Julius Caesar
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Ugh-Fudge Bwana

5y↑2.6K

We were robbed of James Purefoy giving this speech in HBO's Rome. Absolutely robbed.

skaetur1

4y↑116

Rome was so good. I love when she places a curse on Caesar.

Lycaon Pictus

4y↑285

Since it is from Shakespeare they wouldn't have been able to use it for Rome. I'm guessing fear of knowing whatever they'd write would be measured against the speech from the play is why they only opted to show the eulogy's immediate aftermath.

Shame, really. Purefoy is a good actor so it would have been nice if they gave him a eulogy to perform, even if it wasn't Shakespeare's dialogue.

Derek Azyan

3y↑17

No kidding. Time was a masterpiece but seemed very rushed

doubleP

3y↑45

Nah, doesn't have enough obscenities for the Purefoy version of M.Anthony. xD

Jason

3y↑76

Sebastian But in that same series Purefoy gives a heartbreaking and eloquent speech after his defeat at Actium, which proves he was very capable of delivering that kind of emotion.

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Chase McNab

2y↑668

You can’t help but get swept up in the emotional rollercoaster of this, yet at the same time you can see how Antony is playing the mob and leading them to mutiny while “praising” the conspirators and looking like he’s “just defending his friend”. The cleverness of the bards writing puts the audience in the place of the mob and shows them how charismatic people can twist information and emotions to lead you to certain conclusions rather than just telling you how to think. perfectly written and acted.

Rob

2y↑53

By constantly refering to them as "honorable" but pointing out there crimes hes making an obvious allusion to the conspirators hiding their actions and misdeeds behind their titles.

Void304

2y↑11

You know, if I could wind the clock back to a time when Charlton Heston was still extant, I would very much like the opportunity to look him in the eye and shake his hand and tell him just how much I enjoyed his portrayal of Mark Antony.

S.P. Baughman

2y↑2

Agreed..the best speech ...The best play by shakespeare ..

Gendo Ikari III

1y↑8

“Telling you how to think…”
How can one get this close to the answers and in five words completely miss the target?

Candice

That’s exactly what my English teacher said. We were studying figurative language;).

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Darryl Gonzalez

4y↑652

One of the greatest speeches of all time delivered by one of the greatest actors of all time. God rest your soul, Charlton Heston. There will never be another like you.

SpockBoy

3y↑12

Or as Heston put it "When comes such another!"

The Picsopedia

2y↑5

Well, there was Marlon Brando before him.

Nawaj Sarif

2y↑8

He is no way close to marlon brando.

Afzaluddin Ahmed

1y↑1

Absolutely true Darryl. I double that 👍

Angloaust

1y↑1

Surprised he never ran for president!

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Guardsmen Gunner

4y↑500

HERE WAS A CAESAR! WHEN COMES SUCH ANOTHER?!

I got chills from that. The entire speech is one that would create armies, but those last words would drive men to fury.

Vyomaan Dave

2y↑4

Eloquently put!

Jim Aulenti

1y↑10

Caesar was the greatest man in history -
until Jesus Christ, and since then, and forevermore none greater

Nino Dino

1y↑2

@Jim Aulenti Jesus is not real

Morec0

1y↑1

@Nino Dino lol, lmao

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Brian du Bois-Gilbert

1y↑135

According to Plutarch, an early Greek Roman historian of the Roman Empire, Antony did deliver a rousing funeral oration during Julius Caesar’s funeral. Shakespeare no doubt used literary license for dramatic effect for Antony’s exact speech in his tragedy play—Julius Caesar—upon which this film was based on. The oration has become a classic in public speaking.

Mike Robinson

3y↑307

"Charlton Heston, ever one of the very best classically-trained stars." May he forever rest in honorable peace. We are unlikely to ever see his kind again.

neil999ish

2y↑5

Yes, he and others from an age of players past that could project the image. For alas in these days i cannot class any "actor" an actor, but a shallow vessel of no depth.

marc mantell

2y↑16

What a kind and lovely tribute to Charlton Heston... I had the pleasure to work with him on stage at the Ahmansohn Theater in LA...I truly admired him as an actor but much more as a charming, dedicated, generous human being. I am proud to have been in his presence.

Italian Traditional Catholic

2y↑2

we have to keep antiquity alive

Steven Hall

1y↑2

It was my privilege to have met Charlton Heston several times and even sit with him during a luncheon. I cried when he passed. A great man.

