Julius Caesar (1953) - Mark Antony speech

[cosmicdingo]

Brando did a great job in respecting the text,yet putting his own stamp on the role.

[bangaio1]

great acting!!, The death of to me one of the greatest men to ever live!!, and let us not forget that his death caused a new roman civil war that lasted over 10 yrs.

[AStopMotionChannel]

This made me all flustered... And I'm a guy.

[JHVideo1]

@obo you are right

[brunotupi83br]

I'd like to have a transcription of this speech because it's very useful for improving English. Thanks.

[EscaExcel]

I never get tired of watching this, Brando gives such an amazing performance.

[rajniralaarindam]

Damn the Oscars. Why didn't Marlon Brando get an Oscar for that???

[DellaDomenica]

Brando was perfect. Amazing performance.

[ohcountrar]

oh i love movies from the 1950s 1960 1970 1980 1990 especially historically based films

[TheUniquearchit]

english homework done!!!!!!!

[TERRIBLEPRODUCTIONSS]

Hey is cinna the poet in the movie?

[BeowulfCav]

Man... extras in classic films were much better actors than extras in movies today. Too many times have I been drawn out of a movie because of some oaf in the crowd couldn't even express a particular emotion in a remotely believable manner.

[juelzsantana2588]

@BeowulfCav Some of the extras in this audience embarrass some of the big actors we have today...

[BeowulfCav]

How did he not get an Oscar for this!? Damned Academy. He got his though.

[MrSquishy543]

lol my name is ANTONY!!

[Tetsuoha]

@MrSquishy543 lol

[abpisinthehouse]

Thank you so much for this; I have to do a monologue on Antony's speech and without this, I wouldn't know how to act it out.

[leaxo55]

this is such a magnificent and powerful speech, and only brando could execute it so beautifully!

[sitwosaints]

Wow...he could act up a storm

[mrjose175]

i got to design the stage for this play for a technical theater class, any ideas?

Great play by the way

[drewgievan]

Wow Marlon Brando was a brilliant actor!  No match to the actors of today I must say!

[MsIvorycoast]

i love this speech so much ! <3

[MsNinjamonkey1]

...poop is the answer to life thumbs up if you agree

[Jayakiran1]

Here was a Caesar! When comes such another?

[chelsea6206]

amazing! i understand all of this and im olny ten!

[MizzeyBonu]

@chelsea6206 woah. youre so cool.

[chelsea6206]

@MizzeyBonu thanks ive also memorized it all

[MizzeyBonu]

@chelsea6206 me too? its not hard.

[countrybluegrass]

@Tahuzilla

The post in question has a tenuous grasp of English at best, look how he calls it "the most borengest play ever written ever." Terrible grammar, terrible spelling, terrible vocabulary. This evidence should provide all the knowledge you need to determine the root cause of his deficiency.

[MsGrantula]

we're doing the julius caeser play in our school!

[izzyxd117]

MARLON BRADNO IS AMAZING <3333333333

[vongibson1968]

This is master interpretation.

[pre76dator]

this is the most borengest play ever written ever

[RebusCool]

One of the greatest men ever playing one of the greatest men ever from a play written by one of the greatest men ever.

[MindUrBizzness]

Wow omg that was amazing Marlon brando was a amazing actor wow

[Tubyubber]

holy shit

Brando is so incredible

[LichDJ]

Thumbs up if you hear the wallas

[gearhead2k6]

Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears!

[mangocheesecake1995]

"Here was a Caesar. WHEN COMES SUCH ANOTHER?"

[mangocheesecake1995]

william shakespeare is so AWESOME. i don't even know how he comes up with this stuff.

[mangocheesecake1995]

really. i am completely rendered speechless by Mark Anthony. his voice, his stance, his gaze... wow.

[TheGreatZurEnRaah]

@mangocheesecake1995 That would actually be Marlon Brando

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

Was Caser a bad person? im really inspired by him but i know he's half devil cuz he said he was a God or son of a God "(Demi God?) and he wanted to conquer the world he helped the economy by forgiving 1/4 of the nations debt and forgave alot of his enemies he also tortured alot of his enemies raped women with animals and humilated ppl who opposed him by making them duke it out to the death in the colosium,,, he solved alot of problems conquered alot of battles he was a merciless underdog..

[SelfHatingWhite]

@True2TheBlueYoViGang

legally he was right to do what he did, the senate placed 1 consul in power while he was in gaul and were attempting to cut short his term of office in order to prosecute him for growing too powerful and popular

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

@SelfHatingWhite

Raping women with animals in the Coliseum is right? I could understand making captured enemies kill each other to the death... but what do women have to do with it especially young*virgin* and non virgin blonds that were raped by all sorts of animals that were then allowed to be consumed as meals by animals? thats nuts.. o,o the rest of Ceasar... i can totally dig.. but that rape/killing part of the Coliseum fucks with me cuz he established it...

