The Russian ship "Leonov" was the inspiration for the look and feel of the Omega-class destroyers in Babylon 5 (1993).
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Director John Huston remarked on Brando's intense Method acting in this movie as "like a hot furnace opening in a dark room."
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The one scene in the play involving Cinna the Poet, in which he is mistaken for Cinna the Conspirator and killed by the angry mob, was filmed but deleted before release.
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Sir John Gielgud was cast after Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz saw him play Cassius in a stage production at Stratford-on-Avon. Mankiewicz was in Stratford to see Paul Scofield, who he was considering casting as Mark Antony, until Marlon Brando's screentest turned out so well.
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This is one of two films directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz to feature Julius Caesar and Mark Antony as major characters. The other is Cleopatra (1963).
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The soundtrack was recorded in four-track stereo, although it had not been filmed in widescreen, but the movie was eventually released in mono. If it had been released in four-track stereo, this movie, and not The Robe (1953), which was made in CinemaScope (a screen ratio of 2.55:1) and standard "Academy ratio" (1:37:1), would have been the first movie released using that method of recording. This movie was eventually released in stereo on LaserDisc and DVD.
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John Gielgud (Cassius) later played the title character in Julius Caesar (1970).
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The featurette on the DVD, "The Rise of Two Legends", is presented in anamorphic 16:9 widescreen format, while the movie is presented in its original standard "Academy format" of 1:37.1.
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Producer John Houseman had also produced a version of the play on Broadway in 1937 which had starred Orson Welles to great acclaim. The two had fallen out in the intervening years, so Welles was never considered for the movie.
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This netted Marlon Brando his third consecutive Best Actor Oscar nomination in three years. He had previously been nominated for A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Viva Zapata! (1952).
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James Mason and Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz enjoyed a strong working relationship following 5 Fingers (1952). Marlon Brando was very conscious of this, and saw that Mankiewicz was favoring Mason in many of the key scenes. Brando threatened to walk off the movie unless the balance was restored to his character.
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Marlon Brando became good friends with John Gielgud during filming, and frequently sought Gielgud's advice on how to speak the blank verse. Gielgud invited Brando to come to London to star in a Shakespeare season on the West End stage, under his direction, but it never happened.
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This was John Gielgud's first film since The Prime Minister (1941).
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The film takes place in 44 B.C.
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This was Marlon Brando's only on-screen Shakespearean role.
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The film cast includes four Oscar winners: Marlon Brando, Greer Garson, Edmond O'Brien and John Gielgud; and three Oscar nominees: James Mason, Louis Calhern, and Deborah Kerr.
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Spencer Tracy considered Edmond O'Brien's performance as Casca the best in the movie.
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Giving Marlon Brando the role of Mark Antony was considered stunt casting at the time because of his reputation for mumbling following A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz had Paul Scofield lined up for the role should Brando's screentest not work out.
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Although Marlon Brando was given top billing, it is James Mason who is more central to the plot.
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Richard Hale (Soothsayer), John Hoyt (Decius Brutus), Ian Wolfe (Caius Ligarius), Morgan Farley (Artemidorus), Michael Ansara (Pindarus), and Vic Perrin (Hoodlum) all made guest appearances on Star Trek: The Original Series (1966): Hale in Star Trek: The Original Series: The Paradise Syndrome (1968), Hoyt in Star Trek: The Original Series: The Cage (1966), Wolfe in Star Trek: The Original Series: Bread and Circuses (1968) and Star Trek: The Original Series: All Our Yesterdays (1969), Farley in Star Trek: The Original Series: The Return of the Archons (1967) and Star Trek: The Original Series: The Omega Glory (1968), Ansara in Star Trek: The Original Series: Day of the Dove (1968), and Perrin in Star Trek: The Original Series: The Menagerie: Part II (1966), Star Trek: The Original Series: Arena (1967), Star Trek: The Original Series: The Changeling (1967), and Star Trek: The Original Series: Mirror, Mirror (1967). Furthermore, Lawrence Dobkin (Citizen of Rome) directed Star Trek: The Original Series: Charlie X (1966).
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Julius Caesar - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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