"Rome" Utica (2005)

Director:

Jeremy Podeswa

Writers:

John Milius (creator) and
William J. MacDonald (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"Rome" (2005)

Original Air Date:

30 October 2005 (Season 1, Episode 9)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | Romance | War

Plot:

The defeated Cato and Scipio fall back on the African city of Utica after the Battle of Thapsus where they decide to end it all...

Plot Keywords:

Battle Of Thapsus | Julius Caesar | Kicking In A Door | Elephant | Theatrical Play

Cast

Kevin McKidd	...	Lucius Vorenus
Ray Stevenson	...	Titus Pullo
Polly Walker	...	Atia of the Julii
Lindsay Duncan	...	Servilia of the Junii
Tobias Menzies	...	Marcus Junius Brutus
Kerry Condon	...	Octavia of the Julii
Karl Johnson	...	Porcius Cato
Indira Varma	...	Niobe
Max Pirkis	...	Gaius Octavian
Lee Boardman	...	Timon
Paul Jesson	...	Scipio
Lorcan Cranitch	...	Erastes Fulmen
Chiara Mastalli	...	Eirene
Esther Hall	...	Lyde
Coral Amiga	...	Vorena the Elder
James Purefoy	...	Mark Antony
Ciarán Hinds	...	Gaius Julius Caesar
Ewan Bailey	...	Pertinax
Lidia Biondi	...	Merula (as Lydia Biondi)
Jonathan Coy	...	Actor for Cato
Kevin Dignam	...	Lictor
Roger Hammond	...	Chief Augur
Nicholas Hewetson	...	Terrified Man (as Nick Hewetson)
Adam Levy	...	Saul
Ian McNeice	...	Newsreader
Graham McTavish	...	Urbo
Marco Pollak	...	Lucius
Anna Fausta Primiano	...	Vorena the Younger
David Quinzi	...	Rubio
Dominic Rickhards	...	Aquinas

Directed by
Jeremy Podeswa

Writing credits
John Milius		(creator) and
William J. MacDonald		(creator) and
Bruno Heller		(creator)
Alexandra Cunningham		(written by)

Produced by
Michael Apted	....	consulting producer
Frank Doelger	....	executive producer
Jim Dyer	....	co-executive producer
Bruce Everett	....	co-producer
Bruno Heller	....	executive producer
James G. Hirsch	....	co-producer (as James Hirsch)
Gene Kelly	....	co-executive producer (as Eugene Kelly)
Todd London	....	co-producer
William J. MacDonald	....	executive producer
Mark McGann	....	co-producer
John Milius	....	executive producer
Robert Papazian	....	co-producer
Marco Valerio Pugini	....	producer
Anne Thomopoulos	....	executive producer
Stan Wlodkowski	....	co-executive producer
Frank Yablans	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Jeff Beal

Film Editing by
Sidney Wolinsky

Casting by
Nina Gold

Art Direction by
Dominic Hyman
Carlo Serafin		(as Carlo Serafini)
Domenico Sica		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Christina Onori

Costume Design by
April Ferry

Makeup Department
Claudia Bianchi	....	hair stylist
Federico Laurenti	....	makeup artist
Vincenzo Mastrantonio	....	key special effects makeup artist (as Enzo Mastrantonio)
Ferdinando Merolla	....	key hair stylist
Francesco Nardi	....	makeup artist
Marco Perna	....	hair stylist
Salvatore Placenti	....	special effects makeup plaster
Fiorella Sensoli	....	hair stylist
Aldo Signoretti	....	hair designer
Matteo Silvi	....	makeup artist
Maurizio Silvi	....	makeup designer
Laura Tonello	....	makeup artist
Michele Vigliotta	....	hair stylist
Luca Vannella	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	unit production manager
Alessandro Manni	....	assistant production manager
Attilio Moro	....	assistant unit manager
Dana Reaves Bolla	....	production supervisor (as Dana Bolla)
Daniela Rocco	....	unit manager
Piergiuseppe Serra	....	production manager (as Beppe Serra)
Stan Wlodkowski	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alessandra Fortuna	....	third assistant director
Gianluca Mangiasciutti	....	assistant director
Enrico Mastracchi Manes	....	first assistant director
Mark McGann	....	first assistant director
Paolo Merosi	....	third assistant director
Christopher Newman	....	first assistant director (as Chris Newman)
Edoardo Petti	....	second second assistant director
Barbara M. Ravis	....	second assistant director (as Barbara Ravis)

