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Titus

Play trailer Poster for Titus R,  1999,  2h 42m,  History/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 69% 77 Reviews Tomatometer 86% 10,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
69% Tomatometer 77 Reviews 86% Popcornmeter 10,000+ Ratings
Returning from 40 years at war with the Goths, the Roman general Titus Andronicus (Anthony Hopkins) executes the eldest son of Tamora, Queen of the Goths (Jessica Lange), setting off a long chain of revenge, cruelty and murder, aggravated when Tamora marries the new Emperor, Saturninus (Alan Cumming).
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Critics Consensus

The movie stretches too long to be entertaining despite a strong cast.

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Todd McCarthy Variety Jun 17, 2008
A conditional victory. Go to Full Review
Andrew Sarris Observer Apr 27, 2007
A consistently absorbing entertainment that never becomes either campy or facetious, given its inescapable exaggerations. Go to Full Review
Geoff Andrew Time Out Feb 9, 2006
A striking addition to the Shakespeare filmography. Go to Full Review
Rob Gonsalves Rob's Movie Vault Sep 2, 2022
B+
Two hours and forty-four minutes of very fattening eye candy. Go to Full Review
Chase Burns The Stranger (Seattle, WA) Jan 20, 2022
Taymor understands how to direct an epic opera, and the large scale sensuality she embeds into the film tempers the play's worst impulses. Go to Full Review
David Keyes Cinemaphile.org Sep 30, 2013
3.5/4
...audaciously steps outside of the tradition when it comes to film adaptations of the bard's works, but it also does so much more: notably, find distinct meaning in a play where all notions of importance lacked a central point. Go to Full Review
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Poe S Feb 18, 2018 Pleasantly surprised to find that I actually enjoyed this film.
Draco S Mar 29, 2017 I'm not really a horror movie or no blood and gets movie but this is crazy believe this was written in 1588 best guesstimate
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Julie Taymor

Director

Anthony Hopkins

Titus Andronicus

Jessica Lange

Tamora

Alan Cumming

Saturninus

Colm Feore

Marcus Andronicus

James Frain

Bassianus

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Titus (1999) Titus (1999) Titus (1999) Jessica Lange is Tamora and Alan Cumming is Saturninus in Fox Searchlight's Titus Director Julie Taymor and Anthony Hopkins on the set of Fox Searchlight's Titus Harry Lennix is Aaron and Angus Macfadyen is Lucius in Fox Searchlight's Titus Anthony Hopkins is the title character of Fox Searchlight's Titus The soldiers of Fox Searchlight's Titus Matthew Rhys is Demetrius and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers is Chiron in Fox Searchlight's Titus Alan Cumming is Saturninus and Anthony Hopkins is Titus in Fox Searchlight's Titus View more photos

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Synopsis Returning from 40 years at war with the Goths, the Roman general Titus Andronicus (Anthony Hopkins) executes the eldest son of Tamora, Queen of the Goths (Jessica Lange), setting off a long chain of revenge, cruelty and murder, aggravated when Tamora marries the new Emperor, Saturninus (Alan Cumming).
Director
Julie Taymor
Producer
Conchita Airoldi, Jody Patton, Julie Taymor
Screenwriter
William Shakespeare, Julie Taymor
Distributor
Fox
Production Co
Fox Searchlight
Rating
R (Strong Violence|Sexual Images)
Genre
History, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 25, 1999, Wide
Release Date (DVD)
Apr 18, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.9M
Runtime
2h 42m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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