[SteauaBucuresti]

@True2TheBlueYoViGang

Is art of willow.

[Martel211996]

This is one of the most powerful scenes in all of film history. I remember hearing it for the first time, and I was blown away. I felt like I was actually there. Wonderful acting. Just wonderful.

[diagreen]

anybody notice when brando spoke in public his voice was low.when he would act,mutiny on the bounty,caesar his voice is high???

[Awesome6Sauce]

replay button=RAPED

[Xxskaterman]

Fuck cunt ass tits shit piss balls THAT WAS FUCKING AWESOME!

[coralarch]

The only role in which I can understand everything Brando says.

[mattAJO777]

Three people declined the crown and never got it back...

[skr1995]

"AND BRUTUS IS AN HONOURABLE MAN"....like that ironic line a lot

[skr1995]

"AND BRUTUS IS AN HONOURABLE MAN"....like that ironic line a lot

[jitendradude]

damn!! what an awesome speech dat is....im fan of antony...<3

[Caracalla23]

@jitendradude These aren't Anthonys' words but Shakespeares.

[onemorebrando]

not bad for a mumbler from nebraska

[BenMAugust]

So well done. Just posted at facebook/TrueShakespeare

[RomanSoldier13]

What a great scene and a great performance. Simply incredible.

[RHCT247]

10:24 "WHEN COMES SUCH ANOTHER?!" Brando is brilliant!

[MrJonasx44]

Brilliant performance by Marlon Brando! I've heard then that my dad played one role in this scene but I don't know which part maybe Brutus. Anyway, Brando and the director did justice to Shaksepeare's work.

[freedomland11]

The Youtube Critics Agree. BRANDO has done the PERFECT Mark Antony......

The Youtube critics are the MOST HONEST for they reign from all over the world ;)!!

[101352mimi]

It was perfect

[ezemdi]

@101352mimi

yes!!

[101352mimi]

Perfect just perfect

[secretflavors]

Where can i find heston's version of this?

[ezemdi]

@secretflavors

Hestons'

watch?v=0aO89Elkcx4

[ezemdi]

@secretflavors

Hestons'

watch?v=  0aO89Elkcx4

[rockhammer85]

I read that Sir John Gielgud recorded this speech and gave it to Brando so he could study it. I can well imagine that, judging by how much Brando seems to be imitating rather than speaking from actual understanding. Ocassionally, he also gets a bit strangulated when he goes up in volume. I like watching this, though. Brando certainly looked the part.

[retread01]

@rockhammer85 He doesn't seem like that any more than most other actors. You're looking for it because it was pointed out to you, but the idea he didn't know what he was saying and hadn't studied it is silly.

[rockhammer85]

@retread01

I thought the performance was imitation the first time I saw it. The story about Gielgud I came across later, and it just confirmed what I already felt. Of course Brando must have understood a lot of what he said - but there's no sign in his delivery of the subtle understanding that the best classical actors display. Neither does his technique doesn't match their's.

[TheInkacola]

3:29 best part of speech

[drummingmonster]

william shakespear was amazing to write this. it has a loot of meaning.

[vindog34]

If I'm correct, In Cleopatra with Liz Taylor, it was OCTAVIAN, Julius Caesar's grandnephew that read Julius' will.

[TheRealRayJ]

I totally need to start wearing a marsupial toga so I can store my precious documents in it.

[rbdzntsfrlk]

Et to brute, then fell Caesar...

[rbdzntsfrlk]

Well shave my back and CALL ME AND ELf!!!!

[777Plox]

Damn good use of rhetoric. 

[oboshredder2]

Am I the only one that thinks Brando should have won the Oscar in 53 for this over Holden in Stalag 17 ? ... I think Holden won because Clift and Lancaster slipt votes !

[sydcarten]

they were all honourable men

[SkywardSwordInfo]

Brutus, Cassius, and Cinna saw this video.

[bailey98766719]

I have to memorize his speech for English. Does anyone have any tips?

[pwnage51]

@bailey98766719 memorize in chunks. don't try to memorize it all at once for it'll make the speech seem way longer than it is. i had to memorize it for a presentation in my drama class and by memorizing in chunks, i memorized it in less than an hour. it doesn't take very long at all. once memorized, recite it to yourself whenever you can so that it stays fresh in your head.

[burzeenv]

One of History's finest orations. A must for every elocution.

[POOJABOBAN]

Hats off 2 the majestro of world literature!

