The Lion In Winter
2003, 160 minutes, Rated M
"All of Britain and half of France were his Kingdom. But there was one thing Henry II would never control...his family"
A fearsome father. A scheming mother. Three sons battling for attention.
In the waning years of his life, but no less brutal for it, King Henry II (Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Patrick Stewart, Moby Dick, King of Texas) is holding Christmas court at Chinon, during which he'll announce the blood successor to his throne. Assembled for this event are his equally calculating wife, Eleanor of Acquitaine (Emmy winner and Oscar nominee Glenn Close, Fatal Attraction), imprisoned for ten years by her husband for a political coup of her own; his shamelessly flaunted mistress, Alais (Julia Vysotskaia), and her venomous brother, King Philip of France (Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Velvet Goldmine); and Henry's three sons, Prince Richard the Lionhearted (Andrew Howard, Band of Brothers), who can't fathom the depth of leadership, the shallow Prince Geoffrey (John Light, Dracula 2), and the luckless and bumbling Prince John (Rafe Spall, The Calcium Kid). What the three siblings share is a gift for treachery. After all, they were taught by masters.
- Director:
- Andrei Konchalovsky [2],
- Starring:
- Glenn Close [38], Andrew Howard [6], Jonathan Rhys-Meyers [17], Rafe Spall [4], Patrick Dtewart [1], Soma Marko [1], Yuliya Vysotskaya [1], Clive Wood [2], John Light [3], Antal Konrad [1],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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