History Film / CarryOnCleo

After three years of settling down and conquering the British Isles, the exhausted Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar (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).

*** Julius and Marc talk about the natives they've just enslaved moaning about "tea" and "Crum-pet"s, wondering whether they're gods that the British pray to.

** Marc's annoyance towards Julius making Hengist the chief bodyguard mirrors Iago's hatred towards Theatre/Othello, to an extent. He sets it upon himself to try and catch the foreigner out by asking him detailed questions that would need specific answers, putting an uncomfortable Hengist on the spot.

'''Calpurnia:''' ''[crossly]'' [[DeadpanSnarker That's all I get now]]. Eyes.

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

'''Calpurnia:''' ''[crossly]'' [[DeadpanSnarker That's all I get now -- eyes]].

** Cleopatra's advisor Archimedes has a camp demeanor and moves slightly flamboyantly.
** Seneca, implied. When he talks about a vision of half-naked women with see-through clothing, and Calpurnia dismissing this by saying, "[[YourWorstNightmare Have you been eating cheese again]]?"

** Hengist creating a Venus de Milo by accidently cutting off Venus' arms pretending to reenact his fight with the bodyguards.

-->'''Marc Antony''': ''[describing Cleopatra's beauty]'' ... she's like a siren.\\
'''Julius Caesar''': Hope she don't go off.

-->'''Hengist''': The trouble with [round wheels] is, you see, that if you stop on a hill, they start to roll backwards. And [square wheels] won't...

-->[[spoiler:'''Marc Antony''': Goodness! She must be selling tickets!]]

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Averted because Hengist was only in the right places at the right time to be seen as this by the other characters.

-->'''Mark Antony''': Oi! Bangers, Sausages, whatever your name is.

* ShoutOut: Most of the dialogue contains references from Shakespeare's ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' and ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra''.
** Marcius and Spencius are references to the British high street shop Marks and Spencer.

** "Friends, Romans--" "Countrymen?" "I KNOW!!!"

** Upon saying goodbye to his wife, Julius mumbles, "[[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice Good riddance]]" under his breath.
** How Cleopatra convinces Marc to murder Caesar is the same way that LadyMacbeth convinced [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} her husband]] to kill King Duncan by calling him a coward.

* UnfortunateName: The woman that buys Horsa has the initials "W C", which is what is tattooed near Horsa's elbow.

* VisualPun: The Roman messenger that sends messages between Britain and Rome is rather hotfooted -- you can tell because steam is coming out of his sandals.
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** During his speech to the senate, Caesar lapses into a Creator/WinstonChurchill impression.

--->'''Horsa''': I'm Horsa, son of Aethelred.\\
'''Hengist''': Ooh -- not Aethelred the Unready?\\

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 Creator/SidneyJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/JoanSims, Charles Hawtrey, Creator/KennethConnor and Creator/JimDale, 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.

** [[spoiler:Hengist's wife is implied. At the end of the movie, her and Hengist's home are surrounded by about six or seven children and she treats him like a king, all thanks to Hengist stealing Cleo's strange potion.]]

* ShoutOut: Most of the dialogue contains references from Shakespeare's ''Theater/JuliusCaesar'' and ''Theater/AntonyAndCleopatra''.

''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 Creator/GaiusJuliusCaesar (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 between Ptolemy and Cleopatra, so Marc is sent to kill them both. After one sight of the beauty of UsefulNotes/{{Cleopatra|VII}} (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.

** How Cleopatra convinces Marc to murder Caesar is the same way that LadyMacbeth convinced her husband to kill King Duncan by calling him a coward.
** During his speech to the senate, Caesar lapses into a Winston Churchill impression.

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

** Upon saying goodbye to his wife, Julius mumbles, "Good riddance" under his breath.

** Julius' angry wife Calpurnia is rather annoyed that Julius was away from home for three years, and fears that it's because she's probably not desirable to him anymore. When she finally gets a chance, Julius has hired a bodyguard to watch over them as they sleep, and she's [[{{Understatement}} not really happy about it]].

** Ancient Rome was thousands of years after the Stone Age period, yet the British Isles are stuck in this time frame. On top of that, the Stone Age people have contact with Boudicca, who's army is apparently filling the role as the British Army in this universe, who was from the Celtic era.

