Julius Caesar (1953) - Mark Antony's Forum speech (starring Marlon Brando)
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Mark Antony's Forum speech (starring Marlon Brando) in 1953' "sword-and-sandal" movie "Julius Caesar".
Antony: I'm gonna give them a speech they can't *refuse*
@Jeffrey Herrera Brutus never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Look how they massacred my boy...er my Caesar
@@blacbraun Elizabethan era Britain could not handle the truth😔
Antony was nothing more than Caesar's sledgehammer. But he had some charisma.
😁😁👍
And I see that as of now 27 people have thumbed down one of the greatest monologues in history. But I shall not blame them, no I shall not. Each and every one of them are surely honorable men, all of them.
LOL!
@@marietta1335
I cometh not to misspeak what Honorable Marco A. Gomes jr has written , nah i come to stand with him , for as he said,
Surely those 27 are honorable men , one and all.
Well played.
'Cassius, did you give it a thumbs down? Yeah, so did I. Let's get the hell outta here.'
Same as the 650 who run our noble
country , they are all honourable men and women who fill there coffers full
while the rest suffer in silence at there
tyranny……..
Antony: "Look at how they massacred my boy"
Would love to see a crossover; both Italian in some way xD
Brutus is a pimp. He could never have outfought Caesar. What I didn't know until now is it was Barzini all along.
@@pato2200 It was Cassius, not Barzini.
@@CanalPSG cassius is dead.
So is Brutus , barzini, tataglia, Moe Greene, snaachi, cunio.
Today I settled all family business so don't tell me you're innocent .
haha literally the thesis of the speech
I get a feeling that brutus isn't an honourable man
@glyn hodges he may just let slip the dogs of war
ANKIT YADAV
Yeah but he actually was. This speech just makes it seem like he wasn't.
@@thatsroughbuddy4712 Ehhhh debatable. I mean Caesar was his friend and Brutus did help murder him in the Senate which was supposed to be violence-free. You can argue he did it for good reasons but still doesn't seem very honourable to me.
Barnaby Duggan
I didn't mean to imply that I think he was right in helping murder Caesar. I was just saying that in the play, he canonically had honorable intentions.
@@thatsroughbuddy4712 Yeah but if you do a dishonorable thing even with honorable intentions are you still honorable?
never feels like Brando is reciting Shakespeare, rather that he is speaking naturally and directly from the heart
So true.
He was a method actor--not like his "classically" trained contemporaries. It made all the difference.
I remember being shown this version when I was in 9th grade. I never forgot it.
It's like him sitting in the backseat of a car talking about what a bum he his. Pure and natural, from the heart and meaning every word.
@@aaronpolson9811he wasn’t a method actor, he used a style known as the Stanislavski method. it required understanding the character on an intimate level, not living as if you were the character off set. they’re different things entirely
One of the best monologue and Shakespeare’s interpretation of all time. Who’s watching Brando in 2024 ?
1st meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Εγω τοβ ωλεπω και παθαινω πλακα επισης διαβαζω και την βιογραφια του και τον εχω αγαπησει ακομα περισσοτερο
me i finally saw this version last year
On the Waterfront, for the 25th time, One-Eyed Jacks for 15th, etc etc etc,, although Richard Burton is definitely his equal, IMHO,, lol
Currently September 24th 2024.
Brando looks just like those Roman statues.
Exactly my thought...
He would be the most handsome statue-
Yes, in fact he looked EXACTLY like Marc Anthony.....
So well cast!
@@colliric I was actually thinking of Marc Anthony when I left that comment. Lol UK
..and he has not a drop of Italian blood
I love the stealth of this speech. The assassins know that the crowd loves Mark Antony and if Mark Antony, who was a friend of Caesar, makes a speech condemning the crimes of Caesar, the assassins, and the murder itself, will find favor. Instead, Mark Antony turns the speech around, and each time he refers to the assassins as “honorable men” he is holding them up as the opposite. Here, for once, is irony not in the service of humor.
