let s flashback because in the beginning, in the 60s, all of a sudden there s a big competitor for the limelight. mm-hmm. tv. mm-hmm. how did the arrival of television in more and more homes, of course, change the way movies were being made in the 60s? well, movie studios realized they needed to make the kind of films that television couldn t produce. so the big historical epics which had been a mainstay in hollywood for a long time, they became even bigger. so huge sets, lavish productions, lots of extras, the kind of spectacle you had to see on the big screen. that plus fun musicals, lots of technicolor, it was anythig you couldn t stay at home and watch to try to get audiences back into the theaters. one of the movies in the 60s had such a huge impact, it nearly destroyed the studio that produced, put the whole hollywood industry at risk. tell us about cleopatra. cleopatra had all the makingsings of a hit movie.
make an argument, you ve got to come to the cinema to see this. an all-encompassing big experience that you can t have on your small television at home. so one movie of the 60s that had a huge impact, nearly destroying the studio that produced it and some say put the whole hollywood industry at risk. cleopatra. why? it ended up being a $40 million movie, how much it cost to make it. that s $350 million in today s terms. this is the movie that became synonymous with everything that was wrong with hollywood production culture in 1963. it nearly broke fox studios. some say it did. so the film suffered from talent takeover. the illnesses of elizabeth taylor. also from scandal because the married elizabeth taylor and married richard burton started a torrid love affair on that set. but the film ended up costing so much money that it couldn t gross a profit. so we should remember that the