Becket
- Original title
- Becket
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 147 min.
- Country
United Kingdom
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Edward Anhalt. Play: Jean Anouilh
- Cast
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- Richard Burton
- Peter O'Toole
- John Gielgud
- Donald Wolfit
- Véronique Vendell
- Martita Hunt
- Sian Phillips
- Pamela Brown
- Felix Aylmer
- Gino Cervi
- Paolo Stoppa
- David Weston
- Jennifer Hilary
- Roy Beck
- Percy Herbert
- Magda Konopka
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
- Genre
- Drama | Historical. Middle Ages. Religion. 12th Century. Friendship
- Synopsis
- King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pious cleric loyal to Rome and the Church, he will appoint his old drinking and wenching buddy, Thomas Becket, technically a deacon of the church, to the post. Unfortunately, Becket takes the job seriously and provides abler opposition to Henry than his predecessors were able to do. This leads to the famous "Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?"
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1964: Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay. 12 Nominations1964: Golden Globes: Best Movie and Actor - Drama (Peter O'Toole). 5 Nom.1964: BAFTA Awards: 3 Awards including Best Cinematography. 7 Nominations1964: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director1964: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Drama Screenplay1964: National Board of Review: Best Film
- Critics' reviews
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"Becket may seem like a movie of yesteryear, but its timeliness brims over with rousing, meditative discourses between Henry and the church leaders"
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"Everything that Doctor Strangelove is -- daring and inspired, vibrant and brilliantly staged -- Becket is not."
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"The pleasure of these two extravagantly gifted actors at the top of their game -- their diction! their conviction! their beauty! -- is enormous."
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"In 1964, the film's innuendo might have seemed daring; today it's close to ridiculous."
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