Julius Caesar (2002) (TV)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.7/10   

Director:

Uli Edel

Escritores (WGA):

Peter Pruce (written by) and
Craig Warner (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

29 junio 2003 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | Drama | Historia | Guerra

Frase comercial:

Feared by enemies. Betrayed by friends.

Plot:

Twenty year-old Julius Caeser flees Rome for his life during the reign of Sulla but through skill and ambition rises four decades later to become Rome's supreme dictator.

Plot Keywords:

Sulla | Dictator | Julius Caesar | Cato | Gaul

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Half-way good

Reparto

Jeremy Sisto	...	Gaius Julius Caesar
Richard Harris	...	Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Christopher Walken	...	Marcus Portius Cato
Valeria Golino	...	Calpurnia
Chris Noth	...	Pompey (as Christopher Noth)
Pamela Bowen	...	Aurelia
Heino Ferch	...	Vercingetorix
Tobias Moretti	...	Caius Cassius
Samuela Sardo	...	Cleopatra
Daniela Piazza	...	Cornelia
Nicole Grimaudo	...	Julia
Sean Pertwee	...	Labienus
Ian Duncan	...	Marcus Brutus
Kate Steavenson-Payne	...	Portia
Paolo Briguglia	...	Marcus Portius

También conocida como:

Caesar (USA)
Giulio Cesare (Italy)
Julius Caesar (Alemania)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence, and some sensuality.

Duración:

USA:240 min (including commercials) | Germany:180 min (2 parts)

País:

USA | Alemania | Italy | Netherlands

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG | UK:12 | Germany:12 | USA:PG-13

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bulgaria

Compañía:

De Angelis Group

Trivialidades:

Last on screen appearance of Richard Harris.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Brutus stabs Caesar, the knife is bloody, then clean, then is bloody again.

Citas:

[on Appolonius]
Portia: I'll bet he ran off to fight with the rebel slaves.
Julia: *Those* slaves are not like Appolonius. They aren't educated men with happy homes.
Portia: Well, we had a Morish cook who ran off about a month ago to join the rebels. We heard he had been promoted to commander. From cook to commander! It's so inspiring...
Marcus Brutus: You talk of it as if it's a game, Portia.
Portia: I don't!

Half-way good

I was riveted to my seat during the first night's showing of Caesar on TNT. I had not known much about the young Caesar so that was an interesting discovery. I thought Jeremy Sisto did a great job with what he had to work with. I was thoroughly disappointed with the second night's showing. It seems like it was rushed through just to get the movie out in the allotted timeframe. I wanted more information about Caesar's time in Gaul, when he marched back to Rome, when he went after Cato and Pompey, when he was in Egypt, when he was back in Rome. They instead focused on his imminent assassination and skimmed over the rest. I found myself wondering why Caesar was so great because he sure was not presented as such in this production. What exactly did he accomplish for Rome besides bringing in more wealth from his conquests? I suppose a look in the history books would answer the question, but I was hoping to find my answer in the 3 plus hours of "Caesar."

I was especially disappointed with the battle between the Romans and the Gauls. It seemed like the Gauls had the advantage and all of a sudden they retreated when Caesar showed up with his horses. Why? I think the battle scene footage was horribly shot. Then there appeared to be an absence of bodies lying around in the aftermath. I find it hard to believe somebody would come in and clean up the field so quickly. You would have found it surprising there ever was a battle the way it was portrayed on film. Also, where did the Gauls who had been surrounded for months get all those healthy looking horses? If they were starving, wouldn't the horses be the first to go instead of the women and children? Did they save all of their food to feed the horses? It looked like every single man coming out of that fortress had his own horse. All in all, I only recommend this movie for when you have nothing better to watch.