pompey actually saves his life later by brining sulla the heart of a pig instead of the heart of caesar. Dont know if thats based on real events though
Even if he lost the war to Julius Caesar in the end, he was a man of honor. It was honor and pride that in the end cost Pompey his life. A solidier with honor is just a killer with a code. Caesar had no code and won the war and made a Empire
@@Ikaros23 what are you talking about caesar was killed by a bunch of people who's lives he had spared. Enemies of his killed themselves rather than be captured and humiliated by his mercy. He used forgiveness as a political tool to legitimize himself in the eyes of the plebeians.Even Pompey would have probably been spared if captured and made to retire. It would have been the ultimate optical coup to discredit those who accused him of tyranny. Of course he was a tyrant anyway but he was a shrewd political operator and propagandist.
@@Oatmilkcapp22 Exactly my point!. Caesar had no code. Pompey did. And so he lost the game. The people who lose is always the people who " play by the rules", or " follow a code". It is noble, and ok if you are just Knight or a Bishop... But it is not the moves for a King. And the plebs/pawns dont live long
@@Oatmilkcapp22 And let's not forget that the senate was so corrupt and failed so miserably to represent the people that they were clamoring for Caesar. Their ineptitude led to the fall of the republic just as much as Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon.
@@firingallcylinders2949 how did he rescind it? He let Caesar go only to kill him (fortunately he didn’t), and while this isn’t the most accurate portrayal of Rome. In fact a great movie on the life of Caesar, anyway…Playing with your prey is the most inhumane thing to do. Predators in the animal world do it all the time. This dude was a fascist before fascism. I suggest you read up on how he wanted to help the lower class, and he just said he wanted to in order to help the wealthy and himself. He’s manipulative as Trump. Caesar was the person who listened to the lower class. It was the wealthy class and his capitalist liaisons (his senate) that thought otherwise. He’s in fact would could have been socialism before socialism. He wanted to centralize for the working class.
Rome was still in its infancy , to small to even be considered a kingdom in the time of Cinnicinatus , At the time of Sulla, rome was an empire across Europe @firingallcylinders2949
Such energy of Richard Harris. Can't believe he died before this was released and could not see himself as Sulla. From this scene I see a guy who is gonna live at least 30 more years
I have always loved Richard Harris' Dumbledore, but holy shit, here he was totally different, and reminded me so much of William Hartnell's portrayal of the First Doctor. This was amazing.
I like the casual familiarity between Sulla and Pompey. I wish they had more screen time together. Then again, I also kind of wish this movie was ONLY about Sulla as played by Richard Harris. By far one of my favorite performances of his.
Ah, Sulla, the dictator who was a lot like a mafia don in an age when the mafia was but a distant dream, who gave Pompey the moniker of Magnus meaning "the Great".
Because you can't decide your own moniker. Like Germanicus was given his and scippio was given his moniker of africanus. And having mangus was jab at him by sulla about the wins he kept claiming when other commander's actually did the work like Spartacus revolt crassus did all the work yet Pompey claimed it. And the wars in Spain too
@@pride2184 Pompey taking credit for the Spartacus affair is true, although Sulla was already dead before the Third Servile War, so how could he have a jab at Pompey for that? I get what you're saying, although that does beg the question what about Julius Caesar calling himself the Darling of Venus? True, his family did claim descent from her, but the title "the Darling of Venus" sounds self-proclaimed.
Some pretty good actors in a rather cheaply made movie with a truly mediocre leading man. A good actor may not be able to save a bad movie but can make it bearable.
Richard Harris had a great screen presence that you simply don't find in actors these days...maybe it's his Irishness, the Irishmen of his generation were born storytellers. He also had a great sense of humor. When some talk show host asked Harris how he'd like to 'leave this world' Harris replied without the slightest hesitation' I'd like to live to be ninety and then get shot by a jealous husband!..None of today's actors could come up with an answer like that straight 'off the cuff! He was one of the greats alright!
Its simple, such individuals werent afraid of being themselves in those days, now we live in an era of people who are afraid of standing alone and expressing themselves outside of the dumbed down "normal" . And please dont suggest body pierced tattooed ear implanted "individuals" are original authentic characters.