Phantom_GamerGirl

And Charlton was an honorable man

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kho boo

10y↑3.6K

Total respect to the people those days that can give a speech without any cuts.

Garret LeBuis

6y↑185

Check out Amistad. There's an extended monologue by Anthony Hopkins that he was able to deliver in a single take (even though there are cuts in the version in the film). It impressed Stephen Spielberg so much that he went from referring to Hopkins as "Tony" to addressing him as "Sir Anthony."

Knut Der Große

5y↑66

Could you see Brad Pitt,
Or some other current actor do this...
Not even,
Real Acting,
With class and skill.

The Bull Moose Progressive

5y↑87

Literally everyone who goes through Theater/acting school, which is most actors, can give this monologue off by heart. Not one doesn’t study Shakespeare & this is his biggest one.

Oliver Thompson

5y↑24

There were some cuts here......all films have cuts.....U have to readjust lighting just for that sake alone

Mark Arandjus

5y↑52

@Knut Der Große An odd thing to chose Brad Pitt, who influenced a great number of people with his speeches in Fight Club as an example.
I could easily see many of today's actors deliver a fine speech in one take. Many of them do, it is by no means a dying art.
Just because directors like to use more cuts these day doesn't mean actor's can no longer do it, what's wrong with you people.

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albion65

3y↑282

Heston understood the speech on a level Brando did not. He perfectly conveyed Shakespeare's intent with this speech, of how Antony skillfully manipulates the crowd with his words. Politicians for centuries after the first performance of this play have intentionally and unintentionally cribbed from this speech.

Vyomaan Dave

2y↑56

Brando's interpretation felt more like the speech of a man who truly felt every word he uttered: the rage and the passion. Heston meanwhile, seems to convey the intent of manipulation in his performance, which I do think is what Shakespeare intended.

Dian Rongyu

2y↑13

I disagree..While Brando brought more emotion to his performance than other actors did, it did not lack in persuasive power in any way..I also like how while the crowd were contemplating what he said, the camera focused on Brando’s face, and you can see his manipulative intent on his face..I thought the 1955 film made use of the idiosyncrasies of film in fleshing out the Bard’s great play more than this version did..This version felt like the play was put on and filmed as it was while the 1955 version felt like an adaptation of the play to film..

Chikito Borroko

52w↑1

This was his 2nd attempt actually he played mark Anthony a year earlier than Marlon Brando....

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One MercilessMing

32w↑9

In 1966, we were reading this speech in "Julius Caesar" and struggling a bit between the number of times "honorable man/men" were spoken. As 16-year-old high school sophomores, our English teacher finally explained to us that Antony was being sarcastic. Sarcasm is not unknown to high school students. After that, the speech was easier to "get". Telling my mother about this, she shared this story from her high school sophomore days in 1946. In her high school days, each student had to recite Antony's funeral oration from memory (as did we, by the way). Her boyfriend sat in the front while she recited. She got as far as, "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears..." when her boyfriend stage whispered, "I can't get them off!" My mother collapsed in laughter and almost failed the class. She never said what their punishment was. I suspect they got sent to the principal's office.

Emre Arifoglu

27w↑4

One of the finest moments of the art of cinema.

Matthew Cooper

5y↑140

This is honestly the best delivery of this monologue and it needs more attention.

Colin Harbinson

5y↑8

Hestons acting made this film, Robarts (bless him) almost killed it.

Badpoison1

47w↑1

Brando's performance was leagues above this one

Holden Fitzroy

45w↑1

@Badpoison1 Very funny

Adam M

40w↑1

Damien Lewis' delivery of this speech is also exceptional

LordVader1094

35w

@Badpoison1 No it wasn't.

Appocalachia2020

1y↑25

I was always amazed at how quickly Mark Anthony flipped the hearts and minds of the populace. The Bard really understood human nature.

Senovitj

5y↑4.8K

I am no orator... "continues to give one of the greatest speeches of all time"

Steev Rawjers

4y↑47

lol classic

Shibbu Yadav

4y↑19

Indeed sir

oren1neu1dag

4y↑212

The thing is: Orator in ancient rome was someone who was PAID to either, speak on behalf, or to teach the art of public speaking for the sons of wealthy roman families, usually a greek was hired for that job,
So when Charlton Heston as Mark Anthony says he is not an orator, it means he isn't saying what he has to say for money, but he says it because it comes from the heart

Ishmael Forester

4y↑26

S billings O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason!

