Cleopatra (50th Anniversary) (2-DVD) G

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Cleopatra (50th Anniversary) (2-DVD)
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Format:  DVD  (2 Discs)
item number:  37777
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DVD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: G
  • Run Time: 4 hours, 8 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 28, 2013
  • Originally Released: 1963
  • Label: 20th Century Fox

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1963 - Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1963 - Best Cinematography: Leon Shamroy
Academy Awards 1963 - Best Costume Design (Color): Not Applicable
Academy Awards 1963 - Best Special Visual Effects: Not Applicable

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 20,512
Rating: 3/5 -- It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience, for good and ill. Full Review
Time Out
Jul 9, 2013
Rating: 4/5 -- A stately but sometimes mindboggling spectacle. Full Review
Guardian
Jul 11, 2013
Rating: 4/5 -- Four-hour visual stunner requires patience, maturity. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Nov 25, 2014
The spectacular scenes were confused and oddly minuscule... Still and all, there was Elizabeth Taylor. At first I was disappointed, a large statement considering my expectations. Then I realized what she was up to and didn't regret my $1.25. Full Review
Esquire Magazine
Aug 13, 2019
3 stars out of 5 -- [A]s a monument to pre-CGI pageantry, it doesn’t get much bigger than this.
Total Film
Jul 8, 2013
To watch this film is to see the Hollywood story itself. Full Review
The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
Aug 16, 2017
Rating: 3/5 -- Melodramatic, and camp as Christmas, but nothing like the disaster its reputation suggests.
Little White Lies
Jul 11, 2013

Product Description:

This epic, spectacular love story of Egyptian queen Cleopatra and the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Marc Antony has dazzled audiences with its elaborate sets, daring costumes, and thrilling sea battle since its release, but these can't compare with Elizabeth Taylor as the mesmerizing Cleopatra, struggling to save her Egyptian empire. When this film was released, it was known as much for its opulent filmmaking as it was for its huge budget overruns--it took two years to film because of Taylor's various ailments and a major script rewrite by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, moving the shooting studio from England to Italy, and replacing the original director and the actors to play the Roman leaders--as well as the very public and tempestuous offscreen affair between costars Taylor and Richard Burton, who duplicated their romance on the silver screen as the doomed Cleopatra and her true love, Marc Antony. Despite all the hubbub surrounding the film, audiences realized that its spectacular story could not be denied, and it has remained a classic ever since. The triple-star power of Taylor, Burton, and Rex Harrison (playing Julius Caesar) radiates throughout this lengthy production, and Mankiewicz, a consummate magician at depicting the shadings of human emotion, directed this threesome in one of the most famous and gloriously powerful love triangles ever to be captured on film.

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  • Sales Rank: 123,876
  • UPC: 024543864400
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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