A Quick Review of: Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972)
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- čas přidán 5. 03. 2020
- Sources:
Clips and Audio:
- 'Henry VIII and His Six Wives' (1972)
- 'The Six Wives of Henry VIII' (1970)
- 'The Tudors', Season 4 (2010)
- 'Here's a Health Unto His Majesty'
- 'Jouyssance Vous Donneray' and 'Turkeyloney' from the soundtrack of 'Henry VIII and His Six Wives'
Literary and Online Sources:
- D. Starkey, 'Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII', Vintage Books (2004)
- C. Byrne, 'Katherine Howard: A New History', MadeGlobal Publishing (2014)
- The Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of Henry VIII: www.british-history.ac.uk/sea...
- Frock Flicks: www.frockflicks.com/tbt-the-si...
- Roger Ebert Review: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/he... (To be fair, this is one of his reviews of a historical production that is a bit better. However, I cannot stand his reviews of films like 'Tora, Tora, Tora' and 'Waterloo!)
- The BFI statistics about Cinema Admissions: www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org....
All sources used belong to their respective copyright holders. If I have missed anything then please leave a comment below and I will amend accordingly
Loved this little gem of a film. Charlotte is one of my favourite portrayers of Anne Boleyn. She definitely caught the essence of Anne. Lynn is certainly my favourite portrayer of Catherine Howard
She captured her allure and charm, yes, but the writing of her as a scheming witch, with a mole and sixth finger, dancing in blackface? No.
@@graphiquejack I agree those aspects were not greatest choices. At the same although I believe Anne was innocent, I do also think that she was capable of some scheming in order to rise to power and some scheming to try and stay on top. She was quite wise
Historically accurate and some eye candy. I'm in.
This was arguably the most important role from Lynne’s career. She won the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best New Coming Actress of 1973 for this film and The Amazing Mr Blunden.
As of 2020, Lynne is the youngest actress to have played Catherine Howard and the only one to have played Howard from a sympathetic point of view.
She also played as Grand Duchess Tatiana in the 1970 award winning movie, Nicolas and Alexandra. And played in the movie Jane Grey. So she had two great moments in the movies as well.
@@terrybardy2848 she wasn’t in Jane grey
Lynn Frederick is my favourite portrayer of Catherine Howard
I'm amazed by people's praise of her casting and performance in this role. There is absolutely nothing in her portrayal that realistically could entice a man to risk execution when he could find a cute girl like her around any corner in Tudor England. Surely Catherine Howard had to be more compelling in her beauty and presence than this dime-a-dozen, foolish little girl.
Anne of Cleves wasn’t actually that ugly, she was a little plain but still beautiful. The problem was that Anne didn’t understand the customs and ways of Henry’s court since she grew up being sheltered. When she mistakenly spurred Henry’s advances it bruised his ego.
exactly
I remember watching this movie as a kid round at my nana's and quite enjoying it. I need to revisit it as an adult now since I'd probably appreciate it even more.
The portrait of Sir Thomas More makes me think they missed a trick not getting Laurence Olivier to play him,the two are absolute ringers.
I Love this film, I love Charlotte Rampling in the role of Anne Boleyn. I still have the dvd and whenever I read about anne boleyn, it is Charlotte Rampling that I think of and visualise
Great review. Donald Pleasance has always been a faultless actor, in my opinion. He's a real favourite of mine, along with the likes of Alec Guiness.
I personally think that they did a good job casting Charlotte Rampling and Lynne Frederick as Anne Boleyn and Kathryn Howard respectively, given that Anne and Kathryn were first cousins, with Anne's mother, Elizabeth, and Kathryn's father, Edmund, being siblings, and the two of them sharing an uncle in the Duke of Norfolk. Not only are they both very talented in their respective roles, but they also look similar, although we don't really know what Kathryn herself looked like, given the rumor that Henry destroyed most, if not all, of the original portraits of her, painted during her time as queen, after her arrest and subsequent execution. Then again, maybe I feel so passionately about this because I, too bear a striking resemblance to my cousins on my mother's side, haha.
