| Edition |
Remastered ed. |
| Description |
4 videodiscs (669 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Motion picture. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Cast |
Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, Margaret Tyzack, John Hurt, George Baker, Patrick Stewart, Stratford Johns, Sheila White, Ian Ogilvy, Frances White, Kevin McNally, Patricia Quinn, David Robb, Fiona Walker, John Castle, James Faulkner, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hepton, John Cater, James Fagan, Freda Dowie, Kevin Stoney, Alan Thompson, Jo Rowbottom, Moira Redmond, Sam Dastor, Norman Eshley, Lockwood West, Bernard Hill, William Bond, Anne Dyson, Souad Faress, Roger Bizley, Ronald Markham, John Scott Martin, Karin Foley, Michael Segal. |
| Credits |
Original music, Harry Rabinowitz. |
| Note |
Based on the novels by Robert Graves. |
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DVD release of the 12 episode mini-series originally broadcast on BBC television in 1976. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Traces the lives of several early Roman emperors, showing ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue. Bearing witness to the saga is Claudius, whose stutter and limp have marked him a fool, yet whom prophecies have foretold will one day rule Rome. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Episode 1. A touch of murder ; Episode 2. Waiting in the wing ; Episode 3. What shall we do about Claudius? -- Disc 2. Episode 4. Poison is queen ; Episode 5. Some justice ; Episode 6. Queen of heaven ; Episode 7. Reign of terror -- Disc 3. Episode 8. Zeus, by jove! ; Episode 9. Hail who? ; Episode 10. Fool's luck -- Disc 4. Episode 11. A god in Colchester ; Episode 12. Old King log ; The epic that never was / writer, producer, Bill Duncalf (BBC, 1976 (71 min.)). |
| Note |
Special feature (disc 4): "The epic that never was" : a documentary and remarkable behind-the-scenes look at Alexander Korda's ill-fated 1937 screen adaptation "I, Claudius", starring Merle Oberon and Charles Laughton and narrated by Dirk Bogarde. |
| Subject |
Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D. -- Drama.
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. -- Drama.
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Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D. -- Drama.
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Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41 -- Drama.
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I, Claudius (Television program)
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Emperors -- Rome -- Biography -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Rome -- Drama.
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Murder -- Rome -- Drama.
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Intrigue -- Rome -- Drama.
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- History.
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Claudius, Emperor of Rome, 10 B.C.-54 A.D. (OCoLC)fst00014083
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Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D. (OCoLC)fst00032969
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Caligula, Emperor of Rome, 12-41 (OCoLC)fst00010775
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Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D. (OCoLC)fst00016826
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Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781
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Emperors. (OCoLC)fst00908898
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Intrigue. (OCoLC)fst01740401
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Rome (Empire) (OCoLC)fst01204885
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction.
(OCoLC)fst01027357
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726117
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Fiction television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710265
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Historical television programs. (OCoLC)fst01726125
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Television adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710478
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Television mini-series. (OCoLC)fst01726179
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Television mini-series.
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Historical television programs.
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Television adaptations.
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Fiction television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
Wise, Herbert. Director.
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Pulman, Jack. Screenwriter.
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Lisemore, Martin. Producer.
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Rabinowitz, Harry. Composer.
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Jacobi, Derek. Actor.
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Phillips, Siân, 1933- Actor.
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Blessed, Brian. Actor.
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Tyzack, Margaret, 1931-2011. Actor.
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Hurt, John, 1940-2017. Actor.
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Baker, George, 1931-2011. Actor.
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Stewart, Patrick, 1940- Actor.
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Johns, Stratford. Actor.
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White, Sheila, 1948-2018. Actor.
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Ogilvy, Ian, 1943- Actor.
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White, Frances, 1938- Actor.
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McNally, Kevin. Actor.
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Quinn, Patricia, 1944- Actor.
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Robb, David, 1947- Actor.
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Walker, Fiona, 1944- Actor.
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Castle, John, 1940- Actor.
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Faulkner, James, 1948- Actor.
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Rhys-Davies, John. Actor.
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Hepton, Bernard. Actor.
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Cater, John, 1932-2009. Actor.
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Fagan, James. Actor.
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Dowie, Freda. Actor.
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Stoney, Kevin. Actor.
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Thompson, Alan. Actor.
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Rowbottom, Jo. Actor.
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Redmond, Moira. Actor.
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Dastor, Sam. Actor.
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Eshley, Norman. Actor.
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West, Lockwood, 1905-1989. Actor.
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Hill, Bernard, 1944-2024. Actor.
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Bond, William. Actor.
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Dyson, Anne, 1908-1996. Actor.
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Faress, Souad. Actor.
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Bizley, Roger. Actor.
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Markham, Ronald. Actor.
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Martin, John Scott, 1926-2009. Actor.
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Foley, Karin. Actor.
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Segal, Michael, -1996. Actor.
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Duncalf, Bill. Screenwriter. Director.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work); Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
I, Claudius.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work); Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.
Claudius the god and his wife Messalina.
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British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
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London Film Productions.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Epic that never was.
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| ISBN |
6312464156 |
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9786312464150 |
| Standard No. |
014381510126 |
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00014381510126 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
ID5101CUDVD Image Entertainment |
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