The heavily-nominated film (with eight nominations) was a multiple-Academy Award winning effort, taking accolades in five categories: Best Director (William Friedkin), Best Actor (Hackman with his first Oscar), Best Adapted Screenplay (Ernest Tidyman), Best Editing (Jerry Greenberg), and Best Picture.[Note: Its twenty year anniversary in 2002 was celebrated with the film""s restoration and re-release - a slightly longer version with additional scenes deleted out of the original (i.We want no tricks." It was also requested by Lady Claudia that he combatants be scantily-clad: "I feel so sorry for the poor hings in all this heat.I was going to get you so - irresponsible.Antony: You didn""t think one goblet would do it, did you?Cleopatra: Yes, wouldn""t it?Antony: (He bursts out laughing) Well, that does amuse me! (He drinks from the goblet)Cleopatra: But it""s such a large goblet.She graciously accepts.At the beginning of a long, unbroken camera shot (a close-up of the wo of them) in the film""s most memorable scene, they share a conversation about his experiences up the Amazon, his interest in snakes, his disinterest in the brewing business, his bachelorhood, and their fantasy love ideals.