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The crowning achievement of Orson Welles's extraordinary film career that was the culmination of the filmmaker's lifelong obsession with Shakespeare's ultimate rapscallion, Sir John Falstaff. Usually a comic supporting figure, Falstaff; the loyal, often soused friend of King Henry IV's wayward son Prince Hal, here becomes the focus: a robustly funny and ultimately tragic screen antihero played by Welles with looming, lumbering grace.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) Drama

Great Britain History Henry IV, 1399-1413 Drama

Great Britain History Henry V, 1413-1422 Drama

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Drama Feature films Historical films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Criterion collection The Criterion collection

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ISBN:

9781681431918

Description:

2 videodiscs (116 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical monaural
video file DVD video
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: Not rated

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1966
Widescreen (1.66:1)
Special features: Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of "The magic world of Orson Wells"; New interview with actor Keith Baxter; New interview with director Orson Welle's daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age seven; New interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of "What ever happended to Orson Welles?"; Interview with Welles while at work editing the film, from a 1965 episode of "The Merv Griffin Show"; Trailer
Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, Sir John Gielgud, Marina Vlady, Fernando Rey
DVD

Control Number:

1644358

UPC:

715515184410

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor
Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, actor
Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994, actor
Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972, actor
Vlady, Marina, 1938- actor
Welles, Orson, 1915-1985, film director, actor

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