Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford

Prince Hal becomes King Henry V and rejects his old friend Falstaff.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: Orson Welles

Release Date: December 22, 1965

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  • June 8, 2008
    Considering that just about everything Orson Welles directed after "Citizen Kane" was compromised by studio interference and/or budgetary constraints, it's remarkable that he made as many brilliant movies as he did. "Chimes at Midnight" is one of his very best. Magnificent yet fl...( read more)awed, so well does this film mirror both its creator and the character he plays in it, lovable rogue Sir John Falstaff, that its very flaws almost become virtues. Though it is directed, photographed and edited with extraordinary skill, "Chimes at Midnight" contains some of the worst dialogue synching I have ever come across. A restoration of the film has long been rumoured, but such is the quantity of slapdash dubbing, short of creating a brand new soundtrack, no amount of judicious tweaking is ever likely to completely reunite Shakespeare's words with the lips that are uttering them. In spite of this, in spite of the difficult language and the dizzying editing style, which exhilarated but ultimately exhausted me, "Chimes at Midnight" is a wonderful movie.
  • May 28, 2008
    magnificent. the finest shakespeare adaptation i've seen with one of the finest battle scenes ever filmed! absolutely breathtaking. it's criminal that this doesn't have a criterion and armageddon does
  • May 6, 2008
    freaky ingenious!!!
  • July 29, 2009
    If there was a golden age of cinema, this must have been part of it.
  • January 11, 2008
    What the frick is this?
  • August 24, 2007
    Arguably the finest Shakespeare movie ever. Criminally out of print in the US, but see it any way you can.
  • June 2, 2007
    Easily the best Shakespeare film ever made.
  • May 18, 2007
    a Shakepears lover's dream.
  • April 28, 2007
    chimes at midnight is flatout the greatest shakespeare, best photo, believable acting. ok its just out of this world. if anyone new what the hell citizen kane was about, and can understand old english, this will be a favorite. something about this movie that makes people breathe ...( read more)clearer and think deeper. dont die without seeing this!

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April 6, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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