(Prodded gently by someone)
Oh..... I guess I nodded off. Well, now I guess I'll have to describe the movie. In short, the story involves a love triangle, between Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison), Marc Antony (Richard Burton), and Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). Actually, it's really more of a political triangle, but the movie makes it in to a soap opera, with ridiculous results. From what I can remember, everything begins after a civil war in Rome, with Caesar victorious. He goes down to Egypt to settle a dispute between Cleopatra and her brother, joint rulers of the territory. Caesar meets Cleopatra, who is apparently hiding out from her brother's forces. The two fall in love, and Cleopatra becomes sole ruler of Egypt, as well as a partner in Caesar's dream to be ultimate ruler of the Roman Empire. His thirst is such that he usurps the power and authority of the Roman Senate, who, led by Brutus, in turn dispatches him (we, however, do not get the classic line "Et tu, Bruti" from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, which was a real shame!). Cleopatra mourns for Caesar and his dream, but not too soon does she hit the sack with Marc Antony, and we get the same thing all over again, except this time, it is Rome that is divided, with Antony ruling one portion and another individual, who steals Caesar's namesake, ruling another part. But (don't read this next line if you'd rather not know until - that's if-- you see the film) things go awry and Cleo and Marc commit a double suicide.
