The lion in winter (1968) is one of the few films throughout history that can boast of having some of the biggest Hollywood stars of all time in its cast. Katherine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole They moved to 12th century England to give life to Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine in a film that can be seen in Spain through Netflix.
But the star names don’t end there, and that’s because The lion in the winter It was the first big role for the then young man. Anthony Hopkins as well as the debut of a Timothy Dalton that 20 years later he would put on the suit James Bond. The film by Katherine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole earned seven nominations at the Oscars, of which she won three, including the third of her career for the queen of statuettes.
‘The Lion in Winter’: synopsis and cast of the film
In the year 1183, the king of england henry ii (Peter O’Toole) gathers his family at Chinon Castle to spend Christmas and decide which of his three children will succeed him on the throne. He sends for his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katherine Hepburn), who keeps locked in a tower for a decade, and also to his three children.
In the fortress, where Henry II lives with his lover, questions begin to arise. disputes over succession, because the queen’s favorite is the eldest son, the future Richard the Lionheart (Anthony Hopkins), while the king prefers the smallest, who would be John I of England. All this with the middle man, the manipulative Godfrey I, also claiming the English throne.
Peter O’Toole and Katherine Hepburn They give life to the kings of England, while the children are played by Anthony Hopkins, John Castle and Nigel Terry. Timothy Dalton takes on the role of Philip II of France and Jane Merrow plays Henry II’s lover. They complete the distribution of The lion in winter Nigel Stock, Kenneth Ives and Oz Whitehead.
The lion in winter was directed by Anthony Harvey, what was editor of Stanley Kubrick in Lolita (1962) and Red phone? We fly to Moscow (1964). Of the seven nominations it received at the Oscars, it won for best actress, best soundtrack and best adapted screenplay, since it is based on the eponymous play by James Goldman.
The 2003 remake with Glenn Close and Patrick Stewart
35 years after the premiere, director Andrei Konchalovski (Siberian) made a remake in the form of television movie, with Glenn Close and Patrick Stewart embodying Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II. They also participated in the production Andrew Howard (Tenet) and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors).
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