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- Alternative title
- Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight
- Synopsis
- The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor. The commentary taken from Holinshed’s Chronicles, is narrated by Ralph Richardson. Welles is Falstaff, John Gielgud is Henry IV and Keith Baxter plays Hal.
This is a fine expression of Welle’s lifelong obsession with Shakespeare (The Guardian, 2019). - Language
- English
- Country
- Switzerland; Spain
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of release
- 1966
- Duration
- 115 mins; 10,350 feet
Credits
- Director
- Orson Welles
- Producer
- Emiliano Piedra
- Cinematographer
- Edmond Richard
- Screenplay
- Orson Welles
- Music
- Angelo Francesco Lavagnio
- Art Direction
- Jose Antonio de la Guerra
- Contributor
- Ralph Richardson
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Henry IV Part 1; Henry IV Part 2; Henry V; Merry Wives of Windsor, The; Richard II
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- film adaptations; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Orson Welles Story, The
Notes
- Notes
- The BFI Archive holds the English version (35mm preservation material only); the Spanish version ran for 119 minutes. "It is funnier in the English version than in Spanish" (Welles).
The Mr. Bongo version is also available in Blu-Ray (£9.99 + P&P)
The Criterion version is available on Blu-Ray (Region A) and DVD (NTSC region 1). Disc features are: New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; Audio commentary featuring film scholar James Naremore, author of The Magic World of Orson Welles; new interview with actor Keith Baxter; new interview with director Orson Welles’s daughter Beatrice Welles, who appeared in the film at age nine; new interview with actor and Welles biographer Simon Callow; new interview with film historian Joseph McBride, author of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? ;Interview with Welles while at work editing the film, from a 1965 episode of The Merv Griffin Show; Trailer, plus an essay by film scholar Michael Anderegg.
Estimated budget $800,000 - Figures
- Gross ESP 16,510,746 Spain (IMDb)
- Reviews
- Bridget Gellert Lyons (ed.). Chimes at Midnight (New Brunswick/London: Rutgers University Press, 1988). The continuity script. The volume also contains a biography, interviews, reviews and a filmography.
Rosenthal, Daniel. 100 Shakespeare Films. (London: British Film Institute, 2007), p. 54-6). Rosenthal writes ‘Welles’ magpie approach ensures that Chimes should never be recommended to anyone seeking a comprehensive version of the Henry IV plays. One doubts that anyone will ever capture their essence with greater or more effective economy’.
Production Company
- Name
Alpine
- Address
- SWITZERLAND
Archive
- Name
BoB
- bob@learningonscreen.ac.uk
- Web
- https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ondemand External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 3743 2345
- Address
- Learning on Screen - the British Universities and Colleges Film and Video Council
330 Holborn Gate
1st Floor, Suite 120
London
WC1V 7QH - Notes
- Formerly a service from BUFVC, British Universities Film & Video Council
Distributor
- Name
Criterion Films
- http://www.criterion.com/order_support
- Web
- http://www.criterion.com/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- Attn: Jon Mulvaney
215 Park Avenue South, Fifth Floor
New York
NY
10003
USA
- Name
Mr Bongo Films
- info@mrbongo.com
- Web
- http://www.mrbongo.com External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 01273 600546
- Fax
- 01273 600578
- Address
- 2nd Floor
24 Old Steine
Brighton
BN1 1EL
- Name
Retail outlets
- Name
Sinister Film
- info@sinisterfilm.net
- Address
- c/o: www.amazon.it
Italy - Notes
- Label distributed via the Cecchi Gori group in Italy: www.cghv.it
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