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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 from histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, and Appian.
Mankiewicz finished the reshoots on March 5, 1963. [136] Cleopatra opened at the Rivoli Theatre to mixed reviews, with Bosley Crowther who exclaimed the film was "one of the great epic films of our day". On the contrary, Judith Crist of the New York Herald Tribune headlined her review calling the film a "monumental mouse."
This is a list of films which placed number one at the weekly box office in the United States during 1963 per Variety's weekly National boxoffice survey. The results are based on a sample of 20–25 key cities and therefore, any box office amounts quoted may not be the total that the film grossed nationally in the week.
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic Cleopatra and two films with all-star casts, How the West Was Won and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Top-grossing films (U.S.)
A prominent example of this trend was Cleopatra (1963), which lost money on its initial release despite being the highest-grossing film of the year. [217] Since the 1990s, film budgets have once again seen a dramatic increase as the use of computer-generated imagery (CGI) has become commonplace in big-budget features. [218]
Egypt during the reign of Cleopatra and Mark Antony: Two Nights with Cleopatra: 1954: 44–30 BC: Egypt during the reign of Cleopatra and Mark Antony: Serpent of the Nile: 1953: 44–30 BC: Tells the story of the Egyptian Queen Cleopatra and her relationship with the Roman general Mark Anthony from just after the assassination of Julius Caesar ...
Harrison as Julius Caesar in Cleopatra (1963) for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. Harrison received an offer from Joseph L. Mankiewicz to play Julius Caesar in the 20th Century Fox epic Cleopatra (1963). In 1964 Harrison reprised his 1956 stage performance as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady, for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor.
Cleopatra: Original Soundtrack Album is the soundtrack from the film of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox Records in 1963. The music of Cleopatra was composed and conducted by Alex North, and was recorded and produced in 1963. It has been released several times, first as an original vinyl album, in 1963.