Julius Caesar 1970
Julius Caesar
All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.
All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.
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All 1 Videos & 7 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Marc Antony
... Marcus Brutus
... Julius Caesar
... Servilius Casca
... Octavius Caesar / Augustus
... Artemidorus
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See All 1 Reviews03 Jun 2023 by CinemaSerf
I recall seeing Charlton Heston on stage at the height of his "Man For All Seasons" theatrical pomp, and he wasn't half bad. In this, however, made much earlier - he is still very much honing his theatrical skills. He portrays Mark Anthony, and the rest of an admittedly acclaimed cast stick pretty closely to the narrative of the bard's telling of the rise and fall of Caesar. That role falls to Sir John Gielgud, the only established thespian amongst this rather odd assembly of talent that deliver, with varying degrees of conviction, some of the best lines in English literature. Jason Robards makes a decent fist of Brutus as does Diana Rigg (Portia) but Richard Chamberlain (Octavius), Robert Vaughn (Casca) and Richard Johnson (Cassius) really fall well short of the mark with their over-dramatised emphasis on the language and the gestures. The costumes and photography in general look fine, but somehow that seems to add to this effort's problems - it lacks the intensity and intimacy of a stage performance. Indeed, I wonder if the same cast were to have done this in a theatre, might it not have been more distinguished? It is certainly worth a watch, there is a suitably rousing score from Michael J. Lewis, but I think the end product is not equal to the sum of it's parts.
Release Date:
Jun 04, 1970 (United Kingdom)
Run Time:
1hr 57`
MMPA Rating:
G
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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I recall seeing Charlton Heston on stage at the height of his "Man For All Seasons" theatrical pomp, and he wasn't half bad. In this, however, made much earlier - he is still very much honing his theatrical skills. He portrays Mark Anthony, and the rest of an admittedly acclaimed cast stick pretty closely to the narrative of the bard's telling of the rise and fall of Caesar. That role falls to Sir John Gielgud, the only established thespian amongst this rather odd assembly of talent that deliver, with varying degrees of conviction, some of the best lines in English literature. Jason Robards makes a decent fist of Brutus as does Diana Rigg (Portia) but Richard Chamberlain (Octavius), Robert Vaughn (Casca) and Richard Johnson (Cassius) really fall well short of the mark with their over-dramatised emphasis on the language and the gestures. The costumes and photography in general look fine, but somehow that seems to add to this effort's problems - it lacks the intensity and intimacy of a stage performance. Indeed, I wonder if the same cast were to have done this in a theatre, might it not have been more distinguished? It is certainly worth a watch, there is a suitably rousing score from Michael J. Lewis, but I think the end product is not equal to the sum of it's parts.
Cast & Crew of
Julius Caesar
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Marc Antony
... Marcus Brutus
... Julius Caesar
... Servilius Casca
... Octavius Caesar / Augustus
... Artemidorus
... Cassius
... Portia
... Metellus Cimber
... Cinna the Poet
... Messala
... Calpurnia
JM
John Moffatt... Popilius Lena
... Cinna the Conspirator
... Titinius
JT
John Tate... Clitus
... Pindarus
... Strato
... Flavius
... Cicero
Produced By
PS
Peter Snell... Producer
JS
James Swann... Associate Producer
DJJ
Denis Johnson Jr... Production Manager