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[Edit this paragraph] The movie Cleopatra 1963

Original English name: Cleopatra (1963)

Chinese translation: Cleopatra

Category: Classic Movies (USA)

Director: joseph L Mankiewicz joseph L Mankiewicz

Awards: Best Photography, Best Art Direction, Best Costume and Best Visual Effects in the 36th Academy Awards (1964).

Duration: 192 minutes | Argentina: 233 minutes | 243 minutes (road show version) | Germany: 233 minutes (TV version) | Sweden: 232 minutes | USA: 320 minutes (director's editing).

Producer: 20th Century Fox

Actor:

Elizabeth Taylor ... Cleopatra butterfly

Richard burton ... Anthony

Rex harrison ... Caesar.

Pamela Brown ... female leader.

George cole ... Flavis.

Hume cronyn ... Sosigenes

Cesare danova ... apollodorus

Kenneth Haigh ... Brutu

Andrew Keir ... agrippa

Martin landau ... Rufio

Roderick McDowall ... Octavian-Caesar Augustus

Robert stephens ... Germans.

Francesca Annis ... ella, Cleopatra's maid.

Gregoire Aslan ... Portinas (Aslan, gregoire)

Martin Benson ... Ramos.

Introduction:

The film reproduces the love story between Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, and two lovers in ancient Rome. In the first half, the ambitious Egyptian queen married julius and Caesar of the Roman Empire for political purposes, thus establishing a powerful empire across Europe and Asia. In the second half of the film, there is a stormy love between Cleopatra and marc anthony.

Comments:

If you ask the current audience which movie has the highest investment, nine times out of ten they will mention Titanic or Pearl Harbor. In fact, from an economic point of view, neither of these answers is accurate. In fact, the most expensive film in film history is the historical film Cleopatra, which was filmed by Fox Company from 65438 to 0963 in the 20th century. At that time, the film cost 40 million dollars, equivalent to more than 400 million dollars now.

As the product of Hollywood blockbusters in 1950s and 1960s, the filming process of Cleopatra was extremely luxurious. Because there was no advanced computer digital technology at that time, the producer had to pursue the most realistic effect, which led to the large-scale setting. For example, the famous scene in the film, Cleopatra's visit to Rome, is magnificent, and the streets and gates are built with real building materials, so that some people say that Cleopatra's crew intends to rebuild a Roman city.

However, input and output are not always in direct proportion. Cleopatra became the most loss-making film in film history, and its failure also laid the foundation for the final bankruptcy of Fox Company. Of course, some people benefit from it. The film's two main stars, Hollywood actress Elizabeth Taylor and British movie star richard burton, performed a tear-jerking love story during the filming. And this was also a hot topic in the media at that time.

Cleopatra is a giant costume production with the largest investment and the most serious loss in the history of Hollywood movies. From the present point of view, it is hard for us to believe that the classic movie Cleopatra, which has been sung endlessly, turned out to be the box office poison of that year. However, this film completed a century-long love affair between richard burton and Elizabeth Taylor, but made the 20th century Flowserve Company, which filmed this film, almost go bankrupt. However, Cleopatra does reproduce a magnificent history of ancient Rome with amazing boldness of vision, and director joseph L Mankiewicz's skill in controlling big scenes is not simple. This film describes the ambitious Egyptian queen Cleopatra who married Caesar of the Roman Empire for political purposes, but later she had a stormy love affair with Italian general marc anthony. The description of this triangle relationship is not deep enough because of the ostentation and extravagance of the external landscape, but the scenes of several battles and the queen's entry into the city in the film are amazing.

[Edit this paragraph] The movie Cleopatra 1999 TV movie

Directed by Franc Roddam Cleopatra

Main performances: Billy Ziner, billy zane, Timothy Dalton, Timothy Dalton Rupert Graves, leonor varela, leonor varela John Bowe, art malik, Art Malik.

Location: Germany and the United States.

Right: English.

Color: color

Sound: Stereo.

Length: 177 minutes

Type: biographical plot

Category: Australia: m Netherlands: 12

Synopsis of story:

Caesar of Rome led an army to occupy Egypt. When he left, he received an unexpected gift: a Zhang Dongfang carpet in which Cleopatra, 22, hid. Cleopatra, a charming young woman, was dissatisfied with her sister's treating her younger brother as king and wanted to dedicate herself to Caesar. She relied on Caesar's support to get rid of Ptolemy XIII, and her plan succeeded. Caesar was fascinated by her beauty and obeyed her. Her sister rebelled, and after she reached an agreement with Caesar, Roman reinforcements arrived quickly. After several wars, her sister was defeated, and Ptolemy XIII was defeated and killed. Cleopatra married her younger brother Ptolemy XIV to prepare for seizing power.

Soon after, Caesar deposed her younger brother according to her wishes and made her the queen of Egypt. The combination of the fanatical fire of love and the desire for political power makes this pair of heroes and beauties of different countries and nationalities fall in love. Soon after, she and Caesar started a two-month trip. They followed the Nile as far as Dandra, where Cleopatra was honored as Pharaoh. They fell in love and gave birth to a son named little Caesar. The queen and her young son left Alexandria for Rome in 45 BC and lived in the palace built by Caesar for them. She sat on a huge model of the Sphinx and was dragged through the Arc de Triomphe by 8000 followers. Roman citizens came to the city to bet on the queen's unparalleled style. Unfortunately, it didn't last long, and Caesar was assassinated soon. Cleopatra had to go home alone. Her eyes deeply touched the heart of Caesar's heir, the Roman general Anthony.

Six years later, Anthony became Roman consul and Egyptian governor. Cleopatra's incomparable sensual enjoyment of Hua Rong and Egyptian court touched his heart. He gave him some territories of the Roman Empire, including Tarsus, Cyrene, Crete, Cyprus and Palestine, to show his love. He did not love mountains and rivers, but loved beauty. Later, he was dismissed and officially married Cleopatra, which led to the Roman war against Egypt. Anthony was unfortunately defeated and committed suicide. Octavian, who was in charge of the Roman regime, threatened to bring Cleopatra back to Rome for public display. Cleopatra didn't want to be insulted, so she ended her life with a poisonous snake. The love affair between the Queen of Egypt and two generations of Roman commanders ended in tragedy.

Wonderful point of view:

As the product of Hollywood blockbusters in the late 1990s, the filming process of Cleopatra New is extremely luxurious. Although there was a certain degree of computer digital technology at that time, the producers kept striving for perfection and tried to achieve the most realistic effect, which led to the large-scale setting construction. For example, the famous scene in the film, Cleopatra's visit to Rome to enter the city, is magnificent, and the streets and gates are built with real building materials. Cleopatra New reproduces a magnificent history of ancient Rome with amazing boldness of vision. Director Frank Rodham's ability to control the big scene is still not simple. The scenes of several battles and the queen's entry into the city in the film are breathtaking.

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