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	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: Julius Caesar (1953)
		This production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is fantastic.
		Film scholars may find it particularly intriguing, since it casts Marlon Brando as Marc Antony.
		Brando is famous for being the first "method" actor, a style counterpoint to so-called Shakespearean acting, but here he is doing Shakespeare.
	www.rinkworks.com /movies/m/julius.caesar.1953.shtml (86 words)

	Royalty.nu - The Roman Empire - The Personal Life of Julius Caesar
		Caesar's third wife was named Calpurnia; it seems to have been another politically motivated marriage, and at one point he planned to divorce her so he could marry Pompey's daughter.
		Caesar's Legion: The Epic Saga of Julius Caesar's Elite Tenth Legion and the Armies of Rome by Stephen Dando-Collins.
		Julius Caesar and the Roman Republic by Miriam Greenblatt.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Rome/Caesar.html (2314 words)

	Julius Caesar
		Julius Caesar may seem a little slow and not as interesting as Romeo and Juliet, since it is not about teenagers or love.
		Caesar is offered the crown three times (he is dictator for life not king), refusing it to the applause of the people.
		Julius Caesar was a politician who was becoming too powerful, yet he was not a tyrant.
	library.thinkquest.org /19539/juliusc.htm (2932 words)

	Julius Caesar (1953)
		Caesar almost heeds these warnings but, at the last minute, decides that it would be more impressive to attend.
		This film is one of the best performances of a Shakespearean play ever placed on celluloid, when you consider the outstanding acting (which really gets inside the skins of the characters) and the well-paced direction.
		It seems that if you're going to transfer a play onto film then the strengths of cinema should be used to enhance the script, rather than playing the story in a direct theatrical fashion (which is not to say that this approach is wrong, just that Julius Caesar could have been even greater).
	www.film.u-net.com /Movies/Reviews/Julius_Caesar.html (651 words)

	Stage to Screen - Julius Caesar
		JULIUS CAESAR is the story of a man's personal dilemma over moral action, set against a backdrop of strained political drama.
		Caesar visits him in his dreams, and he is haunted by his own actions.
		Wanting to strip the film of color and produce a film that aesthetically captures the intensity of personal and political strife, Houseman and Mankiewicz made an excellent choice of imaging in monochromes.
	www.turnerlearning.com /tcmbythebook/stage/julius.html (435 words)

	Julius Caesar in the Cold War: The Houseman-Mankiewicz film Literature Film Quarterly - Find Articles
		The MGM film of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (directed by Joseph Mankiewicz) went into preproduction in early 1952, was shot in the second half of 1952, and premiered in May 1953.
		In the film, it is the dead Caesar who is on display there, a restatement of the tragic theme sic transit gloria munch and of its current political manifestation, the fear that the survival of the American body politic was under mortal threat from external and internal enemies.
		According to Houseman, the film's fl-and-white was intended to simulate newsreels of the Nazi and fascist years (Houseman "Filming Julius Caesar" 26).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3768/is_200001/ai_n8897054 (974 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'Julius Caesar'
		The film was created in a politically disappointed Hollywood—shortly after the triumph of the drowsing Eisenhower over the smarter, more idealistic Adlai Stevenson—that is a distant mirror of today.
		Julius Caesar was considered a financial risk, and director Joseph Mankiewicz, as well as all the critics, fretted about the film's low budget.
		Julius Caesar (1953) plays Dec. 10 at 7:30pm and Dec. 11-12 at 3:20 and 7:30pm, with Desiree at 5:30 and 9:40pm at the Stanford Theatre in Palo Alto.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/12.08.04/caesar-0450.html (612 words)

	juliuscaesar
		In this abbreviated version of Julius Caesar, the emphasis is on the political intrigues involving the noble senators.
		The film opens in 44 BC as Julius Caesar returns to Rome from his victory over Pompey and to the accolades of the masses who view him as immortal and want to crown him as an emperor, which he refuses.
		Caesar is so filled with pride, that he is only too anxious to receive the praises and honors from his followers in the Senate.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/juliuscaesar.htm (631 words)

