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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Kingdom of Heaven (2005) - Part (4) Quiz
This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005).
About the movie:
Balian of Ibelin travels to Jerusalem during the crusades of the 12th century, and there he finds himself as the defender of the city and its people.
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
The eighth pairing out of ten movies of comic actors and great friends
Jack Lemmon
and
Walter Matthau
.
b.
After being cast in the role of Godfrey, actor
Liam Neeson
realized he knew nothing about the Crusades and began his research with The Complete Idiots Guide to the Crusades by Paul L. Williams, a book Neeson calls "extremely informative".
c.
The end credits dont call any of the people trapped in the elevator by their names. Just their occupations or what they are, e.g. Older Woman.
d.
The apple on the cover of the book is not only a symbol for the forbidden; in Scandinavian mythology the apple is a symbol for eternal youth and beauty. However, on her official website
Stephenie Meyer
states that she used the apple on the book cover because of the past literary connections (causing trouble every time) like in Snow White and the Golden Apple Paris gives to Aphrodite in Greek Mythology and because to her apple represents "choice".
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
The role of Doctor Wonka (
Christopher Lee
) was written specifically for the film to give the character of Willy Wonka a bit of a family history.
b.
For the first shot of
Erich von Stroheim
playing Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in this film, director
Billy Wilder
filmed him in a close-up from the back of his neck as an establishment shot. Wilder said: "Standing with his stiff fat neck in the foreground he could express more than almost any actor with his face."
c.
As he had done in Huesca, production designer
Arthur Max
used a real kasbah when constructing Ibelin, and simply built an extension onto the existing structure. The set was built primarily by local craftsmen using traditional building techniques (eg mud bricks were made on-site from local earth and straw, doors and window frames were hand-carved from local palm trees, roofing tiles were hand-thrown and hand-fired).
d.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 6.8 seconds, fast for an early CinemaScope film.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
Elizabeth Taylor
and
Paul Newman
were both set to do this film but when Taylor became ill during the early filming of
Cleopatra
, Newman was able to do
The Hustler
instead.
b.
Paul Miller
: the father of the boy going through his Bar Mitzvah rights.
c.
Both director
Ridley Scott
and writer
William Monahan
felt that the unnamed character played by
David Thewlis
was an embodiment of God, or at the very least, an angel on a mission from God. This is not at all apparent in the theatrical cut, but in the Directors Cut, there are two scenes which strongly hint at it - one where the character seemingly disappears after a conversation with Balian (
Orlando Bloom
); the other where he seems to resurrect Balian after being attacked by three assassins.
d.
The election referred to was the German Federal election of 1933, in which the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP, or the Nazis) received 43.9% of the overall vote, an increase of 10.8% on the previous election.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
Not only was Joaquin Merieta a historical figure, he is widely believed to be the inspiration for the original literary character Zorro.
b.
Earned four out of four stars from the Daily Bulletin Newspaper.
c.
At the time the film takes place no building in Los Angeles was allowed to be taller than city hall, so the cameras were placed at certain points so that any building taller than city hall would not be seen.
d.
The screenplay originally began with Balian (
Orlando Bloom
) awakening after the shipwreck. Writer
William Monahan
had wanted to begin the story with the death of Balians wife in France, but had feared that that would make the screenplay too long. When
Ridley Scott
became interested in the project, he told Monahan not to worry about length and to begin the screenplay where he wanted to begin it.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
Director
Ridley Scott
and cinematographer
John Mathieson
used the work of painters David Roberts and William Turner for visual inspiration.
b.
Sean Connery
was offered the role of John Hammond.
c.
$10 million of the films $20 million budget was spent on a lavish world-wide publicity campaign that included spectacular openings across the United States and Europe.
d.
The director shot this film in his early-20s from a script he wrote as a 14-year-old freshman in high school.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
Prisoner of Pleasure shares a title card with
Afternoon Delights
with some cast credits applying to the former, some to the latter and some applying to both films.
b.
Not wanting to use CGI, or any other green screen or digital effects, the film was shot entirely on location on the freeways, in traffic. The filmmakers drove over 1000 miles during the course of the shoot to get the shots needed.
c.
After being cast as the Hospitaler in the film,
David Thewlis
visited the Hospitalers Museum at St. Johns Gate in London, near where he lives. Whilst there, he discovered that his flat was actually built on the remains of the old priory of the Hospitalers headquarters.
d.
