Cleopatra (1963)

Note Générale:

6,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
(suite)

Scénaristes:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz (screenplay) and
Ranald MacDougall (screenplay) ...
(suite)

Date de sortie:

31 juillet 1963 (UK)

Genre:

Biographie | Drame | Histoire | Romance

Accroche:

The motion picture the world has been waiting for!

Intrigue:

Historical epic. The triumphs and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.

Plot Keywords:

Cleopatra | Egypt | Roman Empire | Epic | Marc Antony

Récompenses:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 11 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Difficult to evaluate

Ensemble

Elizabeth Taylor	...	Cleopatra
Richard Burton	...	Mark Antony
Rex Harrison	...	Julius Caesar
Pamela Brown	...	High Priestess
George Cole	...	Flavius
Hume Cronyn	...	Sosigenes
Cesare Danova	...	Apollodorus
Kenneth Haigh	...	Brutus
Andrew Keir	...	Agrippa
Martin Landau	...	Rufio
Roddy McDowall	...	Octavian - Caesar Augustus
Robert Stephens	...	Germanicus
Francesca Annis	...	Eiras, Cleopatra's handmaiden
Grégoire Aslan	...	Pothinus (as Gregoire Aslan)
Martin Benson	...	Ramos
Herbert Berghof	...	Theodotos
John Cairney	...	Phoebus
Jacqui Chan	...	Lotos, royal taster
Isabel Cooley	...	Charmian (as Isabelle Cooley)
John Doucette	...	Achillas
Andrew Faulds	...	Canidius
Michael Gwynn	...	Cimber
Michael Hordern	...	Cicero
John Hoyt	...	Cassius
Marne Maitland	...	Euphranor
Carroll O'Connor	...	Casca
Richard O'Sullivan	...	Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII
Gwen Watford	...	Calpurnia
Douglas Wilmer	...	Decimus
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Elisabeth Welch	...	Children's nurse (scenes deleted)
John Alderton	...	1st Officer (uncredited)
Ronald Allen	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
John Alvar	...	Valvus (uncredited)
Audrey Anderson	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
María Badmajew	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Michèle Bailly	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Marina Berti	...	Queen at Tarsus (uncredited)
Salvatore Billa	...	Egyptian Slave / Centurion (uncredited)
Bruna Caruso	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Finlay Currie	...	Titus (uncredited)
Rod Dana	...	One of Caesar's entourage (uncredited)
Marie Devereux	...	Bacchanal reveler (uncredited)
Peter Forster	...	2nd Officer (uncredited)
John Frederick	...	Captain Palace Guard (uncredited)
María Luz Galicia	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
John Gayford	...	Guard (uncredited)
Peter Grant	...	Palace guard (uncredited)
Rosalba Grottesi	...	Cleopatra's servant (uncredited)
Rupert John	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
John Karlsen	...	High Priest (uncredited)
Jeremy Kemp	...	Agitator (uncredited)
Maureen Lane	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Margaret Lee	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Desmond Llewelyn	...	Senator (uncredited)
Calvin Lockhart	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Loris Loddi	...	Caesarion at Age 4 (uncredited)
Jean Marsh	...	Octavia (uncredited)
Kathy Martin	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Luigi Martocci	...	Marcellus (uncredited)
Gesa Meiken	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Furio Meniconi	...	Mithridates (uncredited)
Simon Mizrahi	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Violeta Montenegro	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Boris Nacinovic	...	Gladiator (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith	...	Arachesilaus (uncredited)
Kenneth Nash	...	Caesarion at Age 12 (uncredited)
John Pepper	...	Caesarion (uncredited)
Paola Pitagora	...	Cleopatra's servant (uncredited)
Michela Roc	...	Cleopatra's servant (uncredited)
Del Russel	...	Caesarion at Age 7 (uncredited)
Sandra Scarnati	...	Cleopatra's servant (uncredited)
Mike Steen	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Taylor	...	Minor Role (uncredited)
Meri Welles	...	Cleopatra's Handmaiden (uncredited)
Ben Wright	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Rouben Mamoulian		(uncredited; fired, replaced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz)
Darryl F. Zanuck		(uncredited)

Scénaristes
Joseph L. Mankiewicz		(screenplay) and
Ranald MacDougall		(screenplay) and
Sidney Buchman		(screenplay)
Plutarch		(histories) and
Suetonius		(histories) and
Appian		(histories)
Carlo Mario Franzero		(book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra") (as C.M. Franzero)
Ben Hecht		uncredited

Produit par
Walter Wanger	....	producer
Peter Levathes	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Musique originale
Alex North

Image
Leon Shamroy
Jack Hildyard		(uncredited)

Montage
Dorothy Spencer
Elmo Williams		(uncredited)

Création des décors
John DeCuir		(as John De Cuir)

Direction artistique
Herman A. Blumenthal		(as Herman Blumenthal)
Hilyard M. Brown		(as Hilyard Brown)
Boris Juraga
Maurice Pelling
Jack Martin Smith
Elven Webb

Décorateur de plateau
Paul S. Fox
Ray Moyer
Walter M. Scott
Richelieu		(uncredited)

Création des costumes
Vittorio Nino Novarese		(costumes: men)
Renié		(costumes: women) (as Renie)