	Julius Caesar: The Roman Who "Invaded" Britain
		The world that Julius Caesar found when he arrived in Britain in 55 B.C. was an evolving landscape full of continental influences.
		Caesar had finished his conquest of Gaul and was looking for more destinations for his troops.
		Caesar reports that the Britons used the war chariot in battle, with the driver sharing the platform with a javelin thrower.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/ancient_british_history/39055 (444 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Julius Caesar at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They hear Caesar rhetorically refuse the laurel of Emperor and deprecate with false modesty his position before "the Mob." Brutus and Cassius, veterans of the military and political wars, discern that a band wagon is about to roll out carrying a new power structure.
		His speech is earnest but hypocritical, and compares badly with that of the clever Anthony, who expresses his personal loyalty to Caesar, lauds his accomplishments, suggests slyly that the Conspirators have cheated the populace of a rich treasure bequeathed by Caesar, and shows the people the bloody corpse of the man they lately cheered.
		Caesar's Great-Nephew Octavian (later Augustus Caesar) enters from the wings with Lepidus, an old general, acting for the Army, to join Antony in a new triumvirate.
	www.epinions.com /mvie-review-2D6A-C8A67E6-39878AA3-prod1 (1535 words)

	Julius Caesar [1953] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This film being in fl and white may have contributed to the atmosphere.
		If somehow you missed the play or the history, basically Julius Caesar let his status go to his head and is about to take on the role of implorer.
		Julius Caesar is one of my favourite plays and this film is one of my best-loved screen-versions of Shakespeare.
	www.armchairfans.co.uk /books/B00004CLJY (405 words)

	Gladiator
		The Ridley Scott film, rife with special effects, makes two journeys: the first is a plunge into the Roman Empire, the second into a forgotten genre of cinema.
		That film was the last super-production from a master of the epic genre whose works included Cleopatra (1934) with Claudette Colbert and the silent film Samsom and Dalila (1949).
		A film about the revolt of slaves could not enlighten the era in which it was created.
	www.filmfestivals.com /review/gladiator/index_us.htm (815 words)

	Julius Caesar (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It stars Marlon Brando as Mark Antony, James Mason as Brutus, John Gielgud as Cassius, Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Greer Garson as Calpurnia, and Deborah Kerr as Portia.
		Julius Caesar represents the third time in consecutive years that Brando was nominated for the Best Actor Award.
		(1952), Julius Caesar (1953), and On the Waterfront (1954).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Julius_Caesar_(1953_movie) (279 words)

	Julius Caesar: Music composed and conducted by Miklós Rózsa : Film Music on the Web CD Reviews September ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The film was produced by John Houseman and directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, filmed in stark fl-and-white and using no additional dialogue beyond Shakespeare's text.
		The score's twin main themes evoke the characters of Caesar (Calhern) and his disciple Mark Antony (Brando), who receive a martial and stern material; and Brutus (Mason), the pivotal character in the play, who is given more reflective throughline.
		The climactic "Caesar, Now Be Still" is at least presented in stereo, due to fact that its various components were recorded as overdubs; and the film's "Preludium" and "Finale" are duplicated as bonus tracks in stereo from the finished film's soundtrack.
	www.musicweb.uk.net /film/2004/Sep04/julius_caesar.html (807 words)

	Julius Caesar
		Julius Caesar has been a popular Shakespeare play for the last four centuries.
		However the play notably disappeared from production in times of political disquiet such as the English Civil War (when the theatres were closed) and from 1780 to 1812 when there may have been fears that the ideas of the French revolution may spread to the UK.
		In the 20th century Julius Caesar appeared on celluloid in the 1953 film starring John Gielgud, Marlon Brando and Greer Garson.
	www.rsc.org.uk /julius/past/home.html (141 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Julius Caesar [1953]: Video: Marlon Brando,James Mason,Joseph L. Mankiewicz,John Gielgud,Louis ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Julius Caesar reveals its characters to be divided, complex, and contradictory--and therefore all the more human.
		Director Mankiewicz astutely balances the Renaissance view of Caesar as a power-obsessed, corrupt tyrant destined for punishment with modern suggestions that his murder may have been ill-advised.
		Of course the focal point of the film is Marc Anthony's stirring speech to the Plebians, as rousing an oration as you will find (nicely imitated in 'that carry on film').
	www.amazon.co.uk /Julius-Caesar-Marlon-Brando/dp/B00004CLJY (998 words)

