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InsaneApache
03-21-2008, 22:27
Anyone else been watching the re-run on UKTV History? I'd forgotten what a masterpiece this series is. A veritable cornucopia of acting talent.

Look at this for a cast list.

Brian Blessed (sans beard)

John Hurt

Ian Ogilvy

Derek Jacobi

George Baker

Patrick Stewart

http://www.historyinfilm.com/claudius/

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Lemur
03-22-2008, 05:42
Fantastic TV series. Best thing after you've watched it is to read the books (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Claudius). Then you've got those fantastic performances fresh in your mind, but the book has an unlimited FX budget -- you get the games, the battles, the triumphs, all of the stuff they couldn't afford over at the BBC.
Big_John
03-22-2008, 05:42
i remember watching this on pbs when i was a kid and being mesmerized. will have to dig it up online somewhere for old times sake.
Banquo's Ghost
03-22-2008, 10:15
I have it on DVD. Marvellous series and as you note, some astonishing actors.

You forgot Sian Phillips, playing Livia - a tour de force of cold ambition, whose penultimate scene with Claudius where she shares her actions and reveals a terror of the afterlife, is utterly compelling.
ICantSpellDawg
03-23-2008, 04:48
Absolute masterpiece. I watched that series in two days in my first summer of college.
InsaneApache
03-23-2008, 07:39
I have it on DVD. Marvellous series and as you note, some astonishing actors.

You forgot Sian Phillips, playing Livia - a tour de force of cold ambition, whose penultimate scene with Claudius where she shares her actions and reveals a terror of the afterlife, is utterly compelling.

Yes a tour-de-force in anyones book. Just don't let her make you a Sunday lunch! :laugh4: She must have bumped off half the royal family. Yes little boots did upset her on her deathbed didn't he?

Ah well an intermission until tuesday, I can't wait.
Fragony
03-23-2008, 08:39
POISON IS QUEEN

Got it on dvd, best series ever. Period.
Good Ship Chuckle
03-24-2008, 17:52
I've watched the series twice, and am in the process of watching it again. You could say that I enjoy it.

"P-P-P-Poison!!!!" :laugh4: