Falstaff : (Chimes at midnight) /

Orson Welles' adaptation of the Falstaff story, taken from the Shakespeare plays and Holinshed's chronicles. Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Chimes at midnight (Motion picture)
Main Author:	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Corporate Authors:	U.G.C. (Firm), Société des films Sirius, Internacional Films Española (film production company.), Alpine Productions (film production company.)
Other Authors:	Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 (Actor), Rutherford, Margaret, 1892-1972 (Actor), Gielgud, John, 1904-2000 (Actor), Baxter, Keith, 1933- (Actor), Rodway, Norman, 1929-2001 (Actor), Vlady, Marina, 1938- (Actor), Rey, Fernando, 1917-1994 (Actor), Richard, Edmond (director of photography.), Lavagnino, Francesco, 1909-1987 (composer (expression))
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	[Brighton, England] : Mr Bongo, [2015]
Edition:	50th anniversary restored edition.
Series:	Colección Filmoteca española.
Subjects:	Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Film adaptations. Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) > Drama. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600 > Film adaptations. English drama > Film adaptations. Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. English drama. English drama > Early modern and Elizabethan. Falstaff, John, Sir (Fictitious character) 1500 - 1600 Fiction films. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Spanish. Motion pictures, Swiss. Motion pictures, French. Drama. Film adaptations.

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Summary:	Orson Welles' adaptation of the Falstaff story, taken from the Shakespeare plays and Holinshed's chronicles. Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's drinking companion. The massive knight roisters with and without the prince, philosophizes comically, goes to war (in his own fashion), and meets his final disappointment, set in a real-looking late-medieval England.
Item Description:	Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. Adapted by Orson Welles from William Shakespeare's plays (Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2, Henry V, Richard II, and The Merry Wives of Windsor).
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Blu-ray disc; region A,B,C; 1080p HD; aspect ratio: 1.66:1; Dolby digital LPCM mono sound; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:	Rated: PG.
Awards:	Cannes Film Festival, 1966: 20th Anniversary Prize, Technical Grand Prize (Orson Welles). Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain, 1966: CEC Award-Best Film.
Production Credits:	Photography, Edmond Richard; editing, Fritz Mueller; music, Alberto Lavagnino.