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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Titus (1999) Quiz

Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Titus (1999)

This quiz will test your movies knowledge by asking you questions related to the various famous movie trivia from the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999).

About the movie: This film is an adaptation of the Shakespeare play "Titus Andronicus." Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family. Who says revenge is sweet?

1.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		In a TV profile on British TV in 2002, Anthony Hopkins confirmed that he had found the experience of working on this film so stressful that he decided at the time to retire from film acting. In the same interview, Hopkins points out that in the dinner scene towards the end of the film he mimics the great British "Knight" actors of Shakespeare: John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, and Laurence Olivier.
b.		Adam Baldwin has a cameo as a bodyguard being interviewed. During the interview, he comments on how stupid it is for a bodyguard to protect kids from bullies, while wearing an identical costume to the one he wore in the movie My Bodyguard where he played a bodyguard to protect a fellow student from a bully. Baldwin still owns the jacket he wore in My Bodyguard and convinced Steven Brill to let him wear it.
c.		The film is shot on location at a real Halloween Haunted attraction in Pennsylvania known as the Hotel of Horror in Saylorsburg, PA.
d.		The real Michael Oher (born in 1986) is two years younger than Quinton Aaron (born in 1984).

2.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		The cast rehearsed for three weeks before filming.
b.		Andrew Fleming: at the beginning of the film, screaming from a dorm window.
c.		Jared Leto lost 25 lbs and befriended real heroin junkies from Brooklyn to prepare for his role as Harry Goldfarb.
d.		Originally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re-edited into a movie.

3.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		The police information states that Dale Denton is 59, though Seth Rogen himself stands at 511.
b.		In one scene (lasting eight minutes and ten seconds), the camera cuts to close-ups of Lamont in which hes neither moving nor speaking, twenty six times (not counting genuine reaction shots).
c.		Following the death of Caesar, the two princes supporters carry banners with the same colors as modern Romes two rival soccer teams: A.S. Roma (yellow/red) and S.S. Lazio (white/pale blue). Director Julie Taymor, however, has said that this was unintentional.
d.		Jessica Lange was the filmmakers first choice to play Angela.

4.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		The working title of the film was "Halo".
b.		After shooting the final scene, Anthony Hopkins unleashed his anger at the close-up camera by giving it a middle-finger salute.
c.		Matthew McConaugheys production companys name, JKL Productions, comes from Woodersons life credo: Just Keep Livin!
d.		Raymond states that his underwear is from the K-Mart on Oak and Burnet. This address is actually for the Vernon Manor Hotel in Cincinnati, the hotel where Charlie, Raymond and Suzanna stay in the beginning of the movie.

5.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		Laura La Plantes singing was dubbed by Eva Olivetti.
b.		Kate Winslet auditioned for the role of Elizabeth in Kenneth Branaghs Frankenstein. Helena Bonham Carter was selected for the role, but Branagh was so impressed by Winslet that he offered her the part of Ophelia in Hamlet. Bonham Carter played Ophelia in Franco Zefferellis 1990 version of Hamlet.
c.		Alan Cumming later appeared in The Tempest, another adaptation of a Shakespearean work and his second collaboration with director Julie Taymor.
d.		Part of the SON OF SHOCK package of 21 titles released to television in 1958, which followed the original SHOCK THEATER release of 52 features one year earlier. This was also one of the 12 Columbia titles, the other 61 all being Universals.

6.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		The entire movie is an extra on the PlayStation 2 video-game, "Destroy All Humans!. It becomes available once the main story campaign is completed.
b.		The microphone used during the election at the beginning of the movie sports the logo SPQR News, SPQR, stands for "Senatus Populusque Romanus" which means "the Senate and people of Rome." The letters were used to denote official entities. They can still be seen in many parts of the city of Rome to this day.
c.		The exterior shots of Capt. Brittles quarters and the building where Major Mac Allshard, Commanding Officer Fort Starke has his HQ are still standing and in Monument Valley itself near to the town of Kanab. The HQ building is now a museum and both are open to the public.
d.		Footage from this movie was used in a DirecTV commercial.