Antony knows Caesar’s tactics. Gain the favor of the mob, and you’ve seized power, simply using speech.
@@Dreson45 and he ended up doing exactly that in the end killing Cicero who indeed was an honourable man maybe the most honourable of them all
Anthony acc wasn’t popular with the Roman ppl Cesar was when Cesar was in Egypt he left it in Anthony’s hand and it nearly incited a riot from how badly it was run by mark anthony
I agree
@@eraldzyberi1338 Yeah but here the message was more important than the messenger.
Out of all of Shakespeare’s plays, Mark Antony’s speech has to be one of the most emotionally moving monologues ever written and to ever be recited.
And with a bit of truth to the emotion of the events. There is an account of people weeping when they saw poor Caesar's body. They truly loved the guy, and he was murdered by the same bastards he had forgiven and tried to work with. It's easy to play this off as a ploy by a cunning politician, but to me it feels raw and real, a genuine rant about a terrible injustice.
I mean how would you feel if you found out your BFF got stabbed so many times and some dudes still decide to diss him despite being dead? That's pretty much Marc Antony here.
@@7swordquanta459 Yeah, and it definitely seems like he didn't really deal with it very well in the following years...
@@louthegiantcookie In actual historical terms, Caesar was almost as brutal as Genghis Khan. Tyrants should be done away with. Brutus was the Stauffenberg of his time!
I respectfully disagree with speechs from Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet. Its up their but the whole thing reads like Antony slimely manipulating the people of Rome.
As an 8th grader, I got placed in a freshman English class (long story). Instead of Romeo and Juliet, we read Julius Caesar.
I missed the day the teacher assigned who was reading what, and he gave me Mark Antony. I thought this character barely spoke and that’s why he was given to me.
And then i saw this three page speech and I think a part of me died
I remember my freshman year, and we did the same thing. I also picked Marc Antony, and everyone clapped (quietly) when I was done. All I did was not stutter lmao
just started in a new school, the teacher had a bright idea to make me read in front of the whole class, had a strong accent at the time to, read as fast as I could, dying a death
I was also in 8th grade and got to study the play in class and watch the rented movie. It was shown in the cafeteria one afternoon to over 150 students. Sadly, the English teachers did not realize the length of the movie. It was on film...of course. When the bell rang at the end of the day there was a stampede of students for the exits, just in the midst of Brando's famous speech. I stayed to watch the rest of the movie and was glad I did...great play and great movie. If there is ever a movie made about Donald Trump will he get the same treatment if his demise occurs?
In 8th or 9th grade, we recorded parts of Julius Caesar. I wanted to be Antony, but the teacher didn't like my clowning in class, so guess what part she gave me? I was the mob ! Yes, all their different voices, about 10 lines as I remember. lol
I read this in sophomore year in high school. One of my favorite Shakespeare plays.
The greatest speech delivered by the greatest actor.
St Crispen Day, Henry V.
Heston did it better!
Oddly, I found Charlton Heston's version the better version. Both are excellent though.
Brando is amazing, but I have to give it to Heston
@@Azrael1486 It of course a matter of choice, I have both versions, and others by some great actors, nothing comes close, but of course, the stupendous cast makes the film that more impressive. When Heston addresses the populace at the beginning: Friends, Romans, Countryman, lend me your ear!! It almost whisper it like talking to some close friends, that put me off, how could he have commanded the attention of the chroud, when nobody could ear him?
Brando’s acting is unmatched. Watching him act against the other actors in this scene is night and day, and he bought so much realism to his performances.
Heston chews the scenery and it kind of works
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@@Cub__ bro why u putting a useless comment as “ok”💀
@@Jondoe297.. Why is you're name "Solider boy"? Why is the sky blue? Why do you feel the need to question every little thing?
I felt like it, simple as. Good day.
@chris falkenberg bro you good?
The way Brando reads the speech is atypical. One example is how there is no pause between, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me you ears." That's Brando's genius.
