Carry on Cleo
- Synopsis
- Feature film comedy and a parody of CLEOPATRA (1963). The film spoofs history in general and British attitudes in particular. Noted for it’s gloriously bad puns as in ‘Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me’ spoken by Kenneth Williams as Caesar.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1964
- Duration
- 91 mins; 8,226 feet
Credits
- Director
- Gerald Thomas
- Producer
- Peter Rogers
- Writer
- Talbot Rothwell
- Cast
Kenneth Williams Julius Caesar (Julius Caesar) Sid James Mark Antony Charles Hawtrey Seneca Joan Sims Calphurnia Kenneth Connor Hengist Warren Mitchell
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Ancient Rome
- Plays
- Antony and Cleopatra; Julius Caesar
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- General
- The 1963 CLEOPATRA began filming at Pinewood in September 1960, but after only a few months shooting and numerous problems the production continued elsewhere. Partly as revenge, partly because the sets had been left behind, this parody was devised. The appropriated sets give it production values in excess those of the usual Carry On films. The opening credits famously state ‘Based on idea by William Shakespeare’.
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
Filmbankmedia
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- Web
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- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 3866 6525
- Address
- 1st Floor, 67-74 Saffron Hill
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Carry on Cleo". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/3124 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)