Party Like a Roman Emperor (2012)
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Plot
Dylan Marer is one of Hollywood's leading party planners, creating huge over-the-top events for many A-List stars, but now he's tackling something even bigger; Las Vegas. Dylan has been asked to put on the biggest party event of the year at the Palms Casino, with 3500 demanding guests. He faces a massive challenge to make this happen with the money he has to spend and the time he has to create such a unique party space. Like every great event it starts with the theme. Get that wrong and Dylan's reputation will be in shreds. Dylan draws his inspiration for the huge event from Ancient Rome. The party is called a Mid Summer Night's Dream and is an homage to the decadent past - Dylan wants to entice his modern audience "to party like emperors." So, he draws from many of the outrageous emperors of the past like Nero and Caligula - but his favorite is an out of control teenager called Elagabalus who is described by Roman expert Julie Langford as 'the greatest partier the world has ever seen.' The strange juvenile Emperor is said to have fed his party guests ostrich brains and insects. Set tigers on his drunken friends, married a sacred nun, and rode around his palace in a chariot pulled by naked virgins. He also enjoyed orgies, the company of prostitutes and sought out men with the largest organs in Rome. For Dylan Marer to make his modern day male party guests feel like their every desire is a snap of the fingers away, he has created a guest list with almost two women for every man. "We want extravagance, plenty of alcohol, plenty of beautiful women, plenty of everything." But this event will be no walk in the park for Dylan. His first big challenge is to tie the architecture together. The party will take place around two outside swimming pools but a huge VIP lounge breaks up the entire area. "We always try to create a party that feels connected." So one of Dylan's first big decisions is how to bring the design together so that it looks like one great party space. Lighting, design, and plenty of fog-effect smoke will help to create the atmosphere he's looking for. But the main thing that Dylan will rely on is to mesmerize his male guests with what he calls 'living art' - beautiful girls whose naked bodies are painted to look like bikini's. Being that this event is taking place in Sin City one imagines this won't be a problem. But there are some strange by-laws in Nevada and one of them will have a big impact on Dylan's plans. If he doesn't find a solution in time the authorities might close his whole party down.
Keywords: military, roman
Genres
Party Like a Roman Emperor (2012)
Actors
Plot
Dylan Marer is one of Hollywood's leading party planners, creating huge over-the-top events for many A-List stars, but now he's tackling something even bigger; Las Vegas. Dylan has been asked to put on the biggest party event of the year at the Palms Casino, with 3500 demanding guests. He faces a massive challenge to make this happen with the money he has to spend and the time he has to create such a unique party space. Like every great event it starts with the theme. Get that wrong and Dylan's reputation will be in shreds. Dylan draws his inspiration for the huge event from Ancient Rome. The party is called a Mid Summer Night's Dream and is an homage to the decadent past - Dylan wants to entice his modern audience "to party like emperors." So, he draws from many of the outrageous emperors of the past like Nero and Caligula - but his favorite is an out of control teenager called Elagabalus who is described by Roman expert Julie Langford as 'the greatest partier the world has ever seen.' The strange juvenile Emperor is said to have fed his party guests ostrich brains and insects. Set tigers on his drunken friends, married a sacred nun, and rode around his palace in a chariot pulled by naked virgins. He also enjoyed orgies, the company of prostitutes and sought out men with the largest organs in Rome. For Dylan Marer to make his modern day male party guests feel like their every desire is a snap of the fingers away, he has created a guest list with almost two women for every man. "We want extravagance, plenty of alcohol, plenty of beautiful women, plenty of everything." But this event will be no walk in the park for Dylan. His first big challenge is to tie the architecture together. The party will take place around two outside swimming pools but a huge VIP lounge breaks up the entire area. "We always try to create a party that feels connected." So one of Dylan's first big decisions is how to bring the design together so that it looks like one great party space. Lighting, design, and plenty of fog-effect smoke will help to create the atmosphere he's looking for. But the main thing that Dylan will rely on is to mesmerize his male guests with what he calls 'living art' - beautiful girls whose naked bodies are painted to look like bikini's. Being that this event is taking place in Sin City one imagines this won't be a problem. But there are some strange by-laws in Nevada and one of them will have a big impact on Dylan's plans. If he doesn't find a solution in time the authorities might close his whole party down.