Absolutely, and as a result he is one of the few actors that convinces me that the crowd stops to listen to him because he actually got their attention, rather than responding to the stage directions.
Look at the preceding lines, and his is the interpretation that makes sense. They were not listening to him, and he needed them to shut up and listen. Brando redefined Shakespeare as real characters speaking real lines, not recitations.
@@timothymcbride5092 I completely agree.
@@timothymcbride5092 If you look closely at the text, the phrase "friends, romans countrymen" is not chosen randomly.
It's a preshadowing of the base part of his speech, where Marc Anthony tries to uncover how Brutus is in fact, not honourable.
When Marc Anthony says, "Caesar was my friend, he was faithful and just to me", he says that Caesar was his friend. Therefor, friends of Marc Anthony are also Caesar's friends. When Marc Anthony says "he has brought many captives home to rome, which ransoms did the general coffers fill", he talk's about how Caesar contributed money towards the roman state, which in turn helped out the poor people in rome. This is because Caesar financed "bread and games" with state money, a technique used by him to satisfy the general populus. Same happens to be true for, "when've the poor have cried, Caesae hath wept", which means Caesar had sympathy for the poor. Most of the people listening, were Plebejans, which where in fact the lower, poor class of romans.
In the next paragraph he bsaically says, "Caesar refused the kingly crown three times".
This will of course be favourable among people concerbed about Caesars ambition within the Roman state, or if he was a danger to the Roman state. Now what are people called, that are concerned with the state of the Roman State are called patriots or "countrymen". Meaning: the phrase friends, romans countrymen is in fact chosen on purpose
Every time I've seen any other actor do this they deliver the first three words as if it's a fireside chat and people were already listening. Brando is the only performance I've seen where it genuinely looks like he's trying to get the attention of a large crowd.
Came here for an English assignment, stayed for incredible acting
Came here for exam prep, stayed for the hillarious comments
Brando's mother, Dodie Pennebaker Brando, was active in community theater in Omaha. She was passionate about Shakespeare. "You haven't done anything until you've done Shakespeare" was something she had said for years. When Brando was offered Mark Antony, he took it , prepared for it with his mother's critiques and in the end, it was his gift to her. As a friend said, "He kept her inside of himself, always."
Brando named his production company, PENNEBAKER PRODUCTIONS.
His delivery of "ambition should be made of sterner stuff" is perfect. Just one of so many great moments from this speech.
He actually sounds like he's in a plaza. And this is probably how you talk to masses without a mic
While I still love Hestons performance, sometimes he speaks at a volume only the 5 people in front of him could hear. While Brando speaks to the entire plaza the entire time and yet keeps the nuance in his voice. So awesome.
The people who made these films all grew up with and on theater stages. The scenes are written for a theater play and hardly edited at all. In later years the movies about Shakespeare plays became more and more cinematic, usually to their detriment. Because the stories and most characters in Shakespeare are shit. The language is made to be shouted with confidence and not to be murmured into a boom mic.
@@Dominian1 most of actors now heavily relied with screens instead of practicing a whole 6 hrs to keep rehearsed the script.
This speech is a psychological masterclass.
As much as I like Charlton Heston, his version, does not come even near Brandon's Then again the same can be said about the rest of the cast.
Well said.
RIP Marlon Brando (April 3, 1924 - July 1, 2004), aged 80
You will always be remembered as a legend.
He died exactly a week after I was born
@@agathahenney358 jeez ur 18 lol
@@agathahenney358I would delete this. Posting your name and date of birth online opens you to identity theft.
You know you are a master at your art when Olivier says you're a genius.
And when John Gielgud applauds your take.
Brando acts so well that any style of speech seems as though it is his regular voice.
“O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts, and men have lost their reason!”
In the context of Antony’s speech, and considering that the beast, Brutus, had only just finished speaking and caused the people to lose their reason, that one line is pure genius.
Hail to the Bard!
