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Cleopatra: Mark Antony
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Cleopatra [I]s a historical epic film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison (Julius Caesar) and Richard Burton (Mark Antony) and a host of other stars. Released in 1963, the film was a box office smash. Historically correct in most aspects, all the major characters are real. Although some liberties were taken with time and space, for the most part they really behaved as they are presented with the exception of Octavian, who is portrayed in a very negative light. He was actually a much better person than shown here, but then this is Cleopatra's movie after all.
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Cleopatra was very much aware that Antony was the strongest of the three. She knew if would benefit her if Antony and her developed a close friendship. Therefore, she decided to make the trip to Asia Minor in Tarsus to meet with him. But to make an impression, she arrived on a huge barge that was decorated with Egypt’s best. The ship was gold plated and adorned with sails of purple. As she arrived, there was music playing that
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In 36 Cleopatra returned to Alexandria to await the birth of her third child by him. The failure of the Parthian campaign and Octavian's exploitation of Antony's misad-venture drove Antony further into the arms of Cleopatra, who gave him immense financial help in rebuilding his shattered army. When Antony defeated Artavasdes of Armenia in 34, he celebrated his triumph not in Rome but in Alexandria. On the following day he declared Cleopatra and Ptolemy Caesarion joint rulers of Egypt and Cyprus and overlords of all lands west and east of the Euphrates. For Cleopatra this meant the potential union of the Ptolemaic and Seleucid empires under her control, and Antony staked out his claims on the wealth of Egypt for the coming struggle with Octavian.
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After Caesar was killed by a group of men plotting to overthrow his empire, Cleopatra returned to Alexandria in April 44 B.C.E. Shortly thereafter Ptolemy XIV died under mysterious circumstances. It is commonly believed that Cleopatra herself poisoned him. After her brother's death, she made her son, Caesarion, her partner on the throne, and they awaited the outcome of the political struggle in Rome. She responded eagerly when Mark Antony summoned her and other puppet rulers to Tarsus in Cilicia after the Battle of Philippi. Matching her preparations to the man whose weaknesses she knew, she dazzled Antony and bent him to her will.
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Mark Antony committed suicide, having been told Cleopatra was dead. According to the doctor Olympus (an eye-witness), he was brought to Cleopatra's tomb and died in her arms. A few days later, on 12 August, Cleopatra ... died by snakebite in the breast. The ancient sources generally agree that she had two asps hidden in a fig basket so as she was eating she would never know when she would die. Her two handmaidens died with her. Octavian, waiting in a building nearby, was informed of her death, and went to see for himself.[3]
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For her introduction to Antony, Cleopatra is dressed in a bias-cut gown which clings down to below the knees and then reaches gathered fullness to the floor. The effect is of a tree trunk or Morticia's gown from the Adams family. Beaded bands criss-cross the waist and torso and accent below the breasts. She wears a matching an Egyptian necklace and the bird of paradise wig mentioned above. Her headband ... is jewelled along the edges and has a uraeus. She has a cloak carried by seven handmaidens.
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