USA, 1970
117m
35mm, filmed in Panavision [anamorphic], Technicolor, 2.35:1
English
An American adaptation of the William Shakespeare play directed by Stuart Burge.
Plot Summary
Roman emperor Julius Caesar ignores the warnings of a soothsayer and falls foul of scheming senators who are planning to assassinate him.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Stuart Burge
© 1970 Commonwealth United Entertainment Inc.
Commonwealth United presents a Peter Snell production. Released by Commonwealth United Entertainment Inc.
Executive Producers: Henry T. Weinstein, Anthony B. Unger
Produced by: Peter Snell
Associate Producer: James Swann
Production Manager: Denis Johnson Jr
Adapted for the Screen by: Robert Furnival
Original Play: William Shakespeare [credited in possessory above title]
2nd Unit Director: Joe Canutt
1st Assistant Director: Christopher Dryhurst
Continuity: Phyllis Townsend
Director of Photography: Ken Higgins
2nd Unit Lighting Cameraman: Frank Kingston
Camera Operators: Roy Ford, Ken Withers
Film Editor: Eric Boyd-Perkins
Music Composed & Conducted by: Michael J. Lewis
Orchestrations: Larry Ashnore
Music Recorded at: C.T.S. Studios, London
Sound: Paddy Cunningham
Dubbing Editor: Vernon Messenger
Costume Designer: Robin Archer
Wardrobe Supervisor: Barbara Gillett
Make Up: Cliff Sharpe, Christopher Tucker
Hairdresser: Ann Fordyce
Production Designed by: Julia Trevelyan Oman
Art Director: Maurice Pelling
Titles Designed by: Bob Gill
Made at: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios Limited, Boreham Wood, England and on location in Spain
Cast
Charlton Heston (Mark Antony)
Jason Robards (Marcus Brutus)
John Gielgud (Julius Caesar)
Richard Johnson (Caius Cassius)
Robert Vaughn (Casca)
Richard Chamberlain (Octavius Caesar)
Diana Rigg (Portia)
Christopher Lee (Artemidorus)
Jill Bennett (Calpurnia)
Norman Bowler (Titinius)
Alan Browning (Marullus)
Andrew Crawford (Volumnius)
David Dodimead (Lepidus)
Peter Eyre (Cinna the poet)
Derek Godfrey (Decius Brutus)
Michael Gough (Metellus Cimber)
Paul Hardwick (Messala)
Thomas Heathcote (Flavius)
Ewan Hooper (Strato)
Robert Keegan (Lucilius)
Preston Lockwood (Trebonius)
André Morell (Cicero)
David Neal (Cinna the conspirator)
John Tate (Clitus)
Damien Thomas (Pindarus)
Trevor Adams (servant to Caesar)
Alba (soothsayer)
Robin Chadwick (servant to Octavius)
Edwin Finn (Publius)
Derek Hardwicke (plebeian)
Laurence Harrington (carpenter)
Michael Keating (plebeian)
David Leland (plebeian)
Barbara Lindley (slave)
Ronald Magill (servant to Caesar)
John Moffatt (Popilius Lena)
Stephen Pacey (Lucius)
Ron Pember [real name: Ronald Pember] (cobbler)
Yvette Rees (plebeian)
Linbert Spencer (servant to Caesar)
Roy Stewart (slave)
Michael Wynne (plebeian)
References
Periodicals
- Board of Trade Journal vol.198 no.3821 (10 June 1970) p.1563 – note (Registrations of British and foreign films)
- The Hollywood Reporter vol.206 no.34 (27 June 1969) p.14 – credits
- Kine Weekly no.3223 (19 July 1969) pp.20-21 – review
- Today’s Cinema no.9662 (21 April 1969) p.9 – credits
- Today’s Cinema no.9688 (23 June 1969) pp.8-9 – review
- Today’s Cinema no.9810 (5 June 1970) p.8 – review
Books
- American International Pictures: A Comprehensive Filmography by Rob Craig pp.220-221
- American International Pictures: A Filmography by Robert L. Ottoson pp.194-195 – credits, synopsis, review
- BFI Screen Guides: 100 Shakespeare Films by Daniel Rosenthal pp. 76-77
- Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures by Mark Thomas McGee pp.315
- The Films of Christopher Lee by Robert W. Pohle Jr and Douglas C. Hart pp.143-144
- Kine & TV Year Book 1971 p.110
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.236 – credits
- Shakespeare and the Film by Roger Manvell pp.91-95;165-166 – notes; credits
- Shakespeare on Screen by Daniel Rosenthal pp.58-59 – illustrated article
