CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT RESTORATION | IN-PERSON (6/25)
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT RESTORATION | IN-PERSON (6/25)
Chicago Filmmakers (map) | June 25 at 7:00 PM: The crowning achievement of Orson Welles’ cinematic career, CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT constructs a moving portrait of Shakespeare’s larger-than-life character Sir John Falstaff.
CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT RESTORATION
Join us for a special presentation of Orson Welles’ newly restored CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT at Chicago Filmmakers on Saturday, June 25 at 7PM.
On the brink of Civil War, King Henry IV attempts to consolidate his reign while dealing with his son’s neglect of his royal duties. Hal, the young Prince, openly consorts with Sir John Falstaff. Falstaff and the King rely on Hal for comfort, while the young prince nurtures his own ambitions.
Henry IV (John Gielgud) usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur (Norman Rodway). Henry's heir, Prince Hal (Keith Baxter), is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff (Orson Welles). To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
Welles’ thought of Chimes as an allegory of “Merry Old” England ascending to the modern age.
“If I had to offer up a film to get into heaven….it would be Chimes At Midnight” — Orson Welles
Directed by Orson Welles
Key Cast: Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Margaret Rutherford, John Gielgud, Marina Vlady, Keith Baxter
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