I love him. I think it's a disservice to today's actors, though, to make that assertion. Cruise, Russsell Crowe, Ed Norton, Woody Harrelson, McConnaughey, DeNiro, Pitt and DiCaprio, as well as Tom Hanks are masterful, as is Clint Eastwood. Apologies to the many women actors who probably belong in this pantheon.
@@tripgreat You are correct of course! But being an 'old fella' myself I can identify more readily with Richard Harris's generation that with those actors who came along later. If Richard Harris, Peter Q Toole etc were at the beginning of their careers today it is highly unlikely they would achieve anything like the same level of stardom. The same is probably true of today's stars if they were trying to start their careers in the 1950's,60's or early 1970's. As you mention Clint Eastwood, he is one of the few stars who appealed equally to successive generations and who never seemed to go out of fashion or to become 'old fashioned'. Not every actor is so lucky and if an actor does not have the right 'look' to appeal to movie fans in the long term their careers can be surprisingly brief. Take the case of Northern Irish actor Stephan Boyd who played Charlton Heston's arch enemy Messala in Ben Hur, and who received an academy nomination for his great performance in the same film. By the mid 1960's he found it impossibel to get worthwhile parts in American films and he was forced to work in Europe making terrible films that few people ever heard of. It wasn't his acting skills that caused him such problems, everyone agreed he was a fine actor: his problem was his 'look'. He didn't fit in with what movie goers thought a film star of the 1960's should look like: he looked like he belonged in the 1950's and so his career staggered from one terrible movie to the next. Stephan Boyd a disillusioned man, died suddenly in 1976 at the age of 45.
The Romans had a saying: Fortune favors the bold. You don't get any bolder than Sulla and Caesar. Sulla marched on Rome...twice, and made it so snitches got riches with the Proscriptions, and Caesar did much the same, minus the Proscriptions, but he did boldly defy Sulla's demand to divorce his wife, even with the threat of death, and he was still a teenager at this time. That's a ballsy thing to do, especially in Sulla's presence.
Yawg moth if Sulla saw anyone in Caesar it was himself... ambitious, a gambler, patrician hauter, a willingness to trust in his own luck, no wonder Sulla identified him as dangerous.
Yes and no. It's important to note that Caesar did not enact a hit list on his enemies to kill and take their money in the way Sulla did with the proscriptions, in fact he did quite the opposite in offering clemency to all those who sided against him. He would have done the same for Pompey Magnus had Ptolemy XIII not betrayed and beheaded him. He made it clear that if they opposed him again, Rome would not forgive them a second time. Octavian, however, did take that page from Sulla's book leading up to the Battle of Philippi of having political enemies killed and stealing their money. Caesar did march on Rome, but unlike Sulla, there was no bloodshed when he was in the city, though he did threaten to kill Peoples' Tribune Metellus if he didn't get out of his way in taking the treasury from the Temple of Saturn.
This is pious fiction as Sulla never arrested Cesar nor died in his bath of a heart attack. He retired wrote his memoir and died some years later in retirement.
Wrong, Caesar was Sulla 0.5, an earlier buggy version. Sulla gave up his dictatory powers after setting everything right, while Caesar didn't. Sulla was also one of the very few generals that got a grass crown, awarded for saving a roman army or legion from certain annihilation. Was awarded by soldiers of the legion that he saved, crown was netted from the grasses and flowers of the actual battlefield, very few were awarded. Everything Caesar did, Sulla did better, at cost of fewer human lives and remaining alive in the process until retirement.
@@Zamolxes77 Actually Caesar did relinquish his dictatorial powers, although that was before he was proclaimed Dictator for Life. To put it simply when he occupied Rome in 49 BC there was a dilemma regarding elections for that year since the sitting consuls fled to Greece. The remaining Senate did make him Dictator so he could oversee the elections and he was elected Consul. Eleven days into his consulship he relinquished his dictatorial power on the grounds that he wouldn't need it as consul. Strangely in 46 BC, the Senate would make him Dictator for One Year instead of 6 months as was common practice, then later it was extended to 10 years and then later for life. Had Sulla not stripped Caesar of his priesthood to Jupiter, history would have been radically different since priests to Jupiter were forbidden to join the army.
Even if Sulla killed Caesar, the Roman Republic was so weakened by that time that it was inevitable some other dictator would establish the Roman Empire.
All I could think is he had done Shakespearean characters so often on stage, he probably could do this scene while thinking about what he'd like for dinner that evening. His stories on late night about he and O'Toole and Finch in their alcoholic days doing the great works on stage are hilarious.
