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Overview
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Release Date:
31 July 1963 (UK)
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Tagline:
The motion picture the world has been waiting for!
Plot:
Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. full summary | add synopsis
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Cleopatra
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Egypt
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Roman Empire
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Epic
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Marc Antony
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Awards:
Won 4 Oscars.
Another 3 wins
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11 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(31 articles)
Liz Taylor: Mj Film Is Greatest Movie Ever Made!
(From TMZ. 26 October 2009, 4:45 PM, PDT)
Jason Reitman On 'Ghostbusters 3,' Frightened Rabbit And Elizabeth Taylor In Today's Twitter-Wood
(From MTV Movies Blog. 9 October 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
(From TMZ. 26 October 2009, 4:45 PM, PDT)
Jason Reitman On 'Ghostbusters 3,' Frightened Rabbit And Elizabeth Taylor In Today's Twitter-Wood
(From MTV Movies Blog. 9 October 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)
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Much better than its reputation
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Cleopatra |
 | Richard Burton | ... | Mark Antony |
 | Rex Harrison | ... | Julius Caesar |
 | Pamela Brown | ... | High Priestess |
| George Cole | ... | Flavius |
 | Hume Cronyn | ... | Sosigenes |
| Cesare Danova | ... | Apollodorus |
| Kenneth Haigh | ... | Brutus |
| Andrew Keir | ... | Agrippa |
 | Martin Landau | ... | Rufio |
 | Roddy McDowall | ... | Octavian - Caesar Augustus |
| Robert Stephens | ... | Germanicus |
| Francesca Annis | ... | Eiras, Cleopatra's handmaiden |
| Grégoire Aslan | ... | Pothinus (as Gregoire Aslan) |
| Martin Benson | ... | Ramos |
Additional Details
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Runtime:
192 min | Germany:233 min (TV version) | Sweden:232 min | USA:320 min (director's cut) | 243 min (roadshow version) | Argentina:233 min
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) |
Stereo (Westrex Recording System) |
DTS 70 mm (70mm re-release)
Certification:
USA:Unrated (video rating) |
Iceland:L |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Argentina:Atp |
Peru:PT |
USA:Approved (certificate #19756) (original rating) |
Canada:G (video rating) |
Brazil:Livre |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:G (1971 re-release) |
West Germany:12
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Martin Landau learned Italian during the shoot.
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Continuity: As Cleopatra passes under the Arch, there are shadows of the set scaffolding visible on the face of the black sphinx behind Cleopatra.
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Quotes:
Agrippa:
Nothing bores me so much as an intellectual!
Julius Caesar: Makes a better admiral of you, Agrippa.
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Julius Caesar: Makes a better admiral of you, Agrippa.
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Referenced in An Opera of Violence (2003) (V)
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| Boring music score | mr6708 |
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I watched this movie over 3 nights on DVD, and was captivated through the whole 4 hours and 10 minutes or so it took.
Elizabeth Taylor did a pretty good job in the title role as perhaps the greatest seductress in history, and Richard Burton was superb as Antony, but for my money Rex Harrison (Julius Caeser) and Roddy McDowall (Octavian) stole the show.
For me the highlight of the film was the historical backdrop - Egypt vanished as a nation and Rome reached the peak of its power and started the descent into decadence - all in one movie, and as you watch this epic you gain some insight into the psychology and power politics that made the 4 major historical figures of the time. If Antony had been a little smarter, Cleopatra might have done it after all!
8/10