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Becket

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Becket
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PG13,2hrs 28min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 26, 2007
Director:
Peter Glenville
Distributor:
Slowhand Releasing
Starring:
Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud  ...more
Synopsis: A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Richard Burton), a royal courtier and confidant whom Henry appoints as Archbishop of Canterbury. As Becket takes his duties with the Church seriously, he finds himself increasingly at odds with the King, who finally orders the death of his once-close companion when he continues to defy the throne. Burton is very good and O'Toole is even ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Betzold, AMG Review
In 1964, Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton were the two biggest British film acting stars, and they were paired in an historical epic about the friendship between King Henry II (O'Toole) and Thomas à Becket (Burton). The film, directed flawlessly if staidly by Peter Glenville, was based on a bitterly sardonic stage play by Jean Anouilh. The movie is less edgy and features much talk and little action, ... Full Review
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Richard Burton
Thomas Becket
Peter O'Toole
Henry II, King Henry II
John Gielgud
King Louis VII, Louis VII
Donald Wolfit
Bishop Folliot
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