The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorel... Read allThe growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 7 wins & 7 nominations total
- Servant to Antony
- (as Bill Phipps)
- Director
- Writers
- William Shakespeare
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis movie was shot in just 35 days, using some of the sets from Quo Vadis (1951), which were dismantled, flown from Rome to Hollywood, and then reassembled for this film. Producer John Houseman confirmed that it was never intended that the movie be shot in color, as he and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz wanted it to have the urgency of a newsreel, not to look like a costume epic.
- GoofsA well-known bust of Emperor Hadrian is visible during the early dialog between Cassius and Brutus, and, later, at Brutus's villa. Hadrian wouldn't be Emperor for more than 120 years.
- Quotes
Marc Antony: You gentle Romans. Gentle Romans, hear me. Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to *bury* Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar.
- Alternate versionsAlso shown in a computer colorized version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Precious Images (1986)
James Mason, who actually has the leading role of Brutus (despite the fact that Brando gets top billing) is excellent, giving a conscience-stricken, restrained performance--he even LOOKS the way one likes to imagine that Brutus must have looked. Marlon Brando reminds us of what a brilliant actor he once was--for an actor who deliberately stayed away from Shakespeare, his performance is remarkable--and every word he says is understandable. This film was the great John Gielgud's first chance to immortalize one of his great roles on film and to show movie audiences what made him such a renowned Shakespearean actor---his Cassius is full of envy that seems about to boil over any minute. Louis Calhern, a rather hammy villain in other films, is subtly unsympathetic, yet vulnerable as Julius Caesar. The photography is fine and completely unobtrusive---as is the music; director Mankiewicz has filmed the play without resorting to any gimmicks or cheap "Hollywoody" stunts,and the adaptation is so faithful that no one gets on screen credit for it.
Who cares about historical inaccuracies when you can see a great play as well acted as this one?
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- May 18, 1999
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- Also known as
- Jules César
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- Budget
- $2,070,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $10,831
- Runtime2 hours
- Color
- Sound mix
- Mono(Western Electric Sound System, original release)
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1