Eleanor's Arrival (The Lion In Winter) - Katharine Hepburn (HD) (Letterbox)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Eleanor's Arrival. Music by John Barry (1968). Eleanor of Aquitaine arrives at Chinon for Christmas court, 1183. One of the most beautiful and memorable two-and-one-half-minutes in film history.
The film critic Judith Crist made a great point about this film: "One reason that I love "The Lion In Winter" is that it features the only medieval castle that I've ever seen in a movie that left me convinced that there wasn't a gift shop and a pair of restrooms around the next corner."
In 2001 I wrote to Katharine Hepburn at her New York City address. I thought that was that, and didn't know if she would even ever receive it. To my surprise, on the day I was moving from my then-current address, I went to the mailbox for the very last time, and there, to my surprise, was a letter from her. It was addressed to Adam Race Lastname, Esquire, a charming, old-fashioned way to address a letter to a "gentleman," which is now used in the U.S., for the most part, exclusively by attorneys-at-law. The letter was on her stationery emblazoned at the top, in red, with "Katharine Houghton Hepburn." It reads, "Dear Adam, Thank you for your extraordinary enthusiasm." (I guess I had rather gushed.) Then she signed her name, obviously. I have it framed and kept it hanging in my living room for years. At the moment unfortunately it is in storage on the other side of the country, but one day I will retrieve it and, in my living room, there it will hang once more.
I watch this on my own every Christmas. On my own because I don’t want any interruptions while I immerse myself in every scrap of it.
how i envy those who were able to see this scene in cinema's upon the films release and enjoy John Barry's extraordinary score in all its glory
I saw it several month prior to release at the Directors Guild. They held a screening for high school newspaper editors......I was blown away by the dialogue/script and most particularly by the music of John Barry. Barry's music was incredible and I was a fan of his score for the 007 saga, GOLDFINGER.
Not to mention Anthony Hopkin's film debut
I was 12 and still remember the films beauty and the unbelievable greatness of the whole cast. I just turned 66 so it is fair to say I have not and will never forget the first time I saw it. I wish I could give that theatre experience to all of you.
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I did! Just startedlooking for it again...
I love Eleanor's line "How dear of you to let me out of jail." (Any actress who can't rock the theater as Eleanor when the stage play is produced should find another profession). It always fascinates me that Eleanor was 61 in 1183, when "The Lion in Winter" takes place, and still had 21 years to live -- years that included some of her most notable achievements. Among other things, she outlived both Henry and Richard.
Eleanor, by the Wraith of God, Queen!
An entrance fit for a Queen, done by the true Queen of Old Hollywood. Hepburn smashed it as Queen Eleanor, a queen so legendary yet underrated who should be dramatised more on screen.
No argument from me.
Agreed.
……adore this film! Have loved it since I first saw it on the big screen in 1968. Now have DVD, & LP Soundtrack. Fantastic music score!
This was the-now Sir Anthony Hopkins’ first film………
Henry’s son, Geoffrey, got to say the best ‘tongue twister’ dialogue in the film scene, near the pigs’………
So what was the tongue twister? Your thought seems to have trailed off.
@@dylanadamspeed ……I always end my comment with a few dots’, same as I start it with…… it’s not trailing on, or off……it’s just my way of expression……let it be………
@@elizabethroberts6215 Okay... sure... no problem... it's fine... it's perfectly normal... sorry to have asked...aight...
John Barry's absolutely time encapsulating music extravigantia ...🙏🙏🎼
One of my very favourite films.Perfectly cast, and astonishing,absorbing dialogue. Didn't care for the remake.
If Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close couldn’t do it justice then that should serve as a warning to other filmmakers. Let this one be. It’s already been done perfectly.
Hollywood has forgotten how to make brilliant movies like this. My skin crawls to think how it would be cast and done these days.
Thank you I watch ths scene over and over It is my favourite Movie of all time. Actors on top of there Game
We had to watch this film in 8th grade history. I loved it!
Lucky you. I didn't first enjoy this classic until I was nearly 40.
Barry was the all time master of these scenic instrumental interludes. Flying over africa, a day together, journey to fort Sedgwick, journey to blofelds hideaway, raising the titanic.
The epitome of cinematic excellence, a perfect blend of scenery and music, with some witty dialog to round it off. Thanks for making this available.
What a score! Thank you for posting this.
"Eleanore, Regina Alglorum, santus et vitea" Eleanor, Queen of England, health and long life!
Eleanore, Regina Anglorum, salus et vita.
@@tedf1471 Got it right.
Alienora Regina Anglorum, salus et vita!
Eleanor, Queen of the English, health and long life!
Queen of England would have been "Regina Angliae".
@@Xerxes2005 The Anglorum was deliberately changed by William I to make a point. For obvious reasons. Regina Angliae would be correct here.
It would be too much to hope, I suppose, that they blasted the soundtrack live during the filming 😄. Because that would just be the icing on an already amazing entrance!
This is one of those rare hand full of movies it is impossible to recreate.Thank God.
Lol. I can't tell if that's a compliment or a read.
After what Hollywood did in remakes of Ben Hur and the Ten Commandments.....PLEASE leave the Lion in Winter alone!!!!!