I’m seeing two Law and Order detectives here! One as Julius Caesar the other leaning against a column at 2:44, Pompey! This is excellent, great dialogue, and Richard Harris just got better as he aged in my opinion.
At least he didn't ruin himself with drink to the point where he could barely act any more (like the unfortunate Richard Burton who also played Arthur).
His best friend was Peter O'Toole, as well as his two ex-wives. Harris probably had given up drinking about the same time as O'Toole. Both lived to a ripe old age.I have no doubt he was sober as a judge for this fillm, as well as in "The Field" and "Unforgiven".
I think he was sober for the last few years of his life. You can’t watch “The Field” or his part in “Unforgiven” and think he wasn’t fully present when cameras rolled. I love that he and Peter O’Toole each lived into their 80’s despite all the alcohol and tobacco over the years, and that they got sober the last few years. What a blessing they were for us on screen, and in interviews with Carson and Letterman and Conan. Geez, I hope Conan got to interview them. Conan would have adored them both as guests and storytellers.
ABSOLUTELY brilliant. Thank you for uploading this (and other clips). I was actually looking for this scene. I believe this was the last film for Richard Harris. He is astoundingly at ease and plays it so well. It's even beyond acting. He IS the character. I miss him and still can't believe he's really gone.
Regardless of many inconsistencies in this movie by far the greatest Actor ever to play Sulla or for that matter any ancient Roman Greek character!! Best line …”Strangle Him , No You Strangle him !”
You know I really can't say what I exactly think of Richard Harris. I'm open to a few varying views and could easily be swayed to a favourable one. ' How could you not have an opinion now " it might be asked. Well I simply haven't seen enough of him to form a consistent opinion about his consistency. It's one of the few pleasures of getting older and whilst we still have our wits, that one can look forward to fresh discovery, like great books one is still to read. This Roman era teaser I don't know but the Irish gift of language like cascading silk is not surprisingly here. I may as yet soon join the company of followers. The last time I saw Harris was in Cromwell where, even as a child, I found him one note tedious, but that's likely because he might have brilliantly nailed his part.
Just like the movies "Braveheart" and "The Patriot", this is Hollywood history so it's completely wrong, but darn if it isn't entertaining as hell to watch. Just like both of those movies.😊
I first saw him play Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter then the Julius Caesar movie. Edited: I just realized he also plays Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator.
Technically both Marius and Sulla are Caesars uncles. Like the prophecy of Achilles. That Zeus and Poseidon wanted to marry Thetis but it was said that he would take their thrones. Poetic Caesar makes both Sulla and Marius seem a footnote to those who don't know
I like the Rome HBO mini-series better, but this movie had some good moments because of the actors bringing a little extra. Richard Harris made me appreciate Sulla's impact on Rome.
There are videos on here of Harris and O’toole telling their drinking stories, I’ve probably watched them 100 times and I still laugh my ass off. Dont make them like that anymore, You are missed Good Sirs
A Roman citizen could not be placed in bonds, even in arrest. Mostly held true under the Emperor's, certainly in the Republic. Also, the armor is wrong, but that's endemic in the genre. The lorica segmata didn't arrive until at least 60 AD, so well over a century after Julius Caesar's lifetime. And what is it with wrist bracers? This was never a period thing, I think it was a convention of the 19th century stage that transferred to the screen, even in the silent era, but you cannot find it in statuary or other artwork. Costume designers, please ditch those things...
Great acting on the side of Richard Harris RIP. But the Roman armor is wrong. Here, the Lorica Segmentata (the plated armor) is shown which was slowly introduced during the reign of Augustus 27/26 BCE --> 14 CE. Back in the later Republican days of Rome, the Roman soldiers should wear the Lorica Hamata (the chainmail armor).
Umm..strangely..this is accurate. Cornelia was Caesar's first wife and the mother of his only legal child Julia (later Pompey's wife). He refused to divorce her and avoided being in Rome just to save her and himself (he even had Malaria after escaping Rome). He kept his mother and Cornelia at a place where they would not be noticed. Then he joined army. After 13 years of marriage Cornelia died. He then gave oration in her honour after her death. So, yeah considering what he did during his marriage to Pompeia (the above suspicion thing) it was really different. I don't know why he didn't divorce Cornelia though. Who knows what was his psychology for Cornelia. You can read it in wikipedia as well.