Josh W

4y↑11

Humble intro to catch the crowd off guard.

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Achintya Naithani

4y↑31

Something to note: Caesar was insanely popular among the masses because of his generosity to the common people of Rome.

SymphonyBrahms

2y↑31

A great performance by a great actor. If you want to see another great performance by Heston, watch him in "A Touch of Evil". After Charlton Heston was hired to star in the film, he insisted that Orson Welles be hired to direct it. Welles not only directed "A Touch of Evil", he also re-wrote the script and co-starred in the film. And it's a masterpiece. With Welles and Heston and Marlene Dietrich all starring in the film, it's great beyond greatness.

Azimi Syauqie Abdul Wahab

1y↑1

& don't forget Janet Leigh

Phumzile Sinorita Nyawose

4y↑51

William Shakespeare wrote this speech so well, like he was there to witness it himself

Ser Torrhen Clegane

4y↑130

That little smile he adds when you hear, "There's not a nobler man in Rome than Antony." It basically says, "I got them right where I want them."

Striker

3y↑70

3:38 the delivery of that “who you all know are honourable men” is just hilariously and perfect

Lastly More

9y↑1.6K

His heavy, deep voice fits for shakespeare. What a powerful performance.

Steev Rawjers

4y↑12

great actor

TK

4y↑4

@Ewalds Eiland I just watched your link. Fantastic!

Lesley Spencer

3y↑6

He was great as the Player King, too. Sorry he didn't do more Shakespear, he could have made it a career.

Harikrishnan R

2y↑4

Ikr!, Loved his performance in Ben Hur!

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x1986x

3y↑19

I think it's so crazy that shakespeare performed plays for the poor and he knew enough about a historical story that happened over 1600 years before. How did he get this material? How did the common people know about an empire that fell over 1000 years before? It's just fascinating...

snowcherryleopard

2y↑5

They read Plutarch

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Dylan S

4y↑2.2K

"I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him."
> doubt.jpg

Agentcoolguy1

4y↑64

He said what the crowd needed to hear.

Udgam Patel

3y↑20

@Agentcoolguy1 yes or else traitors like Brutus and Cassius would've been served like they have dominated the entire world

Ali

2y↑8

@Udgam Patel To be fair in real life Mark called ceaser a god and used him to further his grasp in rome.

Bernhard Wall

I come to bury Jason Robards, not to praise him. His portrayal of Brutus was terrible.

kavi anjali

3y↑41

I have learnt this in English syllabus at my young age as well as in intermediate school....I couldn't forget each n every word my english teacher uttered, while teaching this play.....she said the best two speeches in English literature is that one of Brutus's & another one's Anthony's....."This is the unkindest cut of all" I have goosebumps whenever I hear r read this line.... Honourable men, unkindest, I'm no orator are the best words that made an outstanding writing...

Khalyll Kyllian

1y↑16

I did not know Charlton Heston until this speech by Mark Anthony. This is one of the most impressive speech delivery in movies I have seen. Also, I'm about to perform this oration to my english class and I'm thankful for this reference. Wish me luck!

Mirjana Pucarevic

1y↑1

Good luck

Dave Wilson

4y↑20

I have never considered Charlton Heston a great actor, although I have enjoyed his films, but his portrayal of Mark Anthony in this Shakespeare classic was a superb piece of acting. I stayed enthralled throughout. If he did not get an Oscar for this, he should have.

John Brady

3y↑2

Brando was nominated for an Academy Award for his Anthony. I don't think Heston was.

SymphonyBrahms

2y↑5

@John Brady Heston did win an Oscar for Ben Hur.

Johnny Bravo

46w↑2

You didn’t think he was a great actor ? In the words of Heston “ poor miserable bastards” ! 😂

Cuppa Joe with Joe

10y↑1.5K

Brando's speech had more anger and rage that Antony would feel, but Heston's is more the tone of a clever man which we know Antony was.
The debate will never be settled.

Raynman Shorts

4y↑91

It depends on if you want a romanticized version of Caesar or the reality. The reality was that Caesar was, in fact, ambitious. He sought to destroy the Republic and become king. And Brutus was, in fact, an honorable man. He sought to save the Republic. Yet history remembers Caesar as some sort of martyr and Brutus as a betrayer.

It really just goes to show you that it's those that identify with Caesar--the man who would be tyrant--that determine what we learn as history.

