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No Gods, No Kings

Becket
1964 Nominee

100 Words
King Henry – I can’t remember which one, but I think it’s the second and it doesn’t really matter because making someone named Henry the King is just not a great idea – is a royal pain in the A.

But to be fair…it’s astonishing to see Peter go from Lawrence to a madman because he is spectacular to watch. DID THIS MAN REALLY NEVER WIN AN ACTING OSCAR? That is the real crime here. Apart from the other crimes like cheating on your wife and murdering innocent people and even upstaging Richard Burton and admitting aloud, “I don’t like my children.”

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2 responses to “No Gods, No Kings”

  1. Galen Humphrey Avatar
    Galen Humphrey

    …neither does the jackass in the white house

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    ozarkmedusa

    Guess what? You’re going to see this story again. It happened in real life with Henry the VIII and his ‘friend’ Sir Thomas More, who challenges the King’s power and then there’s a play and a movie – ‘A Man for All Seasons’ (1966) and he too becomes a saint … (and you’re correct, the Becket story was Henry II). These mad kings – they’re all the same; past and present.

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