Keywords: military, roman
Genres
Jail Caesar (2012)
Actors
Plot
The early life of the Roman ruler Julius Caesar (up to the age 33) as told in three working prisons: Pollsmoor in Cape Town (South Africa), Cardiff Prison in Wales (United Kingdom) and the Brotherhood Lodge Penitentiary in Alberta (Canada). The cast contains a small group of superb professional actors, led by Sir 'Derek Jacobi' (qv) and 'John Kani' (qv), together with hundreds of prisoners, some taking leading parts, together forming an unrivalled ensemble telling the tumultuous story of one of history's foremost personalities. Young Julius Caesar. His Rome is a prison. In order to survive he seduces, he borrows, he kills. But Rome's fat cats will back him only so far. The drug dealers, the pirates and the gangs all want his blood... The prisoner who finally at the age of 51 becomes "dictator in perpetuity".
Genres
Jail Caesar (2012)
Actors
Plot
The early life of the Roman ruler Julius Caesar (up to the age 33) as told in three working prisons: Pollsmoor in Cape Town (South Africa), Cardiff Prison in Wales (United Kingdom) and the Brotherhood Lodge Penitentiary in Alberta (Canada). The cast contains a small group of superb professional actors, led by Sir 'Derek Jacobi' (qv) and 'John Kani' (qv), together with hundreds of prisoners, some taking leading parts, together forming an unrivalled ensemble telling the tumultuous story of one of history's foremost personalities. Young Julius Caesar. His Rome is a prison. In order to survive he seduces, he borrows, he kills. But Rome's fat cats will back him only so far. The drug dealers, the pirates and the gangs all want his blood... The prisoner who finally at the age of 51 becomes "dictator in perpetuity".
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The Most (2001)
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Plot
Very early, in Roman history, a college of priestesses (we call them Vestal Virgins) was set up to maintain the eternal flame of Rome. A flame, kept alive for over a thousand years....To ancient Romans it was a symbol of the empire's strength. If it were ever allowed to die, disaster would surely follow.
Keywords: tv-mini-series
Genres
Carry on Cleo (1964)
Actors
Plot
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise...
Keywords: ancient-rome, carry-on, character-name-in-title, cleopatra-spoof, egypt, historical-fiction, independent-film, reference-to-william-shakespeare, sequel
Genres
Taglines:
Bedlam on the Nile!
Special Roar Show Engagement
"SEIZE HER", cried Caesar and the chase is on
She had Lotions . . . and Potions . . . and Motions!
Caesar...Sees Her...And Seized Her...Then the Fun Began.
The funniest film since 54BC
Quotes:
Julius Caesar: Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me.
Soothsayer: I will see whether the goddess will grant us a further vision. Oh Isis, sweet Isis...::Hengist Pod: They're lovely. I'm very sorry sir, it's an old saying we have back in Britain.
Cleopatra: [to Hengist who is dressed as Caesar] You do not look like your bust.::Julius Caesar: [who is dressed as Hengist] No, he's not. He's just a bit cracked.
[running gag]::Julius Caesar: Friends, Romans...::Whoever happens to be next to him: Countrymen.::Julius Caesar: I know!
Julius Caesar: I've cleaned up this city. Have you forgotten my slogan? 'Nihil expectore in omnibus' - no spitting on the public transport.
Hengist Pod: My name's Pod. Hengist Post, this is my wife Senna.::Horsa: Oh, that's a pretty...::Hengist Pod: Pretty what?::Horsa: Er... pretty name.::Senna Pod: It was, 'til I married somebody called "Pod".
Mark Antony: All right, look here Marcus...::Spencius: No, no, I'm Spencius. 'S my brother what's Marcus. We're in partnership now, you know. Marcus & Spencius.
Mark Antony: Look at them. All solid bone and muscle.::Spencius: Bone and muscle I've got plenty of. It's brains what people want nowadays.::Mark Antony: They've got brains. Artisans, every one of them. Here you, what did you do in Britain?::Hengist Pod: I was a wheelmaker.::Mark Antony: See that? He makes wheels.::Hengist Pod: Square ones.::Mark Antony: Square... Never mind. Here, you. What did you do?::Horsa: I was a hunter.::Spencius: A hunter?::Mark Antony: A hunter! Now, what about that then? A hunter. What did you hunt?::Horsa: Romans.
[Hosa comes in with WC marked on his arm]::Hengist Pod: I think someone's making a convenience of you!