During its first month of production in London,
Johnny Depp
had to take a ten-day leave of absence when his daughter, Lily-Rose, was rushed to a hospital due to a severe illness (which was never disclosed by the media). To accommodate his absenteeism, director
Tim Burton
filmed scenes that didnt feature Depps character.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
Production designer
Arthur Max
, set decorator
Sonja Klaus
and costume designer
Janty Yates
all visited the Salles des Croisades in the Musée National du Château de Versailles for inspiration about the period in which the film is set. The paintings found there became vital in helping the filmmakers design the flags, banners, horse dressing, costumes etc.
Arthur Max
also used the work of Jean-Paul Jérôme and Paul
Gustave Doré
as inspiration in designing his sets for the film.
b.
The climatic scene in the Honeymoon Suite was originally written to take place in the Everglades.
c.
Michelle Pfeiffer
stated in interviews that she was initially put off by all the technical aspects of the film, but eventually learned to embrace them. In the end the actress found the experience both educational and enjoyable.
d.
Portions of the film were shot on a two camera 3-D system developed by the cinematographer Bob Sherry. Richard Crawfords creative concept was to heighten the reality of Vietnam by shooting all action war sequences in 3-D and color. The "other world" reality of the US was shot flat and in black and white.
8.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
The reason
Jeremy Irons
character was renamed Tiberias (as opposed to his real name, Raymond III of Tripoli) was because the studio felt audiences would get confused with two major characters both having names beginning with R (the other being Raynald de Chatillon (
Brendan Gleeson
), and so they ordered writer
William Monahan
to change the name of one of them.
b.
While shooting in Helsinki, a young
Renny Harlin
was there watching Don Siegel (I) and
Charles Bronson
working. After seeing two big Hollywood names working, he announced to his friends that he is going to be a film director.
c.
Filming of
The Dionne Quintuplets
took place at their home in Callander, Ontario, Canada, for only 45 minutes per day under the technical supervision of Dr.
Allan R. Dafoe
.
Dorothy Peterson
,
Jean Hersholt
, director
Henry King
, camera and sound men spent 17 days getting as much film shot as they could. King basically discarded the script at that point and let the quintuplets do the things that toddlers do. Twentieth Century-Fox agreed to hire the same number of Canadian technicians as Americans who entered Canada for the movie, after Canadian union men protested the lack of Canadians for the job.
d.
The boars head, as seen hanging on the banners of the large hall, is the crest of Richards family.
9.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
When he attended the Academy Awards,
Gregory Peck
was completely convinced that his friend
Jack Lemmon
would beat him to the Best Actor Oscar for his searing portrayal of an alcoholic in
Days of Wine and Roses
.
b.
The accident with the sea plane cartwheeling on landing, was not in the script - this is a real unplanned accident. The script simply asked for "engine problems at take off". The pilot was unhurt.
c.
Most exterior filming took place in Ouarzazate, Morocco, where
Ridley Scott
had also filmed
Gladiator
and
Black Hawk Down
. A massive replica of Jerusalem was constructed in the desert; the set contained 28,000 square meters of wall and used 6000 tons of plaster. The front of the set was 1,200 feet long, and the walls were 56 feet tall.
d.
When Ahchoo first appears, he and Robin fight Prince Johns knights with a style Robin calls "Praying Mantis". Praying Mantis is an actual martial art - a style of Kung Fu emphasizing grabbing your opponent and bringing him to the ground - but it is nothing like the slapstick techniques that Robin and Ahchoo use.
10.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)?
a.
George Millers first film since
The Witches of Eastwick
. It reunites him with
Susan Sarandon
.
b.
When James names some of the movie suicides, he mentions Carole Landis taking pills, only he forgot when. Carole Landis took her own life on 5 July 1948 in the Pacific Palisades in California.
c.
Two practical trebuchets were built for the film. The arms could pivot 56 feet and fire loads of 100 pounds some 400 meters. During filming, the arms of one of the trebuchet towers snapped due to the extreme temperature changes which dried the wood in the arm. The snapping of the arm can be seen in the behind the scenes footage on the 4-Disc Directors Cut DVD.
d.
The first (and for several years, the only) MGM film to be televised on an entire network, rather than just a local station.
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