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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gladiator (2000) - Part (8) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Gladiator (2000) - Part (8) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000).
About the movie:
When a Roman general is betrayed and his family murdered by a corrupt prince, he comes to Rome as a gladiator to seek revenge.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
Among the changes necessitated by the death of
Oliver Reed
was the final scene, as it was supposed to have been Proximo who buried the figures in the sand of the Coliseum.
b.
The effect of the T-1000 freezing and breaking up was achieved through prosthetics attached to an amputee and with
Robert Patrick
s real limbs buried underneath the set.
c.
Winifred Watson
s book was published the fall of 1938 and it became a smash hit. Plans were in the works for a Hollywood film version starring
Billie Burke
as Miss Pettigrew, but the start of WWII brought those plans to a halt. The publisher re-released the book in 2000 which lead to it being "found" again by Hollywood after 60+ years.
d.
Kim Basinger
reportedly wanted the role of Irene, but director
John Huston
turned her down.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
Filmed at the beginning of 1979,
Steve McQueen
was already very ill with cancer.
b.
Episode 59 of the television show
MythBusters
put the myth of breaking into a safe the way Nick did to the test. Using a thermal lance like Nick, they were able to burn a hole into the same model safe, but it took a very long time and several thermal rods. The contents of the Mythbusters safe were burned as well. The safe was not watertight so they had to seal it from the outside before filling it with water. However, the underwater explosion did blow the door off before the glass relocker mechanism could engage. Based on the safe door becoming dislodged and past police reports they determined it was "plausible".
c.
Shot in only 3 days.
d.
Although much of the movie is fictitious, its interesting to note that Emperor Commodus historically accurate killer, Narcissus, was born in the same Roman African province as the one in the movie where Maximus becomes a gladiator.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
The character of Akton was originally devised as a grotesque alien, but
Marjoe Gortner
refused to wear any heavy make-up.
b.
Originally filmed in late 2003, this was subsequently shelved for many years and never released theatrically (allegedly after poor test screening). Finally released directly to DVD in June 2008.
c.
Writer
David Franzoni
chose not to use the end of the film to note that Rome did not, in fact, become a republic again, because he thought most audiences would already know that.
d.
When Chalmers and Gordon get off the plane, they overhear Leroux giving a different name than he used on the plane. They refer to a scene that was obviously cut out of the finished print.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
It took four hours for
Gerard Butler
to be fitted with full makeup and prosthetics.
b.
Historically speaking, the real Commodus himself did fight in the arena. Unbeknownst to him, the soldiers preparing the gladiator to fight, would stab the opponent in the back to weaken him in the same way that Commodus himself does to Maximus in this film.
c.
The signed picture of former U.S. Vice President
Spiro Agnew
in Lopezs office is one that was commonly sent to the general public that requested one during his tenure. Very common in the collectors world, they usually sell for $20.00 or less.
d.
The films trailer was shot years after the movie itself was. It features a scantly-clad young woman in bed talking about how weird things have been lately, while short clips of the movie play. The actress never appears in the actual film though.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
This film was made and released about six years after
Bruce Jay Friedman
s source book The Lonely Guys Book of Life was first published in 1978.
b.
Another source of inspiration for this movie came from the first episode of the TV series,
Connections
, hosted by a co-writer of this movie,
James Burke
. The episode is called
The Trigger Effect
.
c.
Ridley Scott
initially thought that writer
David Franzoni
s dialog was too "on the nose", so he hired
John Logan
to rewrite the script. Logan rewrote much of the first act and made the decision to kill off Maximus family as motivation for the lead character.
d.
The two zombie children who attack Peter in the airport chart house are played by
Donna Savini
and
Mike Savini
, the real-life niece and nephew of
Tom Savini
. Incidently, these are the only zombies in all of Romeros "Dead" films that spontaneously run and never do the trademark "Zombie shuffle".
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
The real-life Commodus was in fact the only Roman Emperor in history to fight as a gladiator in the arena. However, he did it several times, not just once. Also, he was not killed in the arena but was strangled in his dressing room by an athlete named Narcissus.
b.
The writers werent sure what the Martians should sound like so the script read "ack, ack, ack, ack" for all of their lines of dialogue. This became the actual words spoken by the Martians in the film.
c.
Anthony Hopkins
is one of a number of several top British and American actors who actively pursued the role of
Alfred Hitchcock
.
d.
In the tower fight scene, Kenji wields a Jian, a traditionally Chinese sword, and Lee wields a Katana, a traditionally Japanese sword. Ironically,
Hiroyuki Sanada
is Japanese, while
Jackie Chan
is Chinese.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
Kiefer Sutherland
was only meant to wear the black gloves he wears as David when riding the motorbike. However, while messing around on the bike behind-the-scenes, he fell off, breaking his arm so he had to wear the gloves through the whole movie to cover his cast.
b.
Joaquin Phoenix
got so involved in the scene where Commodus murders his father that he actually fainted afterward.
c.
The last of MGMs seven "Lassie" family films in Technicolor issued between 1943 and 1951, this entry was the only one which did not garner a contemporary New York Times review.
d.
The sets were built using paper, paint and hot glue.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Gladiator (2000)?
a.
For a while,
Tim Burton
was considering to direct, but could not due to a conflict with another movie
b.
David Chase
cast several actors in
The Sopranos
after seeing Trees Lounge, such as
Michael Imperioli
, John Ventimiglia,
Suzanne Shepherd
(Carmelas mother) and
Elizabeth Bracco
(Vitos wife).
c.
In the original drafts of the script, the name of the main character was not Maximus, but Narcissus, the name of the man who killed Commodus in real life.
d.
Director
Sam Raimi
selected "Brotherhood of Blood" as one of the first movies for his new label Ghosthouse Underground at Lionsgate.
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