Taglines: If you think you know Shakespeare….Think again.
Titus movie storyline. War begets revenge. Victorious general, Titus Andronicus, returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora queen of the Goths and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered emperor’s crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler’s venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus’s daughter.
When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus’s sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own. Saturninus marries the honey-tongued Tamora, who vows vengeance against Titus. The ensuing maelstrom serves up tongues, hands, rape, adultery, racism, and Goth-meat pie. There’s irony in which two sons survive.
The film was a box office bomb, earning only $22,313 on its opening weekend due to its limited release in only two theaters, ranking number 57 in the box office. Its widest release in the US was only in 35 theaters, causing the film to earn only $2,007,290 in North America. Overseas, the film grossed $252,390 in Chile, Mexico, and Spain, culminating in a worldwide total of $2,259,680.
Titus (2000)
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Alan Cumming, Colm Feore, James Frain, Laura Fraser, Harry Lennix, Angus Macfadyen, Matthew Rhys, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Screenplay by: Julie Taymor
Production Design by: Dante Ferretti
Cinematography by: Luciano Tovoli
Film Editing by: Françoise Bonnot
Costume Design by: Milena Canonero
Set Decoration by: Carlo Gervasi
Art Direction by: Pier Luigi Basile, Massimo Razzi, Domenico Sica
Music by: Elliot Goldenthal
MPAA Rating: R for strong violent and sexual images.
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Release Date: February 11, 2000
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