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