Aug 21st
Henry V*** (U)
(Cineworld Ipswich)
GB 1944. Rank/Two Cities. 137m.
As part of the "British Summer of Film" season, comes this overdue re-release of Laurence Olivier's original version of Shakespeare's play about the triumph of the English king and his forces over the French at Agincourt.
Episodic and rambling but splendidly mounted pageant, made to commemorate the D-Day landings (as well as a tribute to "the few" in the Battle of Britain), with some delightful touches such as the first scenes of the play presented in a fine re-creation of the Globe Theatre in 1600, complete with rain falling down on the audience and small doses of farcical comedy, to the scenery switching to a more realistic setting as the story progresses. Bits of the acting please (though much of it is "theatrical") and the whole production is a remarkable achievement that triumphs within its slightly limited means - the battle scenes were shot in Ireland to avoid bombing raids. All in all, a thoroughly satisfying cinematic treatment of Shakespeare.
Written by: Alan Dent, from the play by William Shakespeare.
Producer/Director: Laurence Olivier.
Starring: Laurence Olivier (King Henry), Leslie Banks (Chorus), Renee Asherson (Princess Katherine), Harcourt Williams (King Charles VI of France), Max Adrian (The Dauphin), Leo Genn (Constable), Felix Aylmer (Archbishop of Canterbury), Robert Helpmann (Bishop of Ely), Ralph Truman (Mountjoy), Valentine Dyall (Duke of Burgundy), Robert Newton (Pistol), Freda Jackson (Mistress Quickly), George Robey (Falstaff), George Cole (Boy), Roy Emerton, Esmond Knight, Michael Shepley, John Laurie, Niall MacGinnis, Jimmy Hanley.
Photography: Robert Krasker.
Music: William Walton.
Costume: Roger Furse, Margaret Furse.
100 Favourite Films: Henry V
Henry V*** (U)
(Cineworld Ipswich)
GB 1944. Rank/Two Cities. 137m.
As part of the "British Summer of Film" season, comes this overdue re-release of Laurence Olivier's original version of Shakespeare's play about the triumph of the English king and his forces over the French at Agincourt.
Episodic and rambling but splendidly mounted pageant, made to commemorate the D-Day landings (as well as a tribute to "the few" in the Battle of Britain), with some delightful touches such as the first scenes of the play presented in a fine re-creation of the Globe Theatre in 1600, complete with rain falling down on the audience and small doses of farcical comedy, to the scenery switching to a more realistic setting as the story progresses. Bits of the acting please (though much of it is "theatrical") and the whole production is a remarkable achievement that triumphs within its slightly limited means - the battle scenes were shot in Ireland to avoid bombing raids. All in all, a thoroughly satisfying cinematic treatment of Shakespeare.
Written by: Alan Dent, from the play by William Shakespeare.
Producer/Director: Laurence Olivier.
Starring: Laurence Olivier (King Henry), Leslie Banks (Chorus), Renee Asherson (Princess Katherine), Harcourt Williams (King Charles VI of France), Max Adrian (The Dauphin), Leo Genn (Constable), Felix Aylmer (Archbishop of Canterbury), Robert Helpmann (Bishop of Ely), Ralph Truman (Mountjoy), Valentine Dyall (Duke of Burgundy), Robert Newton (Pistol), Freda Jackson (Mistress Quickly), George Robey (Falstaff), George Cole (Boy), Roy Emerton, Esmond Knight, Michael Shepley, John Laurie, Niall MacGinnis, Jimmy Hanley.
Photography: Robert Krasker.
Music: William Walton.
Costume: Roger Furse, Margaret Furse.
100 Favourite Films: Henry V
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