Becket | | Cast : | Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud | | Director : | Peter Glenville | | Studio : | | | Format : | | | Released Date : | March 11, 1964 | | DVD Released Date : | April 04, 2000 | | Language : | | | Audience Rating : | NR (Not Rated) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 14, 2005 | | Summary | The war between the State and the Church | Content
 | This is a story worth telling of how friendship can lead to tragedy. Both O'Toole and Burton were first rate in this film about who shall reign supreme in England. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 26, 2005 | | Summary | Still no DVD??? | Content
| I've been waiting for this movie for years to come out on DVD. I've had my hopes up when it was (supposedly) available to pre-order at Amazon back in 2003 and 2004. As soon as the so-called release date approached, the studio changed it's mind for whatever reason.
This is one of Richard Burton's best films. Same goes for Peter O'Toole. It's ironic that both actors were nominated 8 times for an Academy Award yet neither one won it. I hope we don't have to wait for 8 different "nominated" release-dates of this movie before we actually get to buy our own DVD copy ... |
| Rating | | | Date | June 17, 2005 | | Summary | Still waiting . . . | Content
| I have waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and WAITED for this film to come out on DVD. Come to that, it would have been excellent if we could have had it on VHS in the UK during all these years since it was made.
For many years this was my favourite film of all, in fact it might still be if I could only see it again. I hear now that it may only be available in Zone 1 when it does appear. Typical! British story, British setting, British director, British cast, and we can't see it, courtesy of 20th Century Fox. So much for any special relationship! |
| Rating | | | Date | June 10, 2005 | | Summary | A splendid telling of the legendary Archbishop of Cantebury | Content
| I don't know if Thomas Becket ever existed in real life, but this is still a good telling of his life, and that God is the only one who doesn't fail. The story begins when Becket and King Henry the second are young men, and the best of friends, and how Becket is portrayed as the servant friend, and anchor that Henry so needs. However, this friendship is tested as Henry makes Becket the new Archbishop of Cantebury figuring that Henry could use Becket as a puppet Archbishop, and he could get whatever he wanted from anyone he wanted. This would backfire though as Becket proves to be more of an Archbishop than Henry wants him to be, and it's not done for show Becket really means this that he's making the commitment that he's going to commit to God this service, and a young man who almost tore Becket apart earlier in the movie now sees this, and becomes his servant, and companion. Henry seething with anger that Becket is going to do his job for real still hopes he can make Becket fall back into doing his will, but when it doesn't look like it will happen Becket pays the ultimate price with his life as Henry arranges for Becket's death. In the end however, Henry is filled with anger and rage that it had to come to Becket's death, but at the same time there's reverence in Henry, and he declares that Becket be worshipped as a saint. I don't know if Henry would go further, or not as it was left in Henry's hands to be repentant, or to just go about his business. This was done up very well, and both Peter O Toole as King Henry and Richard Burton as Becket both turned in fabulous performances. This is a underrated movie that needs to have more attention instead of the Oscar-Nominated sequel "The Lion In Winter". While that was a decent movie this was the better of the two. |
| Rating | | | Date | May 20, 2005 | | Summary | One of the Best movies Ever Made | Content
| This is an adult movie, not in the XXX sense, but in the thoughtful sense. The two protagonists are forced into conflict. There is no simplistic good-guy bad-guy.
Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton have such plummy voices they could recite the phone book and make it sound fascinating. |
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