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Cleopatra
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Discover the breathtaking Cleopatra Poster, the cinematic masterpiece of 1963. Be transported to the opulence and political intrigues of ancient Egypt, where burning emotions, betrayals and tumultuous loves come to life beneath the visionary leadership of Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Discover Elizabeth Taylor playing the legendary Queen Cleopatra with grace and power, while Richard Burton plays the magnetic Marc Antony. This epic fresco, combining sumptuous settings and unforgettable performances, will give you an unforgettable cinematic experience, imbued with passion, drama and grandeur.
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Description of this Cleopatra Poster
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 stories by Plutarch, Suetonius and Appian. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role. Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall and Martin Landau are featured in supporting roles. It chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra, the young queen of Egypt, to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.
Walter Wanger had long considered producing a biographical film about Cleopatra. In 1958, his production company partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to produce the film. After an extensive casting search, Elizabeth Taylor signed on to portray the title role for a record-breaking $1 million. Rouben Mamoulian was hired as director, and the script underwent numerous revisions by Nigel Balchin, Dale Wasserman, Lawrence Durrell and Nunnally Johnson. Principal photography began at Pinewood Studios on September 28, 1960, but Taylor's health problems delayed filming. Production was suspended in November after going over budget with only ten minutes of usable footage.
Mamoulian resigned as director and was later replaced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who had previously directed Taylor in Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). Production was relocated to Cinecittà, where filming resumed on September 25, 1961, without a completed shooting script. During filming, a personal scandal made global headlines when it was reported that co-stars Taylor and Richard Burton were having an adulterous affair. Filming was completed on July 28, 1962, and further reshoots were made from February to March 1963. With production costs estimated at $31 million, the film became the most expensive film ever made to that point and almost bankrupted the studio.
Cleopatra premiered at the Rivoli Theater in New York on June 12, 1963. It received a generally favorable response from film critics and became the highest-grossing film of 1963, earning box office receipts of 57,000. $7 million in the United States and Canada, and one of the highest-grossing films of the decade globally. However, the film initially lost money due to its $44 million production and marketing costs. It received nine nominations at the 36th Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, and won four: Best Art Direction (Color), Best Cinematography (Color), Best Visual Effects, and Best Costume Design (Color) .
After the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar traveled to Egypt, under the pretext of being named executor of the young Pharaoh's father Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra. Ptolemy and Cleopatra are in the middle of a civil war of their own and she has been driven out of the city of Alexandria. Ptolemy reigns alone under the care of his three "guardians", the chief eunuch Pothinus, his guardian Theodotus and the general Achillas.
Cleopatra convinces Caesar to restore his younger brother to his throne. Caesar, in effective control of the kingdom, sentenced Pothinus to death for organizing an assassination attempt against Cleopatra and banished Ptolemy to the Eastern Desert, where he and his outnumbered army faced certain death against Mithridates. Cleopatra is crowned queen of Egypt and begins to dream of ruling the world with Caesar, who in turn desires to become king of Rome. They marry, and when their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate.
After being named dictator for life, Caesar sends for Cleopatra. She arrives in Rome in a lavish procession and wins the adulation of the Roman people. The Senate becomes increasingly unhappy amid rumors that Caesar wishes to become king. On the Ides of March in 44 BC, a group of conspirators assassinated Caesar and fled the city, sparking a rebellion. An alliance between Octavian (Caesar's adopted son), Mark Antony (Caesar's right-hand man and general), and Marcus Ameilius Lepidus puts down the rebellion and divides the republic. Cleopatra is angry after Caesar's will recognizes Octavian, rather than Caesarion, as his official heir and returns to Egypt.
While planning a campaign against Parthia in the east, Antony realizes that he needs money and supplies that only Egypt can sufficiently provide. After repeatedly refusing to leave Egypt, Cleopatra acquiesced and met him on his royal barge in Tarsus. The two begin a love story. Octavian's withdrawal from Lepidus forces Antony to return to Rome, where he marries Octavian's sister Octavia to prevent political strife. This enrages Cleopatra. Antony and Cleopatra reconcile and marry, with Antony divorcing Octavia. An exasperated Octavian reads Antony's will to the Roman Senate, revealing that Antony wishes to be buried in Egypt. Rome turns against Antony and Octavian's call for war against Egypt receives a rapturous response. The war was decided at the naval battle of Actium on September 2, 31 BC, where Octavian's fleet, under the command of Agrippa, defeated the lead ships of the Antony-Egyptian fleet. Assuming that Antony is dead, Cleopatra orders the Egyptian forces home. Antony follows her, leaving his fleet leaderless and soon defeated.
Several months later, Cleopatra sent Caesarion in disguise from Alexandria. She also convinces Antony to regain command of his troops and fight Octavian's advancing army. However, Antony's soldiers abandoned him during the night. Rufio, the last man loyal to Antoine, kills himself. Antony tries to goad Octavian into a single fight, but is ultimately forced to flee into the city. When Antony returns to the palace, Apollodorus, in love with Cleopatra himself, tells him that she is in her tomb as she had requested, and leaves Antony to believe that she is dead. Antony falls on his own sword. Apollodorus then confesses that he misled Antony and assists him at the tomb where Cleopatra and two servants have taken refuge. Antony dies in Cleopatra's arms.
Octavian and his army enter Alexandria with Caesarion's corpse in a cart. He discovers the corpse of Apollodorus, who had been poisoned. Octavian learns that Antony is dead and Cleopatra is buried in a tomb. There, he offers her to govern Egypt as a Roman province if she accompanies him to Rome. Cleopatra, knowing that her son is dead, agrees to Octavian's conditions, including a pledge on her son's life not to harm himself. After Octavian leaves, she surreptitiously orders her servants to help him commit suicide. Discovering that she is going to commit suicide, Octavian and his guards burst into Cleopatra's room to find her dead, dressed in gold, along with her servants and the asp who killed her.
