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Henry VIII

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  • 20032003
  • 3h 13m
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Sean Bean, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)
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Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.Two part mini-series documenting the stormy thirty-eight-year reign of King Henry VIII.
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    • Pete Travis
    • Peter Morgan
  • Stars
    • Ray Winstone
    • Joss Ackland
    • Sid Mitchell
    • Pete Travis
    • Peter Morgan
  • Stars
    • Ray Winstone
    • Joss Ackland
    • Sid Mitchell
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    • 45User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)
    Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)
    Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)
    Sean Bean, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)
    Sean Bean in Henry VIII (2003)
    Sean Bean and Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)
    Sean Bean in Henry VIII (2003)
    Sean Bean in Henry VIII (2003)
    Sean Bean, Helena Bonham Carter, and Ray Winstone in Henry VIII (2003)

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    Ray Winstone
    Ray Winstone
    • Henry VIII
    Joss Ackland
    Joss Ackland
    • Henry VII
    Sid Mitchell
    • Young Henry VIII
    Charles Dance
    Charles Dance
    • Duke of Buckingham
    Mark Strong
    Mark Strong
    • Duke of Norfolk
    Assumpta Serna
    Assumpta Serna
    • Katherine of Aragon
    Thomas Lockyer
    • Edward Seymour
    William Houston
    William Houston
    • Thomas Seymour
    Danny Webb
    Danny Webb
    • Thomas Cromwell
    Guy Flanagan
    • Tall Servant
    David Suchet
    David Suchet
    • Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
    Scott Handy
    Scott Handy
    • Lord Henry Percy
    Helena Bonham Carter
    Helena Bonham Carter
    • Anne Boleyn
    Benjamin Whitrow
    Benjamin Whitrow
    • Thomas Boleyn
    Stephen Noonan
    • Spanish Ambassador
    John Higgins
    • Robert Barnes
    Michael Maloney
    Michael Maloney
    • Thomas Cranmer
    Edward Kelsey
    • Campeggio
      • Pete Travis
      • Peter Morgan
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    • Trivia
      Marsha Fitzalan (Duchess of Norfolk) is, in real-life, the daughter of the 17th Duke and Duchess of Norfolk.
    • Goofs
      Immediately preceding the scene (interior) where the Pope is seen writing his refusal to divorce Henry VIII from Catherine of Aragon, there is a panoramic view of the Vatican (with St. Peter's basilica), implying that the Pope was in Rome/the Vatican at the time.DIn fact, the Pope was at Orvieto at the time, and it was there, in the Papal palace, where he wrote and signed this particular document.
    • Quotes

      Katherine of Aragon: What did I do to upset you, that a maid of mine should turn against me like this?

      Anne Boleyn: You failed to give England an heir.

      Katherine of Aragon: And that upsets you so?

      Anne Boleyn: What upsets the King, upsets me.

      Katherine of Aragon: Let me tell you this. You want me to lie before God, and admit my first marriage was consummated? Well, it was not. You want me to retire, and withdraw my daughter's claim as sole rightful heir to the throne? Well, I shall not. Not in a thousand years. Not if you rack me within an inch of my life. So, I hope you have the belly for a fight, Anne Boleyn, because I'll fight you, every inch of the way.

    • Crazy credits
      Helena Bonham Carter receives second-billing in both parts despite Anne Boleyn getting the chop in the first part. Her contribution in part 2 is the pre-title reprise and flashbacks all already shown in part 1.
    • Connections
      Edited into Honest Trailers: Lord of the Rings (2012)

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    Don't Casting Directors ever look at pictures of historical personages?
    I knew that the picture was going to be full of imperfections they minute I saw that they had made Katherine of Aragon a dark-haired, dark-eyed stereotype of what a Spaniard is suppose to look like. Katherine of Aragon, contrary to her previous portrayals, was a pretty, highly intelligent and well-educated young woman with reddish gold hair and blue eyes.

    Moreover, she was infinitely more popular with the British people than Henry himself, and the Briitish people loathed Anne Boleyn for being the cause of hurting their beloved " Good Queen Catherine!"

    It was believed that only Catherine's abhorence of Civil War prevented a good portion of the people rising up against Henry when he first started divorce proceedings. Assumpta Serna did an excellent job as Catherine, but her character(in my opinion) was given short shrift in comparison with Helena Bonham Carter's Anne Boleyn. Miss Bonham Carter was also too pretty to play Anne Boleyn, who, according to her contemporaries, was sallow-faced, black haired and eyed, and not that attractive in looks. What Anne did possess was a great deal of wit, charm, and ambition. Both she and Catherine were women who demonstrated strength and courage in adversity. What they lacked was the ruthless selfishness of Henry V111 and his monumental self-absorbsation in getting his own way. None of this was adequately portrayed in this series by the actors.
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    • Release date
      • October 12, 2003 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • PBS/Masterpiece Theatre (United States)
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Granada Television
      • Power
      • Powercorp
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    • 3 hours 13 minutes
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