Charlotte is one of my favourite portrayers of Anne Boleyn. Lynn is definitely my favourite portrayer of Catherine Howard
The only thing they got wrong with Anne was her eye color. The real Anne had brown eyes.
@@idontgiveafaboutyou you are absolutely correct!
I saw The 6 Wives of Henry VIII series when it first aired(& have researched it since).
I have never heard of this film.
It's a little known gem of a film sadly
This one has my fave Anne Boelyn, I'll freely admit my bias since I'm a Rampling fanboy :) I also agree with all your opinions of Roger Ebert.
Charlotte is one of the best portrayers of Anne Boleyn definitely. She caught the essence of her
It’s been a year or so since I watched your review and it’s once again spot on. Great work.
I hope everyone is staying inside and staying well during this modern-day plague!...really looking forward to more videos! Just wanted to check in since this home isolation can make a person so anti-social LOL
Hope you are keeping well. I have Been editing a fair few videos, hopefully the Titanic Rant should be up next, including this little clip: twitter.com/Laugh_Cavalier/status/1242610125417971712
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier LOL love the clip! Look forward to the videos!
I agree with the Cavalier that this film is too short and the pace much too fast. Nevertheless it has many positive aspects. Including the following. Keith Michell was perfectly cast as Henry the 8th. Charlotte Rampling was brilliant as Anne Boleyn. The scene where Thomas Cromwell is arrested was chilling. Donald Pleasence captured the spirit of Cromwell like no other actor I know of. Incidentally his daughter Angela Pleasence played Catherine Howard in the 1970 TV series.
Not gonna lie, saw this on Twitter and sounded like Stitch because I was so excited.
Please take note that Henry did collect carpets and was painted standing on them. So not all rushes in palaces and there was also rush matting.
Just in time for breakfast! Thanks Cavalier!
Thank you for making this.
Yay! Blessed Lent to you Cavalier!
Thanks so much, Cavalier!
Thank you!
I have seen and had the TV series on VHS which has been lost over the years. I loved it and Loved Keith Mitchell as Henry. You're right in saying he is the best actor to play Henry. I also think that the One who they had play Buckingham in the "The Tudors" should have been Henry not that other actor who was way too skinny and SHORT for the role. I would have loved to have seen the movie, and would love to have it on my favorite movies list here on CZcams, but only been able to see bits and pieces of it. Woe is me! Maybe one day I'll get to see it and save it as well. I agree with you thanks for uploading these bits of the film.
This film really deserves a 1080p Blu Ray Release with a Director's Commentary from Warris Hussein.
I love your channel 😀😀
I have to search for Keith Michele Tv series. I have DVD collection of the movie plos Lion of winter. Becket. Elizabeth R unfortunately lost when video tape turned to dust due to being watched n watched. Completely agree Keith , Adelaide born. Where I live. Was the most Henry viii.
Agreeing with your comments I’m a new subscriber. Cheers from Adelaide 🇦🇺
Properly researched, from clothes to hair colour, and if they had done that with the Tudors I may have been interested., however, Jenny Boss was a bad choice for Anne of Cleves, they should have kept Elvi Hale playing the part.
Oh, Cavalier. Thanks so much.
On seeing this, you need to do a review of "Ann of a Thousands Days".
Will definitely do a Quick Review of it at the very least at some point. Right now, I am editing three big videos (Waterloo Review, Tudor Rant 4 and Titanic Drama Rant) with a few others in the pipeline as well (the Q&A and the belated 1000 sub special).
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier Very glad to hear it; I am curious to see how close your critique aligns with mine.
I agree. Geneviève Bujold made for a very interesting Anne. I think her dark looks and flashing brown eyes certainly resembled the descriptions we get of Anne.
Yes, I'm also in for "Anne of the thousand days"! One of my all time favorite movies.
Good review, old sport.