So wonderful !! One of my absolute favorites. A kind of medieval
"Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf"
Marvelous music by john barry.
I caught this on TCM one blistery cold winter day many years ago and I never forgot it!
Oh HOW I love this movie. And thus beautiful scene and score. I wish I could sail down the river 2 Chignon
Tremendous scene; one of my all-time favourites l love historical dramas. Watching Katharine Hepburn rest her head on the backrest as the boat sails is awesome. Brings medieval history to life. John Barry's use of the trumpets or whatever instruments were used is indescribable. Can watch this over and over again. Peter O'Toole did a good job as Henry ll Plantagenet, too, having had previous experience in the same role in the film 'Becket.'
Eleanor of Aquitaine: the only woman in European history to be both Queen of France and Queen of England. (Mary Queen of Scots spent years trying to duplicate the feat, but lost by a head, and only wound up with the participation trophy).
Mary Stuart was queen consort of France and queen regnant of Scotland. She was also heir presumptive to the English crown.
@@metacarple For better or worse I think that's what they meant by participation trophy.
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Talk about an entrance! Why, why why, don't they make movies like this anymore?
As Norma Desmond says in Sunset Boulevard says: "It's the pictures that got small!" These days, if it's not adapted from a moronic kid's comic book, it never sees the big screen. Name one great American actor who's hit the screen in the last twenty years--I can't think of one.
I hope this is the way Katharine arrived in heaven.
She did,i'm sure of it.She could not be accepted any other way.
I bought the soundtrack of this glorious movie. So beautiful, grand....
magnifico film che avrò visto 5 volte
One of the best books I've ever read was the biography of Eleanor of Aquitaine by Marion Meade. (She also wrote a terrific biography of Dorothy Parker, as an aside.) Sadly Meade passed away in 2022 at the age of 88.
This was pretty much how Katherine Hepburn arrived anywhere.
Oh the music!
It's amusing to see the difference. Eleanor is smiling quietly as she sits. Henry is hurrying along, looking like he's getting ready for a fight and liking the idea. Poor Alys is scrambling to keep up with Henry, and looks like she might fall over. Eleanor is the only one who can "play" at Henry's level.
Its the difference between a lifelong love affair, and an amusing but ultimately unsatisfactory plaything. Poor Alys was just tagging along in this scene for the hell of it. He barely notices that she exists once the 'dragon arrives in the doorway'
This HAS to be how Katharine Hepburn arrived in Heaven.
Yaaasss Qween!
1:16/2:35 "Queen" KATHERINE HEPBURN in rhapsodous film Glory as ELEANOR of ACQUITAINE! The immortalizing "Apotheosis" of Film!
My DVD player is currently not responding to my disc of this monster classic! Just watching clips in the meantime
Only a king could get away with bringing his mistress with him to the pier to welcome his wife to a family Christmas gathering.
It's good to be King.
I'm currently reading Sharon Kaye Penman's While Christ and His Saints Slept - the 1st of 5 novels where she tells the story of the Plantagenets - and its 1151 and Henry and Eleanor have just met for the first time and are both smitten - and i find myself thinking of this (which takes place 32 years later) and im saying to myself as im reading - "Dont do it Eleanor!!"
Miss Hepburn really made this part her own - impossible to think of anyone else - including the real Eleanor - as Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Are her books any good? I’m trying to find some good historical novels to read about eleanor and that time period
@Lavender Raine fortunately OR unfortunately i have NOT seen miss penman's portrayal of Eleanor. I really enjoy Katherine Hepburn's portrayal and ABSOLUTELY DESPISE the glen close version with patrick stewart. patrick stewart was TOO OLD for the part he was playing! Peter O'Toole is PERFECT as King Henry II and liked him even BETTER in Beckett as King Henry II.
"We shattered the Commandants on the spot! "
Magnificent movie
Magnificent entrance
Magnificent actors
Eleanore, Regina Alglorum, santus et vitea" Eleanor, Queen of England, health and long life!
Did the channel part for you? :D
It went flat when I told it to. I didn't think to ask for more. Classic.
Correct Latin spelling: "Alienore, Regina Anglarum, Salus et Vita!"
Anglorum
The boat seems to be part Viking / Norman longship, part something else. I haven't found anything resembling it. Anyone know what kind of boat it is?
Ænora, Regina Anglorum/Eleanor, Queen of the English
Salus et vita/Health and (long) li
Anyone have any idea where this was filmed ?
Portions of this was filmed in southern Ireland and the western midlands of England and Wales and other parts were filmed in various smaller provincial towns and villages in France. Other parts were filmed on a set at Ardmore Studios.
The above reply is correct, but this may be helpful as well. According to Wikipedia, "[t]he film was shot at Ardmore Studios in Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland, and on location in Ireland, Wales (Marloes Sands), and in France at Abbaye de Montmajour, Arles; Château de Tarascon, Carcassonne; and Saône-et-Loire."
Damn, I would love too see a bid screen treatment about this woman. I would pick Cate Blanchett for the role.
Yes. I think that Cate Blanchett would be nearly PERFECT for the role of Eleanor of Aquitaine. A MUCH BETTER actress than the atrocious glen close in that HORRIBLE REMAKE with patrick stewart. Give me THE ORIGINAL any day of the week.