Hectorius Rex

4y↑251

@Raynman Shorts I think it is a stretch to call Brutus an honorable man, he was a man manipulated by Ogliarchs to give credence to murder, at this point the republic had become nothing more than a oligarchy run to benefit those that were already rich and powerful

Gremlin King

4y↑42

Love Brando but Heston delivers the speech better

Jose Manuel Varela Puig

4y↑66

@Raynman Shorts it seems you need to learn history. of course he was ambitious. what man who is not ambitious can change a country? he was ambitious but it was all for the glory of rome, honorable raynman

MultiCappie

4y↑40

Nonsense, Brando sounds like a living human who lives his lines, Heston sounds like a stilted "actor" in front of a camera. He wouldn't even have been audible in front of anything other than a sound stage. Utter fail. Brando was far superior as a true lead actor.

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Rebekah

3y↑83

I have to say I much prefer this version - Charlton Heston has picked up all of the nuance and subtle craftiness of this speech. THIS is a polished politician and Charlton plays him as such. Brando's performance is more theatrical, dramatic and very much suited for plays as it was written. Heston, in my opinion, takes this speech to another level.

Ramin Tanei

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Abraham Gideon

True there is a rawness and honesty in Heston's performance that is lacking in Brando's.

Hair Glowing Kyle

29w

@Abraham Gideon I disagree. There is just about the same amount of "rawness" and power in Brando's version, simply interpreted with a different style during a different era of acting.
They are both great in my opinion, and it's useless to contest which version is better.

Abraham Gideon

28w

@Hair Glowing Kyle The fact that I prefer Heston's version doesn't mean Brando is any less an actor. It probably boils down to personal preference than anything else.

Tom Hamilton

3y↑50

Brilliant actor . An American icon. Greatly missed but not forgotten.

chandra spmani

3y↑22

A film to be remembered lifetime. Charles Heston's acting is beyond comparison.

Wandering Historian

4y↑2.3K

Senate. "It's just words..."

Antony. "I have here Caesar's will..."

Senate. sweats profusely

Mark Beauchamp

4y↑6

Jason 🤣🤣🤣

Ryan Denziloe

4y↑31

Missing the point. The will was just a useful oratorical prop. Anthony would have gotten them riled up without it.

Palatasikun The youtube Commentator

4y↑2

The majority of the Senate loved Caesar

pdot1123

3y↑13

The Senate should have known the power of words. The Senate had Cicero after all.

Nicholas Fitzhugh

3y↑39

He gave every roman citizen 3 months wages... The will was narratively and historically the straw that broke the camel's back in regards to caesar's deification

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magic avaLanche

2y↑24

" Here was a Caesar. When comes such another ?! " What a friend Antony is, 💗 worth dying for

Sherlock Holmes

8y↑825

This is as close to portraying actual Roman rhetoric and oratory skills as we have ever come. With Shakespeare's writing, and Heston's acting.

Marcus Tullius Cicero considered public speaking as acting, as much as it was persuading other men.

Zac Coleman

8y↑14

I'd recommend you to watch Marlon Brando as Antony. Even better than Heston.

shigsho

7y↑53

Talk to any Shakespearean actor. They will tell you Brando was a fine actor BUT not Shakespeare. Heston was the real deal.

Jack Cooper

6y↑5

shigsho Brando’s is lightyears better

Sanjay

5y↑1

Cool

Lewis Taylor

5y↑8

Shakespeare wasn't even close to Roman rhetoric

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Afzaluddin Ahmed

1y↑8

Shakespeare's articulate words and Charlton Heston's magical voice, diction and delivery. Absolutely fantastic!!!

eigen

5y↑29

I feel that Heston delivered that speech as Marc Antony better than Brando did. Heston shows so much range, whereas I felt Brando's was emotionally one-note. I feel that Heston had also matured as an actor by the time he played this role, whereas Brando, despite being young yet so very talented, could not outdistance Heston's artistic ripeness that sets apart this delivery.

Oliver Nshom

2y↑7

I particularly failed in love with his modulating voice, his pitch at times goes down and up in rhythmic moves with his hands (Kinesis).
Great job Charlton Heston Mark Anthony.
The greatest speech of all time. This is an essential lesson for all Rhetoric trainers and inspired speakers.

R.J. Lewis

32w↑1

My favorite part is that the whole crowd can perfectly hear what Mark Antony says, whether he's shouting in a fury or has drawn you in with his low intonation.

