Title:
Titus
Released: 1999
Genre: Drama /
Horror
Runtime: 162 min
Country: USA /
Italy
Language: English
Tagline:
The fall of an empire. The descent of man.
Plot
Summary: 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.
Comments:
I
am usually a fan of movies with great plots, great
characters, dry humor, irony - basically more a fan
of good engaging stories than movies. I usually don't
care much about special effects, costumes, cinematography
and such. But this movie, I suppose because of Julie
Taymor, just blew me away visually. And I watched
it on a 17-inch computer screen - I can't imagine
how great it was in the theater. The color contrasts,
backgrounds, costumes and makeup were just entrancing.
I thoroughly enjoyed the plot as well, strange and
disgusting as it may be. Highly recommended.
Cast
overview:
Osheen Jones .... Young Lucius
Dario D'Ambrosi .... Clown
Anthony Hopkins .... Titus Andronicus
Jessica Lange .... Tamora
Raz Degan .... Alarbus
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers .... Chiron
Matthew Rhys .... Demetrius
Harry J. Lennix .... Aaron (as Harry Lennix)
Angus MacFadyen .... Lucius
Kenny Doughty .... Quintus
Blake Ritson .... Mutius
Colin Wells .... Martius
Ettore Geri .... Priest
Alan Cumming .... Saturninus
Constantine Gregory .... Aemelius
Movie
scenes preview:
Scene #1
Scene
Description:
Jessica Lange laying topless in bed with a guy.
featured
actress:
