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List Price: $14.98Amazon.com's Price: $10.49 You Save: $4.49 (30%)as of 03/22/2010 03:52 EDT
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HEPBURN,KATHARINE
EAN: 9780792849209
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792849205
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: MGMD1001587D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 19, 2001
Running Time: 134 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1968
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Product Description:
Christmas 1183--an aging & conniving king henry ii plans a reunion where he hopes to name his successor. He summons his wife his mistress & his three sons all of whom desire the throne. Everyone engages in their own brand of deception & treachery to stake their claim. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 09/21/2004 Starring: Peter Otoole Anthony Hopkins Run time: 135 minutes Rating: Pg
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In this 12th-century version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Henry II of England (Peter O'Toole) and his wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katharine Hepburn), meet on Christmas Eve to discuss the future of the throne. These two are having slight marital problems, as she is kept in captivity most of the year for raising a rebellion against him, and he flaunts his young mistress. Then there are the problems raised by their three treacherous and traitorous sons.
James Goldman won an Oscar® for the brilliant screenplay, based on his Broadway play. It is a tad wordy, as the action is kept to a minimum, but those words are sharp as daggers. The humor is wicked and black and delivered with very dry, dead-on precision. Sparks fly and the screen sizzles whenever Hepburn and O'Toole tango, which is often. Both were nominated for Academy Awards® for their vigorous performances. (She won; he didn't.) There's also an infamous homo-erotic exchange between Philip of France (Timothy Dalton) and Richard the Lionhearted (Anthony Hopkins). Both actors were making their feature-film debuts. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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I will add my comment to the list. It is just A+ all around. Kate getting her award which broke records. And Peter who should have won also , but didnt.. The film is always on my top list of ten best films. Although my list gets longer . Lion in Winter always make the the top ten... A word of warning though. This is the best one. Yes Glenn Close does a great job in the newer version . That movie kind of falls flap. And there to much space between lines drives me nuts. I can watch this a million ... Read More
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Amazing how good the older productions were with actors and not special effects. Truly a great film
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I think that this is probably the best acting I've ever seen... Hepburn and O'Toole are marvelous, though in no small part because the script is one of the best ever written. While one could watch this movie at any time of the year, I choose to make it part of my Christmas season viewing. I think anyone's family will look a tad bit better in comparison to this one? I give it 6 stars for essential purchasing!
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"The Lion in Winter"
Hepburn and O'Toole Rule
Amos Lassen
I rate "The Lion in Winter" my favorite movie of all time and watching it again last night made me again realize what a wonderful cinematic experience it is. After all with Katherine Hepburn as Eleanor of Aquitaine and Peter O'Toole as Henry II, how could it not be great?
The film revolves around Henry's deciding the succession of his crown and he has to consider his three sons, John, Geoffrey and ... Read More
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I love this movie. The dialogue in this movie is amazing. Peter O'Toole reprises his role as Henry ll albeit a much older one. Katherine Hepburn is magnificent as Eleanor of Aquitaine. The repartee between these two seasoned actors is lively and fast paced. A very young Anthony Hopkins plays young Richard the Lionheart.
The movie displays somewhat accurate living conditions of the time such as Henry breaking the ice off the water in the bedroom to splash his face.
The acting ... Read More
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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HEPBURN,KATHARINE
EAN: 9780792849209
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792849205
Item Dimensions:
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Languages:
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
MPN: MGMD1001587D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 19, 2001
Running Time: 134 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: October 30, 1968