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Coriolanus (2011)

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A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 10 wins & 16 nominations. See more awards »
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Cast

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Zoran Cica ...
Citizen
Milos Dabic ...
Citizen
Nicolas Isia ...
Citizen
Zoran Miljkovic ...
Citizen
Marija Mogbolu ...
Citizen
Milan Perovic ...
Citizen
Nenad Ristic ...
Citizen
Lawrence Stevenson ...
Citizen
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Citizen
Tamara Krcunovic ...
Citizen
Zu Yu Hua ...
Citizen
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Storyline

The citizens of Rome are hungry. Coriolanus, the hero of Rome, a great soldier and a man of inflexible self-belief despises the people. His extreme views ignite a mass riot. Rome is bloody. Manipulated and out-maneuvered by politicians and even his own mother Volumnia, Coriolanus is banished from Rome. He offers his life or his services to his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius. Written by Icon Entertainment

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Nature Teaches Beasts to Know Their Friends

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Drama | Thriller | War

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Rated R for some bloody violence | See all certifications »

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20 January 2012 (UK)  »

Also Known As:

Ennemis jurés  »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$61,136, 22 January 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$756,452, 27 May 2012

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,072,602, 12 August 2012
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2.35 : 1
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Trivia

One line states that Coriolanus, played by Ralph Fiennes, "has grown from man to dragon." In the film Dragon rouge (2002), Fiennes' character wished to become a dragon. See more »

Goofs

When Aufidius and his soldiers enter their base, all of the previously right-handed soldiers, including Aufidius, wear their thigh-mounted holsters on their left legs, indicating the shot has been flipped. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Second Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. You are all resolved rather to die than to famish?
Gathered Citizens: [in unison] Resolved.
Second Citizen: First, you know Caius Martius is chief enemy to the people.
Gathered Citizens: We know it.
First Citizen: Let us kill him. And we'll have corn at our own price.
Second Citizen: We are accounted poor citizens, the patricians of good. The leanness that afflicts us, the object of our misery, our suffering, is a gain to them.
Gathered Citizens: Aye.
Second Citizen: Let us revenge this with our sticks, ere we become rakes.
First Citizen: No more talking on it. Come!
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(Stephanie Ekwalla/Vincent Guilbert/Florent Gouriou/Sebastien Herve/Guillaume Rolland)
Performed by Sheer K
Courtesy of Last Exit Records
By Arrangement with Riptide Music, Inc.
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The language makes the play.
1 February 2012 | by See all my reviews

I couldn't disagree more with the review that slates Shakespeare's text as 'too wordy for modern audiences'. Viewers may find it challenging, but even those who haven't read his work should appreciate his superb capacity for character, metaphor and sheer innovation. To reduce the play to just the plot with some poor, clichéd and genuinely meaningless Hollywood script is to deprive it of its value, and to do a great disservice to its literary status. The responsibility for understanding the language (which I staunchly believe has a timeless relevance), lies with those who struggle to do so, not with the text itself. I cannot disagree strongly enough with the implication that we should dumb-down Shakespeare.


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