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- Original title
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Becket
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 148 min.
- Country
 United Kingdom- Director
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- Screenwriter
Edward Anhalt. Play: Jean Anouilh - Music
Laurence Rosenthal - Cinematography
Geoffrey Unsworth - 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
- Producer
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Co-production United Kingdom-United States;
Wallis-Hazen, Paramount Pictures, Keep Films
- Genre
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Drama | Historical. Middle Ages. Religion. 12th Century
- 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?"
- Rankings Position
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- Awards
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1964: Oscar: Best Adapted Screenplay. 12 Nominations
1964: Golden Globes: Best Movie and Actor - Drama (Peter O'Toole). 5 Nom.
1964: BAFTA Awards: 3 Awards including Best Cinematography. 7 Nominations
1964: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director
1964: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Best Drama Screenplay
1964: National Board of Review: Best Film
1964: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Screenplay
- 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"
Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
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"Everything that Doctor Strangelove is -- daring and inspired, vibrant and brilliantly staged -- Becket is not."
Mark Feeney: Boston Globe
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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."
Carrie Rickey: Philadelphia Inquirer
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"In 1964, the film's innuendo might have seemed daring; today it's close to ridiculous."
Ed Gonzalez: Village Voice
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