Julius Caesar

"No grander Caesar... No greater cast!"

1970 1h 57m EN

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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.

“No grander Caesar... No greater cast!”

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Cast

Charlton Heston
Marc Antony
Jason Robards
Marcus Brutus
John Gielgud
Julius Caesar
Robert Vaughn
Servilius Casca
Richard Chamberlain
Octavius Caesar / Augustus
Christopher Lee
Artemidorus
Richard Johnson
Cassius
Diana Rigg
Portia

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Stuart Burge
Writers: Robert Furnival
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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56 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Stuart Burge, shot by Kenneth Higgins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eric Boyd-Perkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Charlton Heston and Jason Robards and John Gielgud carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "No grander Caesar... No greater cast!".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0065922 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Stuart Burge directs. Kenneth Higgins behind the camera. Eric Boyd-Perkins cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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156 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Stuart Burge, shot by Kenneth Higgins. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Eric Boyd-Perkins shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Charlton Heston and Jason Robards and John Gielgud carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "No grander Caesar... No greater cast!".
6IMDB entry: tt0065922 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Kenneth Higgins
Editing: Eric Boyd-Perkins
Production design: Julia Trevelyan Oman
Costume design: Robin Archer
Makeup / hair: Ann Fordyce
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Julius Caesar (1970)

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CinemaSerf2023-06-03
★ 6/10
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.

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