Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
See also the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film of the same name]], which stars Gielgud again, this time as Caesar.
to:
See also the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film of the same name]], which stars Gielgud again, this time as Caesar. The 2003 ''Series/{{Julius Caesar|2003}}'' miniseries, meanwhile, is not based off Shakespeare.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Died On Their Birthday is a new specific Sub Trope of A Birthday Not A Break; examples mentioning characters dying on their own birthdays will be absorbed by this new page.
Deleted line(s) 21 (click to see context) :
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Cassius realizes that it's his birthday right before they ride into action at Philippi.
Added DiffLines:
* DiedOnTheirBirthday: Cassius realizes that it's his birthday right before they ride into action at Philippi; he later takes his own life after the ensuing battle.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,8 (click to see context) from:
In 44 BC, UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
Gaius Cassius, one of Caesar's opponents during the civil wars, is not reconciled to Caesar's rule. Seemingly out of a mixture of envy, personal dislike, and principled opposition to dictatorship, Cassius recruits a group of Senators to murder Caesar. To add moral authority to his plot Cassius recruits Marcus Junius Brutus, a close friend of Caesar who nonetheless opposes Caesar's boundless ambition. Brutus finally agrees to join the plot.
Gaius Cassius, one of Caesar's opponents during the civil wars, is not reconciled to Caesar's rule. Seemingly out of a mixture of envy, personal dislike, and principled opposition to dictatorship, Cassius recruits a group of Senators to murder Caesar. To add moral authority to his plot Cassius recruits Marcus Junius Brutus, a close friend of Caesar who nonetheless opposes Caesar's boundless ambition. Brutus finally agrees to join the plot.
to:
In 44 BC, UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, UsefulNotes/MarkAntony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
Gaius Cassius, one of Caesar's opponents during the civil wars, is not reconciled to Caesar's rule. Seemingly out of a mixture of envy, personal dislike, and principled opposition to dictatorship, Cassius recruits a group of Senators to murder Caesar. To add moral authority to his plot Cassius recruitsMarcus Junius Brutus, UsefulNotes/MarcusJuniusBrutus, a close friend of Caesar who nonetheless opposes Caesar's boundless ambition. Brutus finally agrees to join the plot.
Gaius Cassius, one of Caesar's opponents during the civil wars, is not reconciled to Caesar's rule. Seemingly out of a mixture of envy, personal dislike, and principled opposition to dictatorship, Cassius recruits a group of Senators to murder Caesar. To add moral authority to his plot Cassius recruits
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11207332_ori.jpg]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 1,2 (click to see context) from:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11207332_ori.jpg]]
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 5,6 (click to see context) from:
It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,6 (click to see context) from:
''Julius Caesar'' is a 1953 film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz.
It is, obviously, an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
It is, obviously, an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
to:
''Julius Caesar'' is a 1953 film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz.
It is, obviously, anadaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. play ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz.
It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
It is, obviously, an
It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
See also the [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970 film of the same name]], which stars Gielgud again, this time as Caesar.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 27 (click to see context) from:
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In the 1950s a lot of films were still being made in black and white but big SwordAndSandal films were getting made in color. MGM wanted this film to be in color, but Mankiewicz and producer John Houseman insisted on making it in black and white, aiming for the feel of a newsreel instead of a color Ancient Rome epic (like ''Film/TheRobe'', made the same year).
to:
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In the 1950s a lot of films were still being made in black and white but big SwordAndSandal films were getting made in color. MGM Creator/{{MGM}} wanted this film to be in color, but Mankiewicz and producer John Houseman insisted on making it in black and white, aiming for the feel of a newsreel instead of a color Ancient Rome epic (like ''Film/TheRobe'', made the same year).
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moved to Trivia
Deleted line(s) 20 (click to see context) :
* AwardsCategoryFraud: Creator/MarlonBrando received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor despite only appearing in about two and a half scenes in the movie. At the time, A-list stars were almost always placed in the lead category for awards, as being placed in Supporting was considered beneath them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AwardsCategoryFraud: Creator/MarlonBrando received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor despite only appearing in about two and a half scenes in the movie. At the time, A-list stars were almost always placed in the lead category for awards, as being placed in Supporting was considered beneath them.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 11,12 (click to see context) from:
The AllStarCast features Creator/JamesMason in the starring role of Brutus, Creator/MarlonBrando as Antony, Creator/JohnGielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Creator/GreerGarson as Calpurnia, Creator/DeborahKerr as Portia, and Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar.
to:
The AllStarCast features Creator/JamesMason in the starring role of Brutus, Creator/MarlonBrando as Antony, Creator/JohnGielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Creator/GreerGarson as Calpurnia, Creator/DeborahKerr as Portia, and Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar. Music/MiklosRozsa composed the score.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11207332_ori.jpg]]
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
The AllStarCast features Creator/JamesMason in the starring role of Brutus, Creator/JohnGielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Creator/GreerGarson as Calpurnia, Creator/DeborahKerr as Portia, and Creator/MarlonBrando as Antony.
to:
The AllStarCast features Creator/JamesMason in the starring role of Brutus, Creator/MarlonBrando as Antony, Creator/JohnGielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Creator/GreerGarson as Calpurnia, Creator/DeborahKerr as Portia, and Creator/MarlonBrando Louis Calhern as Antony.Julius Caesar.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
''Julius Caesar'' is a 1953 film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz.
It is, obviously, an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
Gaius Cassius, one of Caesar's opponents during the civil wars, is not reconciled to Caesar's rule. Seemingly out of a mixture of envy, personal dislike, and principled opposition to dictatorship, Cassius recruits a group of Senators to murder Caesar. To add moral authority to his plot Cassius recruits Marcus Junius Brutus, a close friend of Caesar who nonetheless opposes Caesar's boundless ambition. Brutus finally agrees to join the plot.
On March 15 the conspirators get all stabby. They believe that with Caesar's murder they have destroyed the threat of tyranny, but they didn't count on Antony, who turns public opinion against them. Events climax with a great battle between pro- and anti-Caesarians at a place called Philippi.
The AllStarCast features Creator/JamesMason in the starring role of Brutus, Creator/JohnGielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Creator/GreerGarson as Calpurnia, Creator/DeborahKerr as Portia, and Creator/MarlonBrando as Antony.
----
!!Tropes:
* AmbitionIsEvil: Brutus and company kill Caesar because he's too ambitious. At least that's what Brutus says, and Brutus is an honorable man.
* AnachronismStew: Besides all the anachronisms from the play (like chiming clocks), a title card describes the struggle for "the empire of the Romans", when what is now called the Roman Empire did not really start until Octavian/Augustus took sole control of the state.
* AntagonistInMourning: The famous ending where Antony calls Brutus "the noblest Roman of them all" and says that while the other assassins acted out of jealousy or their own ambition, Brutus alone really acted on principle.
* AstroTurf: Cassius arranges for propaganda letters to be thrown through Brutus's window, with an eye to pushing him into the conspiracy.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Cassius realizes that it's his birthday right before they ride into action at Philippi.
* BlindSeer: The soothsayer who tells Caesar to "beware the Ides of March" is shown in the film to be a blind man.
* BloodOnTheDebateFloor: Caesar is stabbed to death in the Senate house.
* CallBack: The lute that Lucius plays for Brutus is seen, broken in half, when Octavian's men enter the camp.
* CatapultNightmare: Calpurnia bolts upright as she comes out of her nightmare, shouting "They murder Caesar!" This is a change from the play, where this scene is introduced with Caesar wandering around the house complaining about his wife's nightmare. (Probably the idea was to give Greer Garson a few more lines.)
* CouldSayItBut: How Antony lets the people of Rome know that Caesar left money to them, by saying "'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs."
