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Cleopatra (Video 2. IMDb. Once upon a time, economics dictated that porn could be filmed on relatively big budgets, as witness the pinnacles of that phenomenon, Bob Guccione's "Caligula" and the digital playground team's pair of "Pirates" movies. Now with porn free and streaming such foolhardy epics no longer make sense, but Antonio Adamo's "Cleopatra" was made under the wire and is carried by its decent production values. Not so its sequel "Cleopatra II" - see my separate review of that disaster. But the first part of the story is both sexy and visually arresting, no mean feat. Unlike the current set of industry hacks, Adamo doesn't dishonestly claim as parody the practice of ripping off mainstream hits, but rather does his own relatively serious (I don't recall any comedy content in his many features) takes on popular subjects, as notably in his breakthrough string of "Gladiator" movies in the wake of Ridley Scott. This riff on Cleopatra and ancient Rome, a subject he would return to with a bang in his "Roma" trilogy.

This is news to me. For most of my life let me be real up until today, I just knew that Cleopatra was Egyptian African black. Well call me ignorant. The struggle with her teenage brother over the throne of Egypt was not going as well as Cleopatra VII had hoped. In 49 B.C., Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII—also her husband.

James Cameron's "Titanic". The connection is that Adamo frames his story of the romances of the Queen of the Nile in a modern- day framework, giving much of the footage over to a team of grave- robbers intent on cloning a 2.

Century Cleo from the mummy's DNA. Cameron's framing his romance within the hunt for the ship at the bottom of the sea went a long way toward making his movie so successful. Julia Taylor, in very fake- looking black wig, is an odd chase for the title role, but her humping ability more than makes up for any perceived miscasting.

Male cast is relatively lame, but the other prominent femmes including Sandra Russo and Rita Faltoyano are great eye candy. Dutch actress Bobbi Eden as the sort of Lara Croft character in the modern day footage is unconvincing, upstaged by her boss, Laura Angel, a perfect villainess. Watch The Houses October Built 2 Full Movie. Location shooting in Cairo and Luxor, Egypt is extremely impressive given limited schedules and the only drawback is Adamo's using video rather than film for lensing. All told, the acting and the sci- fi oriented cloning storyline keeps one's interest, rather than getting in the way in our "cut to the chase" all- sex- all- the- time culture. Too bad the cliffhanger ending saga gives way to a completely disappointing sloppy seconds sequel.

Antony and Cleopatra - Wikipedia. Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare.

The play was performed first circa 1. Blackfriars Theatre or the Globe Theatre by the King's Men.[1][2] Its first appearance in print was in the Folio of 1. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide during the Final War of the Roman Republic. The major antagonist is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's fellow triumvirs of the Second Triumvirate and the first emperor of the Roman Empire. The tragedy is mainly set in Rome and Egypt and is characterized by swift shifts in geographical location and linguistic register as it alternates between sensual, imaginative Alexandria and a more pragmatic, austere Rome.

Many consider Shakespeare's Cleopatra, whom Enobarbus describes as having "infinite variety", as one of the most complex and fully developed female characters in the playwright's body of work.[3]: p. She is frequently vain and histrionic enough to provoke an audience almost to scorn; at the same time, Shakespeare invests her and Antony with tragic grandeur. These contradictory features have led to famously divided critical responses.[4] It is difficult to classify Antony and Cleopatra as belonging to a single genre. It can be described as a history play (though it does not completely adhere to historical accounts), as a tragedy (though not completely in Aristotelian terms), as a comedy, as a romance, and according to some critics, e. Mc. Carter,[5] a problem play.

All one can say with certainty is that it is a Roman play, even a sequel to another of Shakespeare's tragedies, Julius Caesar. Characters[edit]Antony's party.

Demetrius. Philo. Domitius Enobarbus. Ventidius. Silius – officer in Ventidius' army. Eros. Canidius – Antony's lieutenant- general. Scarus. Dercetus. Schoolmaster – Antony's ambassador to Octavius. Rannius (non- speaking role)Lucilius (non- speaking role)Lamprius (non- speaking role)Octavius' party.

Sextus' party. Cleopatra's party. Watch The Emperor`S New Groove 2: Kronk`S New Groove Online Free 2016. Charmian – maid of honour. Iras – maid of honour. Alexas. Mardian – a eunuch. Diomedes – treasurer. Seleucus – attendant.

Other. Soothsayer. Clown. Boy. Sentry.

