Henry V [Criterion Collection]
Features:
- Audio commentary by film historian Bruce Eder
- Theatrical trailer
- "Shakespearean Royalty," a chronology of England's rulers
- Stills galleries: the "Book of Hours" and production photos
- Subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
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- Side #1
- Play the Movie
- Commentary
- Introduction
- An overview
- HENRY'S Structure
- The language barrier
- The play-within-a-film
- Flesh and blood Shakespeare
- Backstage at the Globe Playhouse
- Taking the stage
- Strategic flubs and foibles
- The 16th's Century's vision of 15th-Century hero
- An Elizabethan consciousness
- Leslie Banks/The Globe's reality
- Robert Newton and Ancient Pistol
- The film opens up
- Cuts in the play, Part One
- Falstaff, Oldcastle, and Fastolf
- Les Trés Riches Hueres Du Duc De Berry
- The Court of England vs. The Court of France
- Recreating 15th-century art on film
- A famous speech
- Bravery on a low budget
- The Gaelic Portrayals
- Cuts in the play, part two
- Vivien Leigh and Renee Asherson
- A 15-century film
- The realistic segments
- The movie's origins-the BBC
- The struggle to make Henry V
- Elizabethan ideals/Photographing Henry V
- French bravado
- The Eisenstein connection/Henry's courage
- Shooting a heroic speech
- Shooting a battle
- Chivalry violated, knighthood destroyed
- Sir William Walton and the music
- Music, part two
- Cuts in the play, part three
- Artists and designers
- The Shakespearean chronology
- HENRY V's Influence
- The finale
- End Credits
- Shakespearean Royalty
- "Book of Hours"
- Production Photos
- Theatrical Trailer
- Color Bars
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- Side #1
- 0. Chapters
- 1. Logos [:29]
- 2. Opening Credits [:35]
- 3. Stratford-on-Avon [1:54]
- 4. The Globe Playhouse [1:58]
- 5. Curtain up: "O for a muse of fire..." [2:25]
- 6. "The king is full of grace and fair regard" [4:09]
- 7. Backstage at the Globe [:54]
- 8. Enter King Henry V [:57]
- 9. Henry's claim on France [4:34]
- 10. The clergy's promise [:44]
- 11. "This mock of his hath turned these balls to gun stones!" [4:01]
- 12. Chorus: "Now all the youth of England are on fire..." [1:15]
- 13. The Boar's Head-Ancient Pistol [5:09]
- 14. Chorus: "Unto Southampton do we change our scene" [:07]
- 15. "The signs of war advance-no King of England, if not King of France!" [1:16]
- 16. The death of Falstaff [1:03]
- 17. Chorus: "Suppose that you have seen a well-appointed king..." [7:04]
- 18. The court of France [1:01]
- 19. A message from Henry [3:37]
- 20. Chorus: "Work, work your thoughts and therein see a sea" [2:33]
- 21. "Once more unto the breach!" [:26]
- 22. The four captains [3:02]
- 23. Henry's conquest [4:19]
- 24. Katherine learns English [1:24]
- 25. The French war council [5:20]
- 26. Mountjoy's warning to Henry [:32]
- 27. Chorus: "Now entertain conjecture of a time..." [1:48]
- 28. Dauphin's horse and armor [3:04]
- 29. "A little touch of Harry in the night" [1:23]
- 30. St. Crispin's Day: "Come come, away-the sun is high" [4:37]
- 31. "If we are mark'd to die we are enow to do our country loss" [16:49]
- 32. "...they shall have none, I swear, but these my bones..." [1:13]
- 33. The battle of Agincourt [2:36]
- 34. "I was not angry since I came to France, until this instant" [4:31]
- 35. Henry's victory: The Agincourt Song [7:24]
- 36. "O God, Thy arm was here" [2:43]
- 37. Pistol's exit [1:40]
- 38. Sealing peace with the French [1:59]
- 39. Henry woos Katherine [5:16]
- 40. The marriage of two kingdoms [1:10]
- 41. Chorus: "...this star of England..." [4:14]
- 42. End Credits [9:47]
Year released: 1944
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Pan and Scan for TV
Length: 137
Sound: 1/5.1
Subtitles: Eng
Studio: Criterion