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Binding: DVD
Format: NTSC
Running Time: 115 minutes
Theatrical Release Date: March 17, 1967
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - I haven't even seen the whole thing, and it's STILL great.
I found a bootleg tape taken from Japanese laserdisc years ago. Unfortunately, the second half of the film wasn't on the tape. Infuriating, because it was shaping up to be possibly the greatest of Welles' films - which is, of course, really saying something. Regardless, this was mesmerising and a joy every moment to watch. The obvious low budget had no power to detract from the magic of the film (as in the unfortunate 'Othello'), and Welles' performance achieved some kind of perfection (as opposed ... Read More
Rating: - Better than "Kane," better than "Touch of Evil"
This is Welles' most personal film; deftly editing Shakespeare's Henry IV plays, bits of Henry V and Merry Wives of Windsor, Welles tells the tragedy of Falstaff, the purest good man in all of English drama. The fat knight, who forsakes chivalrous blood-letting for merry cowardice, wine, women and song, represents all the virtues of a pre-modern England to be swept away by his protege, the politic, cunning, war-mongering Prince Hal. When Hal turns his back on Falstaff, who responds "Banish plump Jack ... Read More
Rating: - Welles' final masterpiece deserves a proper DVD release
What a shame it is that Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight" isn't currently available on DVD. I was extremely fortunate to receive a VHS version as a gift before the usual legal wrangling over Welles' later works forced it out of print. According to wellesnet.com, a Spanish DVD is available, and there are plans to re-release it in the US, hopefully sometime after October 2004. Enter your email address in the "E-mail me when available" field on this site; you'll also be "voting" for the DVD's release!
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