T.S. Eliot Movies
One of the longest-running hits in the history of Broadway and the West End, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats has been specially re-staged for this presentation, which captures all the music and movement of the original stage production with an uncommon intimacy and depth. The cast includes Elaine Paige, Sir John Mills, and Ken Page. Included in the special two-volume edition are exclusive interviews with the creators, two featurettes, and a trailer for the Andrew Lloyd Webber Spotlight Collection. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi
- Starring:
- Elaine Paige, John Mills, (more)
- 1952
T.S. Eliot's readers-theatre verse piece Murder in the Cathedral was never truly designed to be a fully staged play, but try telling that to the many amateur groups who've produced it in the past five decades. This 1952 film adaptation valiantly attempts to open up the piece to full cinematic effect, but the budget and resources are too skimpy, and the semi-professional actors too uneasy before the cameras. The play recounts the love-hate relationship between 12th century British monarch Henry II and Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas a Becket. In a careless moment, Henry moans to his minions that he'd like to be rid of Becket; they take him at his word. Murder in the Cathedral is no better or worse than a junior-college pageant; the story is given fuller, superior treatment in the 1964 costumer Becket. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Fr. John Groser, Alexander Gauge, (more)
- 1999
One of the major literary figures of the 20th century, American-born Eliot spent most of his life in England which is why, if you're studying English literature, you're bound to run into him in both your American and English lit classes. His groundbreaking poems (-The Wasteland and {-Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock) set a new standard for all poetry written in English, a standard still debated in the academic world. Eliot wrote important literary criticism and wrote plays. This video features footage of the Anglican church in the English village of East Coker, and poets and authors read form his work and discuss his impact. ~ Leslie Birdwell, Rovi
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