Our Miss Liberty in the Movies Quiz

Answer: The Edison Company

This first moving image of Lady Liberty was filmed by the Edison Company in 1898. This was a forty-eight second shot of her.

Answer: The Immigrant

Coming to America as an immigrant, Charlie has trouble aboard ship which follows him into America. "The Immigrant" was made in 1917. Charlie starred in "The Immigrant" and also wrote and directed it. At the time it was made, Lady Liberty had been sitting on Liberty Island, in New York Harbor, for thirty one years.

Answer: Saboteur

A factory worker is falsely accused of destroying the plant he works at, to clear his name he must track down the person who did it. For the exciting ending to "Saboteur", Hitchcock had a complete replica of the arm and torch of the Statue of Liberty built.

Answer: Planet of the Apes

An astronaut crew leaves earth in the a Twentieth Century and is in hibernation until they crash land on a planet in 3978A.D. There, intelligent apes are running the planet and humans are used for experimentation studies and for sport. One of the astronauts, Commander Taylor (Charlton Heston), is put on trial.

After the trial, with help from his ape friends, he escapes. After the escape he will search and find his destiny. To film the ending of 1968's "The Planet of the Apes", a 70-foot scaffolding was erected on California's Zuma beach.

It was constructed so the cameraman could shoot Taylor (Charlton Heston) and Nova (Linda Harrison) on the beach, from behind a half-scale model of The Statue of Liberty.

Answer: Vito

"The Godfather Part 2" has two stories. The early life of Vito Corleone, and that of Michael Corleone, his son, who is expanding his grip on his crime syndicate in the 1950s. As an immigrant, Vito Corleone (who becomes the Godfather) comes past the Statue of Liberty into Ellis Island.

His name at that time is Vito Andolini. Being a boy who doesn't speak, they choose his name from the town that he came from in Italy.

Answer: Splash

"Splash" is the love story between a man and a mermaid, that began when they were children, when she saved his life. Lady Liberty is seen in Ron Howard's 1984 "Splash", as mermaid Madison (Daryl Hannah) comes to dry land on Liberty Island.

Answer: Ghostbusters 2

The Ghostbusters come out of retirement to help New York stop the supernatural doom it's heading for. The Ghostbusters bring the Statue of Liberty to life to do battle over evil spirits to save the day. The special effects crew made Lady Liberty seem to come to life and walk through the streets of Manhattan by putting someone dressed in a Statue of Liberty costume in front of a blue screen.

Answer: A.I.

David, an advanced 11 yr old robotic boy, replaces the child a mother and father thought they lost. He is discarded when their child regains his health. David then goes on a trek to regain the love of his human mother, so that he can feel like he's a "real" boy.

In "A.I.", Lady Liberty's hand and torch are only seen because it's the future and global warming has melted the polarized ice caps, raising the oceans and leaving Manhattan and Liberty Island under water. Lady Liberty's hand and torch were computer generated.

Answer: Titanic

The film tells the romantic tale of rich girl and poor boy who fall in love on the maiden voyage of the "unsinkable" ship, the Titanic. A mistake was made in Titanic, when Rose (Kate Winslet) sees Lady Liberty at the end of "Titanic" she sees her as she is today, green.

When France gave us Miss Liberty in 1886 she was brown and it would take at least 35 years for her to turn green. Being that "Titanic" takes place in 1912, she would have still been partially brown.

Answer: Ken Burns

This documentary, 1985's "The Statue of Liberty", gives her history from beginning until up to the twentieth century. Some other films Miss Liberty has been in are, "On the Town", "Escape Fom New York", "X-Men" and "The Day After Tomorrow".