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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cleopatra (1963) - Part (3) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Cleopatra (1963) - Part (3) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963).
About the movie:
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
Originally a Disney Channel original movie until it was funded by Columbia-TriStar, with Samuel Goldwyn Films owning the distribution.
b.
Released in 1996, the year of the 100th anniversary of the publication of the source novel in 1896.
c.
Michael Mann
visited inmates in Folsom prison to gain some insight into prison life to aid his depiction of Neil. Mann later commented that Neils collars were always perfectly starched, as they would have been in prison.
d.
Michael Hordern
said on a chat show he was under contract for 18 months
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
Body Count: 5
b.
Director
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
was fired during the editing/post-production phase. Since there was no actual shooting script (Mankiewicz was writing as he was shooting), Twentieth Century-Fox soon realized that only Mankiewicz knew how the story fit together. He was brought back to complete the project.
c.
Craig T. Nelson
comments on
Will Sampson
perhaps being an escapee from an asylum. In
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
, Sampson played an asylum inmate who escapes.
d.
Due to the bankruptcy of German distributor Kinowelt in 2001, the movie never had an official release in Germany (theatrically or on DVD), although there was already a German dub version created.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
All the footage of the principal actors was shot on sound stages at General Service Studios (now Hollywood Center Studios). Only the second unit filming dinosaurs and sloth in Palmdale, Corriganville, and the beach, were on location. All shots of the principals and monsters in the same shot were achieved with rear projection effects.
b.
Anthony Wiethoff
was originally cast for the part of Cut Troys Cuff Soldier but left the set due to disagreements with director
David O. Russell
s scenes of torture of US soldiers.
c.
Robert Stephens
said in a radio interview that most of his part was deleted from the final print.
d.
The bare-knuckle fight between Holmes and McMurdo references the Holmes story The Sign of Four. In the story, Holmes encounters McMurdo and says to him, "I dont think you can have forgotten me. Dont you remember that amateur who fought three rounds with you at Alisons rooms on the night of your benefit four years back?"
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
Jeff Bridges
declined the role that went to
Richard Gere
.
b.
Joe Shelby
s Biker Van Driver character is the one who wears the funny cowboy hat and glasses.
c.
The scene with Mike and Trent talking in the car on the side of the road was also filmed without a permit (not only could the production not afford one, it is actually impossible for any film production to acquire one to film on that particular highway). Originally they had planned to film just an establishing shot of the two of them in the car, and a shot of them driving away, and then film the dialog shots later. But director
Doug Liman
decided instead to film the entire scene on the actual side of the road. During filming, several police showed up, and demanded to see a permit. The assistant director held up the police by telling them that they had a permit, but it was in the office across town, several miles away. To get away with the rest of the scene being filmed, Liman had to pretend he was not filming, and didnt look in the viewfinder, and used a microphone inside of the car instead of a boom. Most of the scene was filmed like this, with the police waiting just out of shot, and the two actors and the director pretending they were in fact not shooting.
d.
Martin Landau
learned Italian during the shoot.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
"Mr. Sansweet", the character who sues Mr. Incredible in the movies early plot set up, is an insiders homage to
Steve Sansweet
, a
George Lucas
associate who handles fan club and memorabilia aspects for the company, and who also appeared uncredited in
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
.
b.
United Artists pressured director
Robert Aldrich
into shooting a more optimistic ending in the final days of shooting. Aldrich reluctantly agreed and was dismayed when the film was released with this alternate ending. He later concluded that "if you shoot two endings, they will always use the other one, never yours".
c.
Jill Gatsby
is
Larry Cohen
s daughter and is killed in every one of his movies that shes in.
d.
During Cleopatras entry into Rome, the shots of Cleopatras barge and the parade that precedes it were filmed several months apart, so that the light would be hitting Cleopatra directly.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
The fourth room,
Quentin Tarantino
s "Man From Hollywood" is based on a short story by
Roald Dahl
called "Man from the south."
b.
The scene in which Bigelow runs in panic through the streets after learning he has been poisoned was a stolen shot. The pedestrians had no idea a movie was being made and no warning that
Edmond OBrien
would be plowing through them.
c.
The scar from
Elizabeth Taylor
s tracheotomy, performed during filming, is visible in several shots.
d.
British studio Hammer Films had previously contemplated a film adaptation of
Richard Matheson
s book under the title of "The Night Creatures", written by Matheson himself. The project was ultimately deemed too graphic, floundered and eventually died.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
Twentieth Century Fox was in financial trouble in the late-1950s due to disappointing box office returns of some major releases. Orders were given to search the Fox script library for a proven property that could be remade. The project chosen was
Cleopatra
, a
Theda Bara
film that had been a smash hit for the studio. What the studio needed was a producer willing to handle the project. At about the same time, veteran producer
Walter Wanger
approached Fox with an idea for a project he had been planning for several years: the story of Cleopatra. In the words of
David Brown
, "We fell on him."
b.
The silent movie playing on the TV is _Nosferatu (1922)_.
c.
It was
Samuel L. Jackson
s idea to give his character the long hair and the braided goatee.
d.
Co-director
Art Stevens
served as the live-action model for Amos Slade.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
The suicidal man on the side of the road was played by
Cortney Hunter
s own father.
b.
Robert Wise
made the film as a dedication to the memory of his mentor,
Val Lewton
, who had died 12 years earlier.
c.
The original concept of this project was apart of another movie called Mind Morgue, in which the plot actually served as a short story called The Collector. This segment of the film, however, proved to be most popular and was immediately in talks to become its own full length film with returning cast.
d.
While at Cinecitta studios filming the scene of Cleopatras triumphant and spectacular entry into Rome, a scene requiring thousands of extras and the transportation of a huge barge carrying the Queen of Egypt,
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
had to cut the scene, roll back the barge, and begin again because one of the productions Panavision cameras had caught an enterprising film extra, in the heat of the Roman summer, hawking gelato to his fellow extras.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
The film was released more than a year after it was completed.
b.
During the making of the movie,
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Richard Burton
started their love-hate relationship which lasted until his death.
c.
The character of Alexander Knox (
Robert Wuhl
) was a character created for the movie. In the script the character was killed during the parade scene. In an interview with Starlog Magazine done at the time, Wuhl joked that his character should become Robin in the sequel.
d.
Originally, Kevin Interdonato (Meegosh) auditioned to play the Mayor and John Charles Hunt (Mayor Fingstal) auditioned for the part of The Boss.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Cleopatra (1963)?
a.
Betty Grable
, not wanting to take on a downcast role, decline to play Candy. Twentieth Century-Fox then put Miss Grable on suspension.
b.
Alex North
was chosen to score the film after
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
s son Chris told him that North had done a magnificent job in composing a score for
Spartacus
.
c.
Director
Frank Capra
came up with the idea about "the walls of Jericho" because
Claudette Colbert
refused to undress in front of the camera.
d.
Its been confirmed that the DVD will have two alternate deaths.
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