Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.6 / 5.0

A Beautiful, involving film.:

Becket is an extremely well done period drama that has not aged at all since it was made in 1964. The literate and involving screenplay takes a few liberties with the facts, as far as they are known, but does and excellent job at conveying the characters and the political feel of the time. The direction is always solid, and occasionally brilliant, but most importantly, Becket is flawlessly cast. Supporting players John Gielgud, Donald Wolfit, Martita Hunt, and Pamela Brown turn in small but impressive... more info

I Love Being King!:

Peter O'Toole says "I love being King," in the so called sequel to Becket. However he might as well mean it in this movie for his performance is so real as to make one think he actually is the king. Richard Burton does a fantastic job as the martyred Archbishop Thomas Becket. Burton's performance reminds one of his another great film (The Robe) where his character was also transformed from a self serving playboy to a pious saint. The scenery, script, dialogue, and direction are all academy award material.... more info

Will this EVER be on DVD??:

What a wonderful movie buta horrific version on VHS. Some of the scenes are so dark you have to really stretch to even make out basic facial features. It's sad indeed, with one of the best films by both Burton and O'Toole.

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