	Foster on Film - Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (1953)
		Foster on Film - Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (1953)
		The play is a tragedy not because of what happens to Caesar, but because a good man lets his patriotism and altruism cloud his judgment.
		While Julius Caesar is not a particularly difficult play to understand, clarity is always an issue with an adaptation of Shakespeare as so many words and phrases have fallen out of use (and no one ever spoke in verse), but in this version, everything is perfectly comprehendible due to the actors' tone and expression.
	www.fosteronfilm.com /shake/julius53.htm (553 words)

	Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
		When Caesar dies he is surrounded by men in grey business suits whispering their conspiracies into mobile phones.
		With its low-key lighting, dapple-grey sets, and strategic use of props and costumes, Devlin's vision of the troubles of the turbulent Roman State is all-too easily identifiable in its modern context without being a literal transposition.
		As it was for Shakespeare, Julius Caesar is a drama which asks its audience to consider the lessons of history in the context of the present.
	www.culturevulture.net /Theater/JuliusCaesar.htm (613 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Reviews: Julius Caesar (1953) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Among them is Julius Caesar (1953), which is not only one of Brando's better films, but is a fine adaptation of one of Shakespeare's most robust and quotable plays.
		According to Peter Manso's biography of the star, Brando found working on the movie to be something of a revelation, realizing for the first time that the point of a performance is to honor the play.
		Supplements consist of an introduction (1:58) to the film by Robert Osborne of the Turner Movie Classics cable channel, and a new featurette called "The Rise of Two Legends," (19:19), in which colleagues comment on Brando's legacy.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/j/juliuscaesar53.q.shtml (432 words)

	Julius Caesar (1953) Movie Overview ~ Cast and Crew, Trailer, Pictures, Synopsis, Release Date - RopeofSilicon.com
		An examination of the relationship between political power and personal conscience, Joseph Mankiewicz's traditional Julius Caesar (1953) is a veritable master class for aspiring thespians.
		Louis Calhern invests Caesar with intelligence and edgy noir echoes, and director Mankiewicz astutely balances the Renaissance view of Caesar as a power-obsessed, corrupt tyrant destined for punishment with modern suggestions that his murder may have been ill advised.
		At film's end, power itself is without a master, and the spirit of Caesar has been left unrevived: and to Mankiewicz's credit, the latter is revealed to be the true tragedy of Julius Caesar.
	www.ropeofsilicon.com /movies.php?id=1627 (215 words)

	Amazon.com: Julius Caesar (1953): Video: Marlon Brando,James Mason,John Gielgud,Louis Calhern,Edmond O'Brien,Greer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Louis Calhern invests Caesar with intelligence and edgy noir echoes, and director Mankiewicz astutely balances the Renaissance view of Caesar as a power-obsessed, corrupt tyrant destined for punishment with modern suggestions that his murder may have been ill advised.
		At film's end, power itself is without a master, and the spirit of Caesar has been left unrevived: and to Mankiewicz's credit, the latter is revealed to be the true tragedy of Julius Caesar.
		Focuses on the last days of Julius Caesar's life, but the main characters are: Brutus, torn apart by his love to the Republic and his loyalty to Caesar and Marc Anthony, unfaltering in his love for Caesar and will to revenge his murder.
	www.amazon.com /Julius-Caesar-Marlon-Brando/dp/0790745801 (1909 words)

