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Titus

  • 19991999
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  • 2h 42m
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Anthony Hopkins in Titus (1999)
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Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.Titus returns victorious from war, only to plant the seeds of future turmoil for himself and his family.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
21K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
8,705
318
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    • Director
      • Julie Taymor
    • Writers
      • William Shakespeare(play "Titus Andronicus")
      • Julie Taymor(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Anthony Hopkins
      • Jessica Lange
      • Osheen Jones
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Julie Taymor
    • Writers
      • William Shakespeare(play "Titus Andronicus")
      • Julie Taymor(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Anthony Hopkins
      • Jessica Lange
      • Osheen Jones
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 301User reviews
    • 65Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 4 wins & 19 nominations total

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    Bruno Bilotta, Giacomo Gonnella, Leonardo Treviglio, Ivan Pavletic, and Jani Zombori in Titus (1999)
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    Anthony Hopkins stars as Titus Andronicus

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    Anthony Hopkins
    Anthony Hopkins
    • Titus
    Jessica Lange
    Jessica Lange
    • Tamora
    Osheen Jones
    • Young Lucius
    Dario D'Ambrosi
    Dario D'Ambrosi
    • Clown
    Raz Degan
    Raz Degan
    • Alarbus
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    Jonathan Rhys Meyers
    • Chiron
    Matthew Rhys
    Matthew Rhys
    • Demetrius
    Harry Lennix
    Harry Lennix
    • Aaron
    Angus Macfadyen
    Angus Macfadyen
    • Lucius
    Kenny Doughty
    Kenny Doughty
    • Quintus
    Blake Ritson
    Blake Ritson
    • Mutius
    Colin Wells
    • Martius
    Ettore Geri
    • Priest
    Alan Cumming
    Alan Cumming
    • Saturninus
    James Frain
    James Frain
    • Bassianus
    Colm Feore
    Colm Feore
    • Marcus
    Constantine Gregory
    Constantine Gregory
    • Aemelius
    Laura Fraser
    Laura Fraser
    • Lavinia
    • Director
      • Julie Taymor
    • Writers
      • William Shakespeare(play "Titus Andronicus")
      • Julie Taymor(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Writer, producer, and director Julie Taymor used anachronistic props and clothes throughout this movie (chariots, tanks, swords, and machine guns) because she wanted to symbolically depict 2,000 years of warfare and violence.
    • Goofs
      When Tamora leaves the party/orgy to join Aaron on the balcony, her hands are clasped across her chest. In the next shot she is holding a cigarette.
    • Quotes

      Titus: Oh villains, Chiron and Demetrius. Here stands the spring whom you have stained with mud, this goodly summer with your winter mixed. You killed her husband, and for that vile fault two of her brothers were condemned to death, my hand cut off and made a merry jest, both her sweet hands, her tongue, and that more dear than hands or tongue, her spotless chastity, inhuman traitors, you constrained and forced. What would you say if I should let you speak? Villains, for shame, you could not beg for grace. Hark, wretches, how I mean to martyr you. This one hand yet is left to cut your throats whilst that Lavinia, 'tween her stumps doth hold the basin that receives your guilty blood. You know, your mother means to feast with me and calls herself Revenge and thinks me mad. Hark, villains. I shall grind your bones to dust, and with your blood and it I shall make a paste, and of the paste a coffin I will rear and make two pastries of your shameful heads. And bid that strumpet, your unhallowed dam, like to the earth, swallow her own increase! This is the feast I have bid her to, and this the banquet she shall surfeit on... And now prepare your throats.

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      Featured in At the Movies: Simpatico/The Third Miracle/Titus (2000)

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    Possibly the most faithfully recreated Shakespeare play ever
    Taken from the Shakespeare play 'Titus Andronicus', A very dark humored and brutal work originally, Julie Taymor isolates and drives upon the very force that brought William Shakespeare to his immortal success: Shock your audience.

    A Roman General(Titus) after loosing many of his sons as soldiers in battle returns to a war-hungry Rome days after the death of Julius Ceasar. You're introduced to the story as the two sons of the Emperor petition to succeed their Father. Superficially this story is an all-out-tragedy. Underneath, however, it's a causticly ironic tale to see a man forge the tools of his own suffering through his own arrogant and selfish misdoings, then to eventually find shame and humility.

    This movie is so packed with metaphor most viewers find it intimidating. It's an amazingly seamless telling of a story using time-specific visual references to outline the characters and events. i.e. the nazi-esque motorcade, biker costumes appear similar to the Italian fascist movement, evident paranoia. While the rival motorcade appears symbolic of John Kennedy and symbiotic trust.

    The costume design is fabulous, obvious 1960's Glam/GlamRock design influences carefully illustrate the vanity and narcissism of Roman culture at the time using flashy wool-lined synthetics. I openly covet the cape Titus wears. Shakespeare took particular pleasure mocking a society with conveniently and easily deniable Gods, such that the Gods themselves treat their fates as tragic playthings.

    And I digress... my main point is Shakespeare built his fame on being what has always been considered taboo and edgy: sex, violence, death and profanity. Julie Taymor having not missed a beat with the visuals, which are terrible and powerful at times, only seek to punctuate tragedy, much unlike its 1999 counterpart 'Titus Andronicus' which focused more on hate and revenge making for very unreasonable 1 dimensional characters.

    My advice: Watch this movie more than once. Every time I do I glean more from it. Tony Hopkins and Alan Cumming both give some of the best performances of their careers, Moreover one of the best directed films ever IMHO.
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    • Nov 27, 2004

    FAQ13

    • Is it true that Titus Andronicus is regarded as Shakespeare's worst play?
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 11, 2000 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • 戰士終結者
    • Filming locations
      • Pula, Croatia
    • Production companies
      • Clear Blue Sky Productions
      • Overseas FilmGroup
      • Urania Pictures S.r.l.
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,007,290
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $22,313
      • Dec 26, 1999
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,259,680
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 42 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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