The acting in this scene was good indeed, but the realities of how this situation would actually play out make me giggle. All those in the back just saying to each other "wait, what did he say?" "I don't know man, last thing I heard was that someone is an honorable man."

trilingual

3y↑14

Charlton Heston really did this speech justice--had not seen this till now. Thanks!

Richard Adegbola Adesakin

6y↑82

I regret not appreciating this in secondary school. What a powerful speech. This is how you work a mob ...

Caron Stout

33w

Jan. 6, 2012: "We're gonna WALK to the Capitol..."

watch mania

4y↑20

The best Mark Antony's Speech and act in all Julius Cesar play history. Nobody can play it better than him. It is the top level of this character.

Benu

3y↑11

What a performance. I liked this 100x better than I do Marlon Brando's version

entering the twilight zone.

1y↑7

Remarkable how he remembered his lines in a single take. Alot to speak out.

Shane661

1y↑20

Jesus Christ....this is epic. It honestly makes one understand his famous line in Soylent Green. A man who was cast so far out of his brilliant element, but could not help but to express himself.

Azimi Syauqie Abdul Wahab

1y↑2

Soylent Green is People!

Hjerte Verke

46w↑1

My name isn't Jesus Christ. Why doesn't anyone use Buddha or Molech as an interjection? It's always my Lord and Saviour ...you use His holy name as an epithet---it must mean he is real to you

DrCrabfingers

1y↑6

Charlton Heston never failed to deliver in the big roles. It would have been interesting to see him play a small part, a character part. Surely one of my favourite actors. In a era of Kirk Douglas, Marlon Brando, Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck etc...these people could play huge roles.

Theodore

49w

Check out his speech in Wayne's World 2.

ثائر حوراني

5y↑63

I don't think that Shakespeare himself had ever imagined such a scene to be acted in this extraordinary fashion as it was preformed by Heston.

Mark Page

1y↑3

How many times and with what strange accents shall this, our scene, be reenacted?

Rihand Parde

3y↑7

We all need a friend like Mark Antony

Elizabeth Roberts

33w↑1

……it was such a pleasure hearing this wonderfully spoken actor recite poetry, at a live performance. His bass voice was just mesmerising. He was an extremely well read man, humble, great dad to Fraser, & Holly. He’d just celebrated his 64th Wedding Anniversary to his beautiful wife, Lydia, when he died. They’re both gone now………RIP

Guille Pablos

4y↑8

I stumbled across this a few days ago. I’m become slightly obsessed with this play and speech. It has inspired me to be better in my art. To learn more about Shakespeare and history. I haven’t acted in many years but I hope to one day portray this play on stage. I missed the impact of art.

KillerKrieg

4y↑15

Look at the bold, rich colors and the quality of the film. This was pretty fucking impressive for 1953. You can tell they were going for this big epic so they went all in and it shows. Looks like a great movie.

Allison Seamark

3y↑5

This movie was made in 1970

Rainbow Rainbow

1y↑2

A great speech delivered by one of the greatest actors! Charles, how could you be so perfect!

Wurzelknecht

7y↑481

Watched both versions back to back and although I seem to be in the minority with this opinion I have to say I like Heston's version better than Brando's. Brando delivers the speech with a lot of passion and power in his voice, but compared to Heston he also seems to rush through the lines a bit.
What gives Heston's version the upper hand in my opinion is that he plays to the crowd more through tonal shifts between calm and soothing, rousing passion, anger and sadness. He purposefully uses his skills as a publik speaker to slowly build up to certain key points of his speech and slowly build up suspense, and thereby not only makes sure that they all cling to his every word, but also slowly changes their minds and makes it seem like it wasn't even his intention. He plays this crowd like damn fiddles and they don't even realise it. The only ones who slowly reaslise what Antony is doing are Brutus and the other conspirators.
I for one found myself much more captivated by Heston's performance than by Brando's and since captivating a crowd is the main theme in this scene, I lean towards Heston.

Andrew

5y↑14

Both absolutely superb, and yet quite different, interpretations.

Flavius Aetius

5y↑6

I like Brando's main speech but Heston's overall performance in this scene.

Todd Parham

5y↑1

Give Braggnath due justice.

Luke D

5y↑4

Completely agree. I don’t understand the pacing at all in Brando’s

Ur. Kr.

5y↑9

I completely agree! I find this one miles ahead of Brando's. Much more contrast - gives me chills.

