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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Doctor Zhivago (1965) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Doctor Zhivago (1965) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965).
About the movie:
Life of a Russian doctor/poet who, although married, falls for a political activist's wife and experiences hardships during the Bolshevik Revolution.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Producer
Carlo Ponti
originally bought the rights to the novel so that he could cast his wife,
Sophia Loren
, in the role of Lara.
David Lean
, however, did not want to use Loren, claiming that she was too tall for the role.
b.
Michael Jeter
s last movie.
c.
Shot over the course of 11 days during one of the hottest Texas summers on record.
d.
Elijah Wood
and
Isaac Brock
recorded cameos that were left out of the final cut of the film.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Shot entirely against a green screen.
b.
Rod Steiger
was on set filming for 12 months.
c.
Lillian Gish
had originally been approached to take on the part of Scarletts mother.
d.
Glenn Randall Jr.
: the stunt coordinator appears as the mechanic with the monkey wrench at the flying wing.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Vincent Cassel
has compared his character to
George Balanchine
, who co-founded New York City Ballet. The actor said Balanchine was "a control freak, a true artist using sexuality to direct his dancers".
b.
The lady that Zhivago tries to get onto the train after grabbing her baby actually fell under it and was injured. That shot was also used in the film, though we only see her fall down.
c.
Two dream sequences for this film were made in the 2-color Technicolor process. This was the first commercially released color footage to be lit with artificial light.
d.
On the DVD,
Taina Elg
says the original cast was supposed to include
Cyd Charisse
as the American girl,
Leslie Caron
as the French girl and
Kay Kendall
as the English girl. Cyd Charisse decided to do
Silk Stockings
instead, so
Mitzi Gaynor
took her part. At one point, Kay Kendall didnt want to do the film and Taina Elg was tested for her part. Ms. Kendall took the part after all, but then Leslie Caron withdrew. Tania Elg was tested for THAT part and received her first major film role.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
This is
Jon Abrahams
first movie.
b.
James Baldwins original screenplay for this film has been published, under the title "One Day When I Was Lost." It begins with Malcolm driving to the Audobon Theater, and then telling his life through flashbacks.
c.
The film was shot in Spain during the regime of Gen.
Francisco Franco
. While the scene with the crowd chanting the Marxist theme was being filmed (at 3:00 in the morning), police showed up at the set thinking that a real revolution was taking place and insisted on staying until the scene was finished. Apparently, people who lived near where filming was taking place had awoken to the sound of revolutionary singing and had mistakenly believed that Franco had been overthrown. As the extras sang the revolutionary Internationale for a protest scene, the secret police surveyed the crowd, making many of the extras pretend that they didnt know the words.
d.
David Soul
s performance as Officer John Davis, one of the vigilante cops, led to his being cast as Detective Ken Hutchinson in the classic cop series
Starsky and Hutch
.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Director
Jonathan Lynn
proposed
Fred Gwynne
for the role of the judge after seeing him in
The Cotton Club
.
b.
WILHELM SCREAM: Heard from a soldier as the second explosion occurs during the scene when the rebels discover the body of their informant.
c.
The film was torn apart by critics when first released. Newsweek, in particular, made comments about "hack-job sets" and "pallid photography."
David Lean
was so deeply affected by these criticisms (despite the popularity of the film with the general public) that he swore he would never make another film.
d.
The apartment scenes were shot in Adam Plotch real life apartment.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Jose Feliciano, the original composer and performer of the classic song "Feliz Navidad" appears in the film as Unlce Pepe performing the Title song "Feliz Navidad".
b.
Starhops was originally rated PG. In order to reach a different audience, the distributors added more explicit language and the film was re-rated as an R.
c.
The film was not shown in Russia until 1994.
d.
Mary Wickes
, one of only two members of the original Broadway cast in the film version (with
Monty Woolley
), makes her screen debut. She also carried the role in the 1972 TV version.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
John Malkovich
, who plays Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, previously appeared in
The Object of Beauty
, in which his character complains of too many film adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
b.
