CLEOPATRA Region Free BRD (1 Viewer)

[Andrew Budgell]

Ted Turner could colorize it!

That's one option! Hell, I'd take what I can get...I'd just love the option of seeing it as close to Mankiewicz's original vision as possible.

 

[Moe Dickstein]

Ted Turner could colorize it!

I'd prefer Legend Films, then it would look halfway decent.

 

[Andrew Budgell]

^ Cover art from Amazon for the US Cleopatra Blu-ray digibook. Not sure why they felt the need to photoshop the headdress on. There will also be a standard non-digibook release. No release date for either yet. Damn, I was really hoping for a boxed set like "Lawrence of Arabia".

 

[ahollis]

Damn, I was really hoping for a boxed set like "Lawrence of Arabia".

Yeah a TODD-AO frame of the film would have been great. But not sure about the enclosed asp.

 

[Andrew Budgell]

Yeah a TODD-AO frame of the film would have been great. But not sure about the enclosed asp.

I HATE snakes, so I'm glad for that!

 

[Mark Collins]

Cleopatra is now up for pre order at Amazon I just put my order in. http://www.amazon.com/Cleopatra-50th-Anniversary-2-Disc-Blu-ray/dp/B001AQO3SS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1361299550&sr=1-1&keywords=cleopatra+blue+ray

 

[Charles Smith]

Please God they have CORRECTED the placement of the Entr'Acte.....

 

[haineshisway]

If they've fixed the color, I'm in.

 

[RolandL]

http://www.hometheaterforum.com/content/type/61/id/176168/ ^ Cover art from Amazon for the US Cleopatra Blu-ray digibook. Not sure why they felt the need to photoshop the headdress on. There will also be a standard non-digibook release. No release date for either yet. Damn, I was really hoping for a boxed set like "Lawrence of Arabia".

Looks similar to the image on the UK disc.

 

[Mark Collins]

I am sure glad I waited for the US version. Now all we need is a date from Amazon and also the cover does not resemble the above covers

 

[Andrew Budgell]

I wonder if Fox has a Fathom big screen event planned for Cleopatra like Sony did for the 50th anniversary Lawrence of Arabia last year? I sure hope so!

 

[Andrew Budgell]

Looks similar to the image on the UK disc.

Interestingly enough, the image of Elizabeth used on the cover of the UK release is a costume test from the aborted Pinewood production, with the original "Entry into Rome" costume by Oliver Messel, who was replaced by Irene Sharaff when the film moved to Rome...

 

[kagemusha98]

It would have so cool if the cover of the Blu Ray had the original artwork!

 

[David_B_K]

Because of the vertical configuration of Blu-ray cases, I'd like to see this as the basis for a cover:

The more famous reclining artwork would have to be reduced to fit the case properly.

 

[RolandL]

In Todd-AO!

 

[Moe Dickstein]

I like the US proposed art. The posters are great, but they're posters, meant to be taken in at a much larger size than a Blu-Ray case.

 

[Johnny Angell]

I would prefer those two posters over the proposed art.

 

[David_B_K]

That reclining poster amuses me when I think of the story of Rex Harrison invoking the "likeness clause" of his contract. The original artwork was meant to be just Antony and Cleopatra. Harrison's likeness clause stipulated that his likeness had to appear in advertising alongside Taylor and Burton. So, Caesar was added to the artwork. What amuses me is that Harrison has a look on his face in that painting as if to say "yes, I know I don't belong in this poster, but dammit, my contract says I do!"

 

[john a hunter]

That reclining poster amuses me when I think of the story of Rex Harrison invoking the "likeness clause" of his contract. The original artwork was meant to be just Antony and Cleopatra. Harrison's likeness clause stipulated that his likeness had to appear in advertising alongside Taylor and Burton. So, Caesar was added to the artwork. What amuses me is that Harrison has a look on his face in that painting as if to say "yes, I know I don't belong in this poster, but dammit, my contract says I do!"

I think one journalist at the time ran the byline"Is Rexy not sexy anymore?" when he was omitted from the original huge poster that dominated Broadway. When his agent insisited on his inclusion, their first effort was to superimpose his head in a box between the curtains at the back which had the effect he was voyeur spying on the pair.

 

[WadeM]

I knew this was coming this year, but I finally gave in a couple of months ago to the UK release. Depending on what the reviews say, I still might upgrade.