Augustus
by Roger Young
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Actor: Benjamin Sadler, Charlotte Rampling, Ken Duken, Peter O'Toole, Vittoria BelvedereDirector: Roger Young
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Giovanni Galasso
Editor: Alessandro Lucidi
Producer: Corrado Trionfera
Producer: Ferdinand Dohna
Producer: Luca Bernabei
Producer: Salvatore Morello
Writer: Eric Lerner
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 178 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-04
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures
Movie Reviews of Augustus
Movie Review: 2 stars out of 4
Summary: 2 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Overlong, poorly-acted (accomplished British thespians O'Toole and Rampling excluded) with terrible dubbing of the Italian actors and a low-budget feel, Augustus is not worth watching when the HBO series Rome does so much better with similar material: stay away.
Summary of Augustus
The desperate struggle for power in the world of ancient rome is on. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/25/2006 Starring: Peter Otoole Run time: 178 minutes Rating: RAugustus is equal parts history lesson and soap opera, and thoroughly engaging at all levels. Peter O'Toole plays Octavius/Augustus, heir to his doomed uncle Julius Caesar's command of the far-flung Roman empire. Surviving an assassination attempt and struck by news of the death of his old friend and ally, Agrippa (Ken Duken), in the same day, Octavius waxes nostalgic about his youthful exploits in Caesar's army (Benjamin Sadler plays the young Augustus in flashbacks) and his unprepared immersion in the deadly politics of the Mark Antony (Massimo Ghini) era. More immediate are Octavius' problems trying to stave off conspiracies by his wife Livia (Charlotte Rampling) to set up the emperor's stepson, Tiberius (Michele Bevilacqua), as heir, and talk his dutiful daughter Julia (Vittoria Belvedere) into a marriage she doesn't want. Roger Young (Jesus) directs this highly watchable costume drama, and O'Toole's golden presence makes the ancient intrigues tragically human. --Tom Keogh
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