Why does the other actor keep his head tilted? Its weird, the guy is supposed to be playing Julius Ceasar right? That's an incredibly poor body language choice for a man of that supposed statute. Fix your damn neck man
Richard Harris was a brilliant actor.
@Julisa Angelina Eva Torres - Truly.
Totally agree. The last time I saw him on a movie was more than 30 years ago. Shockingly good.
"I think we should let him go" I bet that's one decision Pompey will regret deeply later on.
pompey actually saves his life later by brining sulla the heart of a pig instead of the heart of caesar. Dont know if thats based on real events though
Even if he lost the war to Julius Caesar in the end, he was a man of honor. It was honor and pride that in the end cost Pompey his life. A solidier with honor is just a killer with a code. Caesar had no code and won the war and made a Empire
@@Ikaros23 what are you talking about caesar was killed by a bunch of people who's lives he had spared. Enemies of his killed themselves rather than be captured and humiliated by his mercy. He used forgiveness as a political tool to legitimize himself in the eyes of the plebeians.Even Pompey would have probably been spared if captured and made to retire. It would have been the ultimate optical coup to discredit those who accused him of tyranny. Of course he was a tyrant anyway but he was a shrewd political operator and propagandist.
@@Oatmilkcapp22 Exactly my point!. Caesar had no code. Pompey did. And so he lost the game. The people who lose is always the people who " play by the rules", or " follow a code". It is noble, and ok if you are just Knight or a Bishop... But it is not the moves for a King. And the plebs/pawns dont live long
@@Oatmilkcapp22 And let's not forget that the senate was so corrupt and failed so miserably to represent the people that they were clamoring for Caesar. Their ineptitude led to the fall of the republic just as much as Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon.
Sulla is an incredible historical figure, how we have been denied a film of his life is insane to me.
I think a movie about Cincinnatus would be cool as well. To become dictator and then rescind it is a rare thing.
Marius movie, gracchi, Pompeii, Agrippa, and especially CICERO. Cicero movie would be like all those lawyer shows on crack
@@firingallcylinders2949 how did he rescind it? He let Caesar go only to kill him (fortunately he didn’t), and while this isn’t the most accurate portrayal of Rome. In fact a great movie on the life of Caesar, anyway…Playing with your prey is the most inhumane thing to do. Predators in the animal world do it all the time. This dude was a fascist before fascism. I suggest you read up on how he wanted to help the lower class, and he just said he wanted to in order to help the wealthy and himself. He’s manipulative as Trump. Caesar was the person who listened to the lower class. It was the wealthy class and his capitalist liaisons (his senate) that thought otherwise. He’s in fact would could have been socialism before socialism. He wanted to centralize for the working class.
@@kronosis1337Titus Flaminius, Scipio Africanus and the Punic/Macedonian wars
Rome was still in its infancy , to small to even be considered a kingdom in the time of Cinnicinatus , At the time of Sulla, rome was an empire across Europe @firingallcylinders2949
Such energy of Richard Harris. Can't believe he died before this was released and could not see himself as Sulla. From this scene I see a guy who is gonna live at least 30 more years
I don't think he would have lived 30 more years but maybe 15 or 20 years if he hadn't had such a serious illness. Sad.
He was a very talented actor.
@@julistarling8382 not literally 30 years. I mean no one would say "oh yeah this man is dying" by watching this scene. He looks full of vigor.
Who is the non talented kid in the scene?
He’s exaggerating for effect I’m sure you do realize that, don’t you?
@@julistarling8382
I like this Ceaser fellow, hope he doesn't get betrayed
I hope he won't destroy a state that has stood for 700 years and then be dissapointed if he's removed from power in order to save the Republic. :D
Too soon
fun fact, it was acctualy caesar, who betrayed the republic.
@@Schnitzelfox or was it the republic that has betrayed Caesar
@@antke1472 nah, he did some nasty things as govenor and then he was "impeched" then he crossed the rubicon.
"What a big heart that boy has, bring it to me in the morning." Great line, great delivery.
The original Dumbledore. RIP good sir.
The original hard drinking hard fighting Shakespeare thespian.
Both of the above.
Bravo.
Flights of angels.
Forever one of the best ever. ❤💙💜
One of the world's very best actors. Top three. He gave these youngsters an acting lesson they'll never forget. I miss him!