* DeathGlare: Cassius has a habit of doing these, most notably in the opening scene where he's shooting death rays with his eyes as Caesar talks with the soothsayer.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In the 1950s a lot of films were still being made in black and white but big SwordAndSandal films were getting made in color. MGM wanted this film to be in color, but Mankiewicz and producer John Houseman insisted on making it in black and white, aiming for the feel of a newsreel instead of a color Ancient Rome epic (like ''Film/TheRobe'', made the same year).
* TheDyingWalk: Caesar staggers over toward Brutus before Brutus gives him one last stab in the gut, followed by "Et tu, Brute" and Caesar's death.
* EmpathyDollShot: The lute that Lucius the servant boy played for Brutus is seen, broken in two, in the wreckage of Brutus's camp.
* EtTuBrute: After his friend Brutus stabs him, Caesar gives up, says the TropeNamer line, and keels over in death.
* GoodIsDumb: He may be honorable but Brutus makes a lot of terrible decisions. He overrules Cassius three times: Brutus refuses to kill Antony, Brutus insists on letting Antony speak at the funeral, and Brutus insists on giving battle at Philippi immediately. All three decisions are calamitous errors.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The title card says "William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar".
* InertialImpalement: Brutus has his servant hold a sword, which Brutus impales himself on.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As they're crouched around Caesar's corpse, Cassius says "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and accents yet unknown?"
* MatchCut: A shot where the rioters are setting fires in the square after Antony's speech cuts to a far more peaceful fire, Caesar's funeral pyre.
* MeaningfulLook: Antony turns away from the crowd two times during the "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech. The first time he looks tense, as matters are obviously on a knife's edge. The second time he smirks, because he knows he's got them.
* PragmaticAdaptation: A lot of Act V is cut, including the parley scene between Antony/Octavian and Brutus/Cassius, and Titinius discovering Cassius's body.
* ThePurge: Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus make a list of people to kill.
* RousingSpeech: Marlon Brando delivers the famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, in which he whips up the crowd into a frenzy of rage against the assassins.
* SilenceIsGolden: The whole battle of Philippi is portrayed in a five-minute scene without any dialogue. Brutus and Cassius's army is marching through a valley, totally unaware that Antony's army is taking position for an ambush in the hills on either side. A lot of cuts show all of Antony's spear carriers and archers getting ready, before they all let loose on Antony's signal. After this Antony's men come rushing down and there's some brawling, before the film cuts to the next scene where Cassius is wandering around after the battle's been lost.
* SlouchOfVillainy: Antony casually slouches in a chair at dinner as he marks off a list of people to be murdered.
It is, obviously, an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. It's 44 BC, and [[UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar Gaius J. Caesar]] is bestriding the narrow world like a colossus. There are rumors that Caesar, who has already gotten himself made dictator-for-life, wants to drop the pretense and become king. Mark Antony, his lieutenant, offers him a crown three times at the Lupercal festival, and Caesar rejects the crown three times, but each time with more reluctance.
Gaius Cassius, one of Caesar's opponents during the civil wars, is not reconciled to Caesar's rule. Seemingly out of a mixture of envy, personal dislike, and principled opposition to dictatorship, Cassius recruits a group of Senators to murder Caesar. To add moral authority to his plot Cassius recruits Marcus Junius Brutus, a close friend of Caesar who nonetheless opposes Caesar's boundless ambition. Brutus finally agrees to join the plot.
On March 15 the conspirators get all stabby. They believe that with Caesar's murder they have destroyed the threat of tyranny, but they didn't count on Antony, who turns public opinion against them. Events climax with a great battle between pro- and anti-Caesarians at a place called Philippi.
The AllStarCast features Creator/JamesMason in the starring role of Brutus, Creator/JohnGielgud as Cassius, Edmond O'Brien as Casca, Creator/GreerGarson as Calpurnia, Creator/DeborahKerr as Portia, and Creator/MarlonBrando as Antony.
----
!!Tropes:
* AmbitionIsEvil: Brutus and company kill Caesar because he's too ambitious. At least that's what Brutus says, and Brutus is an honorable man.
