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6.4/10   33 votes
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Director:
Jonathan Miller
Writer:
William Shakespeare (play)
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Release Date:
8 May 1981 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Could've been better filmed. more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Antony & Cleopatra (USA) (video title)
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Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
Australia:G

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When shooting the scene with the snake, actress Jane Lapotaire, who was afraid of snakes even prior to the shoot, became quite panicked when the snake suddenly slithered down the back of her dress. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Antony and Cleopatra (1908) more

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2 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Could've been better filmed., 21 December 2003
Author: gazebo from New York City

First of all, those who have never seen this play, when they first view this film, will be puzzled that the play has been updated to Shakespeare's time. The clothing is definitely from the Elizabethan period. And that's the only interesting part.

After watching this film for about 15 minutes, I couldn't continue watching. It was so boring! It seems that the director is expecting the lines of the play to make the play interesting! I know it sounds bizarre, what I just wrote. But it's not just the lines of the actors that makes the movie, it has to have action! There was little action in this film, the actors kind of stood around and said their lines.

Jane Lapotoire was not bad as Cleopatra, she was the only one that seems to make sense. You can feel her Cleopatra as being frivolous and madly in love, or is it in lust, with Antony. The actor that plays Antony, alas, looked like an ugly old guy with a beard. What does the dainty, pretty Cleopatra see in this guy?

I didn't believe anything in this film. I am not a student of Shakespeare, like most people, I don't understand all the lines of a Shakespeare play, I rely on both action and words to understand the play. This film had precious little action and this is what makes the film fail. This film is just too static.

I give this Antony & Cleopatra version a "D-".

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