Round 6: Tossup 13

One of this film’s master shots had to be reshot because an extra was caught on camera selling gelato to other extras. Lawrence Durrell was hired as a script doctor for this film. The star’s contract required this film to be shot using a 70mm format invented by her husband. This film’s protagonist winks to cap off a set piece that opens with two rows of men walking in step with the score, as they pull a huge vehicle carrying an all-black sculpture. This film’s production (15[1])shifted away from Pinewood Studios in London after its star’s (*) tracheostomy due to near-fatal pneumonia. (-5[1])Irene Sharaff supervised the creation of this film’s 26 thousand costumes, such as a dress (10[1])made of 24-carat (10[1])gold. Cinecittà (10[1])(“chee-nay-chee-TAH”) hosted most of this film’s production, during which (10[1])Rouben Mamoulian was replaced as director by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (10[2])and its star had an affair with Richard Burton. For (10[1])10 points, (10[1])name this big-budget (10[1])20th Century Fox epic starring Elizabeth Taylor as an Egyptian queen. ■END■

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