Rating: PG-13 (some intense action violence)
Length: 110 minutes

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 2.0
FRENCH: Dolby Digital 2.0

English, Spanish

Watch as Thomas Becket teaches Henry II how to be king and assists him with ruling the nation. The Arch Bishop of Canterbury, a thorn in the king's side, dies and needs to be replaced. Will Henry's decision to name Becket as his replacement work with him or cause him pain?

Great acting by all involved and a wonderful script; humor interwoven throughout if you're paying attention. I hadn't seen this film in over a decade before they finally released it on DVD, I watched it the first three nights I had this set in my hands. They've done an excellent job cleaning up the picture and even though the extras are thin, they are worth a look.

I rarely listen to commentary tracks but one with Peter O'Toole was too much to pass up on. Though he does tend to stray away from the movie from time-to-time, his commentary is very entertaining and informational; it has been over 40 years since he starred in this film.

This isn't an action-packed movie with huge battle scenes; it's much more cerebral. As you'll find out in the extras, this isn't historically correct in a number of areas; one is rather important.

• Commentary With Peter O'Toole
• Interviews With Editor Anne V. Cotes and Composer Laurence Rosenthal
• Archival Interviews With Richard Burton
• Theatrical Trailer
• Still Gallery
• TV Spot

I could spend hours writing about this film but that would take too much time. This is one of the few "can't miss" movies and one of my all-time favorites.

Felix Aylmer - Theobald of Bec, Archbishop of Canterbury

[Ivanhoe]

Pamela Brown - Queen Eleanor [of Aquitaine]

[Cleopatra (1963)]

Richard Burton - Thomas à Becket

[Alexander the Great, Anne of the Thousand Days, Cleopatra (1963), Desert Rats, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, Where Eagles Dare]

Gino Cervi - Cardinal Zambelli

John Gielgud - King Louis VII of France

[Chariots of Fire, The Elephant Man, Elizabeth, First Knight, Gandhi, Julius Caesar, Merlin, Murder on the Orient Express, The Scarlet and the Black]

Percy Herbert - Baron

[The Guns of Navarone]

Martita Hunt - Empress Matilda

Peter Jeffrey - Baron

[The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Anne of the Thousand Days, The Odessa File]

Niall MacGinnis - Baron

[Alexander the Great, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold]

Peter O'Toole - King Henry II

[Augustus, Hitler: The Rise of Evil, Joan of Arc, The Last Emperor, Lawrence of Arabia, The Lion in Winter, Troy]

Siân Phillips - Gwendolen

[Clash of the Titans, Dune]

Christopher Rhodes - Baron

Paolo Stoppa - Pope Alexander III

[Once Upon a Time in the West]

David Weston - Brother John

Donald Wolfit - Gilbert Folliot, Bishop of London

[Lawrence of Arabia]