The Plot Thickens

Our sixth season is Cleopatra, a six-episode series about one of the most expensive and infamous movies ever made. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Elizabeth Taylor, Cleopatra should have been a smash. Instead, it was a shoot plagued by medical emergencies, climate disasters, nervous breakdowns, and the most scandalous love affair to ever hit a movie set. Join host Ben Mankiewicz as he digs through his own family stories to understand how it turned out so badly for his Oscar-winning uncle. Cleopatra starts July 17.

TV & Film
Film History
1
Ask Ben Your Cleopatra Questions!
1 min
2
Wildly Successful and Much Maligned
44 min
3
Mankiewicz vs. Zanuck
43 min
4
Le Scandale
44 min
5
The Girl is on Salary
48 min
6
Joe
53 min
7
London Slog
48 min
8
Season 6 Trailer: Cleopatra
3 min
9
The Legend
59 min
10
The Mythmaker
47 min
11
Monument Valley
49 min
12
The Search
48 min
13
The Commander
40 min
14
The Araner
52 min
15
Go West, Young Man
49 min
16
Season 5 Trailer: Decoding John Ford
4 min
17
Introducing: Talking Pictures from TCM and Max
49 min
18
From American Masters: Creative Spark: John Wat...
16 min
19
Bonus Episode: Donald Bogle and Racquel Gates
26 min
20
Bonus Episode: Bob Minor & Jadie David
15 min
21
Bonus Episode: Jacqueline Stewart
30 min
22
Bonus Episode: Quentin Tarantino
33 min
23
Ms. Jackie Brown
47 min
24
I’m Gonna Die For Paul Newman
49 min
25
Looking Good
38 min