Becket / Paramount Pictures presents ; a Paramount and Keep Films co-production ; screenplay by Edward Anhalt ; produced by Hal Wallis ; directed by Peter Glenville.
Despite differences in rank and background, King Henry II and Thomas Becket are lifelong friends. The King is in constant conflict with the Church, which refuses to contribute financing to his wars in France, and jealously guards the tax-free status granted it by previous monarchs. When the Archbi...
| Uniform Title: | Becket (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies. |
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| Language: | English French Spanish |
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English |
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In English, dubbed Spanish or French with optional subtitles in English; SDH subtitles. |
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Hollywood, CA : [Orland Park, Ill.] :
Paramount Pictures : Distributed by MPI Home Video,
[2007], ©2007.
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| Series: | Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 150 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
Contents:
- Opening credits
- "In the year 1066"
- Noble Thomas Becket
- Thrill of the hunt
- Gwendolen's sweet voice
- Business before pleasure
- Inevitable conflict of interest
- New Archbishop of Canterbury
- Higher loyalty
- Friendship torn
- Excommunication leads to accusations
- Trial of Thomas Becket
- Exile
- Meeting of old friends
- King's heavy heart
- Return from exile
- Posthumous declaration.