Q 01/05

A fever dream in Rome gave James Cameron the idea for The Terminator; which film had taken him there?

A) Piranha II: The Spawning

B) Humanoids from the Deep

C) Battle Beyond the Stars

D) Forbidden World

Answer · why

A) Piranha II: The Spawning

Piranha II: The Spawning had gone so badly that Cameron was in Rome, broke and sick, when he dreamed of a metal figure dragging itself out of a fire; ...

Q 02/05

Which studio distributed The Terminator in 1984?

A) Universal Pictures

B) Orion Pictures

C) Columbia Pictures

D) Cannon Films

Answer · why

B) Orion Pictures

Orion Pictures released The Terminator in October 1984 with modest expectations and little marketing push, yet it opened at number one and topped the ...

Q 03/05

Roughly how much did The Terminator cost to make?

A) $6.4 million

B) $20 million

C) $65 million

D) $200 million

Answer · why

A) $6.4 million

Made for about $6.4 million, The Terminator grossed roughly $78.3 million worldwide, more than twelve times its budget, and launched Cameron's career.

Q 04/05

Which football star was suggested for the Terminator, only for James Cameron to find him unbelievable as a killer?

A) Jim Brown

B) Fred Williamson

C) O. J. Simpson

D) Bo Jackson

Answer · why

C) O. J. Simpson

O. J. Simpson was a studio chief's idea for the Terminator, but Cameron thought the likeable star of the Hertz adverts would never be believable as a ...

Q 05/05

Which actor did James Cameron first picture as the Terminator, before casting him as a police detective instead?

A) Bill Paxton

B) Brian Thompson

C) Dick Miller

D) Lance Henriksen

Answer · why

D) Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen suited Cameron's first idea of a killer who could vanish in a crowd; once Schwarzenegger took the part, Henriksen played Detective Vuk...