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Overview

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7.5/10   2,208 votes
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Director:
Charles Jarrott
Writers:
Maxwell Anderson (play)
Bridget Boland (writer)
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Release Date:
18 December 1969 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History more
Tagline:
He was King. She was barely 18. And in their thousand days they played out the most passionate and shocking love story in history!
Plot:
Henry VIII of England discards one wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 16 nominations more
User Comments:
Grand entertainment more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Anne of a Thousand Days
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Runtime:
145 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (35 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (1988) | USA:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:M (original rating)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Richard Burton loaned the coat he wore as Henry VIII to Sid James to wear when he played Henry VIII in Carry on Henry (1971). more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Ann's "lover" is being tortured he screams out clearly showing metal fillings that did not exist in the 16th century. more
Quotes:
Anne: She has the face of a simpering sheep. And the manners. But not the morals. I don't want her near me. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Anna Boleyn (1920) more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Grand entertainment, 16 October 2006
8/10
Author: TrevorAclea from London, England

Anne of the Thousand Days is an enjoyably lavish entertainment from the days when duelling kings and commoners were all the rage at the box-office – Beckett, A Man For All Seasons, The Lion in Winter – before Cromwell and Mary Queen of Scots all but killed off the genre. As history, its better at the general details than the specifics, but it's magnificently staged and not without some dry wit and humour ("We used the incest excuse last time. We can't make a habit of it."), most of it intentional – there's not a writer alive who wouldn't be aware of the effect that giving Richard Burton dialogue like "Divorce is like killing – after the first time it's easy" would have on an audience. There's even some pathos in the final image of Henry callously riding off to his next bride as his last one's blood stains the hay on the executioner's scaffold. Burton is on good form before he lurched into drunken autopilot mode, and Genevieve Bujold does well as the alternately innocent and vindictive Anne Boleyn. Even the usually arch and hammy John Colicos is fine as the overambitious Thomas Cromwell, but it's the eternally undervalued Anthony Quayle who steals the acting honours as Cardinal Wolsey, even making you feel for the old monster as he falls from favour.

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