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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

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

Publisher, Date:

[Orland Park, Ill.] : MPI Home Video, 2007.

Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 150 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

Henry II surprises England by naming his fellow rogue and trusted confidant Thomas Becket as Chancellor. But when Henry next appoints him Archbishop of Canterbury, Becket shocks the world by openly defying the King with his newfound faith and compassion. Will a desperate ruler now destroy a beloved friend to save his splintering kingdom?

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content and violence.

Subjects:

Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 -- Drama.

Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170 -- Drama.

Privy councils -- England -- Drama.

Gran Bretaña -- Reyes y soberanos -- Teatro.

Inglaterra -- Vida social y costumbres -- 1066-1485 -- Teatro.

Feature films.

Historical films.

Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.

England -- Social life and customs -- 1066-1485 -- Drama.

Other Author:

Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986.

Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000.

Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996.

O'Toole, Peter, 1932-2013

Burton, Richard, 1925-1984.

Gielgud, John, 1904-2000.

Wolfit, Donald, 1902-1968.

Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969.

Brown, Pamela, 1917-1975.

Anouilh, Jean, 1910-1987. Becket.

Merrick, David, 1911-2000.

MPI Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

Based on the Broadway play "Becket" by Jean Anouilh ; produced upon the stage by David Merrick.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.

"Restored by the Academy Film Archive Restoration Funding provided by The Film Foundation." -- Container.

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.

Peter O'Toole, Richard Burton, John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown.

DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

English (Dolby 5.1, Dolby 2.0), French (Dolby 2.0) or Spanish (Dolby 2.0) dialogue with optional English subtitles.

ISBN:

0788604708

9780788604706

Publisher Number:

DVD1053

Other Number:

79834416

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

193983

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Becket

Medium:

[videorecording]