Exploring Doctor Zhivago

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Who directed the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago?

David Lean

Which country banned Boris Pasternak's novel for decades?

Russia

How many Oscars did Doctor Zhivago win at the 38th Academy Awards?

Five

Which award did the film win at the 23rd Golden Globe Awards?

<p>Best Motion Picture - Drama</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which year was the film ranked 27th on the British Film Institute's list of the greatest British films of all time?

<p>1999</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Yevgraf Zhivago searching for in the film?

<p>His niece</p> Signup and view all the answers

What profession does Dr Yuri Zhivago have in the film?

<p>Poet</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who informs Yuri that his poems have been condemned as antagonistic to communism?

<p>Yevgraf</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where does the family travel to after their Moscow house is confiscated?

<p>Varykino</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who does Yuri recognize as Pasha during his interrogation?

<p>Strelnikov</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who offers help to Yuri and Lara to leave Russia?

<p>Komarovsky</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to film critic Roger Ebert, what did he regard Doctor Zhivago as?

<p>An example of superb old-style craftsmanship</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Geoffrey Macnab, what did he find the film bordering on?

<p>Kitsch</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes about Doctor Zhivago?

<p>It may not be the best of David Lean's epics, but it is still brilliantly photographed and sweepingly romantic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Yevgraf searching for with the help of Lara?

<p>His daughter</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which Italian publisher published Boris Pasternak's novel 'Doctor Zhivago'?

<p>Giangiacomo Feltrinelli</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Soviet government see 'Doctor Zhivago' as?

<p>An anti-Soviet work</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who played the role of Pasha in David Lean's film adaptation of 'Doctor Zhivago'?

<p>Tom Courtenay</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was David Lean's original choice for the role of Zhivago in the film?

<p>Peter O'Toole</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who suggested Omar Sharif for the role of Zhivago?

<p>Michael Caine</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who was considered for the role of Lara in the film?

<p>Jeanne Moreau</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where was most of the filming for the movie done?

<p>Spain</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the main criticism of the film 'Doctor Zhivago' by Brendan Gill of The New Yorker?

<p>The film was too slow and immobile</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the Monthly Film Bulletin say about the film 'Doctor Zhivago'?

<p>It was an honest failure</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Time magazine, how did they describe the film 'Doctor Zhivago'?

<p>Literate, old-fashioned, soul-filling and thoroughly romantic</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Richard L. Coe of The Washington Post identify as the greatest drawback of the film 'Doctor Zhivago'?

<p>The film's length</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where were the winter scenes of the family traveling to Yuriatin by rail filmed?

<p>Canada</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which country's locomotives were used in the film?

<p>Spain</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happened to Lili Muráti during the filming of a train scene?

<p>She escaped serious injury and returned to work within three weeks</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was Doctor Zhivago released theatrically?

<p>22 December 1965</p> Signup and view all the answers

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