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This GREAT epic based on historical facts is now available in Blu-ray format. Buy it ONLY from Amazon, com if you wish to save money.
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I want to offer a couple of quick comments rather than a long-winded essay. I recommend this film heartily to anyone who loves history, loves the medieval period, loves Burton and O'Toole at their brio-filled best, loves castles with burning torches mounted on the walls. I first saw the movie in the '60s, saw it again in the '70s, lost track of it, and came upon the new DVD recently. For my money, the film has aged very well. It's essentially timeless. Historical accuracy be damned - this movie captures the romance of history, the myth of history, the wonderful pleasure of history, and really pays no heed to historical accuracy, and thank God for that. Several of the scenes rank among the finest ever filmed - I think especially of Becket and Henry on the beach, and the death scene. At times the picture is a bit talky; these times are brief. John Geilgud is very fine - I remembered his sequence as boring, but seen now, it works beautifully. Burton is perfect. O'Toole is riveting - a spectacular combination of gorgeous majesty and odd subterranean faultlines. I hesitate to call the movie a masterpiece - it's not quite that - but it's certainly worthy of four stars, which is pretty much my maximum number.
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Based on historical fact, this is a classic! Peter O'Toole shines as the ego-centric King Henry II and Richard Burton is amazing as Becket, the King's one-time friend who places honor above all. We are still embroiled in the separation of Church and State issues upon which the conflict between King Henry II and Beckett was based, causing this to be a timeless movie, it's premise as true today as it was almost 1000 years ago.
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I was amazed how quickly the film, Becket, arrived after I clicked on the one-click button ! It's in fine shape, too. Thankyou. J. Comito
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It is incredible to see a film from 1964 restored to the screen so beautifully. I have both the DVD and the Blu-ray and the higher resolution only reveals more gorgeous detail, not flaws in the film. Films half or a quarter the age of Becket would look so much better with this film restoration treatment than they do when with just the tranfer to Blu-ray. I wish they would do this for Lion in Winter.
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