Easter egg: On the second disc, when the menu first appears, hit right on your DVD remote to highlight one of the wooden planks on the Trojan horse, and hit Enter. There is a clip the CG department made of some animatic 'bloopers' during the movie.
Troy (2004)
1 easter egg
Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Starring: Brad Pitt, Sean Bean, Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Peter O'Toole, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Saffron Burrows, Julian Glover
Continuity mistake: While Ajax and Hector fight, Hector head butts Ajax, and three shots later in a wide shot, half of the hammer end of his unusual spear actually breaks and falls to the ground behind him to his left. But lo and behold, in the next close-up the bloody hammer end (bloodier than the previous shot) of his spear is whole and intact. (01:20:00)
Hector: All my life I've lived by a code; and the code is simple: Honor the gods, love your woman, and defend your country. Troy is mother to us all. Fight for her!
Trivia: The huge bald Boagrius at the beginning of the film who gets killed by Achilles is truly indeed a big person. Although slightly modified by digital technology, he is in real life 6'10", 330 pounds. He is professional wrestler Nathan Jones.
Question: What's the use of those sharp poles the Trojans put on the beach before the Greeks land? They're too large to be of use against infantry, and the Greeks don't use cavalry, and wouldn't be likely to use cavalry to storm the beach even if they did.
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Answer: They didn't know the Greeks weren't bringing cavalry. The Greeks did use them and sometimes brought them by sea. It was there to stop a cavalry charge and to break up fighting formations.
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