Julius Caesar (TV miniseries)
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| Written by |
Peter Pruce Craig Warner |
| Directed by | Uli Edel |
| Starring |
Jeremy Sisto Richard Harris Christopher Walken Valeria Golino Chris Noth Pamela Bowen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Jonas Bauer Russell Kagan Piria Paolo |
| Running time | 200 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original release | 2003 |
Julius Caesar is a 2003 mini-series about the life of Julius Caesar. It was directed by Uli Edel, and written by Peter Pruce and Craig Warner. It is a dramatization of the life of Julius Caesar through 82 BC to his death in 44 BC. It is of note that it is mostly historically accurate and being one of the last two films of Richard Harris being released in the year of his death. The series was originally broadcast on TNT in two parts, airing June 29 and 30, 2003, and involved location shooting in Malta and Bulgaria. Run time is 178 minutes and the DVD has a making-of featurette. The slogan is His Time Has Come. It was released on DVD, in 2004 in the United States and in 2005 in the United Kingdom. The film was nominated for 2 Emmys and currently has a 6.8 out of 10 stars with nearly two thousand votes on IMDB.
The series begins in 82 BC when Julius Caesar is a eighteen-year-old man. He is out in the town with his daughter Julia when news comes that Lucius Cornelius Sulla is just outside the city walls and intends to take the city with his army. The guards sent with the news post death lists on the senate door. When he sees that his father-in-law's name is there he rushes to his house to try to help him escape. However, Pompey arrests him and takes him to Sulla. Caesar's mother, Aurelia, asks Sulla to show him mercy; out of respect for her, he promises to let Caesar live if he divorces his wife, Cornelia, but Caesar refuses. Sulla lets him go but orders Pompey to kill him and bring his heart to him. Pompey follows Caesar and tells him to leave Rome, which he does. Pompey buys a swine's heart from the market and tells Sulla that the heart is Caesar's.
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