys work together."

[terry]

Richard Chaves (Poncho) fought in the Vietnam War before becoming an actor.

[jamie]

The Predator has eight minutes of screentime.

[brent]

According to the Xenopedia - The Alien vs Predator wiki website. Following his last stand against the Predator, Dutch was suffering from radiation sickness due to the Predator setting off his self-destruct device. At the hospital where he was hospitalized, Peter Keyes of the OWLF interviewed Dutch about his encounter with the Predator. But, Dutch escaped from the hospital and vanished.

[bessie]

Each members role of Dutch rescue team; Billy (Sonny Landham), Scout and Tracker; Mac (Bill Duke), Sergeant, 2nd in command/Assault; Poncho (Richard Chaves), Demolitions Engineer/Translator (possibly medic); Hawkins (Shane Black), Radio Operator (possible medic); Blain (Jesse Ventura), Heavy Weapon Support.

[jamie]

The film's iconic score was used in numerous movie trailers including Ghost in the Machine (1993) and Blind Vision (1992).