H4 (2014)

Actors: Harry Lennix (actor), Keith David (actor), Harry Lennix (producer), Angus Macfadyen (actor), J.J. Dalton (producer), Heavy D (actor), Evita Castine (actress), Danny Green (producer), Diarra Kilpatrick (actress), Jeryl Prescott (actress), Candice Coke (actress), Victoria Gabrielle Platt (producer), Amad Jackson (actor), Giovanni Zelko (producer), Victoria Gabrielle Platt (actress),

Plot: H4 translates Shakespeare's Henry IV plays to contemporary Los Angeles to explore political struggles in the community. By killing a popular black leader, Henry hopes to cement his family's political dynasty, but his reckless son, Hal, seems more interested in hijinks than politics. Will the "Prince of Watts" follow in the footsteps of his powerful father, or will he succumb to the criminal life championed by Falstaff? Performed in Shakespeare's original language, H4 will appeal to Shakespearean aficionados and newcomers alike.

Genres: Drama,

Symphony for the Spire (1992)

Actors: William Shakespeare (writer), Plácido Domingo (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Charlton Heston (actor), Prince Charles (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Mike Mansfield (director), Jessye Norman (actress), Robert Frost (writer), Hilary Stewart (producer), Ofra Harnoy (actress),

Genres: Documentary, Music,

Henry V (1989)

Actors: Danny Webb (actor), Robert Stephens (actor), John Sessions (actor), Robbie Coltrane (actor), Derek Jacobi (actor), Ian Holm (actor), Alec McCowen (actor), Patrick Doyle (actor), Richard Briers (actor), Christian Bale (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Kenneth Branagh (actor), Michael Maloney (actor), Emma Thompson (actress), Judi Dench (actress),

Plot: King Henry V of England is insulted by the King of France. As a result, he leads his army into battle against France. Along the way, the young king must struggle with the sinking morale of his troops and his own inner doubts. The war culminates at the bloody Battle of Agincourt.

Keywords: 1400s, 15th-century, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, agincourt-pas-de-calais, archer, aristocrat, arrow, based-on-play, battle, battle-of-agincourt
Genres: Action, Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War,
Taglines: The great adventure of a king who defied the odds to prove himself a man.

Quotes:

King Henry V: Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead!

[Delivering a message from King Henry to the French King]::Exeter: This is his claim, his threatening and my message. Unless the *Dolphin* [intentionally mispronounced] be in presence here, to whom expressly I bring greeting too.::French King: For us, we will consider of this further. Tomorrow shall you bear our full intent back to our brother England.::Dauphin: For the *Dauphin* [emphasizes the correct pronunciation] , I stand here for him. What to him from England?::Exeter: Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt and any thing that may not misbecome the mighty sender, doth he prize you at. Thus says my king.

[Addressing the troops]::King Henry V: And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by from this day until the ending of the world but we in it shall be remembered. We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, For he today who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother, Be he ne'er so vile, this day shall gentle his condition, and gentlemen in England now abed shall think themselves acursed they were not here, and hold their manhoods cheap whilst any speaks, that fought with us upon St. Crispin's day!

King Henry V: We would not seek a battle as we are, yet as we are, we say we will not shun it.

King Henry V: Thou hast me, if thou hast me, at the worst; and thou shalt wear me, if thou wear me, better and better.

King Henry V: If little faults proceeding on distemper shall not be winked at, how shall we stretch our eye, when capital crimes, chewed, swallowed and digested appear before us?

King Henry V: Canst thou love me?::Princess Katherine: I cannot tell.::King Henry V: Can any of your neighbors tell, Kate? I'll ask them.

King Henry V: Customs curtsy to great kings. We are the makers of manners, Kate.

King Henry V: [after kissing Princess Katherine] You have witchcraft in your lips, Kate. There is more eloquence in a sugar-touch of them than in the tongues of the French Council.

[first lines]::Chorus: O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention; A kingdom for a stage, princes to act and monarchs to behold the swelling scene. Then should the war-like Harry, like himself, assume the port of Mars; and at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire crouch for employment.

Campanadas a medianoche (1965)

Actors: Margaret Rutherford (actress), Jeanne Moreau (actress), Ralph Richardson (actor), Walter Chiari (actor), Luis Ciges (actor), Fernando Rey (actor), Orson Welles (actor), Julio Peña (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Fernando Hilbeck (actor), Goyo Lebrero (actor), Andrés Mejuto (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), José Nieto (actor), Marina Vlady (actress),

Plot: Sir John Falstaff is the hero in this compilation of extracts from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV' and other plays, made into a connected story of Falstaff's career as young Prince Hal's drinking companion. The massive knight roisters with and without the prince, philosophizes comically, goes to war (in his own fashion), and meets his final disappointment, set in a real-looking late-medieval England.

Keywords: alcoholic-drink, banishment, bare-butt, based-on-book, based-on-multiple-works, based-on-play, bath, battle, beaten-to-death, bed
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War,

Quotes:

Falstaff: We have heard the chimes at midnight, Master Shallow.

Henry 'Hotspur' Percy: O Harry, thou hast robbed me of my youth!

Henry 'Hotspur' Percy: No, Percy, thou art dust, and food for - [he dies]::Prince Hal: For worms, brave Percy; fare thee well, great heart!

Falstaff: My King! My Jove! I speak to thee my heart!::Prince Hal: I know thee not, old man; fall to thy prayers!/ How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!