Caesar / [videorecording] / TNT presents a DeAngelis Group and Five Mile River Films production ; a film by Uli Edel ; producers, Giuseppe Pedersoli, Jonas Bauer ; written by Peter Pruce and Craig Warner ; directed by Uli Edel. DVD

Julius Caesar : (other title)

Bauer, Jonas. (Added Author). Cianchetti, Fabio. (Added Author). Edel, Uli. (Added Author). Ferch, Heino, 1963- (Added Author). Golino, Valeria. (Added Author). Harris, Richard, 1930-2002 (Added Author). Moretti, Tobias. (Added Author). Noth, Christopher, 1957- (Added Author). Pedersoli, Giuseppe. (Added Author). Pruce, Peter. (Added Author). Sisto, Jeremy, 1974- (Added Author). Walken, Christopher, 1943- (Added Author). Warner, Craig. (Added Author). DeAngelis Group (Firm) (Added Author). Five Mile River Films, Ltd. (Added Author). GoodTimes Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author). Turner Network Television. (Added Author). Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Christopher Noth, Valeria Golino, Heino Ferch, Tobias Moretti. (Cast).

Summary:

Traces Caesar's rise to prominence as a brilliant military tactician. Includes his complex relationships with his mentor General Pompey and his second wife Calpurnia. His ideological tiltings with Senator Cato, who advocates democracy over Caesar's dictatorial ambitions. Explains Caesar's violent epileptic seizures, his megalomania, his casually calculated cruelties, and his bigamous relationship with Egyptian queen Cleopatra. His nephew, Brutus, finally kills Caesar at March 15, 44. B.C. (the Ides of March) at the age of 55, starting an era of civil wars.

Record details

ISBN: 0766221644
ISBN: 9780766221642
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 178 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York, NY : Distributed by GoodTimes Entertainment, [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a television mini-series in 2002. Special features include segments about the making of the film, and scene selection.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Fabio Cianchetti ; edited by Mark Conte ; music by Carlo Siliotto ; production designer, Francesco Bronzi.
Participant or Performer Note:	Jeremy Sisto, Richard Harris, Christopher Walken, Christopher Noth, Valeria Golino, Heino Ferch, Tobias Moretti.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1; Dolby digital stereo; anamorphic widescreen (16x9) presentation.