History Film / CarryOnCleo

This was ''Film/CarryOn's'' take on the movie ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', with a fraction of its budget. It was released in late 1964, and is considered one of the best ''Carry On'' films out of the entire franchise. It stars series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale, and uses the [[RecycledSet old sets from the 20th Century Fox film]]. This film probably made more at the box office than the film it's parodying.

-->'''Hengist''': Not Aethelred The Unready.
-->'''Horsa''': Oh no. My dad was always ready -- at least, that's what mum said.

Meanwhile, Horsa and Pod are bought at an auction by battle-axed women who lust over their looks, so they decide to escape and hide in a temple for virginal women and eunuchs. Caesar, who is constantly tortured by Seneca's (Hawtrey) horoscope, visits the temple to get an accurate readings, followed by his {{mooks}}, who have been told to have him killed. In the conflict, the bodyguards are killed, Horsa escapes, and the confused Hengist is mistaken as the killer. Overcome with relief, Julius makes him his new Commandant and personal bodyguard.

This was ''CarryOn's'' take on the movie ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', with a fraction of its budget. It was released in late 1964, and is considered one of the best ''Carry On'' films out of the entire franchise. It stars series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale, and uses the [[RecycledSet old sets from the 20th Century Fox film]]. This film probably made more at the box office than the film it's parodying.

Expect a HurricaneOfPuns, loads of GettingCrapPastTheRadar, and Sid James' dirty laugh. It is a ''CarryOn'' film, after all.

This was ''[[CarryOn Carry On's]]'' take on the movie ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', with a fraction of its budget. It was released in late 1964, and is considered one of the best ''Carry On'' films out of the entire franchise. It stars series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale, and uses the [[RecycledSet old sets from the 20th Century Fox film]]. This film probably made more at the box office than the film it's parodying.

''Carry On Cleo'' begins in Ancient Britain, in which a group of Stone Age citizens are enslaved by the Roman army. Two members of the capture are [[ChickMagnet Horsa]] (Dale) and [[BunglingInventor Hengist Pod]] (Connor), two neighbors that have just acknowledged each other minutes before. After three years of settling down and conquering the British Isles, the exhausted JuliusCaesar (Williams) and his army general Marc Antony (James) return to Rome, to be greeted by an angry crowd of citizens and Caesar's annoyed wife Calpurnia (Sims). Because of sheer stupidity, Ancient Rome becomes a part of a war Ptolemy and Cleopatra, so Marc is sent to kill them both. After one sight of the beauty of {{Cleopatra}} (Amanda Barrie) [[DistractedByTheSexy coming out of her asses' milk bath and wrapping herself up in her dressing gown]], he decides to not kill her and hatches a plan to end Caesar's reign.

''Carry On Cleo'' begins in Ancient Britain, in which a group of Stone Age citizens are enslaved by the Roman army. Two members of the capture are [[ChickMagnet Horsa]] (Dale) and [[BunglingInventor Hengist Pod]] (Connor), two neighbors that have just acknowledged each other minutes before. After three years of settling down and conquering the British Isles, the exhausted JuliusCaesar (Williams) and his army general Marc Antony (James) return to Rome, to be greeted by an angry crowd of citizens and Caesar's annoyed wife Calpurnia (Sims). After sheer stupidity, Ancient Rome becomes a part of a war Ptolemy and Cleopatra, so Marc is sent to kill them both. After one sight of the beauty of Cleopatra (Amanda Barrie) [[DistractedByTheSexy coming out of her asses' milk bath and wrapping herself up in her dressing gown]], he decides to not kill her and hatches a plan to end Caesar's reign.

In Ancient Britain, Julius 'Julie' Caesar (Kenneth Williams) is on his way back from conquering the country along with his friend and general Marc 'Tony' Antony (Sid James). Eventually they get roped into the war between Ptolemy and Cleopatra, so Julius sends Marc to take Ptolemy's head. At the same time, Hengist and Horsa, two slaves captured from Britain, manage to escape into a temple of the Vestal Virgins, just in time for Caesar to arrive. Just when they think it's all over, Caesar's bodyguards betray him and move to kill. In the confusion, the bodyguards are killed and the confused Hengist is mistaken as the killer. Overcome with relief, Julius makes him his new Commandant and personal bodyguard. Meanwhile, 'Tony' has visited Cleopatra, but instead of taking her head, takes Ptolemy's instead because he is enamoured with her. They hatch a plot to kill Caesar and put Antony on the throne, starting a comedic and 'epic' tale of silliness and punnery as Hengist tries desperately to maintain the lie against increasing odds and repeated attempts by Tony.

''Carry On Cleo'' begins in Ancient Britain, in which a group of Stone Age citizens are enslaved by the Roman army. Two members of the capture are [[ChickMagnet Horsa]] (Dale) and [[BunglingInventor Hengist Pod]] (Connor), two neighbors that have just acknowledged each other minutes before. After three years of settling down and conquering the British Isles, the exhausted JuliusCaesar (Williams) and his army general Marc Antony (James) return to Rome, to be greeted by an angry crowd of citizens and Caesar's annoyed wife Calpurnia (Sims).

''Carry On Cleo'' begins in Ancient Britain, in which a group of Stone Age citizens are enslaved by the Roman army. Two members of the capture are [[ChickMagnet Horsa]] (Dale) and [[BunglingInventor Hengist Pod]] (Connor), two neighbors that have just acknowledged each other minutes before.

