Cleopatra

1963
Approved
3h 12m

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7.0/10

38K

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Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt experiences both triumph and tragedy as she attempts to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

38K

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Won 4 Oscars
- 6 wins & 13 nominations total

Trivia
Writer and director Joseph L. Mankiewicz was fired during post-production, due to the quarrels with the then-newly reinstalled Fox President Darryl F. Zanuck over the nature of editing the movie's length. Since he wrote the script as he was shooting, Twentieth Century Fox soon realized that only Mankiewicz knew how the story fit together. He was then brought back to complete the project.

Goofs
When Caesar is saying goodbye to Cleopatra in Alexandria before sailing back to Rome, one of his aides hurries him by warning, "Caesar, I'm afraid the tides will soon be against you." In fact, the Mediterranean Sea has no tides, or, more precisely, its tides are so minimal that they don't affect navigation. No ship sailing from a Mediterranean port would have to worry about catching a tide.

Quotes
Cleopatra: How DARE you and the rest of your barbarians set fire to my library! Play conqueror all you want, Mighty Caesar! Rape, murder, pillage thousands, even millions of human beings! But neither you nor any other barbarian has the right to destroy one human thought!

Alternate versions
Premiered at a length of 243 minutes. A week after the premiere, the film was reduced to 222 minutes, and edited further to 194 minutes for general release. The 194-minute version was the default broadcast television version for years; home video and cable television releases are of the full-length cut.

Connections
Edited into Marilyn: Something's Got to Give (1990)

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Featured review

6/10

Interminably Long for What it Delivers...

As luck would have it Julius Caesar pays a visit, helps remove your irksome brother from his remit, opening the chance to reign, then goes off on a campaign, you have a husband and an ally who has grit. A trip to Rome lets you display all of your treasures, it's fair to say you give a lot of people pleasure, not long after during Ides, there's a changing of the tides, as you find yourself with time, spent at your leisure. To fill the void that's left, enter Mark Antony, who is able to provide some hospitality, although paymasters get annoyed, you find that you're both unemployed, as you then become a couple of, fatalities.

Not as good as I'd hoped for the investment.

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