20th
Century-Fox Home Entertainment will go to the film vaults on May 21 for a
double-disc Blu-ray celebration of the 50th anniversary of the
Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton version of Cleopatra … direction by Joseph L.
Mankiewicz.
Nominated for nine Oscars,
including Best Picture and Best Actor for Rex Harrison (winning four — Best Art
Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design and Best Visual Effects),
this Blu-ray edition (packed as a DigiBook SKU) features a new restoration of
the film that clocks in at 243 minutes.
Of note, that running
time of 243 minutes being reported by the home entertainment group is a tad shorter
than their previous DVD release of Cleopatra, which came in at 248 minutes
(the film was cut for general theatrical exhibition to 192 minutes).
Bonus goodies include
“Cleopatra’s Lost Footage,” commentary from Chris and Tom Mankiewicz, Martin
Landau and Jack Brodsky, five production featurettes and a pair of vintage Fox
Movietone Newsreel clips.
To download this week's
complete edition of the DVD and Blu-ray Release Report: DVD & Blu-ray Release Report
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