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* MilesGloriosus: Falstaff spends most of the Battle of Shrewsbury hiding in the bushes, but in the aftermath styles himself a hero of the battle. Earlier, he and his circle rob some unarmed pilgrims, and on various retellings of the story, Falstaff makes the robbing raid sound like an epic battle against armed foes.

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* MilesGloriosus: Falstaff spends most of the Battle of Shrewsbury hiding in the bushes, but in the aftermath styles tries to make himself a look like the great hero of the battle.battle by stabbing Hotspur's corpse. Earlier, he and his circle rob some unarmed pilgrims, and on various retellings of the story, Falstaff makes the robbing raid sound like an epic battle against armed foes.
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*MilesGloriosus: Falstaff spends most of the Battle of Shrewsbury hiding in the bushes, but in the aftermath styles himself a hero of the battle. Earlier, he and his circle rob some unarmed pilgrims, and on various retellings of the story, Falstaff makes the robbing raid sound like an epic battle against armed foes.
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* MoralEventHorizon: As far as Hal is concerned, Falstaff crosses the line when he pretends to be dead, then stabs Hotspur's corpse in order to steal the credit for the kill from Hal himself; Welles stages this moment as the beginning of the end of their friendship.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Much like in Laurence Olivier's Henry V, the Battle of Shrewsbury sequence shows armoured knights being hoisted into the saddle with rope pulleys. This has no basis in history - real plate armour does not significantly impede movement; knights would have mounted their horses the normal way - but works well as a cinematic effect. Of course this anachronism is there in the plays itself.

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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Much like in Laurence Olivier's Henry V, the Battle of Shrewsbury sequence shows armoured knights being hoisted into the saddle with rope pulleys. This has no basis in history - real plate armour does not significantly impede movement; knights would have mounted their horses the normal way - but works well as a cinematic effect. Of course this anachronism is there in the plays itself.itself, so if it is not accurate to history, it ''is'' accurate to the source.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"Banish [[caption-width-right:350:''"Banish plump Jack, and banish all the world."]]
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In addition to this the film had an All-Star cast with Welles as Falstaff, Creator/JohnGielgud as King Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly, Creator/JeanneMoreau as Doll Tearsheet, Fernando Rey as the Earl of Worcester and Norman Rodway as Henry Hotspur.

Orson Welles described Falstaff as "the only good man in all of Shakespeare" and regarded the film along with ''Film/TheTrial'' as personal favorites.

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In addition to this the film had an All-Star cast with The film's AllStarCast includes Welles as Falstaff, Creator/JohnGielgud as King Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly, Creator/JeanneMoreau as Doll Tearsheet, Fernando Rey as the Earl of Worcester and Worcester, Norman Rodway as Henry Hotspur.

Hotspur, and Marina Vlady as Kate Percy.

Orson Welles described Falstaff as "the only good man in all of Shakespeare" and regarded the this film along with ''Film/TheTrial'' as his personal favorites.
favorites among his own work.
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''Chimes at Midnight'' is a 1966 international co-production by Creator/OrsonWelles.

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''Chimes at Midnight'' (also known as ''Falstaff'') is a 1966 international co-production directed by and starring Creator/OrsonWelles.



In addition to this the film had an All-Star cast with Creator/JohnGielgud as King Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, Welles as Falstaff, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly, Creator/JeanneMoreau as Doll Tearsheet, Fernando Rey as Earl of Worcester and Norman Rodway as Henry Hotspur.

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In addition to this the film had an All-Star cast with Welles as Falstaff, Creator/JohnGielgud as King Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, Welles as Falstaff, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly, Creator/JeanneMoreau as Doll Tearsheet, Fernando Rey as the Earl of Worcester and Norman Rodway as Henry Hotspur.
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* EndOfAnAge: In Welles view, the conflict is between "Merrie England" represented by Falstaff and his rogues and the Renaissance Machiavellianism embodied by the likes of Prince Hal who will civilize and nationalize England. Mistress Quickly notes that Falstaff is in "[[KingArthur Arthur]]'s bosom".

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* EndOfAnAge: In Welles view, the conflict is between "Merrie England" represented by Falstaff and his rogues and the Renaissance Machiavellianism embodied by the likes of Prince Hal who will civilize and nationalize England. Mistress Quickly notes that Falstaff is in "[[KingArthur "[[Myth/KingArthur Arthur]]'s bosom".

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It is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad - ''Theatre/RichardII'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'' (Parts I and II) and ''Theatre/HenryV'' with some scenes borrowed from ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' and an opening narration (by Sir Creator/RalphRichardson) that features excerpts from Raphael Holinshed's chronicles. The film manages to blend this stew by centering the action not on the Kings and their Enemies but instead, around Sir John Falstaff who as Orson Welles noted had more lines of dialogue than any Shakespeare character apart from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

The film was made on a piecemeal budget, shot on location in Spain using left-over sets from earlier productions (mainly ''Film/ElCid''[[note]]Spain at that time became a favorite location for producer Samuel Bronston who made a number of films there, including ''Film/KingOfKings'' for which Welles contributed a narration[[/note]]) and was made as and when money came. Despite these conditions, however the film became celebrated in its day and afterwards for being the most cinematic Shakespeare attempted at the time, with its broad compositions, use of natural surroundings and most famously for its enactment of the Battle of Shrewsbury, which went on to inspire Creator/KennethBranagh's similarly revisionist ''Theatre/HenryV'' adaptation, as well as ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.