Can you explain this line
My God, Brando was astounding! Yes, I agree. This is one of, if not, the greatest monologues in cinematic history.
I truly believe that if Shakespeare was to see this, he would say this was the perfect portrayal of his non-fictional character Marc Anthony
Brando is just awesome here. I see many prefer the Heston version (which is also quite incredible and moving too), but if I am to "romanticize" this speech with my bias -- Brando is #1. Mark Anthony was not an intellectual, but he was supposedly cunning, emotional, and a warrior. Brando's up and down rage during the speech, theatrical movements to sway the crowd..... these ring true for what "an Antony" may have done.
Heston/Brando -- just epic
Heston sounded like a Shakespearean actor. Brando sounded like a Roman orator. That's the difference to me.
While I love Brando's performance, especially his "dogs of war" speech, I can never really see him a General. Heston's deep bass voice really evokes him as a authentic commander. That, along with the warmth and emotion in Heston's more informal take on the speech really capturing the populist angle Antony is striving for in his performance. It felt like a rousing speech he could've given to his troops on the eve pf battle(which is more or less he was doing). I mean all things considered we have an embarrassment of riches; we got two great performances all caught on tape.
@@Rikalonius Love that comment. That sums it up perfectly!
I prefer Brando Mark Anthony...because this is what speech called..he like orator here.
Brando's performance would have worked equally well on stage and screen. His intensity of delivery here is unparalleled - Brando can unquestionably sway the crowd. Heston's performance wouldn't work as well on the stage - it was tailor-made for the intimacy of the screen, thanks to cameras and microphones playing to his strengths of vocal and facial range. I love both performances, for different reasons.
Ah, Shakespeare done by Method actors, so good to watch.
I'm beginning to think that Brutus is not an honorable man...
What an odd conclusion to come to
Apparently he kicked Mark Anthony's puppy then stole his fully restored classic Chevy chariot.....the one that came with nitrous oxide on the horses and the leather covered wooden seats as standard. Looks like this Fast and the furious, Roman heat, movie might be good.
Anthony clearly repeats many times that Brutus is an honourable man. Pay attention why don't you.
Marlon Brando is an acting legend
Brutus: we'll let Antony eulogize Caesar, sure, why not? What's the worst that could happen?
Antony: I'm about to ruin this man's whole career.
nobody:......
Antony: bRuTUs iS aN hoNOuRaBLE mAn
What an absolutely brilliant speech and use of rhetoric to turn the crowd. Excellent writing and excellent delivery.
I like to imagine there's a 22 year old Robert Duvall standing just off screen in front of him, with Brando's lines taped to his chest.
"I'm not even in this movie."
Oh God 😂😂😂😂
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer’d it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest-
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men-
Come I to speak in Caesar’s funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
Elle Wolf great from you
thanks
Thank you 😁
I memorized the first part in 8th grade, still know it by heart!
Wait this is illegal. Did Tribune Aquila approve of this?
I dunno, did you ask him first? XD
He tried to veto I'm sure but his veto was vetoed
Seeing plays and even learning from school..I was always given the impression that the opening lines of "Friends...Romans...Countrymen... lend me your ears" are said between pauses of each other and in a dramatic and passive tone...however the way Marlon Brando said it at a continuous and assertive pace is spot on and actually more realistic, especially when considering that he was trying to gain a crowds attention at that moment.
Brando was the PERFECT pick for Antony, can’t believe I haven’t seen this movie, bout to go give it a watch!
a great actor, speaking one of the greatest speeches written by one of the best writters.
And this is why Brando is an acting legend
This is the best version of this speech I have seen. And the ending, the best part, is not even here. Brando is really speaking to the crowd, not making an oration. From what I have read, Gielgud talked to him about this speech. Antony's other memorable oration, over the body in the senate, Brando does not as well as this one. And when Gielgud saw the rushes on that, he regretted not advising him for that one.
Disagree "dogs of war" monolog was not as good. Watch it again and notice the depth of emotion is greater, there. Thank you for posting.
