Antony and Cleopatra Review
Bringing Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra was a long-standing dream project for Charlton_Heston, who directs as well as stars. Hampered by a nonexistent budget, Heston and his fellow troupers serve up a production that would do justice to a good touring company. The film soars whenever the actors soliloquize in close-up, but falls down badly whenever an ensemble scene is required. Though Hildegarde_Neil is merely an adequate Cleopatra, Eric_Porter is brilliant as Enobarbus, rendering the fabled "barge she sat on" speech with eloquent panache. All in all, Antony and Cleopatra deserved a better distribution than it received (except for an occasional TV presentation, the film was never released in the US). Hal Erickson, Rovi
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