Understatement pal
I have always loved Richard Harris' Dumbledore, but holy shit, here he was totally different, and reminded me so much of William Hartnell's portrayal of the First Doctor. This was amazing.
yes, in the pace of his delivery.
I like the casual familiarity between Sulla and Pompey. I wish they had more screen time together. Then again, I also kind of wish this movie was ONLY about Sulla as played by Richard Harris. By far one of my favorite performances of his.
Ah, Sulla, the dictator who was a lot like a mafia don in an age when the mafia was but a distant dream, who gave Pompey the moniker of Magnus meaning "the Great".
Basically the same thing different name.
magnus was more of a joke name given to him.
@@pride2184 Then why did Pompey keep it like a badge?
Because you can't decide your own moniker. Like Germanicus was given his and scippio was given his moniker of africanus. And having mangus was jab at him by sulla about the wins he kept claiming when other commander's actually did the work like Spartacus revolt crassus did all the work yet Pompey claimed it. And the wars in Spain too
@@pride2184 Pompey taking credit for the Spartacus affair is true, although Sulla was already dead before the Third Servile War, so how could he have a jab at Pompey for that? I get what you're saying, although that does beg the question what about Julius Caesar calling himself the Darling of Venus? True, his family did claim descent from her, but the title "the Darling of Venus" sounds self-proclaimed.
Marcus Aurelius in his younger, more ruthless days...
Sulla. A consul who first marched his legions inside Rome.
jo pump I was referring to the actor playing him who also played the ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius in ‘Gladiator’.
@@1101millie97
People are so hot to correct others on the internet they barely take the time to read and understand what they're criticizing.
Natmanprime Relative to how he appeared in Gladiator.
@@1101millie97 Don't bother he's not here for actual discussion@gmail.com he just gets off on correcting people online like so many others.
Richard Harris' handful of scenes as Sulla are amazing and contrast pretty sharply with what is otherwise a very mediocre movie.
Some pretty good actors in a rather cheaply made movie with a truly mediocre leading man. A good actor may not be able to save a bad movie but can make it bearable.
@Imparter - Well said.
I liked the movie.
Two Law and Order detectives in the same scene. I'm impressed.
Richard Harris had a great screen presence that you simply don't find in actors these days...maybe it's his Irishness, the Irishmen of his generation were born storytellers. He also had a great sense of humor. When some talk show host asked Harris how he'd like to 'leave this world' Harris replied without the slightest hesitation' I'd like to live to be ninety and then get shot by a jealous husband!..None of today's actors could come up with an answer like that straight 'off the cuff! He was one of the greats alright!
Its simple, such individuals werent afraid of being themselves in those days, now we live in an era of people who are afraid of standing alone and expressing themselves outside of the dumbed down "normal" . And please dont suggest body pierced tattooed ear implanted "individuals" are original authentic characters.
I love him. I think it's a disservice to today's actors, though, to make that assertion. Cruise, Russsell Crowe, Ed Norton, Woody Harrelson, McConnaughey, DeNiro, Pitt and DiCaprio, as well as Tom Hanks are masterful, as is Clint Eastwood. Apologies to the many women actors who probably belong in this pantheon.
@@tripgreat You are correct of course! But being an 'old fella' myself I can identify more readily with Richard Harris's generation that with those actors who came along later. If Richard Harris, Peter Q Toole etc were at the beginning of their careers today it is highly unlikely they would achieve anything like the same level of stardom. The same is probably true of today's stars if they were trying to start their careers in the 1950's,60's or early 1970's. As you mention Clint Eastwood, he is one of the few stars who appealed equally to successive generations and who never seemed to go out of fashion or to become 'old fashioned'. Not every actor is so lucky and if an actor does not have the right 'look' to appeal to movie fans in the long term their careers can be surprisingly brief. Take the case of Northern Irish actor Stephan Boyd who played Charlton Heston's arch enemy Messala in Ben Hur, and who received an academy nomination for his great performance in the same film. By the mid 1960's he found it impossibel to get worthwhile parts in American films and he was forced to work in Europe making terrible films that few people ever heard of. It wasn't his acting skills that caused him such problems, everyone agreed he was a fine actor: his problem was his 'look'. He didn't fit in with what movie goers thought a film star of the 1960's should look like: he looked like he belonged in the 1950's and so his career staggered from one terrible movie to the next. Stephan Boyd a disillusioned man, died suddenly in 1976 at the age of 45.
