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Caesar, in effective control of the kingdom, sentences Pothinus to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra, and banishes Ptolemy to the eastern desert, where he and his outnumbered army would face certain death against Mithridates.

3.3.1 Production under Rouben MamoulianĪfter the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar goes to Egypt, under the pretext of being named the executor of the will of the father of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra.Ĭleopatra convinces Caesar to restore her throne from her younger brother.

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). However, the film initially lost money because of its production and marketing costs of $44 million. It received a generally favorable response from film critics, and became the highest-grossing film of 1963, earning box-office receipts of $57.7 million in the United States and Canada, and one of the highest-grossing films of the decade at a worldwide level. With the estimated production costs totaling $31 million, the film became the most expensive film ever made up to that point and nearly bankrupted the studio.Ĭleopatra premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City on June 12, 1963. Filming wrapped on July 28, 1962, and further reshoots were made from February to March 1963. During filming, a personal scandal made worldwide headlines when it was reported that co-stars Taylor and Richard Burton had an adulterous affair. Production was re-located to Cinecittà, where filming resumed on September 25, 1961, without a finished shooting script. Mankiewicz, who had previously directed Taylor in Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). Mamoulian resigned as director, and was subsequently replaced by Joseph L. Production was suspended in November after it had gone overbudget with only ten minutes of usable footage. Principal photography began at Pinewood Studios on September 28, 1960, but Taylor's health problems delayed further filming. Rouben Mamoulian was hired as director, and the script underwent numerous revisions from Nigel Balchin, Dale Wasserman, Lawrence Durrell, and Nunnally Johnson. Following an extensive casting search, Elizabeth Taylor signed on to portray the title role for a record-setting salary of $1 million. In 1958, his production company partnered with Twentieth Century Fox to produce the film. Walter Wanger had long contemplated producing a biographical film about Cleopatra. It chronicles the struggles of Cleopatra, the young queen of Egypt, to resist the imperial ambitions of Rome.

Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau are featured in supporting roles. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor in the eponymous role. 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. $40.3 million ( worldwide theatrical rental)Ĭleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L.