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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9781404972193
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 1404972196
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageSpanishOriginal LanguageFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD09655D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: January 04, 2005
Running Time: 178 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
The desperate struggle for power in the world of ancient rome is on. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/25/2006 Starring: Peter Otoole Run time: 178 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
Augustus is equal parts history lesson and soap opera, and thoroughly engaging at all levels. Peter O'Toole plays Octavius/Augustus, heir to his doomed uncle Julius Caesar's command of the far-flung Roman empire. Surviving an assassination attempt and struck by news of the death of his old friend and ally, Agrippa (Ken Duken), in the same day, Octavius waxes nostalgic about his youthful exploits in Caesar's army (Benjamin Sadler plays the young Augustus in flashbacks) and his unprepared immersion in the deadly politics of the Mark Antony (Massimo Ghini) era. More immediate are Octavius' problems trying to stave off conspiracies by his wife Livia (Charlotte Rampling) to set up the emperor's stepson, Tiberius (Michele Bevilacqua), as heir, and talk his dutiful daughter Julia (Vittoria Belvedere) into a marriage she doesn't want. Roger Young (Jesus) directs this highly watchable costume drama, and O'Toole's golden presence makes the ancient intrigues tragically human. --Tom Keogh
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I realy enjoyed this movie! I learned alot bout all the main characters you felt you were realy in rome at that period of history geat acting by all cast members and awsome production values! I purchased this very cheeply at amazon dvd's !
Rating:  -
There are good moments. Livia is very well characterized, either by the plot and by the actress. I enjoyed it ,unless at Augustus "grand finale"monologue, saying "it was my kingdom that testified the birth of Our Lord Jesus", as if Augustus himself did know Christ "Himself". What a childish pedagogycal view,by all Gods and by God s sake. This anachronism(forgive my English)is the same as a (soviet)film about Tsar Alexander II telling audience Josef Stalin was born during his reign.
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Rating:  -
The Bottom Line:
Overlong, poorly-acted (accomplished British thespians O'Toole and Rampling excluded) with terrible dubbing of the Italian actors and a low-budget feel, Augustus is not worth watching when the HBO series Rome does so much better with similar material: stay away.
Rating: -
The details are often inspiring. The sets, interior and exterior, are excellent and look very accurate. After a careful watch, it occurred to me that this production may be using the sets of the HBO production of a couple of years ago, ROME. One has the impression that these sets were built in and around Cinecitta if only because over the last twenty years or so the Italian government found and excavated many previously unknown interiors when the Roman subway system was being dug. Thy had to ... Read More
Rating: -
Not a particularly good production. It does not have the fine qualities of "I, Claudius" or the recent HBO "Rome" series. More like a spaghetti western.
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