Art Department
Livio Alessandrini	....	lead man
Riccardo Andreotti	....	lead man
Carlo Avvisato	....	stand-by prop
Monica Barlucchi	....	painter
Romano Bellucci	....	head carpenter
Michelangelo Bianchi	....	assistant on-set dresser
Agostino Bivi	....	head painter
Andrea Bivi	....	assistant painter
Arnaldo Bivi	....	stand-by painter
Antonio Borea	....	stand-by prop
Nicola Bucci	....	assistant painter
Paolo Cameli	....	stand-by painter
Giancarlo Carbonaro	....	leadman
Roberto Caruso	....	assistant set decorator
Chiara Cecili	....	assistant painter
Andrea Cefalo	....	assistant carpenter
Massimiliano Ciamei	....	assistant on-set dresser
Leonardo Cruciano	....	propmaker
Vincenzo Cutri	....	storeman
Marco Davoli	....	stand-by carpenter
Davide De Joannon	....	assistant on-set dresser (as Davide De Ioannon)
Giancarlo Di Fusco	....	painter
Davide Franconieri	....	greensman
Maria Francesca Frogagnolo	....	assistant set decorator
Mark Fruin	....	stand-by props
Ruggero Gamba	....	calligrapher
Ivano Gatti	....	painter
Samuele Giardina	....	assistant painter
Raffaella Giovannetti	....	assistant set decorator
Daniela Giovannoni	....	assistant art director
Cristiano Gobbi	....	on-set dresser
Marcela Iriarte	....	set decoration production assistant
Glauco Isidori	....	painter
Viviana Lo Russo	....	head painter
Fabio Marconi	....	leadman
Rodolfo Mignacca	....	draper
Lorenzo Monaca	....	painter
Stefano Morbidelli	....	propmaker
Antonio Murer	....	head propmaker
Mauro Nati	....	lead man
Luigi Ottolino	....	sculptor
Claudia Pugnaloni	....	assistant painter
Gianpaolo Rifino	....	draftsman
Danilo Rossiello	....	greensman
Luciano Rossiello	....	greensman
Giuliano Santalucia	....	props
Stephanie Schenk	....	set decorating coordinator
Alessio Schenone	....	assistant prop master
Antonio Schiavulli	....	greensman
Briseide Siciliano	....	buyer
Eve Silvester	....	art department coordinator
Andrea Sinigaglia	....	head painter (as Andrea Sinigallia)
Egidio Spugnini	....	draftsman
Claudio Stefani	....	on-set dresser
Roberto Sugamele	....	assistant carpenter
Sirio Sugamele	....	carpenter
Sergio Tiberti	....	construction coordinator
Lino Travagliato	....	stand-by carpenter
Luigi Urbani	....	prop coordinator
Lisa Urbano	....	assistant property master
Federico Vianelli	....	prop assistant (as Fredrico Vianelli)
Arthur Wicks	....	property master
Marco Furbatto	....	model maker (uncredited)
Thomas Jones	....	props model maker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Maurizio Argentieri	....	sound mixer
Alfonso Calvo	....	dubbing mixer
David B. Cohn	....	supervising sound editor
Benjamin L. Cook	....	supervising sound effects editor
William Freesh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matt Grimes	....	supervising sound editor
Amy Kane	....	foley artist
Marco Lassalaz	....	cable man
David Mann	....	sound effects editor
Vincenzo Nardi	....	boom operator
R. Russell Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Winter	....	assistant sound editor
Samuel C. Crutcher	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Daniel Acon	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Kevin Ahern	....	visual effects editor
Adriano Cirulli	....	digital compositor
Adriano Cirulli	....	on-set visual effects coordinator
James Foster	....	digital artist
Barrie Hemsley	....	visual effects producer
Clare Herbert	....	visual effects production manager
Tim Jones	....	visual effects technical director
James Madigan	....	visual effects supervisor
Joe Pavlo	....	visual effects supervisor
Carlos Poon	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects
Luigi Tommaseo	....	network and operations: The Senate VFX
Lisa Woodland	....	digital compositor
Anton Yri	....	digital compositor
Duncan Lees	....	head of 3D services: Plowman Craven and Associates (uncredited)

