Julius Caesar (1979 TV)-Brutus,Antony funeral orations (pt2)

[iSupremest]

what, the fuck, did he say at the end? WHERE JUMSUMBAAWA 10:00

[BaldJean]

The actor has not understood the speech at all. Anthony is in a precarious position; he was one of the followers of Caesar and has to fear for his own life. Shouting out at Brutus will only make the people angry so he has to take to subterfuge. by putting the seeds of doubt into the people. It is not for nothing that the third time the phrase "Brutus is an honourable man" appears in the speech it is preceded by a "sure". Later, when the seeds have grown, he can shout, but not at the start.

[bassedoutcleff]

@BaldJean Did you see part 1?

[FireEyedMaidOfWar]

This acting is far too emotional and expressive! The sober and stern Romans cannot be depicted like skipping and peevish English! Romans speak with dignity and coldness but not in rage and wild gestures! So the screaming is much a miss and the BBC should have watched the 1953 version with James Manson, Marlon Brando and of course John Gielgud which is quite proper and I wonder that they made the version of Coriolanus so well but spoiled Julius Caesar, my most favourite play!

[musicgirl1098]

I'm a girl and I have to say this speach in front o my whole class wearif a toga. Ohmygosh -_- and so does half my class :(

[ChinoManopreno]

good golly what was that?

[rockhammer85]

Anyone who thinks Marlon Brando was the world's greatest actor immediately disqualifies themselves from serious debate on the craft.

[jigglypuff1337]

Brando FTW

[metteholm75]

Brandos character was absolutely fantastic, - one of the strongest displays of power and control, I have ever seen, dangerous as hell, and pure theatrical beauty, - but Keith Mitchell is more dangerous, - and as Caracalla said, - more subtle than Brando. He is convincing as a man, who is putting on an act as the "simple, blunt man", he claims to be, He had me fooled in most of the way .

[gelmir4eva]

Marlon Brando was wayyyy better!

[roxor1080]

Damn, Brando did to Caesar (and some others) what Heath Ledger did to the Joker: anyone trying to do it again looks like, well, a joker. Cruelly talented guys. RIP.

[VanillaShoelace]

why is this guy dressed like a circus clown and not a general of the roman army? HORRIBLE production.

[netajismart]

One has to be really naive to believe this guy is better than Brando here

[WalkersDancing]

I agree...no one can touch Brando's Marc Antony



[The2DumbPlumbers]

There all dead by now xD

[Caracalla23]

"Fortune is merry and in this mood will give us ANYTHING" Magnificent..

[emurdoch100]

This does no Justice to how Mark Antony really was. This guy is such a ponse!

[Caracalla23]

@emurdoch100 Can we really know what a man who lived more than 2000 years ago was really like? I don't think so. This is theatre and poetry NOT an accurate portrayal of the politician/soldiers of the late Roman Republic. These aren't the words of Antony but of Shakespeare and IMHO they're wonderfully delivered by Keith Michell.

[emurdoch100]

@Caracalla23 Actually, we can know what he really looked like as there is a bust of the man in the Vatican museum. There are also various depictions of him on Roman coins dating from the period of his Triumvirate with Octavian. There are also many descriptions in primary historical cources, which when added together, give a very good description of the man as a whole. Plutarch is an example of one such writer. And as for it being 'theatre' and not an accurate portrayal, why not make him alien?

[Caracalla23]

@emurdoch100 Knowing what people looked like is not indicative of how they thought. Was the bard a historian. NO!!! Do I take Antonys' funeral speech as historically correct or Henry V speech before Agincourt as true?? NO!!!! These are extraordinary examples of our language and not histories.

[emurdoch100]

@Caracalla23 What do Bards not being historians have to do with this? Also, to play the part, you gotta look the part. That's like saying a woman should play Mark Antony, as it's only about the language. That'd just be weird as Mark Antony is a man. Looks have a lot to do with it, as it adds to the character. It'd be just as weird if you had a 17 year old twig of a teenager playing him, as it would take away from the full impact.

[Caracalla23]

@emurdoch100 So in your opinion only a flat nosed bull necked actor can play Anthony?? I collect Roman coins and know how Anthony is portayed on late Republican coins. Even as a 47 year old bloke I'm not sure why a woman shouldn't play Anthony??? Afterall EVERY female part in Shakespeares plays was originally played by a man.. If the productions of Shakespeares plays was stuck in aspic then they would have died out centuries ago.

