Cleopatra (1963)

[tp4tissue]

Why didn't this movie do well ?

Just watched it now (in full), it's pretty decent,  felt no lesser, than ben-hur/ 10 commandments, big epics of the day.

+Elizabeth Taylor @ her most Thicc.

[fohat.digs]

My recollection was that it was very popular and catapulted Elizabeth Taylor to the stratosphere.

When I was a teenager "Cleopatra" was a euphemism for an extremely attractive woman.

[tp4tissue]

Hrrrm.. maybe they meant' only financial flop.

[fohat.digs]

Many things age in strange and unexpected ways. The top TV show that year was the Beverly Hillbillies and a couple of years later a show called Star Trek came on but was cancelled early due to poor ratings.

So, commercial popularity, critical acclaim, profit, and longevity are often very disjointed from each other.

[phinix]

I think it was pretty popular, at least in Poland, it was like hundreds of times on polish tv when I was a kid (80s-90s).

[tp4tissue]

I think it was pretty popular, at least in Poland, it was like hundreds of times on polish tv when I was a kid (80s-90s).

was it broadcast in letterbox or 4:3 aspect ratio ?

[phinix]

I think it was pretty popular, at least in Poland, it was like hundreds of times on polish tv when I was a kid (80s-90s).

was it broadcast in letterbox or 4:3 aspect ratio ?

4:3, dude, it was 90s:)

[tp4tissue]

4:3, dude, it was 90s:)

Took some 640x480 screenshots to remind ourselves how good we had it with PAL broadcast.    Of course we definitely didn't have this kind of color/ fidelity, but the image softness is endearing and nostalgic.