The Romans had a saying: Fortune favors the bold. You don't get any bolder than Sulla and Caesar. Sulla marched on Rome...twice, and made it so snitches got riches with the Proscriptions, and Caesar did much the same, minus the Proscriptions, but he did boldly defy Sulla's demand to divorce his wife, even with the threat of death, and he was still a teenager at this time. That's a ballsy thing to do, especially in Sulla's presence.
That was Alexander.
Funny that Caesar and Sulla appear at odds but Caesar was basically Sulla 2.0
Yawg moth if Sulla saw anyone in Caesar it was himself... ambitious, a gambler, patrician hauter, a willingness to trust in his own luck, no wonder Sulla identified him as dangerous.
Yes and no. It's important to note that Caesar did not enact a hit list on his enemies to kill and take their money in the way Sulla did with the proscriptions, in fact he did quite the opposite in offering clemency to all those who sided against him. He would have done the same for Pompey Magnus had Ptolemy XIII not betrayed and beheaded him. He made it clear that if they opposed him again, Rome would not forgive them a second time. Octavian, however, did take that page from Sulla's book leading up to the Battle of Philippi of having political enemies killed and stealing their money. Caesar did march on Rome, but unlike Sulla, there was no bloodshed when he was in the city, though he did threaten to kill Peoples' Tribune Metellus if he didn't get out of his way in taking the treasury from the Temple of Saturn.
This is pious fiction as Sulla never arrested Cesar nor died in his bath of a heart attack. He retired wrote his memoir and died some years later in retirement.
Wrong, Caesar was Sulla 0.5, an earlier buggy version. Sulla gave up his dictatory powers after setting everything right, while Caesar didn't. Sulla was also one of the very few generals that got a grass crown, awarded for saving a roman army or legion from certain annihilation. Was awarded by soldiers of the legion that he saved, crown was netted from the grasses and flowers of the actual battlefield, very few were awarded.
Everything Caesar did, Sulla did better, at cost of fewer human lives and remaining alive in the process until retirement.
@@Zamolxes77 Actually Caesar did relinquish his dictatorial powers, although that was before he was proclaimed Dictator for Life. To put it simply when he occupied Rome in 49 BC there was a dilemma regarding elections for that year since the sitting consuls fled to Greece. The remaining Senate did make him Dictator so he could oversee the elections and he was elected Consul. Eleven days into his consulship he relinquished his dictatorial power on the grounds that he wouldn't need it as consul. Strangely in 46 BC, the Senate would make him Dictator for One Year instead of 6 months as was common practice, then later it was extended to 10 years and then later for life. Had Sulla not stripped Caesar of his priesthood to Jupiter, history would have been radically different since priests to Jupiter were forbidden to join the army.
strange that he's also marcus aurelius
This Sporting Life through to Harry Potter he was always wonderful. The Field (1990) is a great performance.
Why did Russel Crowe get an Oscar over this guy? Clearly we should make up our own minds as to who the better actors are.
Richard Harris among the greatest of all times!
Everything he does is just so effortless.
My dad knew him well. All the stories about him were true. He was the legend that you heard of.
Damn, he must be ancient! To have known Sulla ... wow.
whiteknightcat he got around back in the day, LoL.
LMFAO!!! That was a good one!
Even if Sulla killed Caesar, the Roman Republic was so weakened by that time that it was inevitable some other dictator would establish the Roman Empire.
Most likely Pompey, unless schemes from Crassus undermined him and some other individual lost to history rose to prominence.
Richard Harris as Sulla
All I could think is he had done Shakespearean characters so often on stage, he probably could do this scene while thinking about what he'd like for dinner that evening. His stories on late night about he and O'Toole and Finch in their alcoholic days doing the great works on stage are hilarious.
I’m seeing two Law and Order detectives here! One as Julius Caesar the other leaning against a column at 2:44, Pompey! This is excellent, great dialogue, and Richard Harris just got better as he aged in my opinion.
I defy anyone to find a movie or scene where this man wasn’t shit-house drunk.... makes him even more of an epic actor.
At least he didn't ruin himself with drink to the point where he could barely act any more (like the unfortunate Richard Burton who also played Arthur).
