History Trivia / PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime

* OrphanedReference: The brief visit to the sultan's menagerie, where the main enclosure is exited through a conspicuous torn hole, was intended to foreshadow a cut boss battle with a [[RaisingTheSteaks Sand-mutated]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent griffon]].

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: And ''unintentionally'' so. Wanting to maximise profits from the release, Disney barred screenings for critics and in the same time organised release date in "reverse" order to their standard procedure: first releasing globally, and week later in the English-speaking countries, including American market. And the international release wasn't on standardised date either. The result was movie leaked online by mid-May, despite not being released anywhere until 19th of it. Since the reviews from all around the globe still reached the US market ''anyway'', it cooled down any anticipation, ''then'' the American critics trashed the movie on their own. While the film was nowhere near the level of bomb Disney claimed, they managed to mismanage it completely in the very end to decrease their profits. This still stands years later, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes as it is not available to stream on]] [[Creator/DisneyPlus Disney+]].

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: And ''unintentionally'' so. Wanting to maximise profits from the release, Disney barred screenings for critics and in the same time organised release date in "reverse" order to their standard procedure: first releasing globally, and week later in the English-speaking countries, including American market. And the international release wasn't on standardised date either. The result was movie leaked online by mid-May, despite not being released anywhere until 19th of it. Since the reviews from all around the globe still reached the US market ''anyway'', it cooled down any anticipation, ''then'' the American critics trashed the movie on their own. While the film was nowhere near the level of bomb Disney claimed, they managed to mismanage it completely in the very end to decrease their profits.

* OrphanedReference: The brief visit to the sultan's menagerie, where the main enclosure is exited through a conspicuous torn hole, was intended to foreshadow a cut boss battle with a [[RaisingTheSteaks Sand-mutated]] [[OurGryphonsAreDifferent griffon]].

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, $150–200 million. Box office, $336 million. While these earnings made the film the most successful video game adaptation ever (only losing this distinction in 2016 to ''Film/{{Warcraft}}''), it certainly didn't bring the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''-like numbers Disney expected.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget, 150–200 million. Box Office, 336 million.

* PlayingAgainstType: Jake Gyllenhaal, an action hero? In this movie, yes. Note that he was almost cast to replace Tobey Maguire as Franchise/SpiderMan in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (due to Tobey's health concern). He was even preparing himself for the role.

* DoingItForTheArt: Creator/JakeGyllenhaal had to learn [[LeParkour parkour]] in preparation for his role.

! Tropes Associated With The 2003 Game:

! Tropes Associated with the 2010 movie:

! Tropes Associated With The 2003 Game:
* StarMakingRole: The first for Creator/YuriLowenthal as the titular character, with [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]] doing the same for him in animation two years later.

* FakeNationality: No one in the film was actually Persian/Iranian. American (of Swedish/Jewish ancestry) Creator/JakeGyllenhaal plays the title character along with Brits Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/BenKingsley, and Creator/AlfredMolina.

* StarMakingRole: The first for Creator/YuriLowenthal as the title character, with [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]] doing the same for him in animation two years later.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/JakeGyllenhaal, an action hero? In this movie, yes. Note that he was almost cast to replace Tobey Maguire as Franchise/SpiderMan in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (due to Tobey's health concern). He was even preparing himself for the role.

%%! Tropes Associated With The 2003 Game:

* FakeNationality: No one in the film was actually Persian/Iranian. American(of Swedish/Jewish ancestry) Creator/JakeGyllenhaal plays the title character along with Brits Creator/GemmaArterton, Creator/BenKingsley, and Creator/AlfredMolina.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget,150–200 million. Box Office,336 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: 150–200 million. Box Office: 336 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget: 150–200 million. Box Office: 336.4 million.

* BoxOfficeBomb: Budget:

%%* AllStarCast

* StillbornFranchise: Planned as the first of seven films.