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James Coate

1y↑3

Probably his best performance. Did it without trying to affect an accent. And the intensity ...

willow willis

3y↑11

This speech gives me chills!

Desert Wolf

2y↑16

Without a doubt Charlton Heston was one of the greatest actors of all time. 🎭🤔

LogoSeven

2y↑6

Greatest speech ever written.

Andrew James

3y↑5

The fact this speech wasnt in the show Rome is a great travesty, watching James deliver this speech would have been earth shattering.

Aditya Sood

6y↑3.5K

And Brutus is an honorable man

Tim Penfield

5y↑211

SO ARE THE ALL, HONORABLE MEN

Nayeem Hyader

5y↑4

👍🏻

desirefv

5y↑65

Lol hes so honorable that he charged poor ppl 50 interest on a loan

Aussie Emu

5y↑21

He looks like he's lying through his teeth right now

tt boss bhai

5y↑2

dont comment again

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Truescotsman

1y↑4

The greatness in this scene is unbelievable 😮it shakes me to my bones !!

1984Contra

5y↑3

That was spectacularly well done. Thank you for posting this!

william paz

2y↑4

THIS is how an actor goes about plying his trade. Brilliant. Crowd Stirring. Passionate. And Absolutely Playing to a Crowd.

mark eustace

5y↑3

Thanks for posting this brilliant scene, Heston had the gravitas to do the part, he comes across as persuasive to the audience.

Mash

3y↑5

I had to learn this speech for drama class about one year ago, I don’t think I will ever be able to forget it again

louthegiantcookie

11y↑162

"Honourable men" my arse! I love Anthony's speech, so incredibly damning of the assassins without once insulting them outright.

dclark142002

3y↑7

...and easily manipulating the fickle crowd...and outright buying their loyalty at the end.

So...yeah. If Ceaser's killers are 'honorable men'...so is Antony.

:D

GFQ

3y↑1

8 years ago?

Jason B

@GFQ yes 8 years is a very long time.. i wonder if hes alive.. i mean in good health?

ThatCamel

1y↑2

@dclark142002 have we considered that caesar was a supporter of the lower classes for a reason?

Anthony DeMare

4y↑4

This is a beautiful and complex speech that's very difficult to pull off but is done exceptionally here. I did my own version on my channel and would love to perform this live one day.

bluefisshh

4y↑3

Charlton Heston was a legend, what an acting perfornance...

abermen

2y↑3

Great rendition, plays the crowd like a fiddle, convinces them that turning on the conspirators was their idea.

Viji kodi

3y↑1

Mark Antony is an orator par excellence ... ..who is able to bring about a shift in the minds of the public from doubt to conviction...Shakespeare uses this talent to perfection in Antony ...portrayed to perfection by Heston... in Julius Ceasar... where script....action and words ... all work together .. to create action..... the mob fury...Shakespeare excels....leaving one spellbound..

JayLeePoe

3y↑1

I still want there to be a great dramatic presentation of Antony's life; it was be an amazing way to focus on Caesar through his perspective. Can you imagine the panic he must have felt? Each actor hits a different note of this eulogy like a jazz song but... Antony had risen from the ranks from the crux of a particular siege defense with Caesar and they became fast companions afterwards. His whole life was Caesar's vision. Both the earnest and the cynical halves of his person were committed to Roman Reformation-- the real reason Caesar was murdered; can't have him giving away all that conquered land to the filthy poors

madamoiselle c

9y↑381

Charlton Heston, one of the classiest men ever to grace Hollywood. What a voice and what an actor. In my opinion, he was the best.

CLASSICALFAN .100

6y↑1

Nope. You really need a basis for comparison here. (And, Chuckie-Cheese ain't it.) Compare the great James Mason in "The Desert Fox", co-starring Jessica Tandy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4n48bVGom8

John Codmore

5y↑6

@CLASSICALFAN .100 Chuck lead the Screen Actors Guild in their march with MLK on Washington, and campaigned for Hollywood's first inter-racial screen kiss (The Omega Man). I find your 'Chuckie-Cheese' comment somewhat disrespectfull. Addendum, your link is broken ...

Mg Sa

5y↑5

Yes he was best

cka2nd

@John Codmore One of the first, but not the first. For one, the Kirk/Uhuru kiss on "Star Trek" preceded "The Omega Man" by several years. There's a funny comment by Heston about working with Cash on the movie's Wikipedia page in the section on the kiss.