Stunts
Giorgio Antonini	....	swordmaster
Stefano Maria Mioni	....	stunt coordinator
Mauro Aversano	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Roberto Albero	....	grip
Massimo Angelucci	....	rigging grip
Franco Biciocchi	....	still photographer
Mario Carradori	....	best boy grip
Maurizio Cremisini	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Sergio De Luca	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Simona De Lullo	....	clapper loader
Roberto De Nigris	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Alessandro Di Meo	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Paolo Di Stefano	....	electrician
Giovanni Gabriele	....	electrician
Sergio Gabrielli	....	grip
David Giorgio	....	video assist operator
Paolo Leurini	....	electrician
Alberico Novelli	....	chief lighting technician
Marcello Pericone	....	electrician (as Marcello Perricone)
Francesco Quattrone	....	electrician
Massimo Rinella	....	grip
Alessandro Rossi	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Marco Rossi	....	electrician
Daniele Rucci	....	grip
Roberto Ruzzolini	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Enrico Stella	....	grip
Luciano Teolis	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Paolo Tiberti	....	key grip
Marco Santarelli	....	grip (uncredited)
Daniele Verdenelli	....	electrician (uncredited)
Fabrizio Vicari	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Eugene Yelchin	....	illustrator: titles

Casting Department
Roberta Butti	....	extras casting
Barone Francesca	....	crowd casting assistant
Beatrice Kruger	....	casting: Italian casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Giuseppe Avallone	....	assistant to costume designer
Edelweis Azzurro	....	cutter: men
Simone Baldinelli	....	metal worker
Cristina Casani	....	costumer
Miriam Coco	....	costumer
Marco Fantoni	....	costumer
Daniela Fersino	....	on-set seamstress
Luca Giampaoli	....	key metal worker
Augusto Grassi	....	costume supervisor
Giampaolo Grassi	....	key leather man
Giampiero Grassi	....	master tailor (as Giampietro Grassi)
Marco Idini	....	dyer
Katy Jonson	....	dyer
Giovanni Lipari	....	costumer
Elsa Malandra	....	cutter: women
Katrin Marras	....	costumer
Cristina Marta	....	on-set seamstress
Cristina Marta	....	seamstress
Pamela Paolini	....	lead dyer
Uliva Pizzetti	....	costume set supervisor
Nadia Salvatore	....	costumer (as Nadia Salvatori)
Elisabetta Tomasso	....	costume department coordinator
Maria Pia Viselli	....	seamstress
Aleanza Zanon	....	costumer
Andrea Sorrentino	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jonathan Brytus	....	post-production coordinator
Danila Colamatteo	....	post-production coordinator
Alexander Hudson	....	assistant editor
Yan Miles	....	first assistant editor
Neri Nazzareno	....	telecine colorist
Stefano Petrucci	....	assistant editor
Kenneth Requa	....	post-production assistant

