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The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

7.4/ 10

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395

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1968

Release Year

134 min

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Drama
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Overview

Henry II and his estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, battle over the choice of an heir.

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Keywords

infidelity
france
england
queen
castle
based on play or musical
richard the lionheart
unfaithfulness
mistress
king
spear
homoeroticism
christmas
12th century
eleanor of aquitaine
gay theme

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Reviews(2)

8.5avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

January 12, 2020

9
9/10

I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. The Lion in Winter is directed by Anthony Harvey and adapted to screenplay from his own play by James Goldman. It stars Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Merrow, John Castle, Anthony Hopkins

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

June 21, 2022

8
8/10

Katherine Hepburn is simply superb in this depiction of the truly dysfunctional relationship between Eleanor of Aquitaine, the estranged queen of England's King Henry II and her spouse. Peter O'Toole reprises his characterisation from "Becket" (1964), and together they spar and spat with aplomb. Aid

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