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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : King Arthur (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : King Arthur (2004) - Part (2) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004).
About the movie:
A demystified take on the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
Stellan Skarsgård
turned the role of Cerdic down three times before director
Antoine Fuqua
was able to persuade him to take it. Fuqua never approached any other actor for the part.
b.
The filmmakers originally wanted
Jennifer Beals
to play the banker.
c.
Rene Russo
was originally cast to play Dr. Chase Meridian when
Michael Keaton
was still attached to the project as Batman. However, when Keaton dropped out of the project and was replaced by
Val Kilmer
, Russo was deemed too old to play his love interest and was replaced by
Nicole Kidman
.
d.
Writer/Director
John Stockwell
can be seen very briefly on the television that Sheffield is watching.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
The ramshackle hotel where most of the drama unfolds was constructed on the Warner Bros. lot along with the beach area. Exterior shots of the hurricane were actually taken from stock footage used in
Night Unto Night
, a
Ronald Reagan
melodrama made the same year at Warner Bros.
b.
In an interview with Express Magazine on 24 July 2004, ("Keira Slays The Knights" by John Millar)
Keira Knightley
disclosed that her breasts were digitally enhanced on the American movie posters to make them appear larger.
c.
Film debut of
Burgess Meredith
.
d.
When the building blows up at the start of the film, the roaring sound is the same roar used in
King Kong
for the giant ape.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
Loretta Young
: At the premiere.
b.
John Lee Hancock
did several late uncredited rewrites of the script.
c.
No Technicolor prints have survived.
d.
When Daffy is given the box containing his belongings, it includes a framed picture of the real Warner brothers,
Jack L. Warner
and
Harry M. Warner
.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
Costume designer
Penny Rose
prepared for the film by studying the famous book "The Bog People: Iron Age Man Preserved" by P.V. Glob. Glob discovered both Tollund Man and Grauballe Man in Denmark, both dating from roughly 400 A.D., and both with almost perfectly preserved clothing.
b.
John Banner
s film debut.
c.
Trinity uses a genuine hack to get into the Matrix. She uses Nmap version 2.54BETA25 (an actual port scanning tool) to find a vulnerable SSH server, and then proceeds to exploit it using the SSH1 CRC32 exploit from 2001.
d.
A commercial soundtrack for the film was never released, because the producers did not want it to compete with the debut albums by
Kelly Clarkson
and
Justin Guarini
. However, the song "Timeless", sung by Clarkson and Guarini, was included on Justins debut album, "Justin Guarini".
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
In
David Franzoni
s original script, the love triangle so central to the original myth between Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot was a major part of the plot, as it is in most filmic adaptations of the Arthurian legend (such as
John Boorman
s
Excalibur
for example). However, during his research for the film, director
Antoine Fuqua
came to believe that there was no truth to the love triangle aspect of the story and had Franzoni rewrite the script without it.
b.
Kevin Bacon
broke out in hives around his midsection when he had to film the City Council scene where he makes the case for holding a prom dance. The actor says he is uncomfortable when speaking in public, but has never had a reoccurrence of hives.
c.
Despite its large budget, this serial utilized many sets from other Universal films, such as the laboratory and crypt set from
Bride of Frankenstein
, the castle interiors from
Draculas Daughter
, the idol from
The Mummy
and the opera house interiors from
The Phantom of the Opera
. In addition, the outer walls of Mings castle were actually the cathedral walls from
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
.
d.
Originally,
Steven Spielberg
was going to do a live-action adaptation of Tintin, and called
Peter Jackson
to ask if his VFX company Weta Digital would work on the film, in particular creating a CGI Snowy. Jackson, as it turned out, was a longtime fan of Tintin, and convinced Spielberg that live action would not do justice to the comic books, and that motion capture was the best way of representing
Hergé
s world of Tintin. However, Snowy would still be CGI.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films, 1941-1950, erroneously lists the release date as 1 January 1944, instead of the correct date of 1 January 1945.
b.
