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Titus
- Director: Julie Taymor
- Writer: William Shakespeare; Julie Taymor
- Producer: Conchita Airoldi; Paul G. Allen
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Shakespeare done for the sole benefit of director and actor.
An astonishingly terrible adaptation - Taymor claims a writing credit, total audacity and cheek.
She may have a talent for presenting on stage...but, it most definitely does not transfer onto the big screen.
Hopkins overacts, Lange is unconvincing, Cumming does Cumming and the whole thing is a contemptible waste of money and time.
Taymor really should thank her lucky stars...for this fraudster keeps on working with respectable budgets and actors - it's just a pity she cannot produce a respectable (and/or successful) film.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
War begets revenge. Victorious general, Titus Andronicus, returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora queen of the Goths and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus's daughter. When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus's sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own. Saturninus marries the honey-tongued Tamora, who vows vengeance against Titus. The ensuing maelstrom serves up tongues, hands, rape, adultery, racism, and Goth-meat pie. There's irony in which two sons survive.
Cast & Characters
Osheen Jones as Young Lucius;
Dario D'Ambrosi as Clown;
Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus;
Jessica Lange as Tamora;
Raz Degan as Alarbus;
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Chiron;
Matthew Rhys as Demetrius;
Harry Lennix as Aaron;
Angus Macfadyen as Lucius;
Kenny Doughty as Quintus;
Blake Ritson as Mutius;
Colin Wells as Martius;
Ettore Geri as Priest;
Alan Cumming as Saturninus;
Constantine Gregory as Aemelius