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PLOT: JULIUS CAESAR (REX HARRISON) HAS CONQURED ALL OF ROME AND MOST OF THE WORLD AT THIS TIME AND HEADS TO EGYPT TO MAKE PEACE BETWEEN THE CO RULES BOTHER AND SISTER~ /Cleopatra~~ THE FILM THAT NEARLY BROKE FOX~! TAYLOR WAS VERY ILL DURING PARTS OF THE MOVIE AND SHOOTING DELAYS, RESHOOTS, AND REWRITES MADE THIS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOVIES EVER MADE~ TAYLOR REQUESTED ONE MILLION AND A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROFITS WHICH RAKED HER A COOL 7 MILLION AT TIME OF OF THE HIGHEST SALARIES EVER MADE BY AN ACTRESS~ Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor) has a brother is part idiot and manipulated by devious teachers so Caesar arrives in glorius fashion finding the idiot brother attempting to kill Cleopatria~ killing off the brother Cleopatra ruthless purses an alliance through marriage to Caesar and gives him a son~ as Casear heads back to Rome he is killed by devious Senate underlings to gain power~ now incontrol of Rome is Octavious (McDowell) NOW Richard Burton (Anthony) has become the lover of Cleopatra~ also ends in a tragic stuggle to head off Octavian~ but ends up dead when he assumes Cleopatra is dead~ The end being she dies in her own TOMB and denies Octavian~ the royal prisioner he always wants~ Rex Harrison is very good as the elegent and brilliant Caesar~ THE SCENE STEALER(S) HERE ARE~ TAYLOR WHO IS GORGEOUS IN EVERY SCENE and can act~ and the sneaky devious Octavian( McDowell) 4 hours and 3 minutes on the first run and edited down 20 minutes~ VERY good but the real fun was the scandal around the Burton /Taylor off screen and on romance~WHICH IN THE 1960S WAS VERY VERY BIG~ SCANDAL AND ADULTY ARE GOOD FOR PUBLICITY APPARENTLY~ lol this 2 dvd set has remaster excellent Quality movie ** EXTRA FUN IS DVD THREE WITH THE SPECIAL ON THIS MOVIE THAT GIVES YOU FUN BACKGROUND HOW THIS MOVIE WAS MADE AND ALL THE WASTED MONEY AND TIME~** ~ and Cleopatra documentary and behind the scenes photos~ I GIVE IT AN 8 OUT OF 10 FOR GRAND OVER BLOWN EPIC BUT WORTH THE LONG WATCH~ IF YOU FOUND THIS REVIEW HELPFUL PLEASE REMEMBER TO VOTE~Read full review
I missed this when it came out in the 60's and for some reason it passed me by all these years. Absolutely amazing sets. Nothing spared for the costuming either. Four hours of ancient Egyptian and Roman pageantry. Moved along at a good pace. Very little accuracy commentary from the history buff in the family. He loved it.
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great movie
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I decided to buy this movie because i was interested in the history of Cleopatra. It was a good movie but kind of lengthy, 4 hrs and 8 minutes to be exact.
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