7.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		Director Julie Taymor purposely hired production designer Dante Ferretti for the film as she admired his work so much on Fellini - Satyricon, a similarly styled movie to Titus.
b.		There is one scene where Buddy Young, Jr. is watching "Your Show of Show" starring Sid Caesar and wincing. Ironically, Billy Crystal has cited Sid Caesar for his reason wanting to get into comedy.
c.		Easter Egg: The DVD includes an "Improbability Drive" item on every menu. Clicking this takes you to a random point in one of the bonus features. If you use it several times, you get to see a strange cartoon, which is apparently the same one Deep Thought watches in the movie.
d.		The exterior of the mens club is really the Curtis Institute of Music.

8.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		Director Julie Taymor fought against an NC-17 rating for the film, but finally agreed to make cuts in the Roman orgy scene in order to obtain an R rating. None of the gruesome violence, however, was considered inconsistent with an R rating.
b.		The scene at the junkyard was shot on the hottest day of the summer, while actor Kevin Brunelle dove and buried himself in hot fiber glass scraps.
c.		David Mamets script was heavily criticized as sexist. He defended himself against this allegation in (Guardian supplement) (UK) 8 April 2004, pg. 8-9, "Why cant I show a woman telling lies?"
d.		John Carpenters first film that he made independently since Escape from New York because after not only the box office failure of his previous film Big Trouble in Little China but also his frustration with working with the studios.

9.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		In the early 70s, the Disney studio was undergoing a cost-cutting exercise with their film Robin Hood. To help save money, they recycled several elements from The Jungle Book, including using the design of Baloo for Little John and the dance sequence between Baloo and King Louie which was rotoscoped and used again for Little John and Lady Clucks dance.
b.		Before he came to America and won an Oscar, Anthony Hopkins had appeared in over 100 performances of King Lear (as Lear) and over 100 performances of Antony and Cleopatra (as Antony) and had vowed never to do Shakespeare again. Shortly before being offered the role of Titus by Julie Taymor, he was offered the same role for an English stage production and had turned it down. He also turned down Taymor at first. However, after seeing her stage production of The Lion King and a video of her production for Saito Kinen Orchestra in Japan of the operatic adaptation of Oedipus Rex, Hopkins changed his mind and decided to do the project.
c.		The UK video release was not allowed to have the word "chainsaw" in the title, so the video cover has the words "Hollywood Hookers" with a large silhouette of a chainsaw in between.
d.		The shootout between Han Solo and Greedo inside the Cantina was the subject for a lot of controversy and debate among Star Wars fans as to who shot first. Many fans debated that Greedo actually shot first a split second before Solo did, but with careful examination of the scene, it was obvious that Greedo never fired his shot at all. For the 1997 Special Edition release of this movie, George Lucas had edited the scene to include Greedo shooting first at Solo at point blank range, with Solo moving his head slightly to the right to dodge the shot before firing back at Greedo. The shooting scene was edited for a third time for the 2004 DVD release, so that both Greedo and Han Solo fired their guns more or less at the same time.

10.	Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.		This is one of two movies to be released in 2009 to have been based on a short film released in 2005. The other film was Shane Ackers 9. Both films were adapted for a full-length feature film by their original directors.
b.		Harry Lennix originally played Aaron for Julie Taymors off Broadway production of Titus Andronicus. When informed of the impending movie he felt obligated to reprise his role for the screen.
c.		Right before the Hudson Ferry scene, Ray and his children watch in horror as a locomotive speeds by on fire, and out of control. The train is part of the MTA Metro-North Railroad, which runs in New York, New Jersey, and Conneticut. It can be identified by the paint scheme on the side.
d.		Cecil B. DeMilles first all-sound film (The Godless Girl was essentially a silent film with sound sequences added), and his first of three films for MGM.

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