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Summary: This is not just a great movie, it's a magnificent movie
Review: Please dear powers that be 'Put this one on DVD'. The acting was wonderful, the dialogue can not be topped, and the story of a dysfunctional family is just as true now as it was then, jealousy, greed, affairs, hidden agendas, who could ask for more. I say again Please Please put this on DVD.
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Summary: Superb in every way
Review: This film is stunning - I have seen it repeatedly and it never fails to amaze me with its brilliance. The acting is flawless, the mood created is authentic and transporting, and the score is just marvelous. History buffs, anglophiles - anyone - is sure to find this film a sumptuous experience. I still can't believe that Peter O'Toole did not win the academy award for this one - he deserved it as much a Hepburn did hers. See this film!
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Summary: All over the place
Review: I think people are mistaking this film's verbose convolutions for quality. The actors do their best with the melodramatic script. The script tries to stay true to a complicated historical situation, but it's difficult to care for any of these wildly inconsistent characters and their blustering emotions. Cinematically, the film has not aged well; frankly, it looks like it was made on the cheap.
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Summary: It's like being transported through time to medieval England
Review: This film could have been titled "Becket II"; Peter O'Toole recreates his role of King Henry II and gives a superb performance of the monarch. Katharine Hepburn proves she earned her Oscar for her portrayal of Eleanor of Aquitaine (she didn't have to share the award with anyone this time). A familiarity with this period in history would be very helpful in order to understand the plot of this film. Here, we get to see how the most significant rulers of the Plantagenet dynasty lived and influenced their country during a crucial period in the Middle Ages.
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Summary: Five Stars PLUS
Review: This is my all-time favorite movie. TEN STARS! Every actor's performance is absolutely superb. The dialogue crackles with excellence. It is so good that one could listen to it alone without the video portion. I know, I have. Whether watching of just listening, the experience sends chills up and down my spine.My obsession with this film is partly explained by my love for English history, and the conviction that Henry II was the greatest of that kingdom's monarchs. Notwithstanding that, this film should have won that year's Academy Award in every major category. I would love to see it re-released onto the big screen.
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Summary: Lion In Winter All-Time Favorite
Review: I concur with all the reviews I have read here. This is one of two movies I can watch any time, the other being the K. B. and E.T. "Much Ado About Nothing". I am desperately seeking a Vhs copy or original for my brother, if anyone has "The Lion..." for sale, please contact me at: Suzannefoote@netscape.net
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Summary: ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL !
Review: I was a teenager when I first saw this, and it was an "old" movie then....but this film is timeless, and the performances of the actors are untouchable! The entire movie is so engrossing, with it's costumes, dialogue, storyline, and actors, that anyone who watches, young or old, will be entranced....Peter O'Toole and Katherine Hepburn are absolutely STUNNING....not to mention Anthony Hopkins and a future James Bond....it's twenty years since I first saw this film, and I fall in love with it again every time I see it.
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Summary: O'Toole and Hepburn--you can't go wrong
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite films, and I can't say how disappointed I am that it is not available for purchase--I bet one can find any number of copies of Friday the 13th part 8 on video, but great classics get yanked. Anyhow, Katherine Hepburn and Peter O'Toole are fabulous as the famously conflicted royal couple Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitane. A really young Anthony Hopkins also stars as the (future) Richard the Lion Hearted. the film doesn't suffer from that 1960s glamorization of the medieval era--the sets and costumes are authentic. Hepburn is perfect as the strong willed and infamous Eleanor of Aquitane--and O'Toole holds more than his own as the king who married then imprisoned her. Pray that they rerelease this film--there aren't many out there that can hold a candle to it!
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Summary: One of the Best
Review: This is an amazing movie that deserves to be seen again and again. O'Toole and Hepburn! Please make this available on VHS!
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Summary: A Real Gem, Unsurpassed Performances, Dialogue, and Story
Review: This film is a continuation of King Henry of England,(see Thomas Beckett)it contains more poison wit than any other movie I have ever seen,you will need to sit through it several times to catch it all, but you won't mind, you'll treasure the time. O'Toole and Hepburn are at their very best. A must see for Anthony Hopkins fans, who plays a tormented oldest son of King Henry (Richard The Lion Hearted). The writters were brillant. After a brief opening the remainder of the film takes place at one location the Kings winter castle. How many movies do you know of that take place in one set and can keep your interest throughout? Even my teenage kids enjoyed this one, dispite the fact that its all dialogue. This is one of the few movies I can sit through time and again. Pray that this movie is re-issued its too great a movie not to be seen.
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