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Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Titus (1999) - Part (4) Quiz
Famous trivia from Hollywood movie : Titus (1999) - 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: 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.
The seventeenth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies starring
Warner Oland
.
b.
According to
John Leguizamo
in his autobiography, his frequent improvisation angered
Kurt Russell
so much that they got into a shoving match. Leguizamos improvised line "Hope the smell doesnt give us away." started the fight.
c.
Julie Taymor
s stage production of the play ends with the implication that Lucius is going to kill Aarons baby, but during production of the film, actor
Angus MacFayden
convinced Taymor that Lucius was an honorable man and would not go back on his word.
d.
Previously
Ron Howard
and
Shirley Jones
had played sister and brother in
The Music Man
while in this movie they probably become stepmother and stepson.
2.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.
When the dead Caesers sons first appear with their respective crowds, the cars they use to travel gives hints to their fate: Saturninus rides in a coach resembling the vehicle used by Hitler when he would travel in marches, whereas Bassianus rides in the same model car that JFK was riding in on the day he was assassinated.
b.
Rose McGowan
originally suggested her friend
Rey-Phillip Santos
for the role of El Wray. Instead it went to
Freddy Rodríguez
.
c.
Tyler Hilton
,
Waylon Payne
, and
Johnathan Rice
are all singers in real life.
d.
Roddy Piper
s character never gives his name nor is he referred to by name throughout the entire movie. He is simply referred to as "Nada" in the credits, which means "nothing" in Spanish. The name is most likely a reference to George Nada, the main character of Ray Nelsons short story "Eight OClock in the Morning," which was the basis for They Live.
3.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.
When Gorman Bechard wrote the first draft of the "Friends (with benefits)" script in 1999, he titled it "Fuck Buddies", but soon found that attracting a talented cast to a film of that name became rather difficult, thus forcing the name change. Though on his personal computer, anything related to the film is still kept in a folder named "Fuck Buddies".
b.
For the banquet scene, two different types of pie were used; for shots where no one was eating, the pie was rare meatloaf, for shots where people can be seen eating, it was bean pie.
c.
Rhona Mitra
s film debut.
d.
The names of the 15 chapters are: 1. Vow Of Mystery, 2. The Enemy Strikes, 3. The Hand of Treachery, 4. A Life in Jeopardy, 5. The Message Stone, 6. The Midnight Attack, 7. The Double Game, 8. The Strange Pact, 9. The Auction Block, 10. Outwitted, 11. Dangerous Waters, 12. House of Treachery, 13. On Perilous Grounds, 14. Shifting Sands, 15. The Toll Of The Desert
4.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.
Harold Faltermeyer
s music score was the first to be performed and recorded on the polyphonic 16 bit stereo Synclavier Digital Music System.
b.
The character DArtagnan also appears in the play Cyrano de Bergerac, which has also been filmed with
Gérard Depardieu
.
c.
When Chiron (
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
) and Demetrius (
Matthew Rhys
) dress as Rape and Murder, Titus grabs Rape and begins to grind up against him. Actor Jonathan Rhys Myers had no idea that Hopkins was going to do this, and his reaction in the film is completely genuine.
d.
A Jewel Production. Universal did not own a proprietary theater network and sought to differentiate its feature product to independent theater owners.
Carl Laemmle
created a 3-tiered branding system: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige films). Jewel releases were promoted as worthy of special promotion in hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices. Universal ended branding in late 1929.
5.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.
The young girl sewing in the first scene at the convent is
Marlene Dietrich
s daughter,
Maria Riva
.
b.
The dubbing of the British version was so poorly done that a disclaimer was added to the credits to the effect that the bad sound was caused by "poor atmospheric conditions" encountered by the films makers in Guatemala. In fact, prints of the serial itself present an adequate soundtrack and no disclaimer: it is unique to the British cut-and-dubbed edition of this feature version.
c.
The scene of the alligator stalking past the sewer tunnel supports and the shot of the saliva under the microscope was stock footage from the original
Alligator
.
d.
The music playing just before the heads of Martius and Quintus are shown to their father Titus was later re-used by
Julie Taymor
in
Across the Universe
.
6.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.
In the Hamilton location (the train station scenes), the director,
Bryan Singer
, was mistaken for an onlooker, and was harassed by a policeman, not letting him join the production team for some moments.
b.
Minnie Driver
s character Skylar is named after Damons girlfriend,
Skylar Satenstein
, who left Damon for
Metallica
drummer
Lars Ulrich
before filming began. Damon and Driver became romantically involved during production.
c.
Shortly after the film
300
was released, there was considerable controversy as regards
Tyler Bates
s score. It was noted that Bates music borrowed heavily from
Elliot Goldenthal
s score for Titus. In particular, Bates "Remember Us" is identical in parts to Goldenthals "Finale", and "Returns a King" is very similar to "Victorius Titus". There was talk of an impending lawsuit, however, on 3 August 2007, Warner Bros. Pictures acknowledged on 300s official website, "a number of the music cues for the score of 300 were, without our knowledge or participation, derived from music composed by Academy Award winning composer Elliot Goldenthal for the motion picture Titus. Warner Bros. Pictures has great respect for Elliot, our longtime collaborator, and is pleased to have amicably resolved this matter." As a result, the composer credit on the 2009 Blu-ray re-release of 300, "300: The Ultimate Experience", features the note "Derived in Part from Pre-existing Compositions Not Authored by Tyler Bates".
d.
Catherine Zeta-Jones
and
Heath Ledger
were contenders to play Satine and Christian. Other possible Christians included
Hugh Jackman
,
Jake Gyllenhaal
and
Ronan Keating
. Other possible Satines included
Renée Zellweger
,
Natalie Jackson Mendoza
,
Sharleen Spiteri
, and
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
.
Tim Wheeler
, of the rock band
Ash
, auditioned for the lead role of Christian, which led him to write the track "Orpheus".
Courtney Love
auditioned for Satine, and allowed
Baz Luhrmann
to use
Nirvana
s "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in the opening sequence, a rare case of allowing her late husband
Kurt Cobain
s work to be used in film or TV.
7.
Which of the following famous movie trivia, is related to the Hollywood movie: Titus (1999)?
a.
Director of photography
Timothy A. Burton
had a cameo as the lazy Janitor.
b.
The town of Milledgeville is mentioned. There is no Milledgeville in California, but there is in
Oliver Hardy
s home state of Georgia. Hardy sometimes referred to place names near his home in his films as an "in-joke,"
c.
Filmed in 1947, not released until 1950.
d.
Julie Taymor
and
Anthony Hopkins
disagreed about Titus mental state throughout production, with Taymor feeling that Titus is feigning a kind of madness, but is in fact mad himself, but with Hopkins feeling that Titus is feigning madness and is in fact totally sane. They never resolved their differences and on their respective commentaries on the DVD, they both mention their differing interpretations.
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