The Fall of the Roman Empire Overview:

The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Michal Waszynski and Samuel Bronston.

Academy Awards 1964 --- Ceremony Number 37 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - ScoringDimitri TiomkinNominated
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Timonides: [when Ballomar threatens to continue burning Timonides's left hand] Let's look at this logically...


Livius: A few days longer, Caesar, we'll bring you his head.
Marcus Aurelius: No Livius, please don't bring me his head. I wouldn't know what to do with it.


Commodus: Livius, if you listen very carefully, you can hear the gods laughing!


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_"Price is Right, The" (1956)_ gave the role of an extra in this film away as a bonus prize. The winner was a man named Robert Reynolds, and he can be seen in the background of one of the arena scenes.
Sophia Loren's salary for the film was $1,000,000 becoming the second actress (behind Elizabeth Taylor for Cleopatra) to receive that amount for a single film.
Alec Guinness admitted that he never saw more than twenty minutes of the completed film.
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