Maquillage
Alberto De Rossi	....	makeup artist (as Alberto de Rossi)
Vivienne Walker	....	hair stylist: Miss Taylor (as Vivienne Zavitz)
Robert J. Schiffer	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Directeur de production
C.O. Erickson	....	production manager
Forrest E. Johnston	....	production manager
Saul Wurtzel	....	production manager: second unit
Francisco Ariza	....	production manager (uncredited)
Edward Joseph	....	production manager (uncredited)

Assistant réalisateur
Ray Kellogg	....	second unit director
Andrew Marton	....	second unit director
Fred R. Simpson	....	assistant director

Département Art
José Algueró	....	assistant set decorator: Spain (uncredited)
Ferdinand Bellan	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Bill Dennison	....	chief draughtsman: exteriors (uncredited)
Don B. Greenwood	....	property master (uncredited)
Don B. Greenwood	....	props (uncredited)
Harold Michelson	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Giovanni Natalucci	....	set designer (uncredited)
Don Picton	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Italo Tomassi	....	scene painter (uncredited)

Technicien du son
James Corcoran	....	sound recording supervisor
Bernard Freericks	....	sound recordist
Fred Hynes	....	sound recording supervisor
Murray Spivack	....	sound recordist

Effets spéciaux
William F. Mittlestedt	....	mechanical effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Emil Kosa Jr.	....	special photographic effects
Herbert Cheek	....	miniatures supervisor (uncredited)
Ralph Hammeras	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Joseph Nathanson	....	matte artist (uncredited)

Cascadeur
Ken Buckle	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Cooper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Alberto Dell'Acqua	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
John Sullivan	....	stunt double: Richard Burton (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Piero Portalupi	....	photographer: second unit (as Pietro Portalupi)
Claude Renoir	....	photographer: second unit
Bernie Abramson	....	publicity photographer (uncredited)
Sherman Kunkel	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Bob Penn	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Département Casting
Stuart Lyons	....	casting consultant

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Irene Sharaff	....	costumes: Elizabeth Taylor
Wah Chang	....	special headresses (uncredited)

Dpartement Editorial
Leonard Doss	....	color consultant

Département Musique
Lionel Newman	....	associate conductor
Alex North	....	conductor
Henry Brant	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
David Tamkin	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Divers
Hermes Pan	....	choreographer
Bill Batchelor	....	publicist (uncredited)
Marie Devereux	....	stand-in: Elizabeth Taylor (uncredited)
Geoff Freeman	....	unit publicist (uncredited)
Ralph M. Leo	....	production accountant (uncredited)
Lucie Lichtig	....	continuity (uncredited)
Elaine Schreyeck	....	script supervisor (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (as Producers Pictures Corporation)
• MCL Films S.A.
• Walwa Films S.A.

Distributeurs

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1963) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Films (1963) (Finland) (theatrical)
• P.P. Film Polski (1970) (Poland) (theatrical) (Polish subtitles)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1972) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• CBS/Fox Video (1985) (Belgium) (video)
• CBS/Fox (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2004) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2001) (USA) (VHS) (pan-and-scan)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2004) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Abril Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Fox Video (19??) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Gativideo (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)

Autres Companies

• American Optical Company  development of Todd-AO
• Magna Corporation  development of Todd-AO

Durée:

192 min | Germany:233 min (TV version) | Sweden:232 min | USA:320 min (director's cut) | 243 min (roadshow version) | Argentina:233 min

Pays:

UK | USA | Switzerland

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,20 : 1

Son:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints) | Stereo (Westrex Recording System) | DTS 70 mm (70mm re-release)

Classification:

USA:Unrated (video rating) | Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Argentina:Atp | Peru:PT | USA:Approved (certificate #19756) (original rating) | Canada:G (video rating) | Brazil:Livre | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:G (1971 re-release) | West Germany:12

Lieux de tournage:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Société:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

Widely regarded as one of the biggest flops of all time, reality is quite different: the film made its money back despite the horrendous costs, but not all at once - it took several years. It was one of the highest grossing films of the 1960s. According to the late director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, many of the best scenes were cut and there are between 90 and 120 minutes of character development and story missing.

Goofs:

Erreurs faites par les personnages (éventuellement des erreurs délibérées par les cinéastes): Although we learn that Cleopatra is supposed to be the incarnation of the Egyptian goddess Isis, Taylor keeps pronouncing it "Ises."

Guillemet:

Marc Antony: This son of Caesar, does it upset you?
Caesar Augustus: No.
Marc Antony: You were so shut at the mouth just now one would think your words were are precious to you as your gold.
Caesar Augustus: Like my gold, I used them where they are worth most.
Marc Antony: Ah! And your virtue?
[Leans over to him]
Marc Antony: My friend has a friend.
Caesar Augustus: That too.

Connexions:

Référencé sur "90210: By Accident (#1.14)" (2009)

Difficult to evaluate

It is extremely difficult to evaluate this film. On the one hand, the presentation is first class: the sets, props, costumes, location photography, and music are all of the caliber befitting the grandiose ambition of the production. I personally found the acting by the truly all-star cast to be uniformly excellent throughout with McDowall's Octavian and Harrison's Caesar deserving special mention. Taylor deserved the million dollars she got for the title role and Burton's occasional scenery chewing didn't detract significantly from his interpretation of Mark Antony. But the question remains over what might have been. I believe any true film buff would want to pass final judgment on this production only after having viewed the 6 hour plus version in order to determine whether the extensive cuts (even in the new 2 DVD four hour version) were justified. I should add that the third disc of extras contributes greatly to the appreciation (especially where the director controversy and Burton-Taylor relationship is concerned) of what was attempted.