A great Tudor film. Keith Mitchell is the ultimate Henry! All actors and actresses were good. Lynne Frederick and Charlotte Rampling were excellent. Great costumes etc. Shame it didn't take in a bit more detail of such a dramatic reign
Thank you-I do agree with you
Loved the film though it's a shame Catherine Parr had only a small bit. Shame they couldn't include Parr almost being arrested for heresy but being pardoned at the last minute by the king.
It was nice they included that last minute pardon in the 1970 TV series 😊
Love this film
great film, stood the test of time. better than the rubbish made today
does anyone know where the series can be seen?
But still better than the tudors!
Omg yes! Don't get me started on that show 😅
Lol.
It's not AS BAD as people make out. Some of the stuff is stupid (duke of norfolk vanishing for example) but overall it was close to history, even word for word in some cases, and some of the actors like Ann Boylen did well.
When you compare it to things like the Spanish Princess and the White Queen it's masterful
I really wish this was easier to access in America so I can watch it. I guess we're even since we get The Tudors on Netflix.
Just ordered and received it from Amazon.
Any idea of how I can get my hands on this? It doesn't seem to be on any streaming services (at least, not according to JustWatch) and it seems the only DVD copy I can find on Amazon seems to be a pretty badly remastered one (and I'm not even sure if it'll play on my American player).
I got mine from eBay pretty cheap although I don't know about America since I am in the UK. They sometimes show the film in the UK either on BBC 2 or on TCM.
Loved the series and your channel... great review!! Do you know by any chance where can I find David Munrow soundtrack to download? I live in Chile and unfortunately, no seller can send the CD to Chile. I won't mind paying, but I can't found it anywhere. Itunes store, amazon, Spotify, torrents ... I have looked all over the internet with no results.
I have only found it on CD I am afraid (think I got it off Amazon a few years back). The only other solution I can think of is if there is a pirated version or something out there, but obviously that runs risks and so on.
i'm curious on your thought on Queen Mary Tudor Henry Viii daughter and her rule as queen ?
I think she has been a bit maligned by history sadly. Yes, she had people burned at the stake, but compared to her father in his later years, she was positively merciful! Even then, she seemed rather reluctant to have some people executed. Lady Jane Grey for example only really lost her head due to the Spanish demanding her death before sending over Philip to marry Mary, and Jane's father making the stupid decision to rebel against Mary after being pardoned.
She certainly did make some bad decisions, for example allying with Spain (which ended up with England losing Calais to France, although to be fair Spain seemed like natural ally at the time) having a very large Privy Council and generally appointing people who were loyal rather than those who were good at their jobs (although there were a few in there to be fair) but a lot of the failures of her reign were mainly stuff that had been building up for a while (financial ruin, religious turmoil etc can all be traced back to her father) and Calais was going to fall sooner or later, not to mention its defence was a major burden on the crowns finances. She also wasn't helped by Parliament resisting her on quite a few bits, and the Pope of all people was not helping her due to her marriage to Phillip, so a lot of it was out of her hands.
I have this film on DVD, I still prefer the series but I do enjoy this film and the costumes are much better. But I find the film goes really quick and doesn't focus on his wives very well 🙃 I have the soundtrack too which I love
Yes I think they needed to make the film another hour long.
Come to think of it now, I remember having the paperback book that accompanied the film and that did have more in it like Anne giving birth to Elizabeth.
I had the soundtrack album of this film decades before I had the chance to see it. There is a truly terrible DVD edition out there which I have a copy of. When of when will this get a decent DVD release?
I would love to see this movie, but can't find it anywhere :-(
It is on DVD fairly cheap. If not, TCM sometimes shows it, and I think BBC 2 (which has a catchup service) does as well.
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier I'm going to look for the DVD. I thought it wasn't being produced anymore
@@stephanieking4444 There are a few versions released (off the top of my head, 2005 and 2012ish, I have the later myself). They are both the same to my knowledge.
I think Jane Asher did an excellent job as Jane Seymore.
Asher and Kate Phillips from Wolf Hall are my Favourite Jane Seymours.
