Cleopatra

UPC: 024543224518

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: G   Contains:[Adult Situations, Questionable for Children]

Summary: In 1963, this colossal and opulent $60 million spectacular was epic in every sense of the word -- an epic investment, an epic in the annals of Hollywood gossip, and, ultimately, an epic flop that nearly dragged 20th Century Fox down the Nile along with Cleopatra's barge. Handsomely mounted by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who replaced Rouben Mamoulian as director after six days of shooting), the drama follows the eighteen tumultuous years that led to the founding of the Roman Empire. Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) meets up with Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) and plans to lure Caesar to her boudoir in order to forge an alliance with Rome so that she may hold on to her Egyptian empire. When Caesar is stabbed to death in the Roman Senate, Cleopatra is left without an ally, and Egypt is up for grabs. When Roman general Mark Antony (Richard Burton) comes along, she seduces him in order to make him over into her new protector. But, under the charms of Cleopatra, Mark Antony is reduced from a an awesome and dominating general to a sniveling, drunken wimp. At the Battle of Actium, Mark Antony is defeated and Cleopatra withdraws her troops, dooming Mark Antony and his army. With Egypt in peril, Antony and Cleopatra, the doomed lovers, meet each other for the last time, as the enemy forces close in. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

Category: Epic

Awards: Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – null Best Director – null Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Color Costume Design – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Editing – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Visual Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Actor – National Board of Review Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

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Cleopatra

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 02/07/2006

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DDS2.0 Dolby Digital w/ 4 channels, DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, THX THX-Certified Mastering

Runtime: 248 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Cleopatra
1. Overture [2:30]
2. Main Titles [2:26]
3. Caesar's Triumph [4:17]
4. Alexandria [7:01]
5. Cleopatra [1:55]
6. The Falling Sickness [5:14]
7. An Audience [4:37]
8. The Great Fire [2:55]
9. Under Attack [1:20]
10. The Fatal Drink [5:11]
11. Caesar's Justice [6:18]
12. A New Ally [:36]
13. A New Lover [3:48]
14. One World [1:38]
15. Antony's Concern [:33]
16. A Son [2:20]
17. Leaving Egypt [4:02]
18. Dictator for Life [:58]
19. The Queen Conquers Rome [2:57]
20. A King in Training [1:41]
21. Emperor of Rome [3:41]
22. Caesar's Kingdom [1:51]
23. The Conspirators [5:17]
24. Visions of Death [:39]
25. The Dream Is Over [2:50]
26. Entr'acte [3:44]
Disc #2 -- Cleopatra
27. Antony the Avenger [4:59]
28. The Need for Egypt [1:16]
29. Egypt Goes to Antony [3:18]
30. Antony Comes to Egypt [3:30]
31. Lovers at Last [:15]
32. The Problem With Antony [6:59]
33. A Marriage of State [:36]
34. The Queen's Demands [7:21]
35. Jealousy and Politics [:13]
36. A Forced War [6:06]
37. Antony's Testament [1:57]
38. Brave Simplicity [7:48]
39. The Battle of Actium [:17]
40. Antony's Retreat [2:33]
41. A Broken Man [4:39]
42. Octavian's Demands [1:11]
43. Waiting for Antony [1:28]
44. Cleopatra's Decision [3:32]
45. Two Legions Left [4:06]
46. Antony Stands Alone [:15]
47. The Ultimate Desertion [2:57]
48. The Dark Sleep [4:28]
49. Antony Is Dead! [5:51]
50. By Right of Conquest [1:46]
51. Preparing to Go [3:39]
52. The Last Request [3:29]

Cast and Crew: Finlay Currie  Actor 
John Alderton  Actor 
Marie Devereaux  Actor 
John Cairney  Actor 
Peter Forster  Actor 
Jeremy Kemp  Actor 
Laurence Naismith  Actor 
Cesare Danova  Actor 
Michael Hordern  Actor 
Michele Bally  Actor 
Sidney Buchman  Screenwriter 
Ranald MacDougall  Screenwriter 
Joseph L. Mankiewicz  Director 
Joseph L. Mankiewicz  Screenwriter 
Alex North  Composer (Music Score) 
Walter Wanger  Producer 
Elizabeth Taylor  Actor 
Richard Burton  Actor 
Rex Harrison  Actor 
Pamela Brown  Actor 
Roddy McDowall  Actor 
Martin Landau  Actor 
George Cole  Actor 
Hume Cronyn  Actor 
Kenneth Haigh  Actor 
Andrew Keir  Actor 
Robert Stephens  Actor 
Francesca Annis  Actor 
Gregoire Aslan  Actor 
Martin Benson  Actor 
Herbert Berghof  Actor 
Jacqui Chan  Actor 
Isabelle Cooley  Actor 
John Doucette  Actor 
Andrew Faulds  Actor 
Michael Gwynn  Actor 
John Hoyt  Actor 
Marne Maitland  Actor 
Carroll O'Connor  Actor 
Richard O'Sullivan  Actor 
Gwen Watford  Actor 
Douglas Wilmer  Actor 
Marina Berti  Actor 
John Karlsen  Actor 
Loris Loddi  Actor 
Jean Marsh  Actor 
Gin Mart  Actor 
Furio Meniconi  Actor 
Kenneth Nash  Actor 
Del Russell  Actor 
John Valva  Actor 

Country: UK,USA