[McFlyFan8723]

I have to memorize this for class... :O

[quezcatol]

Mark Antony wasnt just "ceasars friend" he was his relative.

His mom was Julius Cousin.

[Tubarulz64]

I saw the 1979 version before I came across this...This is so much better acted out!

[randyortonnerd]

this is wayy too long

[morphybum]

Cry 'Havoc!' and let loose the dogs of war!

[specialworks10]

i have to say this speach for my class tommorow, this was a great help in how to distribute the emotion

[JakeAndJord]

6:07

[Purplecatsoup30]

"I am no orator as Brutus is..."

Oh really???

[claudio249347a]

sorry, some hollywood in it. I prefer Orson Welles

[vickyray11]

Thrice was this movie made , but this was the best speech ever said

[metteholm75]

I didn´t know that he was an actor of that calibre.

[metteholm75]

I didn´t know that he was an actor in that calibre.

[morphybum]

Your words are touching but this is not the historical Antony, this is Shakespeare's. He is a literary character. Brando is magnificent.  This and Welles's Falstaff are maybe the best Shakespeare characters on film - both Americans, as it happens.

[kogcc]

BRANDO!!!! Here was a man!

[mr0123456789122]

this man MARLON BRANDO was a hell of an actor .have seen this video 5-6 times cos i play antony.

[walrus68]

MARLON BRANDO WAS THE GREATEST ACTOR EVER WAS. YO AMO A M.B.

[Herb615]

brutus saw this 3 times

[SuperTeamcanada]

@Herb615 and thrice denied it!

[liloulilou13]

@Herb615

Nope, 5 times ;)

[FromRussiaWithLuv007]

well they were right when they said never would come such another Caesar,

all the other were tyrants

[cbfromsr]

@Beowulf2008.....Are you saying that the USA is the "dead letter"? Destroyed by whom?

[Beorwulf2008]

Interesting. Antony inflames the crowd intentionally against Brutus and the other plotters (in the play) and the historical evidence suggests that the Republic was already a dead letter by the first Roman Civil War, the rise of the Emperor was inevitable. Did you know that Caesar (military dictator, not Emperor) used his position with the vast, unruly Roman mob to seize power? Does this remind you of something happening today? No, I refer not to the noble and great Obama and his Democratic Party

[MajBlood]

@Beorwulf2008 He practically was a emperor, just not in name.

[xxxJeahxxx]

I still haven't come across a better actor for this part in this play. I am a Classical Studies major and Antony has always been my favourite historical figure. I've read a lot about him and I think Brando really captures what his attitude would have been at this point. Not overly weepy, but playing the crowd, ever engaging in passive demagoguery! Well done and so captivating - I cannot go two days without watching this again.

[cosmicdingo]

Brando's version is so appropriate because he plays Antony totally pissed off.

[vladimir998]

AWESOME!

[skullex24]

cum

[MorganBatChava]

well fuck me in the pie hole that was AMAZING!

[1DeathInHonor1]

@MorganBatChava Ladies dont talk like that.

[achmed909]

Marlon Brando is a legend

[MrDorkusMaximus]

Good example of how rhetoric persuades simpletons. That speech could've been the template for every scripted speech of every US President for the past two hundred years. Oh, wait... it was!

[agnosticcc]

Brutus was Honorably Owned!

[ThePunkzz]

OWNAGE

[MrGingali]

Brando's simply coooooooooool!!! i felt like going to caesar's time!

[Jesusfreak45731]

oh...he is......yummy.

[jaydesai19]

/VAMPIRICROCKSTAR there is an whole play written in 10th standard cbse english textbook

[VAMPIRICROCKSTAR]

Does someone have that part of the speech typed out?? I want to use it.

[fayansiarz]

@VAMPIRICROCKSTAR You can find the whole play on website: online-literature. Under Shakespeare - Julius Caesar. This speech is in Act 3 Scene II.

[jb26508]

One of my English Classmates did this speech and all my teacher kept saying is "YOU GOTTA DO IT LOOK BRANDO DID IT"

[pythom]

scary, that this moment; if it actually happened, could be seen as the exact moment that the roman republic fell and the empire was born

[SelfHatingWhite]

@pythom

that's debatable, most of the senators sided with marc anthony in the 2nd civil war of this era which most people overlook, you could argue that the republic died at pharsalus when the senate lost it's most important battle, i side with the "republic dying" when it lost supreme power, however you could argue it lost it's moral standing when it slaughtered the gracchi brothers

[BetoCulture]

Marlon Brando left us a legacy of his performances, this is just one example, On the Waterfront, The Godfather, etc...,Thanks Marlon, R.I.P.

[lp234]

His look at 2:51 always sends shivers down my spine.

