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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - Part (2) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) - 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: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002).
About the movie:
A young man, falsely imprisoned by his jealous "friends," escapes and uses a hidden treasure to exact his revenge
1.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)?
a.
During one of the fencing scenes between
James Caviezel
and
Guy Pearce
, a move was performed incorrectly and Pearce was actually stabbed through the skin on his side. They took him to a hospital, and after he was patched up, he was bragging about the wound proudly, while Caviezel apologized profusely the whole time.
b.
Not screened for critics.
c.
One of the scenes of a saucer attacking jets is actually based on footage of an air show crash.
d.
The sound department had constant problems during shooting. To emulate the sound quality of 1960s films, an analog cassette recorder was used, with digital recording as a backup. The analog recorder would often pick up faint radio signals on tape, rendering audio worthless. Also, the digital mixer employed on set frequently failed, forcing the audio department to rely on post-production editing to accomplish the desired sound design.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)?
a.
George Clooney
is credited with he small role of "Lip Syncing Transvestite" in this movie. Clooney, who was two years away from his breakthrough role in
ER
, was still a struggling actor in LA, doing guest-starring and semi-regular roles on shows like
Roseanne
and
The Golden Girls
. This movies lead actor,
Miguel Ferrer
, is Clooneys first Cousin (Ferrer is the son of Clooneys fathers sister,
Rosemary Clooney
).
b.
The scene involving Villefort trying to kill himself and Monte Cristo asking him: "Did you think Id make it that easy for you?" was shot in two versions. Director
Kevin Reynolds
thought the other version, where the gun was actually loaded, worked better and put it into the original cut. However, some test audiences, without the knowledge of the existing footage, indicated it would be better if the gun was not loaded, so the scene in the final cut was inserted.
c.
Jodie Foster
turned down the role of Emma Horton, due to her commitment at Yale.
d.
According to
Anthony Daniels
, it only took him less than 10 minutes to put on the C-3P0 outfit, unlike the last two films were it took him two hours.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)?
a.
Just about every scene of the movie was shot with multiple cameras.
b.
In the book, Villefort is publicly humiliated by the exposure of old crimes. He later goes insane, and Dantes leaves him that way.
c.
Director
Robert Mulligan
learned quickly not to rely on excessive takes as he found that the more takes that were required, the less spontaneous and natural his child actors became.
d.
The medal that Ethan gives away is the Order of St. Guadalupe, the second highest award of the Mexicans at the time (equivalent to the Distinguished Service Cross). Many Confederates went south after the war and as a Horse Artillery Sergeant (red SGT stripes with yellow britches stripes) he would have been highly paid.
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)?
a.
Matthias Hues
, who played the films alien bad guy, performed all of his own stunts because there were no doubles who could match his size (Hues is 6-foot-5).
b.
Dagmara Dominczyk
(Mercedes) is only seven years older than
Henry Cavill
who plays her son (Albert).
c.
Filmed in 1979.
d.
Sets were built only as high as the tops of the actors heads and computer graphics filled in the rest. But
Liam Neeson
was so tall that he cost the set crew an extra $150,000 in construction.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)?
a.
Ben Affleck
was offered the role of Jackie, but turned it down.
b.
Sidney Lumet
was the first choice to direct this film but he backed out. It was Lumets idea to make the characters Cuban and to include the 1980 Mariel harbor boat lift in the story.
c.
In the book, the Spada treasure dates from the 15th century, and had been hidden from Pope Alexander VI.
d.
Shot entirely on video cameras, mostly handheld, then rotoscope-animated on Mac G4 computers and later transferred to 35mm film.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)?
a.
All of the arena material was filmed in HD to match the HBO PPV look; the rest of the film was shot on standard 35mm.
b.
Jack Nicholson
wrote some of his own lines for the monologue Bobby says to his father.
c.
The Count of Monte Cristo was one of Mark Twains favorite books. When Twain toured Europe in 1867, he made a special stop to see the prison, Chateau Dif.
d.
Screenwriter Lisa Lutz began writing the screenplay at the age of 21 in 1991, was paid or asked to rewrite it over 25 times, and ultimately had it made into a movie a decade later.
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