Julius Caesar (TV miniseries)

Julius Caesar is a 2003 miniseries about the life of Julius Caesar. It was directed by Uli Edel, and written by Peter Pruce and Craig Warner. It is a dramatization of the life of Julius Caesar through 82 BC to his death in 44 BC. It is of note that it is mostly historically accurate and being one of the last two films of Richard Harris being released in the year of his death. The series was originally broadcast on TNT in two parts, airing Juneand 30, 2003, and involved location shooting in Malta and Bulgaria. Run time is 178 minutes and the DVD has a making of featurette. The slogan is His Time Has Come. It was released on DVD, in 2004 in the United States and in 2005 in the United Kingdom. The film was nominated forEmmys and currently has a 6.8 out ofstars with nearly two thousand votes on IMDB.

Meanwhile, Caesar is captured by pirates who intend to ransom him for money. When the Romans crew sent with the message of the ransom dont return, the pirates plan to kill him. Caesar bargains to fight one of them for an extra day and wins. However he has an epileptic attack and the pirates believe him worthless, deciding to throw him in the sea but just before they do the Roman boat returns with the money and they let Caesar go. Back in Rome, Sulla dies of a heartattack and Caesar is allowed to return home. While he was gone Cornelia became very ill and Julia befriended the young daughter of Caesars rival Marcus Porcius Cato, Portia, her brother Marcus and their cousin Brutus.When Cornelia dies from her illness, Caesar swears at her funeral that he will make Rome a better place to live in. Around this time the same pirates who held him captive are cutting off the grain supply. The senate send Pompey to deal with the problem after Caesar convinced them that he will not take the city with his army like Sulla did. Several years later Pompey returns to Rome and Caesar has achieved the consulship. On the day of Pompeys triumph Julia, Portia and Marcus decide to go, and Portia insists on dragging Brutus along with them. At the triumph, Caesar has one of his epileptic fits but is aided by Calpurnia Pisonis, daughter of a wealthy man in Rome. At Pompeys welcome home party, while Pompey gets on well with Julia, Caesar notices Calpurnia who he doesnt remember from their encounter before. ........

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