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Mood:
- CleverContemplativeCaptivatingStylizedTense
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Plot:
- Tragic HeroAssassinationBetrayalPoliticsPolitical UnrestDeadlyDishonestyState Affairs more...
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Genres:
- DramaHistoricalPeriodMelodrama
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Time/Period:
- Ancient History
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Place:
- Roman EmpireRome
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- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedPrestigious AwardsOscar Winner
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Style:
- EpicTalky
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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- Violent Content
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Julius Caesar, 1953
English
USA
Profile of Julius Caesar
The mood of Julius Caesar is clever, contemplative, and captivating. The plot centers around an assassination, a tragic hero, and political unrest. It is a drama, period, and historical movie. Stylistically, Julius Caesar is epic, is a melodrama, and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is the Roman Empire and Rome. Julius Caesar happens in ancient times. It is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed and an Oscar winner. Note that Julius Caesar includes violent content.
Summary of Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare's multifaceted dialogue, layered upon complex human motivations, gives actors a chance to sink or shine, and in this film adaptation of JULIUS CAESAR, Marlon Brando, John Gielgud, and James Mason prove themselves well up to the task, creating one of the most watchable versions of the tragic play. Warnings for Caesar to beware the Ides of March heighten a tension already made urgent by Cassius's exhortations to his fellow senators to assassinate Caesar before he gains more power. Controlled camera shots maintain the vintage stagelike feel of many scenes, reminding the viewer of JULIUS CAESAR's prestigious history, while characters flowing from one scene to the next break the play out of its past and into the more dynamic world as only the film drama can. The Oscar-nominated Brando's (as Marc Antony) powerful "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech is the centerpiece of this masterwork, throbbing with pain, indignation, and secret intentions. This adaptation of the monumental play will reassure viewers that Shakespeare can be brought to marvelous, vibrant justice on the screen; it garnered an Academy Award
nomination for Best Picture.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 3 June 1953 |
| Runtime: | 120 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Cassius
as Mark Antony
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Users Reviews
- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
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