Chimes at Midnight [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

"Never mind those wags who cracked wise that Orson Welles was the first actor in history too fat to play Shakespeare's Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight is one of director Welles' finest achievements, a fact that becomes all the more obvious with each passing year. Combining elements of Shakespeare's Henry IV Part One, Henry IV Part Two, Henry V, Richard III and Merry Wives of Windsor, the film traces the ascension to the British throne of King Henry V (Keith Baxter), paralleling this rise with ...