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 Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, Creator/JoanSims, Charles Hawtrey, Creator/KennethConnor and Creator/JimDale, 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.

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]].

* AgonyOfTheFeet: The scene with the messenger ends with Caesar getting two stone tables dropped on his feet. Which had already been in pain to begin with due to gout.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: During their plan to kill Caeser, Cleopatra gives Marc Anthony a poisonious asp, stating that one bite can kill a man. Marc proceeds to bite the poor thing's head off, and complains about the taste.

** How Cleopatra convinces Marc to murder Caeser is the same way that LadyMacbeth convinced her husband to kill King Duncan by calling him a coward.

* TheSpeechless: Cleopatra's bodyguard.

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

* 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".]]

* CassandraTruth: Seneca keeps making dramatic predictions 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.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Despite being one of the main characters in ''Theater/JuliusCaesar'', Brutus hardly gets any screen time, to the point of the viewer questioning whether he's actually there.

* FemmeFatale: Cleopatra, who plots murder and is a keen manipulator. It's unclear however whether Cleopatra actually likes Antony 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]].

** When talking to Cleopatra's mute bodyguard, Julius signals "two" with his [[FlippingTheBird middle and index finger on his hand, but inverted]]. The bodyguard is immediately offended, charges across the room and picks him up, as if he's about to throw him out of window. The rest of the guests grab the bodyguard and order him to put the emperor down.

** Marc makes Ptolomeny and Cleopatra swap positions in royalty because "she'd make a better Queen than he would!"

--->'''Marc Antony''': ''[describing Cleopatra's beauty]'' ... she's like a siren.\\

* LoveableCoward: Caesar and Hengist.

* {{Adorkable}}: Hengis Pod. Then again, many of Kenneth Connor's ''Carry On'' roles are.

* AllWomenAreLustful: Julius' angry wife Calpurnia is rather annoyed that Julius was away from home for three years, and fears that it's because she's probably not desirable to him anymore. When she finally gets a chance, Julius has hired a bodyguard to watch over them as they sleep, and she's [[{{Understatement}} not really happy about it]].
* AnachronismStew: Ancient Rome was thousands of years after the Stone Age period, yet the British Isles are stuck in this time frame.

** When Bilius draws his sword, Julius demands to know "what [is he] doing with [his] thing".

-->'''Julius Caesar''': Emperor of Rome, I am, and what am I doing? Rowing my own ship!

* MobileShrubbery: 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.
-->[[spoiler: '''Marc Antony''': Goodness! Is she selling tickets or something?]]

* UnsuspectinglySoused: [[spoiler:Hengist drinks a liquid to calm his nerves as he pretends to be Caesar for Julius' plan. It turns him into an over-confident and sexually aroused man who throws Cleopatra onto her bed and launches himself on top, breaking the bed into two.]]

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

''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 between 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.

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

* PunnyName: Sosages, Cleopatra's bodyguard. Lampshaded by Sid James.
-->'''Mark Anthony''': Oi! Bangers, Sausages, whatever your name is.
* RunningGag: Julius Caesar begins a speech with "Friends! Romans!" and is then interrupted by people who think he's forgotten the rest of the introduction with "Countrymen?", to which Julius replies angrily "I KNOW!!"

-->--'''Julius Caesar, moments away from being [[BodyguardBetrayal attacked by his bodyguard]].'''

-->'''Horsa''': I'm Horsa, son of Aethelred.
-->'''Hengist''': Ooh -- not Aethelred the Unready?
-->'''Horsa''': Oh no. [[RagingStiffie My dad was always ready]] -- at least, that's what mum said.

--->'''Mark Anthony''': Oi! Bangers, Sausages, whatever your name is.

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 reading, 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.

* AnachronismStew: Ancient Rome was millions of years after the Stone Age period, yet the British Isles are stuck in this time frame.

* PunnyName: Sosages, Cleopatra's bodyguard.

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 SidJames, KennethWilliams, JoanSims, Charles Hawtrey, KennethConnor and JimDale, 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.

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 Creator/SidJames, Creator/KennethWilliams, 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.