Chimes At Midnight (Orson Welles) Part 6

Chimes at Midnight (aka Falstaff) is a 1965 film directed by Orson Welles based around the character of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare.
The script contains text from five Shakespeare plays: primarily Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, but also Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. The film's narration, spoken by Ralph Richardson, is taken from the chronicler Holinshed.

The film was nominated (in 1968) for a BAFTA film award for Welles as Best Foreign Actor. At the Cannes Film Festival Welles was nominated (in 1966) for the Golden Palm Award and won the 20th Anniversary Prize and the Technical Grand Prize. In Spain it won (in 1966) the Citizens Writers Circle Award for Best Film.

Welles held this film in high regard and considered it along with The Trial his best work, he said in 1982 "If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that's the one I'd offer up". Many critics, including Peter Bogdanovich and Jonathan Rosenbaum, also consider it Welles's finest work. The scene depicting the Battle of Shrewsbury has been particularly admired, serving as an inspiration for movies like Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.

Due to complications concerning the film's ownership, Chimes at Midnight remains unavailable in the United States. It is most readily available as an import DVD from Brazil.

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[LonelyLondonLad]

Greatest battle scene in cinema.

[mikey60077]

The trick with the arrow at 5:20 is done just this way: The front portion of the arrow (about 6"-7" in length) is affixed to the actor's front in such a manner as to appear to have exited the front of his body, but the camera is slightly behind the actor. To his back and just beneath his clothing is affixed a target that prevents a real arrow from penetrating the actors body while holding it in place.

[GCmediacourse]

Best Black and White film battle

[inrwizards]

saving private ryan and braveheart to name a few wouldn't exist without this masterpiece

[Weirdman920]

Orson Welles captures Henry Percy's death perfectly. Shakespeare would be proud.

[grouchojohn]

The "Unthrifty son" speech 

[QuantumFart2]

This battle scene alone is enough to make Orson Welles the greatest director of all time.

[spurtfather]

I've just had a quick look on internet and seems this is not out on DVD, what's that about???

[GreatGrumbledook]

Though the video quality is very bad and the mounting of the knights ridiculous, the fighting itself is brilliant and save the fighting scenes in Henry V by Kenneth Branagh so far the most impressive and realistic medieval battle I have ever seen in a movie! Such dull Hollywood flicks like Kingdom of Heaven, Gladiator or Brave Heart are nothing compared to this bloody and chaotic battle!

[insult0master]

No, looks like a horse... you can see the cloth over it and a up-and down motion similar to that of a striding horse, but I could be wrong...