Becket e il suo re

Titolo originale: Becket

1964
T
2h 28min

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Nell'Inghilterra del XII secolo Enrico II nomina arcivescovo di Canterbury il suo grande amico Thomas Becket, già suo cancelliere. L'intento è di unire il clero e la corona. I rapporti tra i... Leggi tuttoNell'Inghilterra del XII secolo Enrico II nomina arcivescovo di Canterbury il suo grande amico Thomas Becket, già suo cancelliere. L'intento è di unire il clero e la corona. I rapporti tra i due si guastano: prima la libertà della Chiesa, poi l'amicizia.Nell'Inghilterra del XII secolo Enrico II nomina arcivescovo di Canterbury il suo grande amico Thomas Becket, già suo cancelliere. L'intento è di unire il clero e la corona. I rapporti tra i due si guastano: prima la libertà della Chiesa, poi l'amicizia.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

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Vincitore di 1 Oscar
- 14 vittorie e 23 candidature totali

Quiz
Richard Burton initially turned this movie down because he felt the press would have a field day over the idea of him playing a saint. He also said he would be more suited to playing Henry II.

Blooper
Thomas Becket was a Norman (Thomas Bequet), not a Saxon. Jean Anouilh based the play's script on Augustin Thierry's 1825 work "The History of the Conquest of England by the Normans", which presumed that Becket was a Saxon. Anouilh admitted he'd learned the truth after completing the play, but decided to leave it as is because it made for a better story.

Citazioni
Thomas a Becket: Tonight you can do me the honor of christening my forks.
King Henry II: Forks?
Thomas a Becket: Yes, from Florence. New little invention. It's for pronging meat and carrying it to the mouth. It saves you dirtying your fingers.
King Henry II: But then you dirty the fork.
Thomas a Becket: Yes, but it's washable.
King Henry II: So are your fingers. I don't see the point.

Versioni alternative
Two different versions of the closing "A Paramount Release" card exist - one print has these words appear inside the standard Paramount logo of the time superimposed in red, while another has these words as plain text with a small version of a completely different Paramount logo (with a full circle of stars), also in red, beneath them.

Connessioni
Featured in Precious Images (1986)

Colonne sonore
Dies Irae
(Medieval Latin Hymn)

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Collaboration and Honor

In 1066, William the Conqueror crossed from France with his Norman Army and conquered the Saxons of Britain. His grandson King Henry II (Peter O'Toole) recalls his friendship with the minion Saxon Thomas Becket (Richard Burton), a man without honor that prioritizes the pleasure life and is his adviser and companion in promiscuity and bender. Henry II has a troubled relationship with the Catholic Church and when the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, the king decides to appoint Becket to the position to dominate the Church. However, Becket finds his honor in the faith for God and takes seriously his position, defending the interests of the Church. Henry II develops an ambiguous love and hate feeling for his former friend and in hatred he decides the fate of Becket.

"Becket" is a great biographical movie that won an Oscar (Best Writing), had eleven nominations to the Oscar among several awards and nominations in other film festivals. Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton have top- notch performances and deserve their nominations. I believe people that have studied this historical period of England would appreciate it more since they certainly know how faithful the biographies of King Henry II and Thomas Becket are. This DVD has been recently released in Brazil by Cine Art Distributor and has many Extras including and interview with Richard Burton. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Becket"