His best friend was Peter O'Toole, as well as his two ex-wives. Harris probably had given up drinking about the same time as O'Toole. Both lived to a ripe old age.I have no doubt he was sober as a judge for this fillm, as well as in "The Field" and "Unforgiven".
That's quite an assumption. It's widely known (yawn) that he enjoyed drink. Has no relation to his work.
@@ziggersz4899 I guess you’re right, the same way drinking has no affect on one’s ability to drive or operate a car….. makes sense.
I think he was sober for the last few years of his life. You can’t watch “The Field” or his part in “Unforgiven” and think he wasn’t fully present when cameras rolled. I love that he and Peter O’Toole each lived into their 80’s despite all the alcohol and tobacco over the years, and that they got sober the last few years. What a blessing they were for us on screen, and in interviews with Carson and Letterman and Conan. Geez, I hope Conan got to interview them. Conan would have adored them both as guests and storytellers.
ABSOLUTELY brilliant. Thank you for uploading this (and other clips). I was actually looking for this scene.
I believe this was the last film for Richard Harris. He is astoundingly at ease and plays it so well. It's even beyond acting. He IS the character. I miss him and still can't believe he's really gone.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't his last film lol
His last role was Dumbledore in Harry Potter.
HE WAS THE!!!!CHARECTER ACTORS ACTOR !!! bar None HIM AS CROMWELL WAS SUPERB !!!g
At least we still have his son, who is equally as good an actor as his father was.
Pompey and Sulla share an uncanny resemblance to Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw
Great movie but in reality no one would have spoken to Sulla like that and lived, he didn't leave any potential enemies alive.
Wow 2 Law n Order cast members, Jeremy Sisto and Chris Noth!
Regardless of many inconsistencies in this movie by far the greatest Actor ever to play Sulla or for that matter any ancient Roman Greek character!! Best line …”Strangle Him , No You Strangle him !”
Amazing performance!
Return of a Man called Horse is one of his best , yet underrated movies.
i have only seen him in harry potter and its weird seeing him without a bigass beard
Harris is a great, great actor! You should try to watch anything he's in.
Author of the book 101 ways on how to start a fight!
Monty python quip from the sketch of the bookshop!
He was top 3 irish actors ive seen
You know I really can't say what I exactly think of Richard Harris. I'm open to a few varying views and could easily be swayed to a favourable one. ' How could you not have an opinion now " it might be asked. Well I simply haven't seen enough of him to form a consistent opinion about his consistency. It's one of the few pleasures of getting older and whilst we still have our wits, that one can look forward to fresh discovery, like great books one is still to read. This Roman era teaser I don't know but the Irish gift of language like cascading silk is not surprisingly here. I may as yet soon join the company of followers. The last time I saw Harris was in Cromwell where, even as a child, I found him one note tedious, but that's likely because he might have brilliantly nailed his part.
I mean, who wouldn't want to cross the Rubicon following such a man.
Richard harris is een legendarisch acteur top talent zo'n acteurs bestaan niet meer
Just like the movies "Braveheart" and "The Patriot", this is Hollywood history so it's completely wrong, but darn if it isn't entertaining as hell to watch. Just like both of those movies.😊
Marcus Aurelius shaved his beard and went back in time to the Republic!
Lucius F*cking Cornelius F*cking SULLAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! A DUUUUUUDE!!!
Brilliant actor! Absolutely brilliant.
Richard Harris is having so much f*cking fun with this...
Saw this film in its entirety during my Julius Caesar fanboy years.
I first saw him play Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter then the Julius Caesar movie.
Edited: I just realized he also plays Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Gladiator.
This scene portrays the last two roman dictators
I see something very unfamiliar but my voice hears Dumbledore
Technically both Marius and Sulla are Caesars uncles. Like the prophecy of Achilles. That Zeus and Poseidon wanted to marry Thetis but it was said that he would take their thrones.
Poetic Caesar makes both Sulla and Marius seem a footnote to those who don't know
Man, I loved this scene watching it for the first time.
I like the Rome HBO mini-series better, but this movie had some good moments because of the actors bringing a little extra. Richard Harris made me appreciate Sulla's impact on Rome.
I like that film! Great actors. Also Chris Noth is brilliant.
Lumpenkasperle Mr Big!
@@nhmooytis7058 Yes, I know! :-) And Mike Logan...
