Carry on Cleo

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DanTheMan 2 Mar 12 Although designed as a send-up of the historical epics that proliferated throughout the 1960s, Carry On Cleo is an altogether bawdier affair than the notoriously extravagant behemoth that is the Burton-Taylor epic, Cleopatra; however, the decision to lampoon this particular film was made partly for practical reasons. Using costumes and sets originally intended for the infamous epic, the film is rife with the knockabout energy, brilliant wordplay, puns and visual gags. It's all on a new level from what we've seen from the team before, wittily contrasting the splendour of Ancient Rome with the prehistoric Britons dwelling in caves. Despite the notorious cheap productions that plagued the franchise, Cleo feels huge and has metatheatrical awareness. The film makes no bones about tracing its origins in music-hall and variety; jokes are delivered as separate lines direct to camera with little concern for dramatic verisimilitude. There's a real community experience of cathartic laughter with a cast who love what they're doing. Smutty without being overly crude, as historical farces go, Carry On Cleo is up there as one of the best, pure infamy in its finest form. See more 04/11/2020 Very funny. Only spoilt by the 1960s/1970s Tumble Twist toilet seat cover on Amanda Barries head when she is in the bath. See more bill t 11/20/2015 One of the better Carry Ons. Fun spoof on the Cleopatra legend. Nice use of costumes and sets here. The cast are starting to look tired looking (aka, I'm growing tired of them lol) See more 09/03/2015 Good, funny film (now on blu-ray) The costumes and much of the set came from the Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton film of the same year; See more 05/28/2015 Excellent parody of cleopatra See more 03/21/2015 The first Carry On in color, but I found it a bit less amusing than the previous Spying entry. Lots of great double entendres but that was about it. Dale has a much larger role as the heroic English slave Horsa, but Williams is still the center of it all as Caesar. See more Read all reviews

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