[Caracalla23]

@emurdoch100 I guess you're not terribly impressed by a classically trained actor like Keith Michelle. To me his performance is much more subtle than Brandos.

[camiloencisov]

This looks pathetic when compared to Brando

[Caracalla23]

@camiloencisov Maybe if Michell had had Hollywood sets and thousands of extras then this would have also looked magnificent.

[aero1237]

he looks like some politician begging for votes

[Caracalla23]

@aero1237 Antony is a politician!!!! Trying to stir the mob into following him and his agenda. POWER. Is he really any different to a modern politician canvasing for votes???

[emurdoch100]

@Caracalla23 Also, he wasn't a politician, he was a military general through and through. Mark Antony was not a big fan of politics, but war. Though, yes, his agenda was power and a large public following. 

[stevevandien]

Great stuff. Lord, how I love Shakespeare:). Michell is excellent. My only criticism would be that he looks rather old for Antony. But he understands the role thoroughly and paces this great speech appropriately:) --

[kimonui]

well done. I like this version!

[blake350125]

Alright, writing an comparison essay between act 3 scene 2 of video and text; Yay! seriously.

[ashikkerib]

The extras here have no effin clue whats goin on

[mearica15]

cool !!!!

[Brullumdael]

"I am no orator" haha

[Alligator2394]

the guy in the purple shirt is awesome XD

[cisbio]

@nicodagger. OK, maybe Brando's emphasis is off on occasion, and certainly 'loud' and mannered. But for me, it is more satisfying precisely because of its loudness. I look at it from an historian's point of view, not an actor's. Antony is addressing a Forum full of the baying mob; he would by necessity be loud and mannered. Brando is addressing that huge Forum, whereas Michell is addressing a (rather polite) stage, which is OK if you want actorish nuances. It wouldn't have swayed a Roman mob

[nicodagger]

Sorry, haters, but Brando was over the top, mannered, phony, with a fake "English" accent.......this is the best I've ever seen, he truly delivered on every word.....he was completely real, Brando was "acting" all the way....he was being the 'movie star', not Marc Antony...Keith Michell was one of the greats, and anyone who knows acting can see this (I've been a professional actor for over 30 years).

[mrbqstvy]

@nicodagger I COMPLETELY AGREE!!! KEITH MICHELL WAS THE BEST MARK ANTONY HANDS DOWN!!!! James Purefoy from HBO's "Rome" comes in at number 2, Brando (still LOVE hime) comes in at number 3, Richard Burton in "Cleopatra" comes in at number 4 and Charleton Heston in his version of "Julius Caesar" comes in at number 5...but MICHELL handles the verse THE BEST!!!! WITHOUT QUESTION!!!

[powertothehobos]

THANK YOU! to all you "agree-ers".....maybe im just biased but i cant even come close to imagining anyone else doing the marc antony speech better than brando...they can try, they can switch it up...but in the end brando still takes home the gold...and uses it for a door stopper:P

[LainosLair2006]

I'm in full agreement with powertothehobos. Brando's speech surpasses this one completely!!

[powertothehobos]

uuuuummmmmm.....NO! brando all the way:/

[logant44]

@powertothehobos agreed this guy sucks

[GreatGrumbledook]

By all the gods for which Romans bow: Julius Caesar is one of the best plays of the (in the sense of Homer) divine Shakespeare! And maybe the one which gets closest to the Greek tragedies of yore as it is serious unlike most of plays of Shakespeare, save his histories; here is a real tragic conflict: Republicans against the supporters of Caesar; and not a fascinating villain doing mischief like in King Lear, Richard III or Othello; but this version is not as well done as the others by the BBC!

[deutschlandman99]

i believe Brando's was much better

[SayaFight]

come to think of it... this was all cause by Cassius if he didn;t try to revolt against Ceasar they wouldn't go on the speeches.. we have nothing to memorize :D lol

[KryJoe]

did the town kill all the conspiritors??

[malaca777]

@KryJoe no, Mark Antony and Octavian hunted them down after they fled Rome... Cicero too in Spain.

[KryJoe]

ahhhhhh. thanks but its to late aha i turned my paper in and i wrote they all were killed ahahah

[SamuelChung94]

no they went to battle. Cinna the Poet wasnt a conspirator, just a character that shows how powerful a illiterate mob was

[lm2887]

he was making a mistake saying " will you be patient? will you stay..." before " have patience gentle friends...".......anyway he can't be absolutely compared with brando whose performance is outstanding and perfect

[thegillotine09]

Brando totally destroys this.