Transportation Department
Massimiliano Rocchetti	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Tommaso Arrighi	....	office production assistant
Kirk Balden	....	title designer
Natalia Barbosa	....	travel coordinator
Mona Bernal	....	production coordinator
Rebecca Booth	....	assistant to actor
Roisin Carty	....	dialogue coach
Federica Cinquepalmi	....	production secretary
Josh Conviser	....	executive consultant
Patrick Cullen	....	military trainer assistant
Maurizio Cusano	....	extras coordinator
Federica Durigon	....	set production assistant
Alessandro Fiorito	....	accountant
Charlotte Fontijn	....	script supervisor
Chiara Frosi	....	set production assistant
Andrew Hall	....	title designer
Samba Kosak	....	assistant to producers
Marco Mattei	....	production accountant
Tariq Mirza	....	production legal
Erik Mountain	....	executive consultant
Diane Mullet	....	historical consultant
Romani Nadia	....	assistant extras coordinator
Cariddi Nardulli	....	script coordinator
Andrea Pagani	....	set production assistant
Andrea Piria	....	accountant
Gianni Santucci	....	choreographer
Stefanie Schenk	....	set dressing coordinator/estimator
Jonathan Stamp	....	historical consultant
Luciano Tartaglia	....	production accountant
Angus Wall	....	title designer
Brad Waskewich	....	title designer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bruno Heller		creator
William J. MacDonald		creator
John Milius		creator

Produced by
Gareth Neame	....	executive producer
Gianfranco Pierantoni	....	co-line producer
Jane Tranter	....	executive producer

Film Editing by
Oral Norrie Ottey

Makeup Department
Jana Carboni	....	makeup supervisor: second unit
Katia Sisto	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Andrea Alunni	....	unit manager: action unit
David Byrne	....	post-production supervisor
April Nocifora	....	post-production supervisor
Bobby Ranghelov	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hristo Dimitrov	....	second assistant director: Bulgaria
Franco Maria Salamon	....	second unit director

Art Department
Cristiano Donzelli	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Josh Allam	....	adr boom operator
John Chalfant	....	supervising sound editor
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
Emma Pegram	....	adr assistant
Matthew Skelding	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Gastone Callori	....	special effects
Edward Rosa	....	special effects
Silvano Scasseddu	....	special effects technician
Franco Simeone	....	special effects technician
Andrea Tolomei	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Dave Bannister	....	digital compositor
George Barbour	....	digital artist
Paul Birkett	....	roto artist: Cinesite
Steven Bray	....	digital compositor
Melissa Butler Adams	....	digital compositor
Melanie Byrne	....	visual effects production assistant
Daniel Canfora	....	digital artist
Simon Carr	....	digital effects artist
Shane Costar	....	digital compositor
Neil Culley	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Nick Damico	....	visual effects
Evan Davies	....	3D digital artist: Cinesite
Dave Early	....	digital matte painter: Cinesite
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor
Chris Elson	....	digital compositor
Guy Elson	....	digital compositor
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack
Sean Farrow	....	digital artist
Andy Fraser	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Turlo Griffin	....	digital matte painter
Mick Harper	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Sarah Hemsley	....	operations manager: The Senate VFX
Richard Higham	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Robin Huffer	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Simon Leech	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Andrew MacLeod	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
David Margolis	....	digital compositor
Jon Miller	....	3D tracking: Cinesite
Gareth Murphy	....	data operations: Cinesite
Ian Murphy	....	digital compositor
Nick New	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Gustaf Nilsson	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Jeff North	....	digital effects artist
Sarah Norton	....	digital compositor
Giles O'Brien	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Simon Payne	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Dylan Penhale	....	digital systems manager
Fabrizio Pistone	....	film scanner operator
Scott Pritchard	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Privett	....	digital effects artist
Jackie Rowson	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Serdar Simga	....	digital matte painter/supervisor
Lee Tibbetts	....	digital artist
Jez Tucker	....	senior systems administrator
Paul Tuersley	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Tim Walton	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Val Wardlaw	....	technical director: Baseblack
Doug Winder	....	digital matte artist
David Woodland	....	senior matte painter
Sam Woolf	....	roto artist: Cinesite
Lee Chidwick	....	digital I/O (uncredited)
Max Dennison	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Danielle Nadal	....	digital I/O (uncredited)
Kathy Wise	....	digital systems manager (uncredited)

