Cleopatra (1963 film) the only film ever to be the highest-grossing film of the year to run at a loss. It received nine nominations at the 36th Academy Awards including for Best Picture and won the highest four : Best Production Design (Color), Best Cinematography (Color), Best Visual Effects and Best Costume Design (Color). After the Battle of Pharsalus in 48 BC, Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) goes to Egypt, under the pretext of being named the executor of the will of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor)'s father. Cleopatra convinces Caesar to restore her throne from
Julius Caesar (1970 film) several other DVD reviewers also disparaged the film. John Gielgud played Cassius in the 1953 film version of "Julius Caesar", directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Charlton Heston had played Mark Antony once before, in an earlier film version of "Julius Caesar", made in Chicago in 1950. He would do so yet again, in a 1972 film version of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra", which Heston directed. Julius Caesar (1970 film) Julius Caesar is a 1970 British independent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Stuart Burge from a screenplay by Robert Furnival. The film stars Charlton