Henry V (1944) | |
| Director(s) | Laurence Olivier |
| Producer(s) | Dallas Bower (associate), Laurence Olivier, Filippo Del Giudice (uncredited), Herbert Smith (executive uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Drama, Film Adaptation, Historical, War |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Royalty |
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Henry V Overview:
Henry V (1944) was a Biographical - Drama Film directed by Laurence Olivier and produced by Laurence Olivier, Dallas Bower, Herbert Smith and Filippo Del Giudice.
Academy Awards 1946 --- Ceremony Number 19 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Laurence Olivier | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Paul Sheriff, Carmen Dillon | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | William Walton | Nominated |
| Best Picture | J. Arthur Rank-Two Cities Films | Nominated |
| Special Award | To Laurence Olivier for his outstanding achievement as actor, producer and director in bringing Henry V to the screen. | Won |
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Henry V (1989, Kenneth Branagh)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Jun 19, 2015 From The Stop ButtonDirector (and adapter) Branagh splits Henry V into three sections. They aren’t equal, they don’t match the act changes (usually); Branagh lets photographer Kenneth MacMillan open up the film to (outdoor) light while Patrick Doyle’s score becomes essential. The first outside, daylig... Read full article
Henry V (1944)
By Beatrice on Nov 19, 2014 From Flickers in TimeHenry V Directed by Laurence Olivier Written by William Shakespeare 1944/UK Two Cities Films Repeat viewing/Netflix rental #180 of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die Laurence Olivier’s debut as a director made Shakespeare as stirring and accessible as it would have been on stage and th... Read full article
Henry V
By Alyson on Mar 13, 2011 From The Best Picture ProjectI don?t think I was the best audience for this film. ?While I appreciate Shakespeare, so far in life I?ve gotten away with only a minimal study of a few selected works:?Romeo and Juliet, Julius Cesar, Hamlet and some?Shew on the side. ?Literature lover?s blasphemy, librarians will now give me the st... Read full article
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Chorus: O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention; a kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene. Then should the war-like Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, leashed in like hounds, would famine, word, and fire crouch for employment. But pardon, gentles all, the flat unraised spirits that hath dared on this unworthy scaffold to bring forth so great an object: can this cockpit hold the vasty fields of France? or may we cram within this wooden O
[gesturing around at the stage]
Chorus: the very casques that did affright the air at Agincourt? On your imaginary forces work: Suppose within the girdle of these walls are now confined two mighty monarchies, whose high upreared and abutting fronts the perilous narrow ocean parts asunder: Piece out our imperfections with your thoughts: Think when we talk of horses that you see them printing their proud hoofs in the receiving earth; for 'tis your thoughts that now must deck our kings, carry them here and there, jumping o'er times, turning the accomplishment of many years into an hour-glass: for the which supply, admit me Chorus to this history; who, prologue-like, your humble patience pray gently to hear, kindly to judge, our play.
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Facts about
John Gielgud asked Olivier to cast him as the Chorus in the film but Olivier declined, offering him the lesser role of the King of France instead. Gielgud turned down the offer.
This is the only one of the three Olivier-directed Shakespeare films in which the full title of the play was used in the opening credits.
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