Fox Movie Channel tips their hat: Cleopatra marathon to honor Elizabeth

By April MacIntyre Mar 24, 2011, 0:30 GMT

On March 27, Fox Movie Channel pays memorial tribute to Elizabeth Taylor’s acting legacy with an all-day marathon of one of her most pivotal films, the 1963 masterpiece, "Cleopatra."

On Sunday, March 27, Fox Movie Channel pays memorial tribute to Elizabeth Taylor’s acting legacy with an all-day marathon of one of her most pivotal films, the 1963 masterpiece, "Cleopatra."

Over the course of her stellar career, Ms. Taylor starred in 55 motion pictures and in 16 television productions. Her on-screen persona and talent helped made her a true larger-than-life screen legend.

Nominated for five Academy Awards, Ms. Taylor took two Oscar wins for her role as Gloria Wandrous in the John O'Hara penned classic, "BUtterfield 8" and as Martha, opposite her husband Richard Burton in Mike Nichols' film, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

But the Joseph L. Mankiewicz film "Cleopatra" was her turning point for super-stardom. It was also where she met her lover, Richard Burton, cast as Mark Antony, while she was married to singer Eddie Fisher.

Fisher was producer Mike Todd's best man when he married Elzabeth. Fisher then left his wife Debbie Reynolds to console and then eventually marry Elizabeth after Todd had died in a plane crash.  

Included in the marathon is a special presentation of FOX LEGACY. In this episode, Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox, offers his unique insider's perspective into how Cleopatra was made and the impact that film had on Elizabeth Taylor’s life and career.

Cleopatra Marathon Schedule

·           6:00am ET           3:00am PT   Cleopatra

·         11:00am ET           8:00am PT   Cleopatra

·           3:30pm ET         12:30pm PT   Cleopatra

·           8:00pm ET           5:00pm PT   Fox Legacy: Cleopatra

·           8:30pm ET           5:30pm PT   Cleopatra

·           1:00am ET         10:00pm PT   Fox Legacy: Cleopatra

·           1:30am ET         10:30pm PT   Cleopatra        

Fox Movie Channel’s expanding slate of original programming explores the moviemaking process from script to screen. Fox Legacy, where Tom Rothman, Chairman and CEO of 20th Century Fox offers a unique insider's perspective into how classic Fox films were made and the personalities who created them.