Great production and direction shown off well in this widescreen version
Disadvantages:
none !
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
This length epic is such an astonishingly great film it must come top of my list of Saturday afternoon movies.
Famously the movie is the set where Elizabeth Taylor met Richard Burton, and even before it was released it was a great talking point, due to this and the size of the budget, as well as Taylor's fee. Sumptuous and engaging, it portrays the life of that great, last Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, and her relationships with both Caesar and Mark Antony as well as her attempts to keep her Kingdom. The scene where she arrives in Rome with her son Caesarion is probably my favourite film clip ever. The elephants alone are amazing never mind the acting!
Everybody is in it, and it's quite simply a must see. The story of Cleopatra is a great one, and this film really delivers on a great script. The chemistry sizzles between Taylor as Cleopatra and Burton as Mark Antony and there are great supporting performances by Rex Harrison as Caesar, Martin Landau, Roddy McDowell, George Cole, Francesca Annis and Michael Hordern, to name but a few. THe most expensive film ever made, at the time, I simply adore every indulgent minute of it. This particular version is just the original film though (I have another version with an even longer director's cut, but this is quite long enough, thank you!)
If you've never seen this film then I strongly recommend it. This version has a few rather dated extras but nothing worth bothering with. This DVD is worth buying though as the film is such a great visual trat having it on a great big FST on widescreen is just what it deserves!
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Average
How does it compare to others by the same director?
Outstanding
Value for Money
Excellent
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