Exploring Doctor Zhivago
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Who directed the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago?

  • Robert Bolt
  • Boris Pasternak
  • David Lean (correct)
  • Carlo Ponti
  • Which country banned Boris Pasternak's novel for decades?

  • Russia (correct)
  • Italy
  • United States
  • Spain
  • How many Oscars did Doctor Zhivago win at the 38th Academy Awards?

  • Four
  • Five (correct)
  • Three
  • Two
  • 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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