Becket
by Peter Glenville
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Actor: Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Paolo Stoppa, Peter O'Toole, Richard BurtonDirector: Peter Glenville
Brand: MPI
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Published), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; French (Published), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 150 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-15
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MPI Home Video
DVD Reviews of Becket
DVD Review: Becket film
Summary: 5 Stars
I was amazed how quickly the film, Becket, arrived after I clicked on the one-click button ! It's in fine shape, too. Thankyou. J. ComitoDVD Review: Beautiful Restoration and Transfer to Blu-ray
Summary: 5 Stars
It is incredible to see a film from 1964 restored to the screen so beautifully. I have both the DVD and the Blu-ray and the higher resolution only reveals more gorgeous detail, not flaws in the film. Films half or a quarter the age of Becket would look so much better with this film restoration treatment than they do when with just the tranfer to Blu-ray. I wish they would do this for Lion in Winter.DVD Review: Becket
Summary: 5 Stars
In my opinion this is one of the finest movies ever made. Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton gave performances unmatched anywhere. DVD Review: Blu-ray is a dud
Summary: 1 Stars
This is a review of the blu-ray only. Becket is a fine film, no doubt about that, but the blu-ray has suffered from some terrible processing decisions. Just about everything is outlined with a halo because of Edge Enhancement and grain is missing, faces are smooth and picture seems slightly out of focus because of the excessive use of Digital Noise Reduction. Shame. Probably would have been beautiful if they'd left the grain intact and refrained from using EE. DVD Review: Becket is great
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the greatest movies about the conflicts between church and state. This was the beginning of temporal law over all, and it is made clear what that conflict between Henry II and Thomas aBecket was not just personal, but due to their loyalties. Burton also has some great lines - like occupiers should never drive the occupied to despair, but to corruption. Buy it.
Description of Becket
Splendid production of famous play about turbulent relationship between thomas becket and his king henry ii of england. Studio: Mpi Home Video Release Date: 05/15/2007 Starring: Richard Burton Peter Otoole Run time: 150 minutes Rating: NrMade in 1964, but set in 12th-century England, this is the fact-based story of Henry II (Peter O'Toole) and his dear friend, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Richard Burton). When the king appoints his former drinking buddy to the high religious office, he believes he has placed an ally into power. Instead, he learns that Thomas very much takes his job to heart, prompting Henry to ask that fateful question--"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"
This won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, and it is a strong example of finely tuned performances--both leading men received Academy Award nominations for their roles. There is much passion and rage on the screen, but the beauty of their performances is that we always know that love is there as well. The film, shot on location in England, is also visually appealing. Trivia buffs may be interested to know that Peter O'Toole played Henry II four years later in The Lion in Winter. --Rochelle O'Gorman
The primary bonus feature is a treat: a feature-length commentary by Peter O'Toole, accompanied by a moderator. With only occasional gaps of silence, the still sharp and well-spoken O'Toole recalls the making of the film, how he didn't research the historical King Henry ("The author has made the character; that's his job. My job is to play it."), and his memories of Richard Burton, both personal ("We found that we both enjoyed rugby, we both enjoyed songs, and we both enjoyed drinking, and got along very well.") and professional ("he had an astonishing presence on the stage"). There are also two archival interviews with Burton from 1967 and 1977 (26 minutes total), in which he doesn't discuss Becket, but he does say a lot about his life on stage, he recites some lines, and speaks candidly about his drinking problem.
Don't skip over the interviews with the film's editor Anne Coates and composer Laurence Rosenthal. Coates (7 minutes) has some good stories, and Rosenthal (12 minutes) discusses the influences on his Oscar-nominated score and how he had to teach Gregorian chant to Burton ("He was one of these people whom you really can't teach anything. He had this characteristic that you can only remind him of something he already knows. But he didn't know how to sing Gregorian chant."). In addition to a photo gallery and the four-and-a-half-minute theatrical trailer, MPI's long-delayed DVD looks better than many major-studio classics. --David Horiuchi
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