[Hawkspire0]

man... my friend did the speech MUCH better.

[gwk2103]

What is clear is that Shakespeare was not a supporter of government by the people for the people etc etc

And good on him for that!

[5h4n3u2b]

@gwk2103 How is that so clear?

[Hawkspire0]

@5h4n3u2b i think gwk gets it from the fact that Shakespear shows the manipulation of the people through people in power... Shakespear showed the abuse from the government etc. etc.

but also let me remind you that the public is shown as stupid and malleable... Shakespear refers to the public in disgust through the words of various characters like Casca who referred to Ceasar's epileptic fit as due to the public's 'stinking breath(s)'

[fitobcnfito]

Ever never!

BRANOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:-)

[N11cKs]

5:00, reminds me of John C. Reilly ^.^

[JianyuTheLegend]

@N11cKs

You're the kind of retard whom ruins Shakespearean Literature.

[tlarch]

Simply brilliant. All other portrayals of Antony pale in comparison.

[MrSKINFLICK]

Both were only so silly (like schoolboys) to get involved with Cleopatra.....which was the beginning of their own ruin.....in the case of Mark Antony to the laughter of Octavian and Herodes....!

[ismskeism]

Gaius Julius Caesar

the man who conquered all the tribes of gaul,the man who bridged the rhine in 10 days,the conqueror of britain,the conqueror of pompey the great, egypt,Pharnaces of pontus,africa,spain,who increased romes territory by a third,one of the most gifted engineers of his time,who could write plays and poetry acclaimed by all, whose supremacy as an orator could only be contested by the great cicero, the greatest framer of laws of his time, the champion of the poor

Veni Vedi Vici!

[MrSKINFLICK]

@ismskeism: ......only with the exception that because of his war in Gaul the Roman Senate partly accused Caesar of genocide........

[SniperBoy157]

...that was...just...just so awesome

[HAYDENProductionsInc]

We watched this at school, how tough .____.

[lolx99999]

I..love..this...speech.

Mega.

[williamrafe1]

00:11...i may be high...but by that pic...u can tell hes the dude...the dude that starts shit...and the dude that ends it

[dodie9]

I love Brando in 02:45 when he stammering. it makes his performance more natural, and less theatrical

[krishnamurthysatish]

Wow!Morlon's legendary acting!My mother was just about to show all these in the digital board in my school.Don't be confused!My mother is also a teacher in my school.She teaches for 3rd standard,6th standard and 8th standard.She teaches english

[williamrafe1]

@krishnamurthysatish ...k

[567livelife]

great!!!

[coralarch]

The sexiest Mark Antony of all time- what a delivery!!!

[NLR884evr]

Caesar was not only a military genius but a literary one as well. His commentaries are amongst the finest examples of the written word ever recorded. All hail Caesar!!!

[dave07jeje]

Friends, romans, countrymen lend me your ears..!!!

[kutaro16]

where can i get the whole speech?

[Foeley]

Great performance, one question though. Why am I reminded of the angry town mob from the Simpsons?

[IceveinsProductions]

@Foeley hahahaha, i knew exactly what you were talking about. the angry Springfield sheeps, easily swayed. hilarious.

[jesse40271]

marlon brando indeed a legend and a true replica of an actor , to its truest sense

[ocachisu]

an amazing actor. and he's so hot. ^////^

[gup1138]

Fantastic. He's so relaxed and yet passionate and compelling. Damn...

[samarian100]

Sincerely hope I was right about Basil Rathbone's part as the Soothsayer!

[blumenbali]

...Amazing..when i saw that scene at the first time i was fascinated from the presence of Marlon Brando..This is another level of acting..AMAZING...He is a legend

[VanillaShoelace]

This speech i think is one of the greatest performances of all time, given by one of the greatest actors of all time, and written by one of the greatest writers of all time.

[Pleaver]

@VanillaShoelace Could not agree more. Brando brought life and light to the craft of acting. The very best I have ever seen. Makes the greats of late seem small.

[chawlasahibak]

i have to say this for 20 extra test points in english tomorrow!

[alexgomez83]

"look how they massacred my boy!"

[youpube1011]

i have to memorize this shit :(

[card2222]

@youpube1011 me to, how are u memorizing it?

[Barndude9657]

@youpube1011

I had to do such in my youth. This speech, more that any other in history, shows how one man can transcend a crowd by adopting simple rhetoric. I hope you can memorize and learn to do well for your country.

[westeastxybzd]

@youpube1011 Then this should be a good way to do it.

[poohbear6395]

very good and believable video!!! cant wait to see more

[SSJ5John]

Damn that Marlon Brando makes a hell of an Antony. This movie made me actually want to read Julius Caesar.