Probably the best interpretation of THE SPEECH
One of my favorite Shakespeare films. Marlon Brando is amazing as Antony.
I acted Mark Antony role when I was a student at colleague, I still watch this great movie, it is the best ever, who agree with me?
Ancestor of Vito Corleone make a speech...!!
Maybe... just maybe...
lol 😂😭🤣 possibly
🤣😂🤣
I think the best parts of his performance in this scene are the moments when he’s turned away, waiting for the crowd to reach the point he needs them to reach, and you just see the look on his face- plotting and cunning and satisfied, but not cheap or evil or smirky
What a powerful speech. One of the best in cinematic history.
02:03 Brandon reading the dialogue during the scene LOL
Great scene show how fickle are the opinion of the masses only need a few words from Brutus to considered Caesar a Villain and forget how much they love him, and only a few words of Mark Anthony to rebel against Brutus. Politicians always haven play people's will and moral like a damn piano
This is still the best Julius Caesar film ever
Cannot imagine Mark Antony in ‘Rome’ giving such a fiery speech even though that series was the definitive version of the life of Ceaser and Octavian .. absolutely spell binding...🤔🧐
I definitely could, to be honest. James Purefoy's Mark Antony is perhaps the best performance of the series, and he is an incredible actor with a lot of charisma. My favourite scene in the whole show is his final scene. I could definitely see his character giving a speech like this, but obviously the writing would have to make the scene seem natural, and as it is written, there isn't a natural point for a speech like this to come up.
@@rachelblake2350 I think he would kill it... that last scene when vorenus tells him it was his honour to serve him, almost made me cry :D
@@rachelblake2350 my fav actor in rome also, with augustus
@@v44n7 The season 2 guy who played Augustus was the best Augustus, had a really distinct personality and carried on the character from the first season so well.
@@trancecod Best scene in the whole series, makes me tear up every time.
I want to hear his will !
ShareEndorphins l the will essentially states that a lot of Caesars assets is passed to the Romans
@@jeromelimjeromelim8616 An alleged will so conveniently contrived to inflame the mob against Brutus and his colleagues. A clever speech by a clever politician.
@@karencarter4072 Histories written in ancient Rome relate that Caesar truly did leave an inheritance to the people, a garden and 75 drachmas to every citizen which was equivalent to about two and a half months salary.
Anthony doesn't want to stir your heart to mutiny & rage.
basically his great nephew Octavian gets all his political power and wealth, and (and I'm not sure) 6 month soldier's wage be given to every roman citizen from his personal wealth(which he gained by conquering the Gauls, who were considered Romes greatest threat)
Something tells me - and stay with me here - that when he says Brutus is an honourable man, he isn't being entirely honest.
I think Marlon Brando did the best version of this speech
This is my favorite single Brando scene...
The master at work, much respect.
Shakespeare. That geezer could write.
Mark Antony’s real speech was even crazier, guy knew how to stir the emotions of a crows
"...And Barzini is an honorable man." - Antony
Acting per excellence.What more. Marlon Brando is an institution not merely an actor. Master of method acting
Marlon Brando: Says some of the most famous movie quotes of all time, plays an iconic movie character, stars in a Shakespeare play, stars in the greatest movie of all time, and is known for rejecting an Oscar. Man what a legend.
Since seeing this aged 12 Marlon Brando is what I imagines Mark Anthony looked like. If you see the sculptures of him there is definitely some similitaries in real life too. Gave a great spark in history to mee this movie.
Just fabulous, what a shame the truly incredible climax to this speech is cut off.
I saw in interview with John Gielgud, who co-starred with Brando in this, that he was so taken by what he called Brando's "striking performance" that he offered to direct Brando as Hamlet on Broadway. Brando politely declined saying he wouldn't dare. But what high praise indeed coming from Gielgud.
I think the crowd would already be on Antony's side. But this was probably a way to show how great of a speech Mark Antony gave that ut changed everyone's mind and hearts.
