TY  - ADVS
AU  - Anhalt,Edward
AU  - Anouilh,Jean
AU  - Aylmer,Felix
AU  - Brown,Pamela
AU  - Burton,Richard
AU  - Cervi,Gino
AU  - Coates,Anne V.
AU  - Dyce,Hamilton
AU  - Gielgud,John
AU  - Glenville,Peter
AU  - Herbert,Percy
AU  - Hilary,Jennifer
AU  - Hunt,Martita
AU  - Jeffrey,Peter
AU  - MacGinnis,Niall
AU  - Merrick,David
AU  - Miller,Michael
AU  - O'Toole,Peter
AU  - Pettingell,Frank
AU  - Phillips,John
AU  - Phillips,Siân
AU  - Rhodes,Christopher
AU  - Rosenthal,Laurence
AU  - Stoppa,Paolo
AU  - Unsworth,Geoffrey
AU  - Vendell,Véronique
AU  - Wallis,Hal B.
AU  - Wolfit,Donald
ED  - Keep Films (Firm)
ED  - MPI Home Video (Firm)
ED  - Paramount Pictures Corporation.
TI  - Becket
SN  - 0788604708
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Hollywood, CA, [Orland Park, IL]
PB  - Paramount Pictures, Distributed by MPI Home Video
KW  - Henry
KW  - Thomas,
KW  - Christian saints
KW  - Drama
KW  - Kings and rulers
KW  - Loyalty
KW  - England
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 1066-1485
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - Henry II, 1154-1189
KW  - Biographical films
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Film adaptations
KW  - Historical films
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
N1  - Based upon the play "Becket" by Jean Anouilh, as translated by Lucienne Hill and produced on the New York stage by David Merrick; Special features: Stills gallery [slide show]; Trailer (5 min.); Interview with composer Laurence Rosenthal [featurette] (13 min.); Interview with editor Anne Coates [featurette] (8 min.); TV spot (30 sec.); Richard Burton interviewed by Ludovic Kennedy (1977) [featurette] (13 min.); Richard Burton interviewed by Kenneth Tynan (1967) [b&w featurette] (14 min.); Commentary with Peter O'Toole [audio feature]; Opening credits -- "In the year 1066" -- Noble Thomas Becket -- Thrill of the hunt -- Gwendolen's sweet voice -- Business before pleasure -- Inevitable conflict of interest -- New Archbishop of Canterbury -- Higher loyalty -- Friendship torn -- Excommunication leads to accusations -- Trial of Thomas Becket -- Exile -- Meeting of old friends -- King's heavy heart -- Return from exile -- Posthumous declaration; Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, Laurence Rosenthal ; production designer, John Bryan ; art director, Maurice Carter ; costume designer, Margaret Furse; Richard Burton (Becket), Peter O'Toole (the King), John Gielgud (King Louis of France), Gino Cervi (the Cardinal), Paolo Stoppa (the Pope), Donald Wolfit (Bishop Folliot), David Weston, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown, Percy Herbert, Sian Phillips, Inigo Jackson, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis, Christopher Rhodes, John Phillips, Frank Pettingell, Veronique Vendell, Jennifer Hilary, David Davenport, Hamilton Dyce, Peter Jeffrey, Michael Miller, Peter Prowse, Jack Taylor; Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964; MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for some sexual content and violence
N2  - Despite differences in rank and background, King Henry II and Thomas Becket are lifelong friends. The King is in constant conflict with the Church, which refuses to contribute financing to his wars in France, and jealously guards the tax-free status granted it by previous monarchs. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, Henry has a brilliant idea: rather than another pious cleric loyal to Rome, he will appoint his old friend, Thomas Becket--technically a deacon--to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously, holding devotion to God and the Church above his loyalty to the throne, or the person of its inhabitant. In opposition to Henry, he proves abler than his predecessors do, and the clash of two powerful personalities leads to destruction
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