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mia ♡

35w

thank the stars my english teacher asked us to see this along with a few others. the power, the wordplay which drove the people against their traitor, never will there be such an orator as Mark Anthony, a man with a silver tongue enough to sway the hearts of man

John F

4y↑14

Charlton Heston was one of the greatest actors of his generation and he had some brilliant competition. Not like nowadays, can you see the Rock giving such a Stirling performance?

Limited Tom

You obviously havent seen him in wrestling, however Heston is still greater

Tritium

2y↑1

Sweet dreams, boomer.

Leo Smart

3y↑2

For me, it is not even close. Not only did Heston have a booming and deep voice while Brando had to resort to shouts and screams, but it was a far more polished oratorical masterpiece. Brando's was a lurching set of phrases, whereas Heston slyly used changes of tone and cadence to build a raging storm, manipulating his mood changes from devastation and despair, to pain and agony, to boiling anger, and finally to roaring rage. By the end, his goal was made clear: he came not to praise Brutus and his cohorts, but to bury them.

STNeish

1y↑1

I've never considered Heston to be a great actor, but his delivery of this speech is brilliant.

John Miller

4y↑6

Charleton Heston did such a good job with this scene that the directors of HBO's 'Rome' decided James Purefoy could not best him.

Warren Hamlet

9y↑149

Heston had a lifelong love of Shakespeare's work, and it clearly it shows here in this spirited persuasive interpretation. It is at once intimate and then the crowd is involved. skillful direction.
and photography.

Steffen Ritter

4y↑3

As do I. Also, I'm glad that he never tried to put on a British accent. It would have ruined it all.

Jackson Parker

2y↑4

The man knows how to present a closing argument.

speaklowww

47w↑3

saw it in high school english. what a brilliant scene. heston rocks this so hard.

ThePh84

3y↑21

Heston is brilliant in this scene. I can't understand how people can even compare him to Brando. Brando's speech was not only terribly rushed but also Brando had really bad diction bordering on a speech impediment. Also, Heston owned a magnificent voice perfectly suited for giving speeches to a crowd or in a theatre, which unfortunately can't be said about Brando.

nintendonut100

2y↑3

Brando was a great actor, but he overacted this scene something horrible compared to Heston who gave it a wide dynamic range, and yes Brando's diction was poor, Shakespeare requires clear diction.

Rainbow Rainbow

I have to agree with you! Brando was a great actor, but Charles was a great actor with perfect diction!

Don Schmidt

2y↑1

Acting on a grander scale. Brando and Heston each lending their unique gifts to Marc Anthony. There is a reason Charlton Heston appeared in more great epics than any other actor. Portraying everyone from Michelangelo to Moses. Tall, handsome, stately bearing with a voice to stir the mountains above us. I believe that Brando was the greatest actor ever. Charlton Heston though, was the actor in the epic role.

Legal Vampire

4y↑14

'This was the most unkindest cut of all'

'I am no orator, as Brutus is', Oh yes you are, this is as great a speech as ever was.

Tamal Deb

6y↑6

It is a very good lesson for the actors to study carefully the speech made by Heston and Brando. It is wrong to say one is good and the other one is bad. They are superb in their own classes.The emotions expressed through modulation of voice and body language are worth learning.

Ant "chequer chats " C ...

A long time ago I was an amateur actor. I had to memorize the monologue for an audition...
HESTON was a very interesting interpretation of the part. His projection is ironclad, thoughtful and stoic..
Marlon had the effervescent tone of an incandescent warrior..grief stricken and wavey of voice , until the Cry of Havoc..... when the inner turmoil breaks loose. Extraordinarily intelligent portrayal..

Dmichoacan

2y↑2

the bit after 8:13 always gets me. it gives me goosebumps!

Exposing Proxy Stalking Organized Harassment

2y↑4

Charlton Heston has talent. He was also president of the National Rifleman Association for many years until his death.

Vincent Morot

5y↑8

That's why I like about Shakespeare: you can have such a wide variety of subtle nuances in interpretation, that the same text feels very different depending on the artists.

texasallstar6969

every year I come to this I cry. what a legendary time. full of epic men. what a time.

User Discretion

10y↑364

Heston's version of Marc Antony's speech is the best, better than Brando's. Heston adds the right amount of sarcasm, irony, and masculinity. Too many other versions blubber, or miss the sarcasm, and don't know where to place the fury.

