Becket is a 1964 film adaptation of the play Becket or the Honour of God by Jean Anouilh made by Hal Wallis Productions and released by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Peter Glenville and produced by Hal B. Wallis with Joseph H. Hazen as executive producer. The screenplay was written by Edward Anhalt based on Anouilh's play. The music score was by Laurence Rosenthal, the cinematography by Geoffrey Unsworth and the editing by Anne V. Coates. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Hal B. Wallis (September 14, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American motion picture producer. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born Peter James OToole on August 2, 1932) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning English theatre and film actor, and is generally regarded as one of the great British actors in history. ... Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) was an English actor-manager, knighted in 1957 for his services to the theatre. ... Martita Hunt (January 30 1900 - June 13 1969) was a theatre and film actress. ... Pamela Mary Brown (July 8, 1917 - September 18, 1975) was an English stage and film actress, born in London, England, U.K.. After attending RADA, she made her stage debut in 1936 as Juliet in a Stratford-upon-Avon production of Romeo and Juliet. ... Siân Phillips (pronounced IPA: ), CBE is a Welsh actress who was born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips in Betws, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on May 14, 1933. ... Laurence Rosenthal is a composer for theater, television, and films. ... Geoffrey Unsworth (1914-1978) was a British cinematographer who enjoyed a long and varied career in the British film industry, working on nearly 90 feature films spanning more than 40 years. ... Anne V. Coates (born 12 December 1925) is a Academy Award winning British film editor with a 40-year-plus career in film editing. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (71st in leap years). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... // Events January 29 - The film Dr. Strangelove is released. ... Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. ... Becket or the Honor of God is a Tony Award-winning play written in French by Jean Anouilh. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... Peter Glenville (28 October 1913 - 3 June 1996), born Peter Patrick Brabason Browne, was an English film and stage actor and director. ... Hal B. Wallis (September 14, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American motion picture producer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... Laurence Rosenthal is a composer for theater, television, and films. ... Geoffrey Unsworth (1914-1978) was a British cinematographer who enjoyed a long and varied career in the British film industry, working on nearly 90 feature films spanning more than 40 years. ... Anne V. Coates (born 12 December 1925) is a Academy Award winning British film editor with a 40-year-plus career in film editing. ...

The film stars Richard Burton as Becket and Peter O'Toole as King Henry II with John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, Pamela Brown, Siân Phillips, Felix Aylmer, Gino Cervi, Paolo Stoppa, David Weston, and Wilfrid Lawson. Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. ... (St. ... Peter Seamus OToole (born Peter James OToole on August 2, 1932) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. ... Henry II of England (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189) ruled as Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, and as King of England (1154–1189) and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland, eastern Ireland, and western France. ... Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH (14 April 1904 – 21 May 2000), known as Sir John Gielgud, was an Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Award-winning English theatre and film actor, and is generally regarded as one of the great British actors in history. ... Donald Wolfit (1902-1968) was an English actor-manager, knighted in 1957 for his services to the theatre. ... Martita Hunt (January 30 1900 - June 13 1969) was a theatre and film actress. ... Pamela Mary Brown (July 8, 1917 - September 18, 1975) was an English stage and film actress, born in London, England, U.K.. After attending RADA, she made her stage debut in 1936 as Juliet in a Stratford-upon-Avon production of Romeo and Juliet. ... Siân Phillips (pronounced IPA: ), CBE is a Welsh actress who was born Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips in Betws, Carmarthenshire, Wales, on May 14, 1933. ... Sir Felix Aylmer Jones (born February 21, 1889 in Corsham, Wiltshire, England; died September 2, 1979 in Sussex, England) was a distinguished English stage actor who appeared in the cinema and on television. ... Gino Cervi (born May 3, 1901 in Bologna; died January 3, 1974 in Punta Ala) was an Italian actor of international fame. ... Wilfrid Lawson may mean: Wilfrid Wyberg Lawson (1795-1867) Wilfrid Lawson (1829-1906), his son, British politician Wilfrid Lawson (1862-1937), his son, also a politician Wilfrid Lawson (1900-1966), British character actor This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ...

Newly restored prints of Becket are being re-released in 30 theaters in the US in early 2007, following an extensive restoration from the film's YCM separation protection masters. The film was released on DVD in May, 2007. The new film prints carry a Dolby Digital soundtrack. Dolby Digital is the marketing name for a series of lossy audio compression technologies by Dolby Laboratories. ...

Background and production

The original French play on which the film is based was given its first performance in Paris in 1959. It opened on Broadway with Laurence Olivier as Becket and Anthony Quinn as King Henry II in a production directed by Peter Glenville, who later went on to direct the film version. The play opened in London in a production by Peter Hall with Eric Porter and Christopher Plummer. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Broadway theatre[1] is the most prestigious form of professional theatre in the U.S., as well as the most well known to the general public and most lucrative for the performers, technicians and others involved in putting on the shows. ... Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907–11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. ... Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 Chihuahua, Mexico – June 3, 2001 Boston, Massachusetts) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican-American actor, as well as a painter and writer. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Sir Peter Reginald Frederick Hall (born 22 November 1930) is a British theatre and film director. ... Eric Porter as Professor Moriarty in Granada Televisions The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1985) Eric Porter (April 8, 1928 - May 15, 1995) was a distinguished English actor who appeared on stage as well as in cinema and television. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

The film was made at Shepperton Studios, England and on location at Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle and Bamburgh Beach in Northumberland. Shepperton Studios, located in Shepperton, Middlesex, England is a film studio with a long history of film making. ... Alnwick Castle, from the east, across the pastures and the River Aln Alnwick Castle is a castle and stately home in Alnwick, Northumberland, England (grid reference NU187137). ... Bamburgh Castle from the beach. ... Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. ...

Peter O'Toole went on to play Henry II once more in The Lion in Winter (1968) with Katharine Hepburn as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine. Siân Phillips, who plays Gwendolen, was Peter O'Toole's wife at the time of filming. The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical costume drama made by Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by James Goldman. ... // October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts. ... Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an iconic four-time Academy Award-winning American star of film, television and stage, widely recognized for her sharp wit, New England gentility and fierce independence. ... Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine (Aliénor dAquitaine in French), Duchess of Aquitaine and Gascony and Countess of Poitou (1122[1] –April 1, 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the High Middle Ages. ...

Awards and nominations

The film received 12 Academy Award nominations, including Best Actor for both Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole and Best Supporting Actor for John Gielgud. It won the Best Screenplay Award for Edward Anhalt. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... The Academy Award for Best Actor is one of the awards given to actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to male actors working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent film awards in the United States. ...

External links

• Becket at the Internet Movie Database
• Becket Re-release Official Web Site at http://www.becketthemovie.com/