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9
Drama 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 ... [+]
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May 22, 2007
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Cuesta creer que estos dos genios del cine no tengan oscars.
Enfrentamiento entre el arzobispo de Canterbury Beckett ( Richard Burton) y el rey de Inglaterra Enrique II ( Peter O`Toole), a partir de la obra de Anouilh. Uno de los grandes clásicos del cine histórico inglés, meritorio en cuanto logra trascender inteligentemente el obvio origen teatral de la historia. Para observadores, reconocer en qué planos Burton y O´Toole interpretaban borrachos y en cuáles no, son más o menos el cincuenta por ciento.
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