Title: Julius Caesar
Year: 1953
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer: William Shakespeare
Starring: Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud
Music: Miklós Rózsa
Distinctions: Oscar for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (black-and-white); Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), Best Cinematography (black-and-white) and Best Score
Length: 120 minutes
Synopsis: Roman revolution leads to civil war
How I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), today
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good)
Objective Rating: 8/10 (points off for story and music) c. 3.2/4 (Very good)
Not as good as the play; they cut out way too much. Although, what's there is done quite well. I enjoyed the first hour and a half or so quite a bit, but they chopped the ending to pieces.
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