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3 days ago · Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, with a screenplay adapted by Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman from the 1957 book The Life and Times of Cleopatra by Carlo Maria Franzero, and from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian.
6 days ago · Elizabeth Taylor also turned a few heads with her classic portrayal in 1963’s Cleopatra, and Monica Bellucci played Cleopatra in Asterix & Obelix. Which actress is your favorite? Vote up the best Cleopatra actresses to see who tops the list.
Sep 10, 2024 · Cleopatra had given Antony twins and were married by Egyptian rites. This is Antony and Cleopatra as living, breathing, imperfect, real, mature people who happened to almost become complete...
Sep 8, 2024 · Cleopatra 1963. ★★★★. Watched Mar 19, 2021. This was my first time watching this infamous epic, although I had seen a few parts of it years ago on cable TV. I was expecting it to be dead boring. To my complete surprise, however, I had a wonderful time watching it and wasn't bored for a second.
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
4 days ago · While Cleopatra has been interpreted by so many actresses as to warrant a Wiki page of its own about her cultural depictions (and trust me, it does), arguably her two most famous iterations in the big screen were presented in 1934 and 1963, being played by English actresses Claudette Colbert and Elizabeth Taylor, respectively.
1 day ago · Television had an impact on rising costs in the 1950s and early 1960s as cinema competed with it for audiences, culminating in 1963 with Cleopatra; despite being the highest earning film of the year, Cleopatra did not earn back its costs on its original release.
Sep 23, 2024 · So, isn’t surprising that Elizabeth Taylor was chosen for the role of Queen Cleopatra of Joseph Mankiewicz’s film, also a passionate admirer of luxury jewels. The “Cleopatra” amazes with the scale of the scenes, the number of persons involved, and the luxury of the outfits.
