Julius Caesar Page #6

with helping the king make his decisions?

Would you?

- The king is a boy sir.

Forgive him, and forgive me.

We are your allies and your

servants great Caesar.

We only have the interests

of Rome in our hearts.

Bring out the gift.

This is Pompey's ring...

Where is he?

We thought you'd be pleased.

Excuse me, Caesar.

There is a servant with an urgent

message from Cleopatra.

Bring her.

If you want to hear the message

you'll have to dismiss your guard.

What word from Cleopatra is

of such importance?

Cleopatra asks for your protection.

Protection, why?

Pothinus plans to kill her,

as he did Pompey.

Is that why you are disguised

as your own servant...

...Cleopatra?

I came to you, Caesar,

Because you are the only

man I can trust.

Why does Pothinus want to kill you?

My father wanted me to rule Egypt,

he wrote it in his will.

But Pothinus banished me with

a price on my head.

Now any servant can kill me

and be rewarded for it.

Caesar...

You and I, are alike.

You are the son of Venus,

and I, am the daughter of Isis.

You and I, live by the same

divine heart beat.

That's why we must help each other.

- Are you trying to seduce me?

I don't try.

I seduce...

...or I don't.

I do not have to seduce with my body.

I have something much better than that.

My country...

...It is the richest land in the world.

Egypt and Rome are different.

Rome is masculine.

Egypt is feminine.

Rome, is sunlight, Egypt is twilight.

But its not part of Rome not yet.

Make me queen, and the east

and west will be united.

We will be god and goddess

ruling the world.

You kiss me with the tongue of a serpent.

I must test you to see if you are poison.

And am I?

- No, but I can taste Gaul.

Will you stay in Egypt with me Caesar?

- What does Egypt have to offer

That Rome does not?

- Have you heard of the fertile crescent?

Is it the region down below?

- It is it is!

What grows there?

I believe the region fertile

enough to hut a king.

If you doubt it try planting

something there!

Only promise me one thing.

When you return to Rome,

you must be fateful to me.

But I'm married, I'm,

already being unfaithful.

- ...with you!

- Let's go.

Demand you give yourself to a woman.

In politics you lie you're unfaithful.

- We'll bury him with honors.

I'll bury him myself

Let the state celebrate his life.

- Which state? Rome?

The Rome of Caesar?

To accept your honors

would defile my name.

And on behalf of my

father and my family,

I decline.

Now I'm asking you to leave this room.

There is no peace in the

world like in my house.

Calpurnia...

Would you greet your husband

with a kiss?

Dismiss them.

Can't a man return to his home and

expect a warmer mood from his wife?

How could you bring her to Rome?

It was for the good of the state.

Cleopatra rules a large part of Africa.

And all of you.

No one rules me Calpurnia.

Not Cleopatra, not even you.

But what I want is the love that you

promised me when we married.

You can't have it. You can have my

obedience, you can have my loyalty.

But I can't love those

who dishonor me.

No one can dishonored you.

- You're right I dishonored myself

When I gave my vows to you in marriage.

- You made a good marriage you're Caesar's wife!

I should have married a man other than Caesar,

That would have been a good marriage.

So I wouldn't have to watch my

husband perform for Egypt every night,

in order to keep the riches of

that land flowing into Rome.

Between you and Cleopatra,

I don't know who is a concubine!

Retain your dignity theres a limit

to what I'll hear from you.

I have no dignity left.

Perhaps I ought to buy some.

Maybe I should learn like you have,

that you can be bought and sold.

What's the price? What's the

price of consulship these days?

What's the price of being king?

When did your hope leave

and vision for the people

become this lust

for power itself?

Was it when Julia died?

I have nowhere else to go

so I'll stay here.

But I'll live apart from you,

not as man and wife.

May the gods forgive me for

breaking my marriage vows.

But I pray they forgive you for breaking yours.

You're an early riser, Brutus.

So are you.

Lately I am.

I couldn't sleep last night worrying

about the honor of your name.

You know something about these?

I know the writing, but

don't ask me who wrote them.

Minds change quickly in

these troubled times.

And I take you to whoever doubt these men.

Oh Brutus I did my best to persuade

them that you are a man of honor,

Though you wouldn't pledge to

keep Caesar from becoming king.

I gave you my pledge that I'd

oppose him in the senate.

But some of us feel that to oppose

a man like Caesar with words

is the same thing as handing him the crown.

I try to use words before the sword,

Cassius.

Just as I try to use reason before passion.

People say, calling on reason before

passion can lead to idleness.

And sometimes action is required. But

I know that you're a decent man

And that your meek and gentle nature

is how you feel you best serve the good.

I'm not gentle in defending my beliefs.

But you have given me no proof

that Caesar will demand the crown.

Do you plan to be at the senate

at the calendes of March?

No, I will be here.

They say that on that day Caesar

will move that he be made king.

I will come if I am sent for.

- Ha ha! This is what they mean.

People say that this is weakness to come

when you are summoned and at no other time.

To accept the favors of a

tyrant like Caesar.

He spared my life.

- But he took the life of Cato,

Your wife's father,

who treated you as a son.

Has she ceased her mourning?

No, and neither have I.

So you're grieving over Cato's death...

- Cassius, yes I'm grieving.

But private affection and public

duty are not the same thing.

And yet they say that in your grief,

you just weep and say prayers

and fill your wife's drinking

cup and go to bed.

And when Caesar comes to you tonight you'll

be like his boy and fill his cup as well...

Who is saying this? Who?

I don't act for Caesar.

I act for Rome, ...always for Rome.

Brutus I've done everything to convince

them you're a man of action that you love Rome.

I've spoken in your behalf many times singing

your praise, condemning those who speak against you.

But...

some men have ideas.

They think highly of those who gave

their lives to expel the kings from Rome.

Your ancestors! And they were

only men, not gods.

Please don't stay.

- I am staying.

Why do you want to torment yourself?

- I won't be tormented.

Will he?

Isn't that what you wanted to do?

It will be the best thing for all.

I don't trust that you or any other

man knows what's best for Rome.

I will take my seat.

A woman has a right to see

varity, doesn't she?

Calpurnia...

Portia...

Romans we're here to celebrate

the return of Caesar!

His return, not only with her majesty Cleopatra,

But with Egypt itself.

Where he has transformed the richest land

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