Tim Penfield

10y↑12

good points

User Discretion

10y↑19

Tim Penfield and of course the inimitable Charlton Heston voice.

Okipug

6y↑28

Watching them back to back there is something more human about Brando's performance. When he takes pause and says "My heart lies in there with Caesar" it catches me unlike Heston's performance does. That said Heston does an amazing job that he made his own

Guisseppi Strombopolis

6y↑3

User Discretion only Heston has captured the fury. All others dodder

JudgeJulieLit

6y↑4

Perhaps Brando was too monotonously Stanley Kowalski Stanislavski Scorpio furious.

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Sulla153

4y↑1

The more I learn about Caesar the more I realize he certainly evolved into an ambitious man. The three times he was presented the crown from Antony was staged and a way of testing the crowd’s reaction. By the point of that event he thought he had enough influence to merit a crown which was a huge gamble requiring overwhelming popular appeal.

ART with a PEN

48w↑1

What an amazing performance from Heston. One of his very best me thinks.. The movie itself is a solid well made and performed version of the Shakespear play. I prefer it to the Brando version, which is also great.

Markie Maypo

46w↑1

"FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!" Lol, Heston was possibly the greatest actor in the history of American film. It's ironically a tragedy that our society has made Shakespeare almost a footnote these days. His work should be central to any and all study of western culture as no other writer so captured the essence of the foundations said culture was built upon.

Tom Servo

3y↑5

I remember my English teacher explaining to us when we read 'Julius Caesar' how Antony totally knew what he was doing under the smokescreen of grieving.

Lorenzo Gomez

35w

Fabulous. The only problem with moving pictures is that the mass audiences were expecting a less demanding reel, having been used to the name of Charlton Heston associated to great spectacles.

MouYijian

8y↑111

Apart from the quality of the acting in se, which is superb in both Brando's and Heston's case, the true protagonist here is rhetorics, or public speaking if you want, whose power to persuade the people's hearts and deform reality are the weapons that Anthony plans to use to, ultimately, seize power. His grievance for Caesar's violent demise sounds sincere, but he is already thinking about his own future and political career. Are Caesar's assassins honorable men? Indeed they are nought. But Anthony is playing a double game here, and the Roman people easily fall in the trap. The people wants to be deceived, the Romans used to say: vulgus vult decipi.

Ima Pseudonym

5y↑8

The phrase is;
"Vulgus (Mundus) vult decipi, ergo decipiatur"

"The common people (world) wants to be decieved. And therefore they will be."

It's how Trump got elected.

cka2nd

But were they deceived, or were Brutus and Co. not so honorable after all? To me they were elitist patricians, Brutus himself being one of the biggest moneylenders in the entire empire.

Ima Pseudonym

4y↑4

@Joseph Gibson " The establishment"
The establishment does not vote. It requires voters, and plenty of them, both ill-educated and gullible, to put someone like trump in the white house.

Ettoredipugnar

4y↑1

@Ima Pseudonym even today they are . Except it is easier to fool them .

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puskascat

42w

this is just fantastic, on every level and in every way.

RaulJocson

There's a reason why Charlton Heston is a legend.

Todd Kurzbard

4y↑4

Anybody who doesn't find this oratory magnificent is not an honorable man.

Calamari Chris

4y↑14

I have to say, I loved the recent HBO "Rome" series, but was crestfallen they didn't show Mark Purefoy's Marc Antony give this speech. They just showed him finishing up, and everyone acknowledging it was a powerful oration.
I guess between Chuck Heston, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles', Richard Burton, and Laurence Olivier, those were some big (and well-worn) shoes to fill.

Shibbu Yadav

4y↑3

Master piece of all speeches , marvellous

Leonard Martinez

10y↑101

This is the best funeral oration there is.

Elizabeth P. Kanizin

A passionate man who has political intent even during calamity. 🎭

Thomas Chacko

Excellent rendition of this classic speech; strong voice, good delivery. I’m just glad he didn’t raise that musket above his head and scream, “From my cold, dead hand . . . !” (Caught a glimpse of Robert Vaughn and Jason Robards, too.)

SpockBoy

I love Brando. He can simply stand there, say nothing, and emote all kinds of emotions. However, he had a high pitched nasal voice, whereas Heston had one of the greatest voices in 20th century acting. And being that Shakespeare is all about the dialogue, for me Heston is perfection here.