Orson Welles's The Chimes at Midnight

A scene from one of the greatest Shakespeare movies ever made: Orson Welles's The Chimes at Midnight (1965), with John Gielgud as Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal/Henry V, and Welles as Falstaff. The scene is based on act one, scene two of The First Part of Henry IV but includes lines from act three, scene three. It ends with Prince Hal's cold-blooded soliloquy: "I know you all, and will a while uphold / The unyoked humor of your idleness."

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Film & Animation

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• Shakespeare
• Movie

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[Orsley]

@mobskirt Grazie, Cecilia. I enjoyed your short film. It's nicely cut.

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[aCertainSlant]

I am so envious of John Gielgud's mad acting chops. I wish his Hamlet had been preserved by film.

[Orsley]

Thrilling. Welles knew how to direct like nobody else, cutting never for convenience but always for dynamic effect; choreographing long takes with constantly changing compositions; subtly modulating emotional tone and rhythm as only a master can; all in the service of the story, its emotions and its meaning. The greatest film of an American master!