[the guard has just told Hengist that he will be going to the lions]::Hengist Pod: I hope they're a nice family!::Horsa: Eh, Hengist, what he means is that you will be thrown to the lions, in the arena::Hengist Pod: oh, THOSE lions! Yahhh!::[Hengist jumps into Horsa's arms. Horsa puts Hengist down]::Horsa: Don't worry. Head in the mouth, quick snap of the jaws and it'll all be over!::Hengist Pod: Yes, but how am I going to get his head into my mouth?
Carry on Cleo (1964)
Actors
Plot
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise...
Keywords: ancient-rome, carry-on, character-name-in-title, cleopatra-spoof, egypt, historical-fiction, independent-film, reference-to-william-shakespeare, sequel
Genres
Taglines:
Bedlam on the Nile!
Special Roar Show Engagement
"SEIZE HER", cried Caesar and the chase is on
She had Lotions . . . and Potions . . . and Motions!
Caesar...Sees Her...And Seized Her...Then the Fun Began.
The funniest film since 54BC
Quotes:
Julius Caesar: Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me.
Soothsayer: I will see whether the goddess will grant us a further vision. Oh Isis, sweet Isis...::Hengist Pod: They're lovely. I'm very sorry sir, it's an old saying we have back in Britain.
Cleopatra: [to Hengist who is dressed as Caesar] You do not look like your bust.::Julius Caesar: [who is dressed as Hengist] No, he's not. He's just a bit cracked.
[running gag]::Julius Caesar: Friends, Romans...::Whoever happens to be next to him: Countrymen.::Julius Caesar: I know!
Julius Caesar: I've cleaned up this city. Have you forgotten my slogan? 'Nihil expectore in omnibus' - no spitting on the public transport.
Hengist Pod: My name's Pod. Hengist Post, this is my wife Senna.::Horsa: Oh, that's a pretty...::Hengist Pod: Pretty what?::Horsa: Er... pretty name.::Senna Pod: It was, 'til I married somebody called "Pod".
Mark Antony: All right, look here Marcus...::Spencius: No, no, I'm Spencius. 'S my brother what's Marcus. We're in partnership now, you know. Marcus & Spencius.
Mark Antony: Look at them. All solid bone and muscle.::Spencius: Bone and muscle I've got plenty of. It's brains what people want nowadays.::Mark Antony: They've got brains. Artisans, every one of them. Here you, what did you do in Britain?::Hengist Pod: I was a wheelmaker.::Mark Antony: See that? He makes wheels.::Hengist Pod: Square ones.::Mark Antony: Square... Never mind. Here, you. What did you do?::Horsa: I was a hunter.::Spencius: A hunter?::Mark Antony: A hunter! Now, what about that then? A hunter. What did you hunt?::Horsa: Romans.
[Hosa comes in with WC marked on his arm]::Hengist Pod: I think someone's making a convenience of you!
[the guard has just told Hengist that he will be going to the lions]::Hengist Pod: I hope they're a nice family!::Horsa: Eh, Hengist, what he means is that you will be thrown to the lions, in the arena::Hengist Pod: oh, THOSE lions! Yahhh!::[Hengist jumps into Horsa's arms. Horsa puts Hengist down]::Horsa: Don't worry. Head in the mouth, quick snap of the jaws and it'll all be over!::Hengist Pod: Yes, but how am I going to get his head into my mouth?
Carry on Cleo (1964)
Actors
Plot
Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise...
Keywords: ancient-rome, carry-on, character-name-in-title, cleopatra-spoof, egypt, historical-fiction, independent-film, reference-to-william-shakespeare, sequel
Genres
Taglines:
Bedlam on the Nile!
Special Roar Show Engagement
"SEIZE HER", cried Caesar and the chase is on
She had Lotions . . . and Potions . . . and Motions!
Caesar...Sees Her...And Seized Her...Then the Fun Began.
The funniest film since 54BC
Quotes:
Julius Caesar: Infamy, infamy. They've all got it in for me.
Soothsayer: I will see whether the goddess will grant us a further vision. Oh Isis, sweet Isis...::Hengist Pod: They're lovely. I'm very sorry sir, it's an old saying we have back in Britain.
Cleopatra: [to Hengist who is dressed as Caesar] You do not look like your bust.::Julius Caesar: [who is dressed as Hengist] No, he's not. He's just a bit cracked.
[running gag]::Julius Caesar: Friends, Romans...::Whoever happens to be next to him: Countrymen.::Julius Caesar: I know!
