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starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Pamela Brown, George Cole directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Binding: Video On Demand Release Date: October 10, 2008 Running Time: 249 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: December 31, 1969 Related Items: Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Average Rating:
 Rating:  - If You Really Want To See A Hot Marc and Cleo...! If you really want to know what went on between these two rent or buy HBO's excellent "Rome" series. Their rendition of Cleo is a short,plain, 32A-cup, homely little drug addict with a realllly bad haircut! That she captures the lust of both Caesar and Marc even though no one might look at her even once on the street is testimony to how "hot" she must be in bed. Contrast this to Liz Taylor who is as white as snow, aging and fairly fat (OK voluptuous to those in the same ... Read More Rating:  - Campy Cleopatra"Cleopatra" was the overhyped spectacle of the early '60s that nearly brought 20th Century FOX to its knees. There was the offscreen love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (both married to other people) that overshadowed the movie. It's got cheesy dialogue, it indulges in camp spectacle... making it a classic. I used to watch "Cleopatra" all the time, and it's got staying power. "Cleopatra" doesn't exactly aim for historical accuracy. It's about Liz Taylor and her numerous ... Read More Rating: - Superb Superb Superb! Ancient Rome Brought to LifeFor Roman history enthusiasts this is one of the best films to recreate the nearly-vanished glory and grandeur that was Rome. It brings to life the story of Julius Caesar and fall of the Republic followed by the rise of Augustus. This is familiar to everyone so I'll not repeat it here. For Roman history enthusiasts there are other films that bring Rome to life but none that do as grandly. Spartacus comes closest. Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire gives a good look ... Read More Rating: - Cleopatra, Queen of DenialThis epic blockbuster was interesting and entertaining on many levels, though I wonder if when it was released it was considered either a box office or a critical success. It obviously had a huge budget, so I wonder if it was able to make enough at the box office to pay for itself. Lavish costumes and sets, battle scenes with hundreds of extras, not to mention the big stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowell, and Martin Landau. It was long--it took me three nights spread out over ... Read More Rating: - THE MOST UNAPPRECIATED EPIC EVER MADECleopatra It didn't do well at the box office, originally. At least, not as well as it needed to. But audiences have come to appreciate it in the years since. For it is tied not only to the famous romance of Antony and Cleopatra, but to the equally famous romance of Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor---two of the greatest talents of their time. Their love story, like that of Antony and Cleopatra (and Bogart and Bacall) has become the stuff of legend. As for the film itself, it is simply one of the greatest ... Read More 
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