Anne of the Thousand Days

Pros: fairly historically accurate, good acting, good period piece in general
Cons: drags at times

Okay, that's not quite the truth. However, in my 11th grade year, I took that course and remarked to my teacher how much easier it was to keep track of all of the European Kings & Queens if you looked at it like a soap opera. One of the essays on the ...

Pros: Impressive acting, sets, costumes and story.
Cons: Well, if you know anything about the Tudors, you know how this will end.

Anyone who is a student of English history will probably know this little piece of doggerel: Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. It refers to the story of Henry VIII and his six unfortunate wives. Here we get the story of wives...

Pros: Genevieve Bujold, Richard Burton, Costuming, Sets, Score, Story
Cons: Slow moving and talky, only available in VHS format

Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) I have such a little neck. Anne Boleyn This video has been so long in my collection it has positively grown moss. But I love a good costume drama so this film deserves some attention. Anne of the ...

Pros: Acting, atmosphere, exceptional film quality for its age
Cons: A couple of chronological errors and minor inaccuracies

King Henry VIII is remembered in history as a self-centered, somewhat maniacal character who had a penchant for disposing of his wives. This king established the Church of England in a desperate attempt to affect a divorce from his wife, Katherine of ...

Pros: A Classy Historical Drama, great cast, sets and costumes, fascinating story.
Cons: None for me.

FILM ONLY REVIEW Some films date really quickly and the screenplay, sets or terminology can be dead giveaways as to when a film was made. Watching Anne Of A Thousand Days this weekend , from now on to be referred to as AOATD, one of my strongest ...

Pros: Beautiful film, well acted.
Cons: None

When I stumbled across “Anne of the Thousand Days” recently, I was mesmerized and left wondering how I’d missed such a classic film. As I was growing up and becoming aware of big-name Hollywood actors, Richard Burton already seemed mostly, to my ...

Pros: Some fine performances
Cons: Too melodramatic and historically inaccurate

The first time I saw this movie was my senior year of high school. My English teacher, covering British Literature, decided to augment her lectures and notes by showing us the films "Becket" (terrific!), "A Man For All Seasons" (outstanding!), and "Anne...