[CCButtra]

@thegillotine09 Nothing can ever compare to Brando's. Future Antony's need to study his interpretation and try to get a tenth of his emotion.

[Brullumdael]

@CCButtra Brando's speech is all wrath. Shakespeare is more subtle than that.

[Caracalla23]

@thegillotine09 Maybe bcause Brando had thousands? of extras and enormous Hollywood sets.

[thegillotine09]

@Caracalla23

That actually has nothing to do with the acting itself. Plus this guy has color.

[Caracalla23]

@thegillotine09 I'm not saying it does gillo. However I think it influences many when they see Brandos interpretations of this speech.

[Caracalla23]

@thegillotine09 This guy has color?? What does this mean? Educate me????

[frozenlicks]

can i ask about this?

why did mark anthony keeps on repeating

"he said he was ambitious,

and brutus was an honorable man"?

[thallassocracy]

Caesar has been assassinated, at the moment the assassins have the power in Rome.

Antony has been allowed to speak over Caesar's dead body, on the understanding that he does not criticise the assassins.

So Antony praises the assassins (he calls them 'honorable men') - but in such a way that the crowd realise he is being sarcastic.

[drizzleNmist]

Brutus (who killed Caesar) said that he killed Caesar because he was ambitious, and was bad for Rome. Antony is trying to take revenge on Brutus by turning the mob of Rome against him. Since the mob thinks that Brutus is honorable, Antony must first prove that what Brutus says is not true, so he is showing the mob that Caesar was not ambitious, thus he shows that Brutus was not honorable, which turns Rome against him.

[ihateturtles34]

it's ironic. it's his way of fueling the rebellion. when he starts off all the romans agree that brutus was an honorable man. by the end of the speech everyone thinks he's a traitor. it's just shakespeare's way of showing you how fickle the mob is. how quickly they can change their minds.

[Supenmanu]

we are all honorable men, aren't we?  (-:

[BubblewrapNinja13]

Brando was better, I think. What do you think?

[12stringsforme]

I think this one is more clearly spoken. Brando's did at times mumble.

[deepam08]

Antony was not so old

he was quite young than the conspirators whereas Octavius was youngest very young

[vampiregirl337]

This helped me with my homework immensely.

[tre27594]

wow this helped me in my shakespeare paper ALOT!

[johntony2020]

1:43

[dglekjofg]

I like this BBC version. Richard Pasco is superb as Brutus (though Keith Michell is very poor as Antony).

[kyokat130]

This really blows. I know Shakespeare is hard to memorize, but if you're going to perform it, do it right. My lordy. This guy looks like he's struggling for lines. I know he is. He's doing everything my stage coach tells us to do when we forget lines.

[LuvBytesNBruises]

Is it just or do people in Shakespearian plays never shut up

[FsEtNrDaEtR92]

Well, at the time when Shakespeare was writing the plays there wasn't large stages and multiple props to convey scenery and to create an effect like modern day plays. So, he would put a lot of words to engross people into the proper time period. Also, language skills were much more prominent than they are now.

[TyUnglebower]

some sweet hairdos on that crowd.

[MissCheerbeauty2]

lol

[ryanyouden]

its the 70's take on hair-dos in 44 bc

[SternMann93]

Yea, isnt it funny how ancient hair does change during a 30 year time? lol

[delablake]

Shakespeare is a genius!!!

[VinnyMancini]

Thats was a great performance! After acting this out many times myself I see that at 0:42 he makes a brief pause (which looks like he is emotional) but (to me when I acted it out) he is quickly trying to remember the next line as it is a tough passage to memorize!

[metalupyourass9]

AHHHHH YEA

NOW WHOS BADASS

[ribbonsonbedposts]

This is NOTHING compared to Brando's brilliant acting, but any performance of Shakespeare brings a smile to my face.

[yummeistrawberries]

heyy big thanks to u for posting this- im doin that beginning speech in skool and that helped me kno how to say it ^-^

[hamdag77]

this clip is so yukky compare to the other funeral oration.

[Kraca80]

Great speech from a great play.. please upload the hole movie!!

[albuseverus]

Oh, how I love this speech! To my mind, it's one of the greatest Shakespeare passages.

"Brutus is an honorable man", indeed :)

Thanks for posting... it's a great coincidence, as I am just learning this speech by heart. This production is really awsome!