Chimes At Midnight

Orson Welles' brooding, sometimes brilliant art-house film dwells on the tragic side of one of Shakespeare's most famous comic characters. Seamlessly integrating portions of Shakespeare's Richard II, Henry IV, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor, along with (in the narration by Ralph Richardson) Raphael Holinshed's The Chronicles of England, CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT is one of the finest cinematic translations of the Bard.

Sir John Falstaff (Welles) is the massive, blustering companion to Prince Hal (Baxter), heir to the besieged British throne. Reluctant to assume the duties of kingship, Hal passes his time drinking and carousing with Falstaff...