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Antony and Cleopatra (1972) [w/Commentary]
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Antony and Cleopatra (1972)
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920 x 818 | x264 @ 9573 Kbps | 2h 35mn | 10,91 Gb
Audio: English Opus 2.0 @ ~500 Kbps + Commentary track | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | Director: Charlton Heston
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920 x 818 | x264 @ 9573 Kbps | 2h 35mn | 10,91 Gb
Audio: English Opus 2.0 @ ~500 Kbps + Commentary track | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | Director: Charlton Heston
Charleton Heston directed, wrote, and starred in this adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a historical drama that attempts to bring an epic visual style to the Bard's original stage play. The story concerns Marc Antony's attempts to rule Rome while maintaining a relationship with the queen of Egypt (Hildegarde Neil), which began while Antony was still married. Now he is being forced to marry the sister of his Roman co-leader, and soon the conflict leads to war.
When I first saw this film I liked it very much except for Hildegard Neils performance as Cleopatra. I guess the Liz Taylor version is hard to forget. But this is Shakespeare and Ms. Neil handles the part very well.
After repeated viewings, I have come around. Mr. Heston was correct in his casting. Neils Cleopatra is convincing. You can't have Antony interested in a wimpy love sick girl. This Cleopatra "acts" and gets angry, sullen and has a range of emotions. You could see why Antony would be attracted to her over the sedate but beautiful Octavia.
This is a terrific film and grossly under rated. It was restored by Fraser Heston's company in 2005 but I have yet to see it's release on DVD.
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Antony and Cleopatra (1972) [w/Commentary]
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Eddy Friedfeld, Lee Pfeiffer, and Paul Scrabo