| Cleopatra | |
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| 9 Nominations / 4 Wins | |
| Year | 1963 |
| Director | Joseph L. Mankiewicz |
| Writer | Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Sidney Buchman, Ranald MacDonald |
| Starring | Elizibeth Taylor, Rex Harrison, Richard Burton, Roddy McDowall, Martin Landau |
| 36th Academy Awards | |
Cleopatra is a 1963 British-American-Swiss epic drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The screenplay was adapted by Sidney Buchman, Ranald MacDougall, and Mankiewicz from a book by Carlo Maria Franzero. The film starred Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Roddy McDowall, and Martin Landau. The music score was by Alex North. It was photographed in 70 mm Todd-AO by Leon Shamroy and an uncredited Jack Hildyard.
Wins
- Best Art Direction — John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
- Best Cinematography — Leon Shamroy
- Best Costume Design — Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie Conley
- Best Visual Effects — Emil Kosa Jr.
Nominations
- Best Actor — Rex Harrison
- Best Art Direction — John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard Brown, Herman Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, Ray Moyer
- Best Cinematography — Leon Shamroy
- Best Costume Design — Irene Sharaff, Vittorio Nino Novarese, Renie Conley
- Best Film Editing — Dorothy Spencer
- Best Original Score — Alex North
- Best Sound Mixing — James Corcoran, Fred Hynes
- Best Picture — Walter Wagner
- Best Visual Effects — Emil Kosa Jr.
Plot[]
In 48 B.C., Caesar pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Ptolemy, now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra, attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer with the head of Pompey, borne by his governors, Pothinos and Achillas. To win Caesar's support from her brother, Cleopatra hides herself in a rug, which Apollodorus, her servant, presents to Caesar. The Roman is immediately infatuated; banishing Ptolemy, he declares Cleopatra Egypt's sole ruler and takes her as his mistress. A son, Caesarion, is born of their union. Caesar, however, must return to Italy. Although he is briefly reunited with Cleopatra during a magnificent reception for the queen in Rome, Caesar is assassinated shortly thereafter, and Cleopatra returns to Egypt. When Mark Antony, Caesar's protégé, beholds Cleopatra aboard her elaborate barge at Tarsus some years later, he is smitten and becomes both her lover and military ally. Their liaison notwithstanding, Antony, to ...
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