Eddie Fisher

A year after Lindsay Lohan's horrific biopic about the relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, FOX has re-released the movie where the couple's love affair started: "Cleopatra."A four-hour epic flick that almost bankrupted the studio in 1963, the story of the filming of "Cleopatra" is one of Hollywood's most lurid tales of blockbuster budgets and egos.Burton and Taylor's affair was the biggest scandal of its time, as she was cheating on her third husband, Eddie Fisher, while Burton was also cheating on his wife. The movie chewed through several directors and producers, costing over $400 million in today's dollars, with hundreds of cast members sitting around in Italy for weeks at a time, not working, but still getting paid, as scripts were revised and new sets were built.But all of that is water under the bridge today, as FOX pulled out all the stops in Cannes at the restored film's re-release. Decked out in one of Taylor's dresses and a necklace given to her by Burto...

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