Cry Havoc, Let slip the dogs of war! (Charlton Heston) 1970

Cry Havoc, let slip the dogs of war.
Favorite film version of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar staring Charlton Heston
www.imdb.com/title/tt0065922/
who also reprises his Antony role in Antony & Cleopatra www.imdb.com/title/tt0068920/
O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth,
That I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Thou art the ruins of the noblest man
That ever livèd in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Over thy wounds now do I prophesy-
Which, like dumb mouths, do ope their ruby lips
To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue-
A curse shall light upon the limbs of men.
Domestic fury and fierce civil strife
Shall cumber all the parts of Italy.
Blood and destruction shall be so in use,
And dreadful objects so familiar,
That mothers shall but smile when they behold
Their infants quartered with the hands of war,
All pity choked with custom of fell deeds,
And Caesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch’s voice
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the dogs of war
Ommited ****That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

[@jdrancho1864]

Tremendous. Unfortunately, it loses something in the translation from the original Klingon.

[@saladinbob]

Not as good as Brando's version. There's too much anger in Heston's version, Brando mixes it with anguish and despair.

[@stephenle-surf9893]

A man who could do Shakespeare, science fiction, and comedy. Shakespeare obviously here. Soylent Green a film way before it's time and Wayne's world 2 sending up rich actors. Pure legend.

[@ExVeritateLibertas]

Neither Shakespeare nor Heston require a musical score to convey the power of this scene. It detracts rather than contributes.

[@johnpolhamus9041]

I never quite "got" Charlton Heston until I saw him on stage in "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" at the Queen's Theater, London, in 1985. The man was absolutely brilliant on stage on stage. It is no wonder that some of that stagey craft shows through in his motion pictures. It is a reminder of an actor who could really deliver, misunderstood by those who never have.

[@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III]

Ah, you haven’t heard Shakespeare until you’ve heard it in it’s original Klingon.

[@jamiejones7325]

Only men could summon such words, there are movie stars and acting stars, Charlton Heston converted me to fan here. Damn the diseases of mind, heroes to be recalled through ages for cure. I hated Shakespeare in school, my own language so hard to understand, only as adult do I wonder in amazement at the bard. Thank you for posting these free.

[@tomashize]

Dude had such gravitas and what a golden voice

[@fw1421]

Definitely one of Americas greatest actors. I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed every single film I’ve seen him in.

[@s15specv]

“Let slip he hogs of war” Archer.

[@starguy2718]

"Get your filthy hands off me, you damned, dirty Romans!"

[@natebronsen6454]

Brutus : He will understand this.

[@IqarP15]

"BONES, WHERE IS THAT DAMN TORPEDO?"

[@darrenclements6028]

Rest in peace Charlton Heston legends never die

[@josephinewhite6224]

Wow. I always thought Brando did it best, but this reading by Heston is phenomenal! Heston nailed it, in my opinion.

[@dkoz8321]

"Mothers shall smile when they hold their infants quartered ".

[@AndreNitroX]

This man was everything a true actor should be

[@IdealX-fr4eg]

my favorite line....Damn Dirty Brutus

[@WILSON42258]

A FANTASTIC rendition of that solitary moment of despair and hate; Chuck HESTON really delivers here! the voice is great, the emotion is here, before the equaly formidable performance in the famous Forum scene; I am not saying Brando's version was better or worse, both are great and both are the work of two tremendous actors; those who see fit to call Heston a ham should perhaps revise their one-sided opinions....

[@brendonsmith3080]

An absolutely tremendous actor worthy of eternal recognition