The actor who plays the young Yuri Zhivago at his mothers funeral is
Omar Sharif
s son
Tarek Sharif
.
c.
Ang Lee
was offered to direct the film, but turned it down to direct
Hulk
instead.
d.
This was the first film from the production company of star
Rudolph Valentino
and his wife
Natacha Rambova
, who had a small part. Reportedly, Rambova began to rewrite the script almost immediately after filming began, and made such a mess of it that the studio called in veteran screenwriter
June Mathis
to do a complete rewrite.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
American film debut of
Greta Garbo
.
b.
After a month went by with
Marlon Brando
failing to respond to
David Lean
s written inquiry into whether he wanted to play Viktor Komarovsky, he offered the part to
James Mason
, who accepted. Lean, who had wanted to cast Brando as
Lawrence of Arabia
and offered him roles in
Ryans Daughter
and his unmade "Nostromo", decided on Mason as he did not want an actor to overpower the character of Yuri Zhivago. Mason eventually dropped out and
Rod Steiger
accepted the role. Steiger eventually would be involved in the filming of "Dr. Zhivago" for the better part of a year, which may have been a reason that both Brando and Mason shunned the role.
c.
CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Pool of Mystery (aka The Pool of Lost Souls); 2. The Claws of the Vulture; 3. The Vultures Vengeance; 4. The Passing of Gentleman Geoff; 5. At the Mercy of a Monster; 6. The Flames of Death; 7. A Desperate Chance; 8. Facing Death; 9. A Leap for Life; 10. Out of Deaths Shadow; 11. Through Fire and Water (aka In the Depths of the Sea); 12. In Deaths Grip; 13. Trapped; 14. The Lost Millions; 15. The Mysterious Message; 16. In Search of a Name (aka In Deadly Peril); 17. The Rope of Death; 18. Run to Earth.
d.
This picture is one of two movies released in 1975 starring
Burt Reynolds
that were set during the 1930s. The two films are
At Long Last Love
and
Lucky Lady
.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Characters last names have been taken from Serbian language - Prigusivac means silencer, Bauk is boogyman, and Cetnik is a nickname for Serbian military during WW2 or paramilitary units during Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. However, these are never really used as surnames in Serbia or anywhere else.
b.
David Lean
s first choice for the title role was
Peter OToole
who declined, citing the grueling experience of having made
Lawrence of Arabia
with Lean. This created a rift between the two that was never fully healed.
Dirk Bogarde
and
Max von Sydow
were considered for the title role but was never actually offered the part before Lean offered the role to
Omar Sharif
.
c.
Film debut of
Jordan Nagai
, who voices Russell. Originally, his older brother Hunter was auditioning for the part, and Nagai simply came along with him. About 400 children had showed up for the auditions, but Nagai stood out because he would not stop talking. Director
Pete Docter
later said that "as soon as Jordans voice came on we started smiling because he is appealing and innocent and cute and different from what I was initially thinking."
d.
Melanie Griffith
s character Kate says that she is from New Ulm, Minnesota, which happens to be the birthplace of her real-life mother, actress
Tippi Hedren
.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Doctor Zhivago (1965)?
a.
Ms sleeping bedpartner was actually the films transport co-ordinator.
b.
This movie was conceived over a decade before it was made when
Tippi Hedren
worked in Africa on films during the 1960s / 1970s such as
Satans Harvest
. She once said of its conception in Africa: "Exploring a game reserve, we came across a pride of lions that was living in an abandoned game wardens house. We thought it was wonderful, and my husband
Noel Marshall
wrote a script around the idea." The ROAR official site states that the idea for this movie "grew from a father and mothers passion for cats."
c.
As of 2007, this is a lost film.
d.
The inside of the ice palace was mostly made up specifically formed wax.
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