Director
Alan Ormsby
was replaced after three weeks of principal photography by
Mark Herrier
.
c.
Ivano Marescotti
didnt speak any English when he was cast as Bishop Germanius, and had to learn the language simultaneously as he rehearsed the role.
d.
There is a single cut in the film from a wide-shot to a close-up of two characters that was filmed a year apart.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
All of the principal actors attended a two week boot camp under the supervisor of stunt coordinator
Steve Dent
. The training included horse-riding, combat riding, archery, boxing, sword fighting, weight training and wilderness social bonding. Because of his age,
Ray Winstone
didnt attend boot camp, but he had boxed in his youth and this was incorporated into his character.
b.
Preview audiences disliked the original ending, and a decision was made to reshoot it. Unfortunately,
Michael Palin
had already embarked on an eight-month voyage around the Pacific Ocean for the BBC documentary
Full Circle with Michael Palin
, and director
Robert Young
had begun his next film.
Fred Schepisi
, who was already talking to
John Cleese
about a film based on Don Quixote, was chosen to reshoot the ending when Palin returned from his trip.
c.
Louise Lombard
was a late casting choice replacing another actress who had to drop out because she had been bitten by a dog with Rabies.
d.
For the film,
Javier Calderon
gained over forty pounds - going from approximately 160 lbs to 208 lbs - and then undertook a fasting regimen where, for two months he ate not one bite of food and ran two miles a day with a plastic sweat suit on. This caused him to loose a pound a day - for 56 days - going from 208 to, at the films end, 146 lbs.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
Vivien Leigh was subject to bouts of depression and alcoholism and was abrasive to fellow actors. After a rocky start with her relationship with Lee Marvin with her complaints about his stale alcohol breath, the two eventually became highly unlikely good friends.
b.
Hugh Grant
and
Benicio Del Toro
were initially considered for the lead roles.
c.
Samantha Lockwood
is also a businesswoman, owning her own jewelry company Fleurings, which is a stylized type of jewelry that holds living flowers.
d.
When
Antoine Fuqua
took over the project, he wanted
Daniel Craig
to play Arthur but was overruled by producer
Jerry Bruckheimer
, who believed that
Clive Owen
was going to be cast as James Bond, which would greatly increase the films commercial shelf-life on DVD.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
Edward Norton
, who had previously rewritten films he starred in, wrote a draft of the script which
Louis Leterrier
and Marvel Studios found satisfactory in establishing the film as a reboot of
Hulk
. As Norton explained, "I dont think that in great literature/films explaining the storys roots means it comes in the beginning. Audiences know the story, so were dealing with it artfully." Nortons rewrite added the character of Doc Samson and mentioned references to other Marvel Comics characters. He also wanted to put in "revelations about what set the whole thing in motion" that would be explained in future installments.
b.
The original director of this film was to be John Korty. When Korty backed out of the project at the last minute, Rob Cohen pleaded with United Artists for directing rights. Unaware of the Heavens Gate fiasco ahead of them, United Artists agreed to let Cohen direct.
c.
Bill "Stink" Fisher reprises his role as Danny Cunningham from
Robert A. Masciantonio
s film
Cold Hearts
.
d.
Keira Knightley
reportedly nearly killed a horse while practicing her archery for the film.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: King Arthur (2004)?
a.
Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, the theatrical release listed "Filmed in Panavision" in the end credits. It was removed from the credits of the home video releases.
b.
In the Mi-T-Mart scene, Brad is wearing a
Bruce Springsteen
T-shirt. Bruces sister
Pamela Springsteen
plays Dina in the movie.
c.
At college,
Mercedes Ruehl
had done a thesis about
T.S. Eliot
s poem "The Wasteland", in which the Fisher King features. Consequently when she received a script entitled "The Fisher King", she knew that this was the right project for her.
d.
The dog who played the title role of "The Dog of Flanders" (named Patrasche in the movie - the same name Peter Paul Reubens named his dog) is the same dog who played the title role in "Old Yeller".
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