Cleopatra [blu-ray] / Twentieth Century Fox presents ; screenplay by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman ; produced by Walter Wanger ; directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
Format:
[blu-ray] /
Edition:
50th anniversary ed.
Publisher:
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment,
Copyright Date:
c2013
Description:
2 videodiscs (251 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Based upon histories by Plutarch, Suetonius Appian, other ancient sources and The life and times of Cleopatra by C.M. Franzero. Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole, Hume Cronyn, Cesare Danova, Kenneth Haigh, Andrew Keir, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowall, Robert Stephens. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Special features: Commentary with Chris Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz, Martin Landau and Jack Brodsky; Cleopatra through the ages: a cultural history; Cleopatra's missing footage; The Cleopatra papers: a private correspondence; continued film commentary; Cleopatra: the film that changed Hollywood; The fourth star of Cleopatra; Fox movietone news: archival footage of the New York premiere and Archival footage of the Hollywood premiere.
Contents:
Disc 1. Cleopatra, part 1. Extras: Cleopatra through the ages: a cultural history; Cleopatra's missing footage; Fox Movie Channel presents Fox legacy with Tom Rothman; Commentary with Chris Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz, Martin Landau and Jack Brodsky; The Cleopatra papers: a private correspondence -- Disc 2. Cleopatra, part 2. Extra: Cleopatra: the film that changed Hollywood; The fourth star of Cleopatra; Fox Movietone news; Commentary with Chris Mankiewicz, Tom Mankiewicz, Martin Landau and Jack Brodsky; Theatrical trailers.
Summary:
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this epic-spectacle; its opulence and sweeping grandeur have never been more glorious. Elizabeth Taylor stars as Cleopatra, the glamorous and cunning queen of Egypt. To secure her hold on power, she seduces the rulers of Rome, only to meet her match in Marc Antony, played by Richard Burton. Their passionate romance could decide the fate of the world's greatest empires.
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