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The Lion in Winter

Movie · 1968 · 129 min

Watching it is like a chess match played by razor-tongued relatives in candlelight: witty, cruel, theatrical, and unexpectedly moving.

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1968 film directed by Anthony Harvey
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Year
1968
Runtime
129 min
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • family
  • betrayal
  • ambition
  • loyalty
Places
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, medieval, historical, LGBTQ-related, Christmas
Directed by
Anthony Harvey
Written by
James Goldman
Starring
Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Hopkins, Peter O'Toole, Timothy Dalton, Nigel Terry, John Castle, Kenneth Griffith, Jane Merrow
Music
John Barry
Cinematography
Douglas Slocombe
Runtime
129 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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