Antony and Cleopatra (1983) (TV)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Lawrence Carra

Writer:

William Shakespeare (play)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra | William Shakespeare | Ancient Rome | Based On Play | Independent Film

Cast

James Avery	...	Mardian
Sharon Barr	...	Octavia
Michael Billington	...	Ventidius
Earl Boen	...	Lepidus
Paul Bowman	...	Soldier
Randall Brady	...	Extra
John Carradine	...	Soothsayer
Timothy Dalton	...	Marc Antony
John Devlin	...	Dolabella
Ralph Drischell	...	Seleucus
Tom Everett	...	Soldier
Anthony Geary	...	Octavius Caesar
Jack Gwillim	...	Rustic
Michael Keys Hall	...	Soldier
Anthony Holland	...	Alexas
Barrie Ingham	...	Enobarbus
Brian Kerwin	...	Eros
Walter Koenig	...	Pompey
Dan Mason	...	Euphronius
Kim Miyori	...	Iras
Nichelle Nichols	...	Charmain
Grey O'Neil	...	Soldier
Lynn Redgrave	...	Cleopatra
Earl Robinson	...	Maecenas
Tom Rosqui	...	Agrippa
Joseph R. Sicari	...	Messenger
Ted Sorel	...	Menas
Alvah Stanley	...	Thidias
Henry Sutton	...	Proculeius
Claude Woolman	...	Silius
Alexander Wright	...	Soldier
Alex Wright	...	Soldier
Jim Gosling	...	Extra (uncredited)
Jason Graves	...	Extra (uncredited)
Stuart Larson	...	Extra (uncredited)
John Minklein	...	Extra (uncredited)
Larry Peters	...	Extra (uncredited)
Patrick Thomas	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Lawrence Carra

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
William Shakespeare		play

Produced by
Ken Campbell	....	producer
Tom Lowell	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Serry

Cinematography by
Rick Caswell
John Lee
Irv Waitsman

Film Editing by
Bee Ottinger

Casting by
Irene M. Suver

Production Design by
Donald Lee Harris		(as Donald L. Harris)

Costume Design by
Noel Taylor

Makeup Department
Cathrine A. Marcotte	....	hair designer
Sheryl Schulman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Scott M. Folsom	....	unit production manager

Art Department
Roy Alan Amaral	....	property master
Bruce Williams	....	property assistant

Sound Department
Tim Fisler	....	boom operator
Marker Karahadian	....	sound
Joe Kendall	....	boom operator

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeffery Chang	....	lighting designer
Tim Gamble	....	video tape operator
Maurice Hayn	....	gaffer
Mike Korko	....	crane operator
Jim Rhodes	....	crane operator

Casting Department
Jeanne Dickinson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adnan Karaby	....	assistant costumer

Music Department
Roberta Farkas	....	speech and vocal coach

Other crew
Fred Burke	....	assistant to producer
Carrie L. Cowan	....	production staff
Buck d'Amore	....	stage manager
David Kalus	....	production staff
Lisa Klein	....	production staff
W. Grant Knox Jr.	....	technical maintenance
Susan P. Marrone	....	production controller
Laurance Peters	....	program assistant
C.J. Rapp	....	stage manager
Ted Rhoads	....	program assistant
Tom Tcimpidis	....	technical director
Dean Terrell	....	video (as Dean Terrel)
Ian Thomas	....	production staff
Alexander Wright	....	program assistant

Production Companies

• Bard Productions
• Television Center Studios

Also Known As:

The Tragedy of Antony & Cleopatra

Runtime:

179 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Bard Productions

Movie Connections:

Version of Antony and Cleopatra (1951)

How true to Shakespeare is it?

About 29 minutes into the second tape, the video play deviated from the written play somewhat. For the video compared to 4:14:119, 4:14:121, and 4:14:133, Antony calls not Diomed but another name--probably Sileucus. Also the actor of Sileucus was used, so it seems that this "error" was more than just mis-speaking by Timothy Dolton. I found this alteration peculiar as well as distracting. The change in the video play shook my confidence in an otherwise impressive performance