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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5037115023933
Feature: THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Format: Import, PAL
Label: MRA GRoup
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageMonoEnglishSubtitles For The Hearing ImpairedMonoEnglishUnknownMonoJapaneseUnknown
Manufacturer: MRA GRoup
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MRA GRoup
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 123 minutes
Studio: MRA GRoup
Theatrical Release Date: September 06, 1946
Features:- THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access,SYNOPSIS: In its time, Caesar and Cleopatra was the most lavish British film ever produced and was both a financial and critical disappointment. Viewed today, the flaws are obvious, but its virtues are also more apparent. On the debit side, the film is wildly overproduced with all of the money spent on spectacle getting in the way of what at heart is a character study cum sociological tract. Author George Bernard Shaw is known for writing "talky" plays. Those who savor his sharp wit, incisive observations, and marvelous facility with words will find much to enjoy in Caesar. But those who believe that movies are a medium that need to tell stories in as visual a manner as possible will largely be bored by Caesar -- and not without reason, as Gabriel Pascal has directed in a lumbering and plodding manner almost throughout. The stars are well cast, with Vivien Leigh an alluring and fiery Cleopatra and Claude Rains appropriately cynical and withering as Caesar. And there's able support from the delicious Flora Robson and a virile Stewart Granger. Ultimately, there's both good and bad in Caesar, and a viewer's reaction to it will largely depend upon his willingness to sit through an elephantine production to enjoy Shaw's remarkable wordplay.
SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Oscar Academy Awards,
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Rating:  -
The film is okay, being Vivien Leigh is in it, not much else to say about it. I liked it fine.
Rating:  -
Claude Rains as Caesar and Viviane Leigh as Cleopatra star this dazzling story that rides between the drama and comedy. A splendid occasion to crown once more the corrosive humor that literally permeates a good part of the dialogues. There is humor but also a formidable description and bold personal statement of this privileged dramaturge. The movie ha its particular rhythm, you may consider something theatrical, but that does not diminish at all its intrinsic virtues.
Basil Sydney as ... Read More
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One of the reviewers states that Cleopatra "was said to be in her 40s when she met Caesar." That would be impossible, since she died at the age of 39 (her dates are B.C.E. 69-30). In actuality, she was 18 when she met Caesar, so Miss Leigh's youthful portrayal is based on history. (It is widely accepted nowadays, however, that the historical Cleopatra was nowhere near as gorgeous as the young Vivien Leigh.) This is not hidden knowledge; it is commonly known historical fact that anyone could easily ... Read More
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Ceasar & Cleoptra is based on Shaw's play and alas it's very, almost painfully stiff and stagey. They essentially took the play and filmed it and that rarely if ever, works on screen. So let's talk about the good. Vivien Leigh was marvelous as the beautiful but dangerous kitten with a knife girl-queen. In real life Queen Cleo was said to be in her 40s when she met Ceasar but anyway, Vivien is sparkling.
Claude Raines is great as always as Ceasar and it's fun watching the all Brit cast ... Read More
Rating: -
This movie is pretty cool but Vivien makes it marvelous! Hey DVD people! Why does this movie get released on DVD for the UK and not the USA? I would like this movie for my DVD collection!
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