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History appears to be repeat- ing itself with Kubrick's new Eyes Wide Shut, which holds the record for the longest production ever. Star Tom Cruise has been shooting the film for more than a year. Given the effects of inflation and changing cost structures of filmmak- ing, it's a safe to say that Titanic is not --/\ the most expensive film ever made. Fox's Cleopatra would most likely still reign as the most expensive film of all time. In 1964 it cost an astronomical $40 million — and cost the career of rabbing the headlines as the most expensive film ever made is James Cameron's Titanic. The $200 million epic put two studios, 20th Century Fox and Paramount, under financial pressure as they feared a box-office debacle. It seems that every time a film gets labeled as "the most expensive," it receives the kiss of death at the box office. Before Titanic, Kevin Costner's Wzterworld held the record with its staggering $150 million budget. True to form, it was a bust, and the studio, Universal, took a huge write-down on the profit and loss sheets. The fact of the matter is the publici- ty that surrounds a film's budget brings with it a mountain of press scrutiny, making it virtually impossible for the film to get fairly reviewed. When Ishtar was released, star Warren Beatty rightly complained that it was the budget that was reviewed, not the film. The reviews and audience reaction to Titanic, however, have been very strong, with claims it's well on the way to grossing more than it cost. However, what is remarkable is that in 1997 there were more than a half-dozen films with budgets of more than $100 million. Among them: Tomorrow Never Dies and Speed 2: Cruise Control. The real news, hidden from the press, is the speculation that Warner Bros.' Batman and Robin escalated well beyond $200 million in nega- tive cost. Somehow, the press specu- lation passed by the George "Titanic" is a blockbuster that is recouping Clooney film. But over at Warner, costs at the box office. the balance sheet shows the film to have been a financial disaster. Every year a film comes along studio head Darryl Zanuck. and pushes the envelope in terms of The most successful big-budget cost. Usually this is the result of a film of all time remains Gone With the "runaway" production in which the Producer David 0. Selznick Wind. producers have been faced with spared no expense bringing Margaret unforeseen costs. One of the more Mitchell's novel to the silver screen. It infamously expensive films was Francis was the most lavish film of 1939. But Sets Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Selznick's folly turned into the biggest- were destroyed by a hurricane in the film of all time and the shin- grossinc, Philippines, putting Coppola months ing jewel in Hollywood history. behind schedule.