Henry V
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:28 am
Have any of you seen the 1989 Kenneth Branagh film version?
I just watched it, and I must say it is an exceptional film. It has a great, realistic battle scene and just the right amount of comic relief. For some it may be hard to get passed the hard to understand Shakespearean language at first, but soon you'll get the hang of it. I did.
It's also got a stellar cast featuring Dereck Jacobi, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, a 15 year old Christian Bale and of course Kenneth Branagh as the young monarch.
Here is a particularly rousing speech given before the battle that is sure to send chills up the spine:
The famous Saint Crispin's Day speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZVxbrW7Ow
*edit* Found a shorter one that gives the few lines that precede it.
I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Medieval history and/or Shakespeare.
I just watched it, and I must say it is an exceptional film. It has a great, realistic battle scene and just the right amount of comic relief. For some it may be hard to get passed the hard to understand Shakespearean language at first, but soon you'll get the hang of it. I did.
It's also got a stellar cast featuring Dereck Jacobi, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, a 15 year old Christian Bale and of course Kenneth Branagh as the young monarch.
Here is a particularly rousing speech given before the battle that is sure to send chills up the spine:
The famous Saint Crispin's Day speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZVxbrW7Ow
*edit* Found a shorter one that gives the few lines that precede it.
I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Medieval history and/or Shakespeare.