Officers, Soldiers, Messengers, and other Attendants. Synopsis[edit]Mark Antony – one of the triumvirs of the Roman Republic, along with Octavius and Lepidus – has neglected his soldierly duties after being beguiled by Egypt's Queen, Cleopatra. He ignores Rome's domestic problems, including the fact that his third wife Fulviarebelled against Octavius and then died. Octavius calls Antony back to Rome from Alexandria to help him fight against Sextus Pompey, Menecrates, and Menas, three notorious pirates of the Mediterranean. At Alexandria, Cleopatra begs Antony not to go, and though he repeatedly affirms his deep passionate love for her, he eventually leaves. The triumvirs meet in Rome, where Antony and Octavius put to rest, for now, their disagreements.

Octavius' general, Agrippa, suggests that Antony should marry Octavius's sister, Octavia, in order to cement the friendly bond between the two men. Antony accepts. Antony's lieutenant Enobarbus, though, knows that Octavia can never satisfy him after Cleopatra. In a famous passage, he describes Cleopatra's charms: "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety: other women cloy / The appetites they feed, but she makes hungry / Where most she satisfies."A soothsayer warns Antony that he is sure to lose if he ever tries to fight Octavius. In Egypt, Cleopatra learns of Antony's marriage to Octavia and takes furious revenge upon the messenger that brings her the news.

She grows content only when her courtiers assure her that Octavia is homely: short, low- browed, round- faced and with bad hair. Before battle, the triumvirs parley with Sextus Pompey, and offer him a truce. He can retain Sicily and Sardinia, but he must help them "rid the sea of pirates" and send them tributes.

After some hesitation Sextus agrees. They engage in a drunken celebration on Sextus' galley, though the austere Octavius leaves early and sober from the party. Menas suggests to Sextus that he kill the three triumvirs and make himself ruler of the Roman Republic, but he refuses, finding it dishonourable.

After Antony departs Rome for Athens, Octavius and Lepidus break their truce with Sextus and war against him. This is unapproved by Antony, and he is furious. Antony returns to Alexandria and crowns Cleopatra and himself as rulers of Egypt and the eastern third of the Roman Republic (which was Antony's share as one of the triumvirs). He accuses Octavius of not giving him his fair share of Sextus' lands, and is angry that Lepidus, whom Octavius has imprisoned, is out of the triumvirate. Octavius agrees to the former demand, but otherwise is very displeased with what Antony has done. Antony prepares to battle Octavius.

Enobarbus urges Antony to fight on land, where he has the advantage, instead of by sea, where the navy of Octavius is lighter, more mobile and better manned. Antony refuses, since Octavius has dared him to fight at sea. Cleopatra pledges her fleet to aid Antony. However, during the Battle of Actium off the western coast of Greece, Cleopatra flees with her sixty ships, and Antony follows her, leaving his forces to ruin.

Ashamed of what he has done for the love of Cleopatra, Antony reproaches her for making him a coward, but also sets this true and deep love above all else, saying "Give me a kiss; even this repays me."Octavius sends a messenger to ask Cleopatra to give up Antony and come over to his side. She hesitates, and flirts with the messenger, when Antony walks in and angrily denounces her behavior. He sends the messenger to be whipped.

Eventually, he forgives Cleopatra and pledges to fight another battle for her, this time on land. On the eve of the battle, Antony's soldiers hear strange portents, which they interpret as the god Hercules abandoning his protection of Antony. Inner Demons Full Movie In English.

Furthermore, Enobarbus, Antony's long- serving lieutenant, deserts him and goes over to Octavius' side. Rather than confiscating Enobarbus' goods, which Enobarbus did not take with him when he fled, Antony orders them to be sent to Enobarbus. Enobarbus is so overwhelmed by Antony's generosity, and so ashamed of his own disloyalty, that he dies from a broken heart. Antony loses the battle as his troops desert en masse and he denounces Cleopatra: "This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me." He resolves to kill her for the treachery. Cleopatra decides that the only way to win back Antony's love is to send him word that she killed herself, dying with his name on her lips. She locks herself in her monument, and awaits Antony's return. Her plan fails: rather than rushing back in remorse to see the "dead" Cleopatra, Antony decides that his own life is no longer worth living.

He begs one of his aides, Eros, to run him through with a sword, but Eros cannot bear to do it and kills himself. Antony admires Eros' courage and attempts to do the same, but only succeeds in wounding himself. In great pain, he learns that Cleopatra is indeed alive.

He is hoisted up to her in her monument and dies in her arms. Octavius goes to Cleopatra trying to persuade her to surrender. She angrily refuses since she can imagine nothing worse than being led in chains through the streets of Rome, proclaimed a villain for the ages. She imagines that "the quick comedians / Extemporally will stage us, and present / Our Alexandrian revels: Antony / Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see / Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness / I' th' posture of a whore." This speech is full of dramatic irony, because in Shakespeare's time Cleopatra really was played by a "squeaking boy" and Shakespeare's play does depict Antony's drunken revels.

Cleopatra is betrayed and taken into custody by the Romans.