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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : El Cid (1961) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : El Cid (1961)

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About the movie: Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour...

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		The role of the Sheriff of Nottingham was originally offered to Richard E. Grant.
b.		Charlton Heston was unable to campaign for John F. Kennedy due to the long filming schedule.
c.		Screenwriter Richard Matheson has said in interviews that he thought Charles Bronson was badly miscast.
d.		In order to keep her look a secret, Rebecca Romijn had to sit in an isolated, windowless room when not required for shooting: "I had almost no contact with the rest of the cast, it was like I was making a different movie from everyone else. It was hell."

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		Don Cheadle replaced Terrence Howard as Rhodey, due to a falling out between Howard and Marvel Studios. The two actors worked with each other in Crash.
b.		By the time this was released, Allied Artists (formerly Monogram) had ceased production and was only distributing independent productions. The rights for the Western Hemisphere were acquired from Samuel Bronston. This gave Allied Artists its only full-blown epic, which was given a roadshow presentation followed by a general release.
c.		Originally intended to be released on videocassette during the summer of 1994, the film was eventually pushed to a spring 1995 videocassette release.
d.		Dominic Torettos black muscle car is a 1970 Dodge Charger with a 528ci supercharged Hemi and four speed transmission. This Charger is the same body style (although one year newer) as the famous 1969 Dodge Charger "General Lee" of the The Dukes of Hazzard television series. After the filming of the crash at the end of the film, the same 1970 Charger wound up in the opening scenes of Herbie Fully Loaded as a car in the junkyard.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		During the final part of filming, production was shut down for three or four days because Hurricane Ivan going through Monroeville, Ala., where the film was being shot. The crew helped board up windows at the courthouse where the courtroom scenes were shot and even loaned the police a generator to keep the 911 service running.
b.		One well-known legend about the Cid describes how he acquired his famous war-horse, the white stallion Babieca (Bavieca). According to this story, Rodrigos godfather, Pedro El Grande, was a monk at a Carthusian monastery. Pedros coming-of-age gift to El Cid was his pick of a horse from an Andalusian herd. El Cid picked a horse that his godfather thought was a weak, poor choice, causing the monk to exclaim "Babieca!" (stupid!) Hence, it became the name of El Cids horse.
c.		John Astin, Sean Astins father, was considered for the role of Gandalf. He had also worked with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh before, and came back very excited about their passion for film, which led to Sean Astin to pursue the role of Sam.
d.		While writing the screenplay for the film, Emma Thompson had sisters Natasha Richardson and Joely Richardson in mind for the roles of Elinor and Marianne.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		The boys attend "Charles M. Jones Junior High School". The school is named after animator Chuck Jones.
b.		El Cids sword "Tizona" can still be seen in the Army Museum (Museo Del Ejército) in Madrid. Soon after his death, it became one of the most precious possessions of the Castilian royal family. And in 1999, a small sample of the blade underwent metallurgical analysis which partially confirmed that it was made in Moorish Cordoba in the eleventh century, although the report does not specify whether the larger-scale composition of the blade identifies it as Damascus steel. In 2006 "El Museo Del Ejércitp" (The Army Museum) was moving from Madrid to Toledo and apparently the sword was not available to be seen in public. El Cid also had a sword called Colada.
c.		When Steve Freeling first meets with the university paranormal specialists, he states that his wife, Diane Freeling, was "32" at the time, and their eldest daughter, Dana, was "16". Thus, Diane was only sixteen years-old when she gave birth to Dana.
d.		The home of Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is revealed as being 33 Riverside Drive, New York City. The real actual house was located on West 75th Street on Manhattans Upper West Side. Numerous scenes were filmed around this location.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		John Emery died shortly after release in the USA.
b.		Woody Allen was offered accompaniment to sing "Almost Like Being In Love", but he refused, preferring to sing it a capella, and did so.