He looks the part of a Roman general, but Heston nailed this--with a clearer, sterner, more persuasive performance, which gives the viewer of the film, as well as the audience of characters, time to let the message sink in.
NOBODY WILL EVER COME CLOSE TO BRANDO. THANK YOU MARLON BRANDO.
He played them like a fiddle gods DAMN Antony you scary!
LIKE A GODDAMN FIDDLE
I love how Marlon Brando towers over all others in this scene!
I don't think fully appreciated just what a good actor he was. Of all the version of Anthony's speech to the crowd, this is surely the best
Anthony was probably the earliest digital marketers... His script was flawless
A brilliant performance - intense throughout, well suited for the large outdoor crowd. The staging is entirely appropriate for this production. I also liked Charlton Heston's take. I love how the same plays can feel fresh with each new cast and production.
acting student here in nyc! we had to memorize this for our final lol
Marlon Brando was the best actor of all times.
I love this speech by this actor. After hearing it, it was all I would listen to. I want to hear the whole speech
I had to memorize this speech when I was in high school. I was in a Latin class and we were reading Caesar’s writings. Why I was asked to memorize Shakespeare’s writing about Antony's speech after Caesar 's death, I never understood., but I did it!
Best version of this speech. Brando sounds real. More passion and strength needed and Heston just reading his lines
My teacher assigned us to deliver this excerpt 😭🙏
Wish he'd done more Shakespeare plays, he'd have been so good, none of the other actors got a look in.
Marlon Brando looks like he was born and raised in Ancient Rome in preparation for this role.
Una interpretazione stupenda di Marlon Brando. Mi sono commosso nel sentirlo.
Amazing actor
Agreed terrific man. Such a powerfully evocative man. You are beautiful topo
Beautiful Girl
So the existence of a rhetorical question implies the existence of a rhetorical statement...
"And Brutus is an honorable man" is a perfect example...
All side actors played there role fabulously hats off to them
There is Marlon Brando and there are other film actors.
This is some of the best work Brando did, in a career of a loooot of great work, to say the least.
Still the best Marc Anthony: other than the accent, Brando perfectly encapsulates the sensuality, brutality, cunning, demagogy and ambition of the actual man (if the sources are reliable)
i watched this speech a lot
Brando is so good he literally brought a camera with him to Rome in 44 BCE just for his scenes
Amazing actor 👏🏼
BC.
I am, quite late to this party. Having watched both Brando's and Charlton Heston's versions i gotta give my vote to Brando. I've read many pro CH comments and never felt a bad or wrong point made. But for me I think its Brando's rage and voice inflections that win me over.
FANTASTIC! GOD BLESS
I'm watching this on Shakespeare's birthday (April 23rd) during the Great Pandemic of 2020....it looks like the only honorable men left are the scientists, NOT the politicians.
great comment raymond
A magnificent performance! I have never seen this rendered better.
Fun to go and revisit this stuff, I never really appreciated it back in school.
We had to recite this as a speech, and i love it sm i still memorize it
Thanks for this video this helps me a lot to understand the expression of the lines will help me in my test tomorrow
Yes it's true that I've heard many people giving this speech but Marlon Brando is the best. We had Julius Caesar in 7th grade and I remember how our teacher who was an Italian nun read every scenes and acts we loved every bit of it
I remember studying this clip as a high school freshman. Good times 😄
have to memorize 0:00-2:12 for school wish me luck
Here tanks to Helen Mirren masterclass on this... I always heard the name Marlon Brando, but never watched nothing from him... I'm downloading all his movies right NOW!
And did you ?
He's that good
i watched the national theater in london do this.the mob that surrounds the central stage was young people and kids in tee shirts that must of got in cheap.they hung on every word as the stood right by the actors.the main seating was almost unseen,
Great narative explation of the compsrison and contrast, of Mark Anthony's and Brutus' speechs. by that young man.
When the Theatre payed tribute to the true theatrics.
Marc Antony's shrewdest move!