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The First Part of Henry the Sixt (1983) (TV)
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2 January 1983 (UK)
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The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Henry VI, Part One (USA) (video title)
The First Part of King Henry VI (UK)
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Out of all the BBC Shakespeare films I've seen, the three Henry VI plays (and Richard III, which finishes the story) are some of the best. It feels like you are actually there, in the story. Part of what contributes to the realism is that instead of creating a rollicking, fast-paced war movie, they made an in-depth, dramatic (aka real) world that you can immerse yourself in for 14 hours (if you watch all four films). It's so deep that you come out of the whole experience not entirely sure of what happened in which of the episodes, but still remembering the sense of how amazing it is. I rated all four films 10/10 stars.
I really liked how they filmed it on what looked like a modern stage set, instead of on location. After all, Shakespeare wrote for the stage. And while some film adaptations of Shakespeare have been made as movies instead of plays (like BBC's Troilus & Cressida, or Branagh's Hamlet, for example), it's still nice to see a somewhat more traditional version, uncut, with unknown but superb actors. I'm glad they made it this way, instead of going for an epic "Lord of the Rings"-type adventure. This movie, and its three sequels, are purely wonderful.