The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII

The Six Wives of Henry VIII
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Actor: Anthony Quayle, Bernard Hepton, Keith Michell, Patrick Troughton, Sheila Burrell
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Box set, Color
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 540 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner

Movie Reviews of The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Movie Review: The Six Wives of Henry VIII as seen on PBS in the mid 70's
Summary: 5 Stars

Excellently done and historically accurate. For an English History Major, this is a must. There are a few camera mistakes, but you can overlook this because the drama keeps true to historical fact. This would be an excellent teaching aide.

Summary of The Six Wives of Henry VIII

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 05/16/2006 Rating: Nr
A British television series originally broadcast on CBS (and rebroadcast on PBS) in America in 1971, The Six Wives of Henry VIII remains a painless way to learn something about royal history and its impact on the political and religious landscape of England. Keith Michell stars as King Henry VIII, who assumes the throne as a boy after the death of his older brother and inherits the latter's Spanish betrothed, Catherine of Aragon (Annette Crosbie), as well. Growing up and increasingly complicated in personality, with an ever-growing appetite for elusive happiness as well as power and food, Henry maneuvers (and is maneuvered by) forces around him to break from Rome and create the Church of England, in part to accommodate his wish for a divorce.

Each story of the king's successive brides takes up an entire episode in the series. Dorothy Tutin plays the doomed Anne Boleyn, Anne Stallybrass is Henry's favorite, Jane Seymour, Elvi Hale is Anne of Cleves, Angela Pleasence is Catherine Howard, and Rosalie Crutchley plays last-in-line Catherine Parr. A very large and fine supporting cast adds intrigue and extra layers of tragedy to the proceedings, especially John Baskcomb as Cardinal Wolsey, Wolfe Morris as Thomas Cromwell, and Ralph Bates as Thomas Culpepper. Each 90-minute episode was crafted by a different writer, but the series holds together very well under Keith Michell's dazzling performance as the despicable if sympathetic Henry, whose emotional arc over many years and losses is something to see. --Tom Keogh

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