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 (C)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Yevgraf Zhivago searching for in the film?

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

What profession does Dr Yuri Zhivago have in the film?

<p>Poet (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Yevgraf (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Varykino (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who does Yuri recognize as Pasha during his interrogation?

<p>Strelnikov (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who offers help to Yuri and Lara to leave Russia?

<p>Komarovsky (D)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Kitsch (A)</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. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Yevgraf searching for with the help of Lara?

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

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

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

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

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

Who suggested Omar Sharif for the role of Zhivago?

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

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

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

Where was most of the filming for the movie done?

<p>Spain (A)</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 (C)</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 (A)</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 (D)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Canada (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which country's locomotives were used in the film?

<p>Spain (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When was Doctor Zhivago released theatrically?

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

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