Alex von Tunzelmann: Anthony Harvey's 1968 Plantagenet family soap opera has savage catfights, drippy suitors, a fruity Peter O'Toole, even a proto-Brokeback Mountain moment. What more could one ask for?

by Barbara Waldinger The Lion in Winter, James Goldman’s 1966 Broadway play, contains a unique mix of historical and contemporary elements. Though the year is 1183 and the place is Henry II’s…

It’s Christmas 1183, and King Henry II has gathered his family together at his court in Chinon, France, with hopes of settling once and for all the future legacy of the House of Plantagenets by naming one of his sons as successor to the throne. So, Henry’s three sons, who are all vying to be named k...

The eight-time Oscar nominee -- who received an honorary statuette in 2003 -- died Dec. 14 at age 81.

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The Lion in Winter (2003)

One of the joys which movies provide too rarely is the opportunity to see a literate script handled intelligently. "The Lion in Winter" triumphs at that

5735-24 Katharine Hepburn in "The Lion In Winter" 1968 Avco/ Embassy

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