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The King
Directed by
David Michôd
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Joel Edgerton, Liz Watts, and David Michôd
Written by David Michôd and Joel Edgerton Based on the plays Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V by William Shakespeare
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Brad Pitt, Joel Edgerton, Liz Watts, and David Michôd
Written by David Michôd and Joel Edgerton Based on the plays Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and Henry V by William Shakespeare
With:
Timothée Chalamet, Joel Edgerton, Robert Pattinson, Sean Harris, Lily-Rose Depp, Ben Mendelsohn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Thibault de Montalembert, Andrew Havill, Stephen Fewell, and Tara Fitzgerald
Cinematography:
Adam Arkapaw
Editing: Peter Sciberras
Music: Nicholas Britell
Editing: Peter Sciberras
Music: Nicholas Britell
Runtime:
140 min
Release Date: 01 November 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 01 November 2019
Aspect Ratio: 2.39 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Michôd and Edgerton’s spin on The Bard’s Henriad plays has a young but world-weary Prince Hal, a delightfully detestable Dauphin, and a stoic Falstaff who leads the Battle of Agincourt. Great cast and production but any narrative momentum gets stuck in the mud.