Stunts
Paolo Antonini	....	stunts
Alessandro Borgese	....	stunts
Massimiliano Catasta	....	stunts
Giovanni Cianfriglia	....	stunts
Katia Crispino	....	stunts
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua	....	stunts
Jacqueline Freda	....	stunt double: Young Octavius
Diego Guerra	....	stunts
Gionata Marzeddu	....	stunts
Alessandro Novelli	....	stunt double
Emiliano Novelli	....	stunt double
Massimo Racca	....	stunts
Gabriele Ragusa	....	stunts
Rocco Russo	....	stunts
Alessandro Scepi	....	stunts
Paolo Susani	....	stunts
Sergio Testori	....	stunts
Diego Tomassini	....	stunts
Tito Tomassini	....	stunts
Pietro Torrisi	....	stunts
Massimiliano Ubaldi	....	stunts
Bruno Verdirosi	....	stunts
Anna Maria Zamperla	....	stunts
Claudio Zucchet	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Marco Sacerdoti	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Rosalie Clayton	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alexis Fallah Abram	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Jack Paulson	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jennifer Barak	....	music editor

Other crew
Paolo Antonini	....	assistant sword master
Carlo Antonioni	....	horse master
Billy Budd	....	military advisor
Massimo Ciaraglia	....	weapons assistant
Giampaolo Grassi	....	key leather department
Paula Jack	....	dialogue coach: second unit
Michele Jerace	....	assistant horse master
Gianni Marini	....	assistant horse master
Nico Toffoli	....	martial arts crew

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2005) (USA) (TV)
• HBO Hungary (2006) (Hungary) (TV)

Special Effects

• Plowman Craven & Associates (uncredited)
• Rainmaker Animation & Visual Effects (visual effects)

Runtime:

53 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Argentina:13 | USA:TV-MA | France:-12 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Trivia:

Caesar's choice of Vorenus as a magistrate actually makes sense. Having served in the legion as a prefect, Vorenus has experience as an administrator. The transition to civil service would not be difficult.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Sevilia's litter is attacked in the sculptors' square, the dress color of the lady who falls out of the litter is a much brighter blue than the dress actually worn by Sevilia; this is either a stunt woman in the wrong colored dress, or a color correction error in post production.

Quotes:

Porcius Cato:Scipio, you have a tolerant spirit. I suggest that, if you can, you should try and make your peace with Caesar.
Scipio:I shall do whatever you do.
Porcius Cato:[chuckles] Oh, I wouldn't do that.
[Cato commits suicide later that evening]

The Second Homecoming

Vorenus and Pullo put down their swords and return to the city once again. Niobe and Lyde run a profitable butcher shop and convince reluctant Vorenus and Pullo to work there. Everything seems to be going well for Vorenus until he makes waves with a local thug, now crime lord. Pullo seemed envious of Vorenus' situation at home and is searching for meaning and happiness. He grows closer to the slave Eirene during this time and seems happier with her.

Octavian returns home from military school and Caesar appoints him a pontiff despite his age.

Servilia takes Atia's role of master manipulator this episode when she persuades Octavia to find out more regarding Caesar's affliction from Octavian. Octavia's method of extracting the truth from Octavian results in dire consequences for both of them, and Servilia.

I have always loved the relationship between Vorenus and Pullo and this episode shows more of that. Pullo is just so loyal Vorenus - I love it. Vorenus being promoted by Caesar may not help Pullo's questionable emotional state and loyalty to his friend.

The scene with the defeated Cato and Sciopio is shot wonderfully and has a gorgeous look to it. The background of the city from the outdoor-ish scene between Octavia and Octavian also had me in awe.