Henry V (Criterion Collection) (Fullscreen)
- Starring: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Renée Ashershon
- Director: Laurence Olivier
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Laurence Olivier's adaptation of Henry V is one of the finest Shakespeare films ever made, full of rousing action, beautiful colors and passionate performances. Henry V is the story of the newly crowned king of England who fights the French for possession of Normandy. Olivier's direction is inventive, beginning the film as if it were a performance at the Globe Theatre, and having it slowly expand so the final battle scenes take place in realistic settings. Released in 1944 during the height of World War II, Henry V didn't receive an American release until 1946, upon which Olivier won a special Academy Award for "his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen." Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide
Features
- Genre: Historical Film
- Category: Historical Epic
- Theme: Crowned Heads, Great Battles
- Release Date: June 22, 1999
- Studio: Criterion
- Lead Actors: Laurence Olivier, Robert Newton, Renée Ashershon, Esmond Knight, Leslie Banks
- Supporting Actors: Max Adrian, Ivy St. Helier, Leo Genn, Felix Aylmer, Janet Burnell, Gerald Case, Valentine Dyall, Roy Emerton, Jonathan Field, Frederick Cooper, Morland Graham, Vernon Greeves, Arthur Hambling, Jimmy Hanley, Nicholas Hannen, George Cole, Robert Helpmann, Freda Jackson, Griffith Jones, John Laurie
- Director: Laurence Olivier
- Picture Format: Pan & Scan
- Run Time: 2 hr 17 min
- Subtitle Language: English
- Format: DVD
Awards
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Awards: Academy Awards (1)
Nominations: Academy Awards (3)
Nominee: Academy Awards Best Actor 1946, Laurence Olivier
Additional Information
- DPCI: 246-00-1240
- ASIN: B002HMLUGC
- Catalog #: 11323621
- Item can not be gift wrapped.
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Laurence Olivier's Henry V confounded almost every assumption about bringing Shakespeare's work to the screen. In contrast to previous Shakespeare adaptations, it was fresh and lively--even challenging and daring--in its presentation and structure; it had fun with its subject, while other versions had been reverent and respectful; and it delighted audiences, scholars, and critics alike, becoming the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play to receive mostly enthusiastic reviews and turn a profit. Olivier made his movie in the middle of World War II, convincing the British government of the morale-boosting potential and propaganda uses of a good adaptation of the original play, about an English invasion of France in the 15th century; he then took off for the neutral wide-open spaces of Ireland with the best cast he could assemble from actors too old to be in uniform, a handful of actors borrowed from the armed services, highly sought-after Technicolor cameras, and a script that kept intact the core of Shakespeare's play. The movie earned him a special Academy Award. Equally important in broader historical terms, Henry V paved the way for all other Shakespeare films, from Olivier's versions of Hamlet, Richard III, and Othello through to Kenneth Branagh's more contemporary adaptations. Bruce Eder, All Movie Guide
