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Overview

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Writers:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
31 July 1963 (UK) more
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
Awards:
Won 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations more
User Comments:
Much better than its reputation more (144 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Aiji yan hou (China: Mandarin title) [zh]
Cléopâtre (France) [fr]
Cleópatra (Brazil) [pt]
Cleopatra (Finland: Swedish title) [sv]
Cleopatra (Denmark) [da]
Cleopatra (Spain) [es]
Kleopatra (Finland) [fi]
Kleopatra (Czechoslovakia) [cs]
Kleopatra (Greece) [el]
Kleopatra (Poland) [pl]
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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
Sound Mix:
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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Trivia:
Elizabeth Taylor's contract stipulated that her million-dollar salary be paid out as follows: $125,000 for 16 weeks work plus $50,000 a week afterwards plus 10% of the gross (with no break-even point). When the film was restarted in Rome in 1961, she had earned well over $2 million. After a lengthy $50 million lawsuit brought against Taylor and Richard Burton by 20th Century Fox in 1963 and a countersuit filed by Taylor, the studio finally settled with the actress in 1966. Her ultimate take for the film was $7 million. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Cleopatra's boat approaches the shore, the white translucent curtains are pulled open, yet in a view from the shore, they are still closed. more
Quotes:
Octavian: Antony is dead? You say that as if it were a everyday occurrence. The soup is hot, the soup is cold. Antony is alive, Antony is dead. more
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20 out of 30 people found the following comment useful.
Much better than its reputation, 20 March 2002
8/10
Author: miw-3 (miw@computer.org) from Beijing

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!

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