Exploring different takes on the same material in film and television.



     

The Lion in Winter: Henry Greets Philip



1968:
King Henry II: Peter O'Toole
Queen Eleanor: Katharine Hepburn
King Philip II: Timothy Dalton


2003:
King Henry II: Patrick Stewart
Queen Eleanor: Glenn Close
King Philip II: Jonathan Rhys Meyers


Two Versions of the first meeting between Henry II and Phillip II, from James Goldman's "The Lion in Winter", as seen in the 1968 film and the 2003 TV Movie.





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