* AllStarCast

* PlayingAgainstType: Jake Gyllenhaal, an action hero? In this movie, yes. Note that he was almost cast to replace Tobey Maguire as Franchise/SpiderMan in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' (due to Tobey's health concern). He was even preparing himself for the role.

! Tropes Associated With The 2003 Game:
* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/YuriLowenthal as the titular Prince.

* StillbornFranchise

* PlayingAgainstType: Jake Gyllenhaal, an action hero? In this movie, yes. Note that he was almost cast to replace Tobey Maguire as {{Spider-Man}} in ''Film/SpiderMan 2'' (due to Tobey's health concern). He was even preparing himself for the role.
* StillbornFranchise

* PlayingAgainstType: Jake Gyllenhaal, an action hero? In this movie, yes. Note that he was almost cast to replace Tobey Maguire as {{Spider-Man}} in ''Film/SpiderMan 2'' (due to Tobey's health concern). He was even preparing himself for the role.

* MythologyGag: In the movie:
** One of the Hassansins wields the Dark Prince's [[WhipItGood Daggertail]] and the [[KungPow iron claw]] of the 2008 ''Prince of Persia''.
** While the movie was based on the Sands of Time trilogy, the prince wears some headscarves that are quite similar to the 2008 ''Prince of Persia'''s headwear.
** Those who use the time rewind temporarily gain {{Power Tattoo}}s on their dagger half of the body that look similar to Dark Prince from ''The Two Thrones''.
** The Prince's armor is heavily based on the outfit he wore in ''Warrior Within''.
** There's a short scene where the prince wears a turban on his head, which is something the prince from one of the first ''Prince of Persia'' games does.
** When the Hassansins are first introduced, during their weapon training, upon being hit with a weapon, what looks like sand flies out of one of them. This is a direct reference to the Sand Creatures in the ''Sands of Time'' game, until it is revealed that they are indeed human.
** Many of Dastan's outfits bear resemblence to the Prince's outfits throughout the games. During the fight between Dastan and a soldier, his appearance mirrors that of the Prince's appearance at both the end of ''Sands of Time'' (before turning back time) and his whole appearance throughout ''The Two Thrones''. During the takeover of Alamut, his appearance mirrors that of the Prince's appearance in ''Warrior Within''.
** The AdiposeRex that Dastan is carrying during the king's funeral is a reference to the fat king from the game who is the king's friend.
** Tamina's knowledge of the Sands of Time and what they can do somewhat mirrors Kaileena from ''Warrior Within''. Likewise, her actions, aside from using weapons, mirror that of Farah from ''Sands of Time''.
** There's a scene in which Garsiv holds his sheathed sword. It's {{lampshaded}} too. This is a reference to the 2008 ''Prince of Persia'' game in which the prince holds his sheathed sword all the time.
** The film carries on the tradition of [[spoiler:having the Prince's love interest die moments before the climax only to be resurrected in the end,]] in a manner suspiciously similar to [[spoiler:Farah's HeroicSacrifice]] in the original ''Sands of Time'' game.
** While the Prince is scaling the walls of the city by grabbing onto arrows fired from the ground, one of the arrows hits his (thankfully armored) hand and he looks back with chagrin. This is a nod to the ''Sands of Time'' game, in which Farah had an annoying tendency to sometimes hit the Prince with arrows instead of the enemy she was aiming at.
** As mentioned in the entry below, the fact that [[TheQueensLatin all the major characters have British accents]] is a nod to the ''Sands of Time'' game.
** The Prince finds himself on the run from the royal army after [[spoiler:being framed for his father's murder]]. The second game in the original series, ''The Shadow & The Flame'', has a similar setup. Even better, the reason he's running in that game is because the Princess has been tricked into thinking that he's a beggar from the streets.
** Early in the movie, we see Dastan attempting a vertical wall run with somersault, a move frequently used in the games, and failing. Later, however, he pulls out a perfect one while on the run.

*** {{YMMV}} but arguably the hassansins themselves given Ubisofts other [[AssassinsCreed series of platforming epics]].