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
51
Hollywood Heat
34 min
52
Wire Without a Net
41 min
53
The War Zone
40 min
54
Reaching for the Stars – and Paying the Price
40 min
55
Lighting the Fire
46 min
56
Season 2 Trailer: The Devil's Candy
4 min
57
The Plot Thickens Returns This Summer
0 min
58
The Plot Thickens Virtual Event
30 min
59
Henry Fonda, John Wayne and James Stewart
26 min
60
Alfred Hitchcock
28 min
61
Howard Hawks
27 min
62
I’m Still Peter Bogdanovich
44 min
63
Dorothy
46 min
64
Bogdanovich, The Misunderstood
38 min
65
Babe Ruth Just Bunted
49 min
66
Cybill
36 min
67
Target: Hollywood
28 min
68
Bugs
32 min
69
Bonus Trailer: I'm Still Peter Bogdanovich
5 min
70
Introducing The Plot Thickens
2 min