The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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Actor: Anthony Quayle, Bernard Hepton, Keith Michell, Patrick Troughton, Sheila BurrellBrand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 540 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Product features:
- A chronicle of England's turbulent years of the early 16th century recounting the life and times of the vibrant and lusty King Henry VIII in a cycle of six plays. Stars Keith Michell in his Emmy Award-winning performance as Henry VIII and features a 90-minute "bonus drama", The Other Boleyn Girl, based on the popular Philippa Gregory novel.Running Time: 630 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?
DVD Reviews of The Six Wives of Henry VIII
DVD Review: I love it!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
the plot how keith mitchell plays king henery is wonderful.I saw this when it first came out on pbs in the 70's and I loved every minute of it. the actresses who played the wives were wonderful also.DVD Review: Simply the best
Summary: 5 Stars
This is simply the best portrayal of the King, his wives, the life, and the times ever done. Historically accurate, beautifully cast, well written, and performed marvellously, this series offers true insight into the people and the age. Skip THE TUDORS! This is it! DVD Review: A Monarch For All Seasons
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this series when it aired on CBS and later on Masterpiece Theatre. It is as remarkable and memorable today as it was originally.
It is always important to remember that the story lines of these wives are not always 100% historically accurate, but they are very, very entertaining.
The cast was superb, and having the same actors/actresses portraying significant characters like Kranmer, Cromwell, the Seymour brothers, Lady Rochford, etc., added to the overall enjoyment. Keith Michell's Henry the Eighth greatly overshadows Charles Laughton's Oscar-winning portrayal of this monarch.
DVD Review: A stroll down Memory Lane
Summary: 5 Stars
When Tudors showed each week, I remembered a BBC series I enjoyed in the 70's about Henry VIII. I ordered it and enjoyed it as much as the first time I saw it. The series was the first of it's kind and was a big deal back then. Here in 2009, the series seems very old fashioned, but it was factual and I think the costumes are better than the Tudor series. Keith Mitchell, who played Henry, was made to look exactly like the king, which made it believable. Keith Mitchell also acted brilliantly in the different physical changes the actual king went thru and I think, after Henry's accident to his leg and getting obese and his wound so putrid all the time, how did those poor young women that he married, endure it! If anyone wishes to buy this series, I think you will feel as though you are actually looking thru a window and watching the great Henry himself. This is one memory lane that I love to stroll down! Excellent! Also, at this time, a weekly series of Elizabeth R came out on BBC. Glenda Jackson portrays her exactly how she really looked.
Pat S.
Florida
DVD Review: The Six Wives of Henry VIII as seen on PBS in the mid 70's
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellently done and historically accurate. For an English History Major, this is a must. There are a few camera mistakes, but you can overlook this because the drama keeps true to historical fact. This would be an excellent teaching aide.
Description of The Six Wives of Henry VIII
A chronicle of England's turbulent years of the early 16th century recounting the life and times of the vibrant and lusty King Henry VIII in a cycle of six plays. Stars Keith Michell in his Emmy Award-winning performance as Henry VIII and features a 90-minute "bonus drama" The Other Boleyn Girl based on the popular Philippa Gregory novel.Running Time: 630 min.System Requirements:Running Time 90 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Rating:?NR UPC:?794051245427 Manufacturer No:?E2454A British television series originally broadcast on CBS (and rebroadcast on PBS) in America in 1971, The Six Wives of Henry VIII remains a painless way to learn something about royal history and its impact on the political and religious landscape of England. Keith Michell stars as King Henry VIII, who assumes the throne as a boy after the death of his older brother and inherits the latter's Spanish betrothed, Catherine of Aragon (Annette Crosbie), as well. Growing up and increasingly complicated in personality, with an ever-growing appetite for elusive happiness as well as power and food, Henry maneuvers (and is maneuvered by) forces around him to break from Rome and create the Church of England, in part to accommodate his wish for a divorce.
Each story of the king's successive brides takes up an entire episode in the series. Dorothy Tutin plays the doomed Anne Boleyn, Anne Stallybrass is Henry's favorite, Jane Seymour, Elvi Hale is Anne of Cleves, Angela Pleasence is Catherine Howard, and Rosalie Crutchley plays last-in-line Catherine Parr. A very large and fine supporting cast adds intrigue and extra layers of tragedy to the proceedings, especially John Baskcomb as Cardinal Wolsey, Wolfe Morris as Thomas Cromwell, and Ralph Bates as Thomas Culpepper. Each 90-minute episode was crafted by a different writer, but the series holds together very well under Keith Michell's dazzling performance as the despicable if sympathetic Henry, whose emotional arc over many years and losses is something to see. --Tom Keogh
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