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Becket [videorecording] / CPI ; Hal Wallis' production ; screenplay by Edward Anhalt ; directed by Peter Glenville.

Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000 (Added Author). Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987 Becket. (Added Author). Aylmer, Felix, 1889-1979 (Added Author). Brown, Pamela, 1917-1975 (Added Author). Burton, Richard, 1925-1984 (Added Author). Cervi, Gino, 1901-1974 (Added Author). Coates, Anne V. (Added Author). Dyce, Hamilton, 1912-1972 (Added Author). Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 (Added Author). Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996 (Added Author). Herbert, Percy, 1925-1992 (Added Author). Hilary, Jennifer, 1942-2008 (Added Author). Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969 (Added Author). Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969 (Added Author). Jeffrey, Peter, 1929-1999 (Added Author). MacGinnis, Niall, 1913-1977 (Added Author). Merrick, David, 1911-2000 (Added Author). Miller, Michael, 1931-1983 (Added Author). O'Toole, Peter, 1932- (Added Author). Pettingell, Frank. (Added Author). Phillips, John, 1914-1995 (Added Author). Phillips, Siân, 1934- (Added Author). Rhodes, Christopher, 1914-1964 (Added Author). Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926- (Added Author). Stoppa, Paolo. (Added Author). Unsworth, Geoffrey, 1914-1978 (Added Author). Vendell, Véronique, 1942- (Added Author). Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986 (Added Author). Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968 (Added Author). CPI (Firm) (Added Author). Keep Films (Firm) (Added Author). MPI Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation. (Added Author). Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown. (Cast).

Summary:

Despite differences in rank and background, King Henry II and Thomas Becket are lifelong friends. The King is in constant conflict with the Church, which refuses to contribute financing to his wars in France, and jealously guards the tax-free status granted it by previous monarchs. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, Henry has a brilliant idea: rather than another pious cleric loyal to Rome, he will appoint his old friend, Thomas Becket--technically a deacon--to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously, holding devotion to God and the Church above his loyalty to the throne, or the person of its inhabitant. In opposition to Henry, he proves abler than his predecessors do, and the clash of two powerful personalities leads to destruction.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0788604708
  • ISBN: 0788604708
  • ISBN: 9780788604706
  • ISBN: 9780788604706
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, 2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Restored by the Academy Film Archive Restoration Funding provided by The Film Foundation."
Based on the Broadway play "Becket" by Jean Anouilh ; produced upon the stage by David Merrick.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Special features: Commentary with Peter O'Toole; interviews with editor Anne V. Coates and composer Laurence Rosenthal; archival interviews with Richard Burton; theatrical trailer; still gallery; TV spot.
Title from container.
With Note:
MARCIVE 12/19/07
Participant or Performer Note:
Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content and violence.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.
Language Note:
English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0), French (Dolby 2.0) or Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue, English subtitles.

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