Becket

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Becket is a 1964 historical drama film about the conflict between King Henry II and Archbishop Thomas Becket, renowned for its powerful performances and exploration of church–state tensions.

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Label Occurrences
Becket canonical 12
Becket (1964 film) 4
Becket–Henry II conflict 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
historical drama film ⓘ
aspectOf church–state relations ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
BAFTA Award for Best Film ⓘ
basedOn Jean Anouilh ⓘ
play "Becket or the Honour of God" ⓘ
basedOnCharacter Henry II of England ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Peter Glenville ⓘ
distributor Paramount Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Anne V. Coates ⓘ
filmingLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
genre biographical film ⓘ
historical drama ⓘ
hasTheme loyalty ⓘ
power ⓘ
religious conviction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Henry II of England ⓘ
Saint Thomas Becket ⓘ
surface form: Thomas Becket
musicBy Laurence Rosenthal ⓘ
narrativeLocation England ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
notableFor performances by Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays conflict between monarchy and church ⓘ
producer Hal B. Wallis ⓘ
productionCompany Paramount Pictures ⓘ
publicationDate 1964 ⓘ
releaseDate 1964-03-11 ⓘ
runtime 148 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Edward Anhalt ⓘ
setInPeriod Henry II of England ⓘ
surface form: reign of Henry II of England
starring Donald Wolfit ⓘ
Gino Cervi ⓘ
John Gielgud ⓘ
Peter O'Toole ⓘ
Richard Burton ⓘ
timePeriod 12th century ⓘ
title Becket self-link ⓘ

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Hal B. Wallis → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
Richard Burton → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
Pope Alexander III → event → Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket–Henry II conflict
Peter O'Toole → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
Felix Aylmer → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket (1964 film)
Anne V. Coates → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
Anne V. Coates → workedOn → Becket ⓘ
Roger K. Furse → workedOn → Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket (1964 film)
Becket → title → Becket self-link ⓘ
John Gielgud → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
Geoffrey Unsworth → workedOn → Becket ⓘ
David Merrick → produced → Becket ⓘ
Siân Phillips → notableWork → Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket (1964 film)
Pamela Brown → appearedIn → Becket ⓘ
this entity surface form: Becket (1964 film)