Becket

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Label: Becket

Statement of responsibility: Paramount Pictures presents a Hal Wallis production, a Paramount and Keep Films co-production ; screenplay by Edward Anhalt ; produced by Hal Wallis ; directed by Peter Glenville

Creator

Becket (Motion picture)

Contributor

Actor

Cinematographer

Unsworth, Geoffrey, 1914-1978

Composer

Rosenthal, Laurence, 1926-

Costume designer

Furse, Margaret, 1911-1974

Film director

Glenville, Peter, 1913-1996

Film producer

Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986

Producer

Merrick, David, 1911-2000

Production company

Production designer

Bryan, John, 1911-1969

Screenwriter

Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000

Translator

Hill, Lucienne

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Language

Summary: 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

Awards note: Winner, 1964 Academy Awards for Best Writing: Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium--Edward Anhalt; Winner, 1965 Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture, Drama--Hal B. Wallis; Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama--Peter O'Toole; Winner, 1965 BAFTA Film Awards for Best British Costume, Colour--Margaret Furse; Best British Art Direction, Colour--John Bryan; Best British Cinematography, Colour--Geoffrey Unsworth.

Cataloging source: TEFMT

Characteristic: videorecording

Credits note: Director of photography, Geoffrey Unsworth ; editor, Anne V. Coates ; music, Laurence Rosenthal ; production design, John Bryan ; costume designer, Margaret Furse

Dewey number: 791.43/72

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Intended audience: MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13

Language note: In English, dubbed Spanish or French with optional subtitles in English

LC call number: PN1995.9.H5

LC item number: B43548 2007

PerformerNote: 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

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Runtime: 150

Technique: live action

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