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- Three or four major film adaptations have been made of most famous Roman play, the tragedy Julius Caesar.
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Oct 1, 2024 · Only movies that feature Julius Caesar as a main character. What are the best Julius Caesar movies of all time? From epic historical dramas to riveting biopics, films about Julius Caesar have captured the imagination of audiences by bringing one of history's most legendary figures to life.
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Julius Caesar, 1953. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Notable cast: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud. This big-budget film stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Brutus, and John Gielgud as Cassius.
Dec 5, 2019 · Julius Caesar is one of the earliest William Shakespeare movies that really began to take advantage of the unique advantages of cinema. Marlon Brando steals the show as Marc Antony, and the movie represents one of Hollywood’s great epic portrayals of a Shakespeare play.
- Chimes at Midnight (1965) Film. Drama. Atop our list sits Orson Welles, further negating the perception that Citizen Kane was his only masterpiece. (Chimes was the director's personal favorite of all his films—the one he hoped to "get into heaven" with.)
- Macbeth (1971) Film. A tragedy was born out of tragedy: Reeling from the murder of his wife Sharon Tate by members of the Manson cult, Roman Polanski embarked on this harrowing adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of a doom-laden Scottish royal (Jon Finch).
- Ran (1985) Film. Action and adventure. Merging King Lear with legends of an actual 16th-century Japanese warlord, Akira Kurosawa marshals more than a thousand extras into a magisterial pageant of blood: bright primary colors clashing on behalf of leaders who are uniformly unworthy.
- Othello (1952) Film. Drama. Filmed sporadically over three years in Morocco and Italy, Orson Welles's 90-minute account of the Venetian Moor who loved not wisely but too well is another of his famously troubled projects.
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Directed by Gabriel Pascal and staring Vivien Leigh and Claude Rains in the title roles, this 1945 British production — in glorious Technicolor— is based on a 1901 play by George Bernard Shaw, who also adapted it into the screenplay. The film was reportedly beset by tragedy and near-tragedy, with bombs falling nearby the set and Vivien Leigh suffer...
The first version of Shakespeare’s play with sound, this stylish, low-budget US production was directed by David Bradley and includes a young Charlton Heston as Mark Antony.
Produced by star Kirk Douglas’ production company and directed by Stanley Kubrick, this historical epic garnered awards and was a commercial success. It is notable for its heavyweight cast and role in ending the Hollywood blacklist.
Another Mankiewicz direction, this time based on historical literature. At the time, Cleopatrawas the most expensive film production to date. This production stars Elizabeth Taylor in the title role, with Rex Harrison as Caesar and Richard Burton as Antony. The film won 4 Academy Awards.
This historical drama television series was directed by Uli Edel for the American TNT network and stars Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken and Chris Noth.
America’s ABC network filmed this the miniseries Empire (2005) on location in Rome and southern Italy, though it is not considered to be very historically accurate.
A true historical drama of epic proportions, this joint production between the BBC, HBO and Italy’s Rai Fiction spared no expense, including faithful reproductions of Ancient Rome in the Italian countryside. It has been praised for its historical authenticity, high production values and simultaneous grit and splendour. Rome garnered many awards and...
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Jan 5, 2022 · From Branagh to Olivier, from Hamlet to Macbeth, here are the best Shakespeare film adaptations ranked.
Aug 24, 2024 · While there are many movies based on Shakespeare, his plays can be depceptively hard to make into films. From dense dialgoue to long run times and complex plots, there are many pitfalls to...
