The Lion in Winter

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film historical drama film

The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama film about the personal and political conflicts of England’s King Henry II and his family during Christmas 1183, for which Katharine Hepburn won an Academy Award.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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The Lion in Winter (play)	1
The Lion in Winter (score)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ historical drama film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn	The Lion in Winter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Lion in Winter (play)
cinematographer	Douglas Slocombe ⓘ
composer	John Barry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Anthony Harvey ⓘ
distributor	Embassy Pictures ⓘ surface form: AVCO Embassy Pictures
editor	John Bloom ⓘ
filmingLocation	France ⓘ Ireland ⓘ
genre	historical drama ⓘ period drama ⓘ
leadActor	Peter O'Toole ⓘ
leadActress	Katharine Hepburn ⓘ
mainCharacter	Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ Geoffrey, son of Henry II ⓘ Henry II of England ⓘ John, son of Henry II ⓘ Philip II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ surface form: Richard the Lionheart
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
playwrightOfSourceWork	James Goldman ⓘ
portrays	Eleanor of Aquitaine ⓘ Henry II of England NERFINISHED ⓘ John, King of England NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip II of France NERFINISHED ⓘ King Richard the Lionheart ⓘ surface form: Richard I of England
producer	Martin Poll ⓘ
productionCompany	Haworth Productions ⓘ
releaseYear	1968 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	134 ⓘ
screenwriter	James Goldman ⓘ
settingPlace	Château de Chinon ⓘ surface form: Chinon Castle France ⓘ
settingTime	Christmas 1183 ⓘ
starredActor	Anthony Hopkins ⓘ John Castle ⓘ Katharine Hepburn ⓘ Nigel Terry ⓘ Peter O'Toole ⓘ Timothy Dalton ⓘ

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this entity surface form: The Lion in Winter (play)

Glenn Close → notableWork → The Lion in Winter ⓘ

John Barry → notableWork → The Lion in Winter ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Lion in Winter (score)

Katharine Hepburn → notableWork → The Lion in Winter ⓘ