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It is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad - -- ''Theatre/RichardII'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'' (Parts I and II) and ''Theatre/HenryV'' with some scenes borrowed from ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' and an opening narration (by Sir Creator/RalphRichardson) that features excerpts from Raphael Holinshed's chronicles. The film manages to blend this stew by centering the action not on the Kings and their Enemies but instead, around Sir John Falstaff Falstaff, who as Orson Welles noted had more lines of dialogue than any Shakespeare character apart from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

The film was made on a piecemeal budget, shot on location in Spain using left-over sets from earlier productions (mainly ''Film/ElCid''[[note]]Spain at that time became a favorite location for producer Samuel Bronston Bronston, who made a number of films there, there including ''Film/KingOfKings'' ''Film/KingOfKings'', for which Welles contributed a narration[[/note]]) and was made as and when money came. Despite these conditions, however the film became celebrated in its day and afterwards for being the most cinematic Shakespeare attempted at the time, with its broad compositions, use of natural surroundings and most famously for its enactment of the Battle of Shrewsbury, which went on to inspire Creator/KennethBranagh's similarly revisionist ''Theatre/HenryV'' adaptation, as well as ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'' and ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''.


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* MoralEventHorizon: As far as Hal is concerned, Falstaff crosses the line when he pretends to be dead, then stabs Hotspur's corpse in order to steal the credit for the kill from Hal himself; Welles stages this moment as the beginning of the end of their friendship.
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* MeaningfulRename: When Hal is named King Henry, he no longer has any use for Falstaff or anything else from his childhood.
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It is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad - ''Theatre/RichardII'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'' (Parts I and II) and ''Theatre/HenryV'' with some scenes borrowed from ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' and an opening narration (by Creator/RalphRichardson) that features excerpts from Raphael Holinshed's chronicles. The film manages to blend this stew by centering the action not on the Kings and their Enemies but instead, around Sir John Falstaff who as Orson Welles noted had more lines of dialogue than any Shakespeare character apart from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

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It is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad - ''Theatre/RichardII'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'' (Parts I and II) and ''Theatre/HenryV'' with some scenes borrowed from ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' and an opening narration (by Sir Creator/RalphRichardson) that features excerpts from Raphael Holinshed's chronicles. The film manages to blend this stew by centering the action not on the Kings and their Enemies but instead, around Sir John Falstaff who as Orson Welles noted had more lines of dialogue than any Shakespeare character apart from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

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* TitleDrop: See the page quote. The dialogue is from ''Henry IV'' Part 2.

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* TitleDrop: See the page quote. The dialogue is from ''Henry IV'' Part 2.2, though the exchange is from the play is:
-->'''Falstaff:''' We have heard the chimes at midnight Master Shallow.\\
'''Shallow:''' That we have, that we have, that we have, in faith Sir John we have; our watchword was hem, boys! Come let's to dimmer, come let's to dinner. Jesu, the days that we have seen. Come, come.
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In addition to this the film had an All-Star cast with John Gielgud as King Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, Welles as Falstaff, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly, Creator/JeanneMoreau as Doll Tearsheet, Fernando Rey as Earl of Worcester and Norman Rodway as Henry Hotspur.

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In addition to this the film had an All-Star cast with John Gielgud Creator/JohnGielgud as King Henry IV, Keith Baxter as Prince Hal, Welles as Falstaff, Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly, Creator/JeanneMoreau as Doll Tearsheet, Fernando Rey as Earl of Worcester and Norman Rodway as Henry Hotspur.
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It is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad - ''Theatre/RichardII'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'' (Parts I and II) and ''Theatre/HenryV'' with some scenes borrowed from ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' and an opening narration (by Ralph Richardson) that features excerpts from Raphael Holinshed's chronicles. The film manages to blend this stew by centering the action not on the Kings and their Enemies but instead, around Sir John Falstaff who as Orson Welles noted had more lines of dialogue than any Shakespeare character apart from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.

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It is an adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Henriad - ''Theatre/RichardII'', ''Theatre/HenryIV'' (Parts I and II) and ''Theatre/HenryV'' with some scenes borrowed from ''Theatre/TheMerryWivesOfWindsor'' and an opening narration (by Ralph Richardson) Creator/RalphRichardson) that features excerpts from Raphael Holinshed's chronicles. The film manages to blend this stew by centering the action not on the Kings and their Enemies but instead, around Sir John Falstaff who as Orson Welles noted had more lines of dialogue than any Shakespeare character apart from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''.
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* InternalHomage: Mistress Quickly's funeral elegy of Falstaff is shot quite similar to Agnes Moorehead's monologue near the stove in ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'', complete with her sitting on the floor, back against the wall, and a close-up with her [[ThousandYardStare staring far away]].

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* InternalHomage: Mistress Quickly's funeral elegy of Falstaff is shot quite similar to Agnes Moorehead's Creator/AgnesMoorehead's monologue near the stove in ''Film/TheMagnificentAmbersons'', complete with her sitting on the floor, back against the wall, and a close-up with her [[ThousandYardStare staring far away]].

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