Antony and Cleopatra (1972 film)
  • 1. Who directed the 1972 film adaptation of 'Antony and Cleopatra'?
A) Federico De Urrutia
B) Charlton Heston
C) Orson Welles
D) Peter Snell
  • 2. Which actress played Cleopatra in the 1972 film?
A) Anne Bancroft
B) Hildegarde Neil
C) Irene Pappas
D) Sophia Loren
  • 3. Which character did Eric Porter play in the 1972 film?
A) Enobarbus
B) Sextus Pompey
C) Proculeius
D) Lepidus
  • 4. Who played Octavius Caesar in the film?
A) Douglas Wilmer
B) Roger Delgado
C) Julian Glover
D) John Castle
  • 5. Which role was portrayed by Carmen Sevilla?
A) Fulvia
B) Cleopatra
C) Charmian
D) Octavia
  • 6. Who played the Soothsayer in 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1972)?
A) Douglas Wilmer
B) Julian Glover
C) Roger Delgado
D) Peter Arne
  • 7. Which actor portrayed Lepidus in the 1972 film?
A) John Castle
B) Eric Porter
C) Freddie Jones
D) Fernando Rey
  • 8. Who was responsible for producing 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1972)?
A) Charlton Heston
B) Federico De Urrutia
C) Peter Snell
D) Orson Welles
  • 9. What was the budget for the 1972 film 'Antony and Cleopatra'?
A) $2.7 million
B) $3 million
C) $1.8 million
D) $5 million
  • 10. In which country was the 1972 film 'Antony and Cleopatra' shot?
A) Spain
B) Egypt
C) United States
D) Italy
  • 11. Which previous Shakespearean character had Charlton Heston played before Antony in the 1972 film?
A) Hamlet
B) King Lear
C) Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'
D) Macbeth
  • 12. What was one of the reasons for using leftover footage from another film in 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1972)?
A) Due to budget constraints
B) The sea battle scenes were reused from Charlton Heston's 1959 film 'Ben-Hur'
C) To save time on shooting new scenes
D) Because the original footage was lost
  • 13. Which company helped finance the 1972 film?
A) Commonwealth United
B) Paramount Pictures
C) Rank Organisation
D) Warner Bros.
  • 14. How was 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1972) received at the box office?
A) It was a major success
B) It had moderate success
C) It broke even
D) It was a box office bomb
  • 15. When was 'Antony and Cleopatra' (1972) released on DVD?
A) December 2015
B) March 2011
C) July 1999
D) January 2005
  • 16. What did MovieWeb say about the film in 2023?
A) 'It failed to capture the essence of Shakespeare's play'
B) 'It's a great film that is underrated'
C) 'It was poorly received by critics and audiences alike'
D) 'It should have been a major box office hit'
  • 17. Which previous film's director did Charlton Heston consider for 'Antony and Cleopatra'?
A) Peter Grenville
B) Jack Gold
C) Orson Welles
D) Laurence Olivier
  • 18. Who was initially considered by Heston for the role of Cleopatra before casting Hildegarde Neil?
A) Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn
B) Julie Christie and Vanessa Redgrave
C) Irene Pappas, Anne Bancroft, Sophia Loren, and Susannah York
D) Barbara Jefford and Glenda Jackson
  • 19. What did Charlton Heston write about adapting the play into a screenplay?
A) 'A challenging but rewarding task'
B) 'One of the most satisfying experiences in my career'
C) 'A straightforward adaptation'
D) 'An arduous process with many obstacles'
  • 20. Which character did Freddie Jones portray?
A) Sextus Pompey
B) Menas
C) Proculeius
D) Agrippa
  • 21. Who was the third member of the Second Triumvirate in 'Antony and Cleopatra'?
A) Octavius Caesar
B) Lepidus
C) Sextus Pompey
D) Lucius Antonius
  • 22. What did Enobarbus do after believing Antony's forces would fall?
A) He fled to Egypt
B) He threw himself off a cliff and died
C) He surrendered to Proculeius
D) He joined Octavius's forces
  • 23. How did Cleopatra ultimately die in the film?
A) She poisoned herself with a potion
B) Through the venomous bite of an asp
C) She was executed by Octavius
D) She died from grief after Antony's death
  • 24. What did Cleopatra do to mislead Antony about her fate?
A) She wrote a letter denying their love
B) She staged a fake funeral
C) She locked herself inside a monument and sent a messenger to falsely inform Antony of her death
D) She fled Egypt with her handmaidens
  • 25. Who was the first screenwriter described in relation to 'Antony and Cleopatra'?
A) Charlton Heston
B) Peter Snell
C) William Shakespeare
D) Federico De Urrutia
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