Where can I watch this movie?!!
Here in the UK, they occasionally show it on BBC 2. Getting the DVD is probably the best bet though, it doesn't cost too much. Amazon used to have it if you had Prime I think but Studiocanal moved it to some other service I believe.
Charlotte Rampling is an exciting and sexy Anne, but I don’t see much of the historical Anne in the film, unless you believe in the witch rumours that surfaced years after her death. It’s a shame this is how they decided to portray her. Rampling is a great actress so the fault isn’t hers.
@@enzocunanan7803 Anne was a big flirt and loved a bit of danger so the film showed that and didn't imply guilt
Thank you for another great review! A positive thing about this Anne of Cleves is the fact that they made her native tongue a variety of Dutch or Low German (which seens much more historical than the fake German accent that writers usually bestow upon her). BTW, my dear Cavalier: Do you have any thoughts on 'A Man for all Seasons'?
I haven't seen it for some years I am afraid, although from what I remember, I quite enjoyed it, and the actor playing Henry VIII is pretty damned good (think I mentioned it in an unscripted video- might have been the 'Portrayals of Henry VIII in a Nutshell).
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier More's final speech after they sentenced him to death always gives me goose bumps. I wonder if those are his own words (or just an invention by some talented screen writer) ...
@@Michaelneiss I would have to watch it again, but I believe his speech was written down so I would not be surprised if the film used it as a source.
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier Thank you once more, my dear Cavalier. You are a solid rock of knowledge in the midst of an unrealiable media stream ...
Orson Welles kills it as Cardinal Wolsey in that film. Even with Paul Scofied (Thomas More), John Hurt (Richard Rich), and Leo McKern (still one of the better Thomas Cromwells), Orson is the best actor.
were can I see this
Here in the UK, they sometimes show it on BBC2 once in a blue moon, and on TCM now and then. Other than that, you will have to get it on DVD, but it is fairly cheap.
How ironic, Bernard Hepton was a Catholic and he protrayed a Protestant Bishop.
He does have a nice hat though.
don't forget Henry was about 55 when he passed away
i'm currently watching the spanish princess, if i don't comment on the next video, you'll know why
also I watched the other boleyn girl so i don't feel too good
I have both versions of that on DVD (including the less well known 2003 BBC TV version; they actually put it in the 1970 Six Wives DVD set as a feature and, apparently, for some years that was the only home release of it!)
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier i watched the more famous one and uh, for one the timing is terrible, it seems like anne was queen for less than 2 years and why is mary always around anne and why is norfolk always with the boleyns, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES
@@The_Laughing_Cavalier something about this lady in waiting with a high voice feels like a caricature
WHY IS SHE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM????
@@kosovoiskosovoproductions7001 Ah yes, I remember something about the Rosa character being a gypsy as well, which is not accurate at all!
Agh sit on my sixth finger and rotate, Ebert 😜
Am I the only one who thought the portrait of Henry the VIII on the movie poster looked like Jack Nicholson?
I prefer this portrayal of Catherine Howard compared to the series where she seemed like a total B.
I agree, poor Catherine she didn’t deserve anything that happened to her. I wish that she had ended up with a decent guy who loved her.
Anne of cleves deserves a good movie but other than that I love this
Gem - the women were a bit too pretty though. God I love English history and this CLASSIC film. Brillbrillbrill. Keith Michelle will never be equalled.
Can ANYONE explain to me what the whole debacle around Levitcus vs. Deuteronomy is? It seems to have been a huge debate about which verse took precedence over the other but to my reading they're not even talking about the same thing. Deuteronomy states very clearly that if a man's brother dies without issue it is his OBLIGATION to marry his brother's widow and have children with her. Its very cut and dry. The Leviticus verse that Henry got so hung up on says if a man take his brother's WIFE (not widow, indicating that in this scenario the brother is still living) then their union will be childless. To me its pretty clear that this is talking about ADULTERY with your brother's wife while he's alive. Why did the church run in circles around this for so long?