Empire (1964)
Director: Andy Warhol
Running time: 8h 5m
Cinematography: Jonas Mekas
Producer: Andy Warhol
Cast: Andy Warhol
Initial release: 1964
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Distrusting his corrupt son Commodus (Christopher Plummer), diplomatic Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Alec Guiness) tells his daughter Lucilla (Sophia Loren) of his intentions to make his adopted, tribune son Livius (Stephen Boyd) heir instead. Cleander, a blind man (played by Mel Ferrer) loyal to Commodus overhears and quickly poisons Aurelius before he can implement his plans. When Lucilla tells Livius of her father's wishes, he stands aside rather than challenge Commodus. While the Barbarians are pounding at the fringes of the empire, despot Commodus wages primarily a war of ego, flaunting his power with cruelty, claiming himself a god. When he finds out that he is not, after all, the son of Aurelius, he immediately orders his real father's death and turns his attention to Lucilla, who has more right to the throne than he. Soon Lucilla herself finds that she is not exempt from Commodus' power. Livius must step in if he is to save her. Both producer Samuel Bronston and director Anthony Mann teamed up again after the successful El Cid on this feature, but could not pull off a commercial success, though critics since have given it a relative amount of praise, especially for the action sequences. Despite the starring celebrities and appearances by other well-knowns such as Omar Sherif, James Mason and the ubiquitous Eric Porter, The Fall of the Roman Empire did not have a strong enough box-office appeal, as was reflected in its $18 million loss.
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