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Who is not a flat character in the tragedy of julius caesar? lepidus mark antony messala pindarus2/19/2024 And the tormented soul of the real hero, Brutus ( James Mason), was sufficiently and touchingly bared. That solid, intelligent treatment may have lacked majesty but it did have two fire-and-ice performances by John Gielgud as Cassius and Marlon Brando as Mark Antony. Dramaturgically, the blueprint adheres to the Hollywood version back in 1953. It's Shakespeare all right, at least in dialogue. In this third go-round, Willie and Julius, both, really get the business. Made in England and Spain and in color, with a perfectly viable cast headed by Jason Robards and Charlton Heston, the new picture is generally as flat and juiceless as a dead haddock. "Ye gods! Must I endure all this?" understandably bellows Cassius ( Richard Johnson) in the last lap of the third filming of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which opened yesterday at the Kips Bay Theater. The reviews for this version upon its theatrical release were mostly negative, with Robards especially being criticized for his wooden performance as Brutus. Julius Caesar had its world premiere in Tokyo on 20 February 1970 and was released in the UK on 4 June 1970. Max Adrian was cast in a featured role, but dropped out before filming. Peter Eyre is credited as playing Cinna the poet, but his role was cut from the final film. He would do so yet again, in a 1972 film version of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, which Heston also directed. Mankiewicz, and Heston also played Mark Antony in a low-budget 1950 version. John Gielgud and Charlton Heston had both appeared in previous film adaptations of Shakespeare's play Gielgud played Cassius in the 1953 film directed by Joseph L. Orson Welles was the first choice to portray Brutus, but was passed over for Jason Robards, who had considerable difficulties during production: frequently missing rehearsals, refusing to appear on horseback, and holding up the proceedings due to illness. The battle sequences were filmed on-location in Manzanares el Real, Spain. The film was shot primarily at MGM-British Studios and Pinewood Studios in England. Production La Pedriza in Madrid, one of the film's locations. Michael Keating, David Leland, Yvette Rees, Michael Wynne and Ken Hutchison as Citizens of Rome.Christopher Cazenove as a Servant to Antony.
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