Julius Caesar (1970 film)
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- For the 1953 film, see Julius Caesar
| Julius Caesar | |
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 Film poster for Julius Caesar |
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| Directed by | Stuart Burge |
| Produced by | Peter Snell |
| Written by | William Shakespeare (play) Robert Furnival (screenplay) |
| Starring | Charlton Heston Jason Robards John Gielgud Richard Johnson Robert Vaughn |
| Music by | Michael J. Lewis |
| Cinematography | Kenneth Higgins |
| Editing by | Eric Boyd-Perkins |
| Release date(s) | 1970 |
| Running time | 116 min. |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
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Julius Caesar is a 1970 independent (Commonwealth United Entertainment) film of William Shakespeare's play. The film was directed by Stuart Burge, from a screenplay by Robert Furnival, and produced by Peter Snell, with James Swann as associate producer, and Anthony B. Unger and Henry T. Weinstein as executive producers.
Charlton Heston (as Mark Antony) stars with a mainly British cast including John Gielgud (as Julius Caesar), Jason Robards (as Brutus), Richard Johnson (as Cassius), Robert Vaughn (as Casca), Richard Chamberlain (as Octavius), Diana Rigg (as Portia), Jill Bennett (as Calpurnia), Christopher Lee, Michael Gough and André Morell.
[edit] Trivia
- John Gielgud played Cassius in the 1953 film version of Julius Caesar, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
- Charlton Heston had played Mark Antony once before, in an earlier film version of Julius Caesar, made in Chicago in 1950. [1]
[edit] External links
- Julius Caesar at the Internet Movie Database
- Julius Caesar at Rotten Tomatoes
- Julius Caesar reviewed by The New York Times
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