I am CONFUSED Now !!! As I thought RICHARD HARRIS Was PLAYING SULLA 😨g
There are videos on here of Harris and O’toole telling their drinking stories, I’ve probably watched them 100 times and I still laugh my ass off. Dont make them like that anymore, You are missed Good Sirs
ah the young dumbledore
Dumbledore.
Marcus Aurelius!
He needs to get the cake left out in the rain 😮
i think i fell asleep watching harry potter and law & order, wait
I remember Marcus Venicius saying “all hail to new emperor of Rome - Sulla” after Neron’s mischief. Everyone cheered. I guess they had no idea..
Mr. Big!
A Roman citizen could not be placed in bonds, even in arrest. Mostly held true under the Emperor's, certainly in the Republic.
Also, the armor is wrong, but that's endemic in the genre. The lorica segmata didn't arrive until at least 60 AD, so well over a century after Julius Caesar's lifetime.
And what is it with wrist bracers? This was never a period thing, I think it was a convention of the 19th century stage that transferred to the screen, even in the silent era, but you cannot find it in statuary or other artwork. Costume designers, please ditch those things...
GUINESS
Great acting on the side of Richard Harris RIP.
But the Roman armor is wrong.
Here, the Lorica Segmentata (the plated armor) is shown which was slowly introduced during the reign of Augustus 27/26 BCE --> 14 CE.
Back in the later Republican days of Rome, the Roman soldiers should wear the Lorica Hamata (the chainmail armor).
the most bloodthirsty Sulla ever scripted
No, "Brian"
What show or movie is this?
wtf is a dog doing in this scene? romans considered it filfthy animals
Harris was a gem! From Cromwell to Marcus Aurelius he could play powerful characters so we'll. Was this after Gladiator?
The secrets of Dumbledore trailer 😃
Great film though the actor playing Caesar is completely unsuitable
Early House MD impression at 1:57
Is that Chris Noth?
Marcus Aurelius vs Julius Caesar? 😜
That last line...
JesusChristKid.gif
Give him hippy shades and a fat cigar and you got Jimmy Saville
Ely Aksu what a moronic comment that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic.
Balderdash, what a silly comment.
YES.
Considering how easily he cast his wife aside when it was convenient I don't think this is entirely accurate
Umm..strangely..this is accurate. Cornelia was Caesar's first wife and the mother of his only legal child Julia (later Pompey's wife). He refused to divorce her and avoided being in Rome just to save her and himself (he even had Malaria after escaping Rome).
He kept his mother and Cornelia at a place where they would not be noticed. Then he joined army.
After 13 years of marriage Cornelia died. He then gave oration in her honour after her death.
So, yeah considering what he did during his marriage to Pompeia (the above suspicion thing) it was really different.
I don't know why he didn't divorce Cornelia though. Who knows what was his psychology for Cornelia. You can read it in wikipedia as well.
Harris was by far the best actor we have ever seen. He played emotion like no one ever could. I miss him...
< 0:34 What am i going to do with you face
??? What does this even mean? You like him? Hate him? And who is Jimmy Harris?
I have such mixed feelings about this series.
Why the swear word Harris was terrific.
that's what the swear word was implying--that he was so awesome that it warranted a swear
Andrew Guo F off
Why not a swear word?
Class
❤️
Why are you allowed to print auch a disaraging remark on you tube?
Pompey definitely regretted this
lmao lorica segmentata ok.
Well that was a refreshingly honest discussion. What movie is this from?
Julius Cesar
Is this rome, or Law and order
Great performances... but the roman uniforms are wrong.
@Roy G Biv
Rome by hbo did it right though :P
They should have been khaki.
Donald F*cking Trump.
Здравствуйте дорогой светлый человек,что вы так нажимаете грубо на человека? ЗАЖРАЛСЯ? Придётся мне по беспокоиться над вашим поведением.
You need to clean up your title. He was an actor when you were blowing bubbles.
Richard Harris is GREAT but this show was pretty cheesy.
Whats this from???
Julius Caesar (2002)
What movie is that
Julius Caesar (2002)
Why does the other actor keep his head tilted? Its weird, the guy is supposed to be playing Julius Ceasar right? That's an incredibly poor body language choice for a man of that supposed statute. Fix your damn neck man
great performance. terrible editing!
i know. i feel dizzy