The movie was the tenth made in the ''Carry On'' series, during the "heydays" of the franchise, according to many fans. It takes some references from WilliamShakespeare's tragedies ''Theater/{{JuliusCaesar}}'' and ''Theater/{{AntonyAndCleopatra}}'', as well as a few other quotes from his other plays. This film also contains a lot of AnachronismStew, mostly to [[RuleOfFunny fit in with comedic tone of the series]].

* AffectionateNickname: Julius has 'Julie' used by Antony, while Antony is known by 'Tony'.

This was ''[[CarryOn Carry On's]] take on the movie ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', with a fraction of its budget. It was released in late 1964, and is considered one of the best ''Carry On'' films out of the entire franchise. It stars series regulars Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Joan Sims, Charles Hawtrey, Kenneth Connor and Jim Dale, and uses the [[RecycledSet old sets from the 20th Century Fox film]]. This film probably made more at the box office than the film it's parodying.

->''"Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!!"''

* MemeticMutation: The quote of this page.

''CarryOn'' does ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' on a fraction of the budget (and its [[RecycledSet unused sets]]).

* MobileShubbery: Seneca hides in a giant pot and wanders to Cleopatra's bedroom [[spoiler: to watch whether Julius' plan to stop his murder will work]]. Marc catches the pot walking into the room [[spoiler: from his hiding place under the bed]] and is rather confused.

* BrickJoke: Near the beginning, Seneca the seer tells Julius 'Beware the ides of March' but gets ignored. [[spoiler: Sure enough, near the end, he gets killed and a smug Seneca goes 'told you so'.]]

CarryOn does ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' on a fraction of the budget (and its [[RecycledSet unused sets]]).

* CassandraTruth: Seneca keeps making ill potents which get ignored by Julius. PlayedForLaughs because Caesar regards him as a fool, but then takes it seriously when he sees a vision of himself [[spoiler: stabbed.]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[BritishSexComedy Well, it is a]] ''Carry On'' movie, after all.

* TheDreaded: How Julius uses Hengist, relying on his false reputation to keep the senate and others in line. Only Antony seems to see through it..

* DirtyOldMan: Seneca, as well as Antony, as par for the course with a SidJames character.

* RecycledSet: Many of the film's sets were built for the "real" ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'', left standing when the epic moved to Rome. At least this ensured that the sets weren't wasted.

CarryOn does ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' on a fraction of the budget.

* PropRecycling: When filming for ''Film/{{Cleopatra}}'' moved from Pinewood Studios to Cinecittà Studios in Rome, the ''Carry On'' producers decided to use the abandoned sets for their own comic take on the story.

CarryOn does ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra''.

In Ancient Britain, Julius 'Julie' Caesar (Kenneth Williams) is on his way back from conquering the country along with his friend and general Marc 'Tony' Antony (Sid James). Eventually they get roped into the war between Ptolemy and Cleopatra, so Julius sends Marc to take Ptolemy's head. At the same time, Hengist and Horsa, two slaves captured from Britain, manage to escape into a temple of the Vestal Virgins, just in time for Caesar to arrive. Just when they think it's all over, Caesar's bodyguards betray him and move to kill. In the confusion, the bodyguards are killed and the confused Hengist is mistaken as the killer. Overcome with relief, Julius makes him his new Commandant and personal bodyguard. Meanwhile, 'Tony' has visited Cleopatra, but instead of taking her head, takes Ptolemy's instead because he is enamoured with her. They hatch a plot to kill Caesar and put Anthony on the throne, starting a comedic and 'epic' tale of silliness and punnery as Hengist tries desperately to maintain the lie against increasing odds and repeated attempts by Tony.

* DirtyOldMan: Seneca, as well as Anthony, as par for the course with a SidJames character.

CarryOn does AnthonyAndCleopatra.

In Ancient Britain, Julias 'Julie' Caesar (Kenneth Williams) is on his way back from conquering the country along with his friend and general Marc 'Tony' Anthony (Sid James). Eventually they get roped into the war between Ptolemy and Cleopatra, so Julius sends Marc to take Ptolemy's head. At the same time, Hengist and Horsa, two slaves captured from Britain, manage to escape into a temple of the Vestal Virgins, just in time for Caesar to arrive. Just when they think it's all over, Caesar's bodyguards betray him and move to kill. In the confusion, the bodyguards are killed and a confused slave is mistaken as the killer. Overcome with relief, Julius makes him his new Commandant and personal bodyguard. Meanwhile, 'Tony' has visited Cleopatra, but instead of taking her head, takes Ptolemy's instead because he is enamoured with her. They hatch a plot to kill Caesar and put Anthony on the throne, starting a comedic and 'epic' tale of silliness and punnery as Hengist tries desperately to maintain the lie against increasing odds and repeated attempts by Tony.

* AffectionateNickname: Julius has 'Julie' used by Anthony, while Anthony is known by 'Tony'.

* TheDreaded: How Julius uses Hengist, relying on his false reputation to keep the senate and others in line. Only Anthony seems to see through it..
* FemmeFatale: Cleopatra, who plots murder and is a keen manipulator. It's unclear however whether Cleopatra actually likes Anthony or just wants to rule both Rome and Egypt. Events at the end of the film imply the former, as they're still together [[spoiler: despite the plan failing]]

* PunnyName: Sosages, Cleopatra's bodyguard.