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| The impending war in Iraq forced the production to move from Morocco to Baja California Sur, Mexico in February 2003. Brad Pitt, who plays Achilles had a mishap during the production - he tore his left achilles tendon. The Trojan Horse made for the movie is given as a present to Turkey. It is exhibited in (real) Troy, Canakkale. When Paris is helping the citizens of Troy escape, he hands Priam's sword to a young man named Aeneas and tells him that as long as the sword is in the hands of a son of Troy, the Trojans will survive. This is an obvious reference to Virgil's epic poem, The Aeneid, which tells the story of a prince of Troy named Aeneas leading the survivors of Troy through a series of hardships before finally settling in Italy where his descendants where to found Rome 5 centuries later. However, Aeneas was the second greatest warrior the Trojans fielded during the war according to 'The Iliad', and was the son of Venus. These facts were also neglected in the movie and instead Aeneas was relegated to the role of a young boy. That boy should have been instead his son Julus, founder of the family of Caius Julius Caesar. Achilles shouts Hector's name nine times when he is waiting at the gates of Troy. During the fight when Patroclus dresses up pretending to be Achilles, it is actually Brad Pitt himself fighting in that scene so the audience would not guess it is Patroclus. Up to the point where Hector removes his helmet after cutting his throat they switch persons to Garrett Hedlund. |
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Paris: Do you love me, brother? Will you protect me from any enemy? Hector: Last time you spoke to me like this you were 10 years old and you'd just stolen Fathers horse, what have you done now? ________________________________________ Paris: [to Helen] Then I'll make it easy for him to find me. I'll walk right up to him and tell him you're mine. ________________________________________ Priam: Do you love her, my son? Paris: Father, you are a great king, because you love your country so much. Every blade of grass, every grain of sand, every rock in the river... You love all of Troy. That is the way I love Helen. ________________________________________ Paris: Pearls from the sea of Propontus. Helen: They're beautiful, but I could never wear them, Menelaus would kill us both. Paris: Don't be afraid of him. Helen: I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of tomorrow. I'm afraid of watching you sail away and knowing you'll never come back. Before you came to Sparta, I was a ghost. I walked and I ate and I swam in the sea... I was just a ghost. Paris: You don't have to fear tomorrow... come with me! Helen: Don't play with me, don't play. Paris: If you come, we'll never be safe. Men will hunt us, the gods will curse us, but I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body, I'll love you. ________________________________________ Helen: You should not have come here tonight. Paris: That's what you said last night? Helen: Last night was a mistake. Paris: And the night before? Helen: I have made many mistakes this week. |
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Continuity: When Paris first shoots Achilles, half of the arrow goes clear through his heel. Later, when Achilles is dying, the entire arrow is only protruding out of one side of his heel. Continuity: While Paris is fighting Menelaus for Helen's hand, their shadows are opposite. This would mean that the sunlight was on both of their lefts as they face each other. They do not match up and the scenes must have been shot at different times of the day. Continuity: When Paris goes forward to talk to Hector on the ship to Troy, his cloak is wide open at the top. During the rest of the scene, the top closes up without him touching it. Continuity: When Paris enters Helen's room after the dinner, he gently pulls her hair so that it all lies on her back, behind her shoulders, exposing her neck. When she gets up, it is around/in front of her shoulders again which could have happened while getting up but then after a quick shot to Paris, Helen once again has her all of her hair tucked back behind her shoulders. |