How This 1962 Movie Became The Most Expensive Ever Made

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The movie ‘Cleopatra’ was produced in 1962 and became one of the most expensive movie productions ever. It became the highest-grossing movie of 1963 and was nominated for nine Oscars (winning four), but its $31 million budget ($360 million in 2024) all but guaranteed that it would not get it’s money back. How did the production spin so wildly out of control?

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