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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543014836
Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Manufacturer: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Number Of Items: 3
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Running Time: 248 minutes
Sales Rank: 50550
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Theatrical Release Date: 1963
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This 1963 extravaganza, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, is certainly an epic historical drama with all the elements: elaborate sets, intricate costuming, name actors, a factual basis, and an overlong script (just over four hours). But the acting is well performed and the backdrops are lush, making this a film worth seeing. Elizabeth Taylor is Cleopatra, the Egyptian queen who seduces Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) in a political move to hold onto her empire. When Caesar is killed in the Roman Senate, Cleopatra looks to Marc Antony (Richard Burton) for his support, practically enslaving him with her wiles. Taylor is dramatic in her role, at times overly serious, but stunning nonetheless as the woman described as "well versed in the natural sciences and mathematics. She speaks seven languages proficiently. Were she not a woman one would consider her to be an intellectual." While the film does seem to drag at moments, it deserves the four Oscars it won for cinematography, art direction-set direction, costumes, and special effects. Don't confuse this Cleopatra with the 1934 version directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Claudette Colbert. --Jenny Brown
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If you really want to know what went on between these two rent or buy HBO's excellent "Rome" series.
Their rendition of Cleo is a short,plain, 32A-cup, homely little drug addict with a realllly bad haircut! That she captures the lust of both Caesar and Marc even though no one might look at her even once on the street is testimony to how "hot" she must be in bed.
Contrast this to Liz Taylor who is as white as snow, aging and fairly fat (OK voluptuous to those in the same ... Read More
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"Cleopatra" was the overhyped spectacle of the early '60s that nearly brought 20th Century FOX to its knees. There was the offscreen love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (both married to other people) that overshadowed the movie. It's got cheesy dialogue, it indulges in camp spectacle... making it a classic. I used to watch "Cleopatra" all the time, and it's got staying power.
"Cleopatra" doesn't exactly aim for historical accuracy. It's about Liz Taylor and her numerous ... Read More
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For Roman history enthusiasts this is one of the best films to recreate the nearly-vanished glory and grandeur that was Rome.
It brings to life the story of Julius Caesar and fall of the Republic followed by the rise of Augustus. This is familiar to everyone so I'll not repeat it here.
For Roman history enthusiasts there are other films that bring Rome to life but none that do as grandly.
Spartacus comes closest. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire gives a good look ... Read More
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This epic blockbuster was interesting and entertaining on many levels, though I wonder if when it was released it was considered either a box office or a critical success. It obviously had a huge budget, so I wonder if it was able to make enough at the box office to pay for itself. Lavish costumes and sets, battle scenes with hundreds of extras, not to mention the big stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowell, and Martin Landau. It was long--it took me three nights spread out over ... Read More
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Cleopatra It didn't do well at the box office, originally. At least, not as well as it needed to. But audiences have come to appreciate it in the years since. For it is tied not only to the famous romance of Antony and Cleopatra, but to the equally famous romance of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor---two of the greatest talents of their time. Their love story, like that of Antony and Cleopatra (and Bogart and Bacall) has become the stuff of legend.
As for the film itself, it is simply one of the greatest ... Read More
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