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BECKET E IL SUO RE
(Becket)
1964, regia di Peter Glenville
Scheda: Nazione: GB - Produzione: Hal Wallis Productions, Keep Films, Paramount Pictures - Distribuzione: Paramount Pictures, VCI Home Video - Soggetto: Jean Anouilh - Sceneggiatura: Jean Anouilh, Edward Anhalt - Fotografia: Geoffrey Unsworth - Montaggio: Anne V. Coates - Art Director: Maurice Carter - Costumi: Margaret Furse - Musiche: Laurence Rosenthal - Formato: Technicolor - Durata: 148' (97').
Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Felix Aylmer, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa, Geoffrey Bayldon, Pamela Brown, Hamilton Dyce, Percy Herbert, Jennifer Hilary, Martita Hunt, Inigo Jackson, Linda Marlowe, Patrick Newell, Riggs O'Hara, Frank Pettingell, John Phillips, Sian Phillips, Edward Woodward.
Trama e commenti:
cinematografo.it
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Dizionario Farinotti
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kataweb.it:
«Nell'Inghilterra
del XII secolo Enrico II nomina arcivescovo di Canterbury il suo grande amico
Thomas Becket, gią suo cancelliere. L'intento č di unire il clero e la
corona. I rapporti tra i due si guastano: prima la libertą della Chiesa, poi
l'amicizia. Sette
nomination ma un solo Oscar per E. Anhalt che riscrisse con sagacia il noto
dramma di J. Anouilh.
Teatro in scatola con un
superbo duetto di protagonisti. Tutti gli altri OK. Accurata la scenografia
Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review:
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tvguide.com: «This
notable improvement over the stage-bound Anouilh play recounts the story of
two great friends turned unintentional foes, Becket (Richard Burton) and
Henry II (Peter O'Toole). Becket is Henry's chancellor until consecrated
Archbishop of Canterbury, almost in jest, by Henry. Becket takes the job
seriously and defends the church from royal onslaught. The two men drift
further apart as Becket goes deeper into his ecclesiastical role, and the
king realizes that his former friend must be killed after the two men meet
for an attempted reconciliation in a wonderful scene on horseback at a
British beach. Ostensibly a story regarding the separation of church and
state, Anouilh and Anhalt followed history closely and added their own
undercurrent of homoerotic tension between the men, although this is so
subtle that it was lost on many viewers. All technical credits are excellent
and so are the performances. Many wonderful touches abound, including the
scene wherein forks are introduced to the court...
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