Julius Caesar: I've cleaned up this city. Have you forgotten my slogan? 'Nihil expectore in omnibus' - no spitting on the public transport.
Hengist Pod: My name's Pod. Hengist Post, this is my wife Senna.::Horsa: Oh, that's a pretty...::Hengist Pod: Pretty what?::Horsa: Er... pretty name.::Senna Pod: It was, 'til I married somebody called "Pod".
Mark Antony: All right, look here Marcus...::Spencius: No, no, I'm Spencius. 'S my brother what's Marcus. We're in partnership now, you know. Marcus & Spencius.
Mark Antony: Look at them. All solid bone and muscle.::Spencius: Bone and muscle I've got plenty of. It's brains what people want nowadays.::Mark Antony: They've got brains. Artisans, every one of them. Here you, what did you do in Britain?::Hengist Pod: I was a wheelmaker.::Mark Antony: See that? He makes wheels.::Hengist Pod: Square ones.::Mark Antony: Square... Never mind. Here, you. What did you do?::Horsa: I was a hunter.::Spencius: A hunter?::Mark Antony: A hunter! Now, what about that then? A hunter. What did you hunt?::Horsa: Romans.
[Hosa comes in with WC marked on his arm]::Hengist Pod: I think someone's making a convenience of you!
[the guard has just told Hengist that he will be going to the lions]::Hengist Pod: I hope they're a nice family!::Horsa: Eh, Hengist, what he means is that you will be thrown to the lions, in the arena::Hengist Pod: oh, THOSE lions! Yahhh!::[Hengist jumps into Horsa's arms. Horsa puts Hengist down]::Horsa: Don't worry. Head in the mouth, quick snap of the jaws and it'll all be over!::Hengist Pod: Yes, but how am I going to get his head into my mouth?
I, Claudius (1937)
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Caligula: Grandmother, you remember my dear Uncle Claudius who prefers the society of pigs to that of the court?::Livia: I have asked Claudius to be present at these ceremonies, and to be my guest at dinner tonight.::Caligula: But grandmother, think of his table manners.::Livia: Be silent, you impudent puppy. You take your uncle for a fool, but he's not. I sometimes think he pretends to be one, so as to make fools of us. Far from being a fool, he's the last decent man left alive in Rome. One can rely on him. If he makes a promise he keeps it. And when he swears to the truth, it is the truth. Am I right, Claudius? [Claudius tries to stammer a reply]::Caligula: Don't let him start talking, he might have a stroke.
Caligula: How wonderful to see you again, dear Uncle Claudius. I thought you were on your farm.::Claudius: I was or-or-::Caligula: You were or-or::Claudius: Ordered to attend.::Caligula: I hear you're teaching your pigs to read. Is that true?::Claudius: My pigs? Why?::Caligula: So as to have readers for all the Roman histories you write.
Claudius: I only limp with my tongue, and stutter with my leg. Nature never quite finished me.
Caligula: I now honor this noble house by appointing Incitatus, the greatest race horse in the Empire, a member of the Senate.
Claudius: It's good to see y-you're better, Caesar.::Caligula: I haven't been ill. I'm simply undergoing a change. It's the most momentous transformation that any human being has ever achieved. A prophecy is about to be fulfilled. I am being - reborn.::Claudius: I hope your condition is not t-t-too painful.::Caligula: It is painful to be one's own mother. Well, idiot, can't you see any change in me?::Claudius: I was blind not to see it instantly. You're no longer human. May I be the first to worship you, as a g-g-g-god?::Caligula: It took you a long time to perceive that I'm no longer human.
Claudius: Caligula was murdered. He ruled by force, but a state such as I hope to establish cannot condone murder. For violence is an enemy to justice. And in the name of justice, I call upon the murderers of Caligula to step forward.::Capt. of Caligula's Guard: We killed a tyrant, Caesar.::Claudius: But you broke your solemn oaths as Roman soldiers, to protect your Emperor. You didn't strike for your country. You killed in the name of your own private grudges. I was with you Cassius, when the tyrant kicked you, but you were not content with one single murder. You caused the death of Caliguls'a wife and of hundreds at the palace. What fate do you consider you deserve?::Capt. of Caligula's Guard: Death, Claudius.::Claudius: For that answer, I will take your families under my protection. But for the crime of murder, I must sentence you Cassius, and you Lupus, to - death. I will call upon the army to have that sentence executed.