c.		Another theory for the horse name of Babieca is that this horse came from the Babia region. This was the reason that the horse became a great war horse.
d.		One of the stunt pilots, Frank Tallman, who flew the red stearman plane, claimed this film was the most dangerous film hed ever flown for. He was killed in a crash soon after filming finished.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		Lisa Kudrow made up the entire "special glue" formula on the spot.
b.		MGM reportedly planned to have Otto Kruger and Aline MacMahon in the film, though neither eventually made the picture.
c.		Because of excessive takes for each scene by director William Wyler, Jezebel allegedly ran 28 days behind schedule.
d.		It wasnt until viewing the finished film at the premiere that Dr. Miklós Rózsa discovered that roughly 20% of his score had been eliminated. He didnt do another score for producer Samuel Bronston.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		After the death of El Cid, Babieca was never mounted again and died two years later at the incredible age of forty. His master had asked that his wife and famous steed be buried with him at the Monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña. But unfortunately their remains were removed after the Peninsular Wars and taken to the cathedral in Burgos where they were finally interred and where they currently rest today.
b.		The films title is used in one scene where Jamie Foxx is outside the jazz club talking to himself and Tom Cruises character kills Daniel the jazz club owner and then proceeds to beat him up, muttering the line "Im just collateral anyway" before hes attacked.
c.		Though billed prominently as a star of Funny People, Eric Bana appears only in the last third of the film.
d.		Although Janet Leigh was not bothered by the filming of the famous shower scene, seeing it on film profoundly moved her. She later remarked that it made her realize how vulnerable a woman was in a shower. To the end of her life, she always took baths.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		In Britain, the Pathescope Company released a 900 ft mute version on the 9.5mm gauge in 1938 and some prints still exist.
b.		One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
c.		Solveig: Near the end of the movie when Bill Bellamy is running through the house, the porn star Solveig has a cameo sex scene.
d.		Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Charlton Heston himself was not overly impressed by the finished film, suggesting in his 1995 autobiography "In the Arena" that the film might have been better if William Wyler had directed it instead of Anthony Mann.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		After doing this film, Charles Laughton claimed that he could not go to a zoo for the rest of his life.
b.		El Cid did not die as depicted in the film. He died peacefully in 1099 while ruling his principality on the coast of Spain. His wife Jimena continued to rule after his death.
c.		Edward Brophys first film.
d.		Before casting Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan Kenobi, George Lucas considered casting Japanese actor Toshirô Mifune. He also considered making casting a Japanese Princess Leia.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: El Cid (1961)?
a.		The writer and the director of the film started smoking cigarettes together. As they became more and more addicted to nicotine, the idea of the film "Quitting" was conceived.
b.		The cashier at Zine-O-Phobia who is talking about how to remove flesh from a corpse is also leafing through a supplemental catalog from Loompanics Unlimited, a company that sells controversial and unusual books. The book with the reddish cover on the counter in front of the cashier is "Secrets of a Super Hacker" (its about computers, not machetes) which is available from Loompanics.
c.		Abe introduces Abbie to Sean Connery, who happens to walk by dressed as a U.S. Army officer. Connery was actually in costume for the filming of The Presidio, and did the cameo appearance in between takes.
d.		According to the legend of El Cid, in his youth Rodrigo came across a leper sinking in quicksand crying for help, but none of the bystanders dared touch him. Rodrigo pulled him from the bog, clothed him in his cloak, housed him in a barn and went to get him some food. When he returned, he found the leper had transformed into an angelic figure that identified himself as St. Lazarus. He said "For your bravery and kindness you will enjoy success as a warrior. You will win battles upon battles and never know defeat". In a nice nod to the legend, the film contains a scene wherein the banished Rodrigo encounters a thirsty leper who begs a drink. After unhesitatingly offering his own pouch, the Leper thanks him by name. "Who are you?" asks Rodrigo. "I am called Lazarus." The leper answers. Then he crosses Rodrigo with his staff. "May helping hands be extended to you everywhere you go, my Cid."

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