* AnachronismStew: Besides all the anachronisms from the play (like chiming clocks), a title card describes the struggle for "the empire of the Romans", when what is now called the Roman Empire did not really start until Octavian/Augustus took sole control of the state.
* AntagonistInMourning: The famous ending where Antony calls Brutus "the noblest Roman of them all" and says that while the other assassins acted out of jealousy or their own ambition, Brutus alone really acted on principle.
* AstroTurf: Cassius arranges for propaganda letters to be thrown through Brutus's window, with an eye to pushing him into the conspiracy.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Cassius realizes that it's his birthday right before they ride into action at Philippi.
* BlindSeer: The soothsayer who tells Caesar to "beware the Ides of March" is shown in the film to be a blind man.
* BloodOnTheDebateFloor: Caesar is stabbed to death in the Senate house.
* CallBack: The lute that Lucius plays for Brutus is seen, broken in half, when Octavian's men enter the camp.
* CatapultNightmare: Calpurnia bolts upright as she comes out of her nightmare, shouting "They murder Caesar!" This is a change from the play, where this scene is introduced with Caesar wandering around the house complaining about his wife's nightmare. (Probably the idea was to give Greer Garson a few more lines.)
* CouldSayItBut: How Antony lets the people of Rome know that Caesar left money to them, by saying "'Tis good you know not that you are his heirs."
* DeathGlare: Cassius has a habit of doing these, most notably in the opening scene where he's shooting death rays with his eyes as Caesar talks with the soothsayer.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: In the 1950s a lot of films were still being made in black and white but big SwordAndSandal films were getting made in color. MGM wanted this film to be in color, but Mankiewicz and producer John Houseman insisted on making it in black and white, aiming for the feel of a newsreel instead of a color Ancient Rome epic (like ''Film/TheRobe'', made the same year).
* TheDyingWalk: Caesar staggers over toward Brutus before Brutus gives him one last stab in the gut, followed by "Et tu, Brute" and Caesar's death.
* EmpathyDollShot: The lute that Lucius the servant boy played for Brutus is seen, broken in two, in the wreckage of Brutus's camp.
* EtTuBrute: After his friend Brutus stabs him, Caesar gives up, says the TropeNamer line, and keels over in death.
* GoodIsDumb: He may be honorable but Brutus makes a lot of terrible decisions. He overrules Cassius three times: Brutus refuses to kill Antony, Brutus insists on letting Antony speak at the funeral, and Brutus insists on giving battle at Philippi immediately. All three decisions are calamitous errors.
* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: The title card says "William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar".
* InertialImpalement: Brutus has his servant hold a sword, which Brutus impales himself on.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: As they're crouched around Caesar's corpse, Cassius says "How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and accents yet unknown?"
* MatchCut: A shot where the rioters are setting fires in the square after Antony's speech cuts to a far more peaceful fire, Caesar's funeral pyre.
* MeaningfulLook: Antony turns away from the crowd two times during the "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech. The first time he looks tense, as matters are obviously on a knife's edge. The second time he smirks, because he knows he's got them.
* PragmaticAdaptation: A lot of Act V is cut, including the parley scene between Antony/Octavian and Brutus/Cassius, and Titinius discovering Cassius's body.
* ThePurge: Antony, Octavian, and Lepidus make a list of people to kill.
* RousingSpeech: Marlon Brando delivers the famous "Friends, Romans, countrymen" speech, in which he whips up the crowd into a frenzy of rage against the assassins.
* SilenceIsGolden: The whole battle of Philippi is portrayed in a five-minute scene without any dialogue. Brutus and Cassius's army is marching through a valley, totally unaware that Antony's army is taking position for an ambush in the hills on either side. A lot of cuts show all of Antony's spear carriers and archers getting ready, before they all let loose on Antony's signal. After this Antony's men come rushing down and there's some brawling, before the film cuts to the next scene where Cassius is wandering around after the battle's been lost.
* SlouchOfVillainy: Antony casually slouches in a chair at dinner as he marks off a list of people to be murdered.
