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Drama Period Independent War
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Titus, 1999

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange

Directed by: Julie Taymor

Written by: Julie Taymor

Language: English, Latin

Country: Italy, USA, UK

Runtime: 162 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:7.2

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The mood of Titus is stylized, atmospheric, and rough. The plot centers around a head of state, a royal family, and a violence spree. It is a drama, independent, and period movie. Stylistically, Titus is surreal. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Rome. Titus happens in ancient times. It is adapted from a play. The movie is known for being an award winner. Note that Titus includes strong violent content, nudity, and sexual content.

Summary of Titus

Based on Shakespeare's TITUS ANDRONICUS (one of the Bard's lesser-known and most gruesome works), director Taymor (Broadway's THE LION KING) brings this adaptation to life with dazzling imagery and haunting immediacy. Titus (Hopkins) is a victorious Roman general who makes two mistakes: supporting the wily Saturninus (Cumming) as the new Emperor, and wronging Tamora, Queen of the Goths (Lange), by killing her eldest son. Murder follows murder as the tides of fate change, as Tamora is aided by her two reckless sons and her Moor lover, Aaron (Lennix). The body count is raised higher and higher until Titus finally holds a very special dinner banquet. Taymor's bold visual sense verges on absurdity, but her sense of morality, as well as powerful acting by Hopkins and company, combine to tell a powerful, violent tale.

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Language:	English, Latin
Country:	Italy, USA, UK
Release date:	25 December 1999
Runtime:	162 min

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Anthony Hopkins

as Titus Andronicus

Jessica Lange

as Tamora

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Alan Cumming is Saturninus and Anthony Hopkins is Titus in Titus (1999)

Jessica Lange is Tamora and Alan Cumming is Saturninus in Titus (1999)

Director Julie Taymor and Anthony Hopkins on the set of Titus (1999)

Harry Lennix is Aaron and Angus Macfadyen is Lucius in Titus (1999)

Titus (1999)

Jessica Lange is Tamora in Titus (1999)

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Chicago Tribune

Once you get used to the broad gestures, visual stylings and reach-for-the-sky emotions, you may find yourself luxuriating in this movie's undeniable grandeur. Full Review

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by: John Petrakis

Philadelphia Inquirer

Visually brilliant and thought-provoking. Full Review

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by: Desmond Ryan

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I had to watch this film for one of my film studies classes that looks at violence in film and analyze what the film does with violence. Julie Taymor takes Shakespeare's bloodiest plays and makes the violence look beautiful. One cannot help but... Read and rate it

25.March.2009
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by: JuPru
JuPru rated this movie10/10Must See

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