	Julius Caesar
		The result is one of his most fabulous scores for a fabulous Shakespearean film.
		The secondary theme, for Brutus, is scored for mid-to-low strings, with brass punctuation that reminds the listener that he or she is indeed in Ancient Rome.
		This dramatic sequence is scored for woodwinds and brass all swirling under the Caesar theme heard in the strings.
	www.moviemusicuk.us /jcaesarcd.htm (901 words)

	Shakespeare: Julius Caesar. resources, criticism, sources, theatre, music, film, popular culture, teaching material
		Julius Caesar (Audio excerpt from Mankiewicz film 1953) Caesar: Louis Calhern, Cassius: John Gielgud, Cinna: William Cottrell, Brutus: James Mason, Casca: Edmond O'Brien (to listen, click at scene picture from Knight's Imperial Edition) at: [http://home.wanadoo.nl/m.vanherpt/index.html] (Jan. 2002)
		Handel, Giulio Cesare in Egitto, Julius Caesar in Egypt, libretto by Nicola Haym (in Italian and Spanish).
		Gröchel, André: William Shakespeare - Julius Caesar : Informationen zu Quellen, Einführung ins Stück, Hintergründe [http://deslit.de/shakespeare/caesar.htm]
	pages.unibas.ch /shine/linkstragcaesarwf.html (579 words)

	Julius Caesar (1953) - Channel 4 Film review
		The play has been cut, not butchered, and - the crowd scenes notwithstanding - the whole piece moves at a pace, never sacrificing battle scenes or diversions to make it cinema.
		If it had been in colour, the film would likely be as popular as Antony with the crowds.
		The Hours somehow changed my perception of myself and those around me. The film has such a sad (yet marvellous) ending that you can't help but think about your own life.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=104859 (170 words)

	Title: "Julius Caesar" - Topics: Drama/England; World/Ancient Rome
		Age:12+; Not Rated; Drama; 1953; 121 minutes; B and W. Caesar is all-powerful in Rome.
		TEACHERS: A film can be an alternative educational experience and highlight points covered by the curriculum.
		for 270 films which can be used by teachers as lesson plans and by parents as study guides.
	www.teachwithmovies.org /guides/julius-caesar.html (420 words)

	Et Tu Brutè: Performing Julius Caesar: Unit Plan [English Online]
		For information to help design a slide show or poster illustrating the political structure of Rome, the political situation, the sources of the play, Julius Caesar, Roman life and culture.
		Graph/chart/map the various stages in the plot against Caesar and the subsequent political fortunes of Cassius, Brutus and Mark Antony.
		This is a very comprehensive site with links to the complete works including background information, biographical information and pictures, information about Elizabethan theatres, a Shakespearean dictionary, the first folio, quotes, a quiz and a discussion forum.
	english.unitecnology.ac.nz /resources/units/julius_caesar/home.html (631 words)

	Julius Caesar - Miklos Rozsa
		The Overture, which was apparently replaced by Tchaikovsky (odd to be replaced at the best of times, but in this case almost totally inappropriate) for the final print of the film introduces the main themes for Brutus and Octavian which form the back bone of the score.
		Of course much of the music underscores dialogue and so is considerably quieter in tone, although Rozsa keeps things moving along, albeit in a low and grumbling kind of way.
		The album closes with Caesar Now Be Still which is perhaps the most well known cue from the score that is both martial, reverential and respectful.
	www.soundtrack-express.com /osts/juliuscaesar.htm (533 words)

	From Here to Eternity, 1953
		The majority of the film deals with torrid affairs, personality conflicts, and inner struggles, all of which seem so unimportant when the Japanese finally attack.
		As a film, From Here to Eternity is a stand out film, with fine acting from all of the players, and a good script, despite the fact that it had been stripped of the countless vulgarities that gave the original novel its teeth.
		They were up against Marlon Brando (Julius Caesar), Richard Burton (The Robe) and the ultimate winner, William Holden, for Stalag 17.
	www.angelfire.com /film/oscars/fromhere.htm (783 words)

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