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The Lion in Winter

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The Lion in Winter
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PG,2hrs 14min
Release:
1968
Director:
Anthony Harvey
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow  ...more
Synopsis: The year is 1183. Like many a modern-day politician, Britain's King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) finds it occasionally useful to take his wife out of mothballs and parade her before the public. Henry's Queen Eleanor (Katharine Hepburn), long exiled to a faraway castle, is "invited" to join Henry and their three sons for a family reunion. In this way, Henry hopes to maintain a stronghold on his Empire and to prevent the balance of power from shifting to Eleanor or to one of his sons: Richard the Lion-Hearted ... Full Synopsis
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Mike Cummings
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Barbed tongues wound to the quick in this James Goldman screenplay about England's King Henry II (1133-1189) and his dysfunctional family. Peter O'Toole dominates the film with his forceful portrayal of the legendary Henry. As ruler of a vast Anglo-Norman kingdom, the 50-year-old monarch holds sway over all that he sees -- except his wife and three sons. At Christmas, the family gathers in Chinon, ... Full Review
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Peter O'Toole
Henry II
Katharine Hepburn
Eleanor Of Aquitaine
Jane Merrow
Princess Alais
John Castle
Prince Geoffrey
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