William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Resource Information

The work William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Hamilton East Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar

Statement of responsibility

Artisan Entertainment ; Republic Pictures ; Commonwealth United ; adapted for the screen by Robert Furnival ; produced by Peter Snell ; directed by Stuart Burge

Title variation

Julius Caesar

Creator

• Julius Caesar (Motion picture : 1970)

Contributor

• Artisan Entertainment (Firm)
• Commonwealth United Entertainment, Inc
• Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Republic Entertainment Inc
• Bennett, Jill, 1930-1990
• Burge, Stuart
• Chamberlain, Richard, 1935-
• Furnival, Robert
• Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
• Heston, Charlton
• Johnson, Richard, 1927-2015
• Lee, Christopher, 1922-2015
• Rigg, Diana
• Robards, Jason
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Vaughn, Robert, 1932-2016

Subject

• Antonius, Marcus, 83 B.C.?-30 B.C. -- Drama
• Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Drama
• Brutus, Marcus Junius, 85 B.C.?-42 B.C. -- Drama
• Caesar, Julius -- Assassination -- Drama
• Calpurnia, 75 B.C.- -- Drama
• Cassius Longinus, L., (Lucius), active 54 B.C.-41 B.C. -- Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Kings and rulers -- Rome -- Biography | Drama
• Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius, -13 B.C. -- Drama
• Nonfiction films
• Rome -- History -- Civil War, 43-31 B.C. -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Biography
• Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Historical films
• Nonfiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Classic tale of Julius Caesar's assassination at the hands of the Roman senate. The powerful, heroic and flawed emperor Caesar is warned to "Beware the Ides of March," and with these words the legendary betrayal by the Roman senate begins. Those closest to him, including Brutus, Cassius and even his confidant Marc Antony, plot Caesar's downfall and eventual assassination

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Michael J. Lewis ; director of photography, Ken Higgins ; art director, Maurice Pelling ; costume designer, Robin Archer ; editor, Eric Boyd-Perkins ; production designer, Julia Trevelyan Oman

Intended audience

MPAA rating: G

Language note

Closed-captioned

PerformerNote

Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, John Gielgud, Richard Johnson, Robert Vaughn, Richard Chamberlain, Diana Rigg, Christopher Lee, Jill Bennett

Runtime

119

Target audience

general

Technique

live action