Drove 30 miles to see this in the theatre when it first came out. When I heard him speak “oh for a muse of fire” I knew we were in for something special.
@akirk1573
20 күн бұрын
Damn ! I wish I could've hitched a ride with you.
@anyviolet
9 жыл бұрын
0:31 *glances to audience* "weren't expecting electricity were ya?" hahahaha the whole role is terrific and Jacobi as usual is awesome in it. Love this movie.
@terrybaby6146
4 жыл бұрын
Everything about this movie I found to be so effective.
@joescott8877
4 ай бұрын
Yes, I love that "inside joke" Jacobi seems (surely!) to make after flicking the lightswitch!
@brendaharper5998
6 жыл бұрын
Sir Derek Jacobi is utterly magnificent! Combine him with Kenneth Brannagh, Brian Blessed, Ian Holm...you have represented some of the finest actors the UK has to offer. Superb!
@10-3leader
5 ай бұрын
Sir Derek, Brian Blessed, Sian Phillips, John Hurt, and to a lesser extent Patrick Stewart and John-Rhys Davies -- I, Claudius was amazing in every regard. So to see Sir Derek here is an extra treat.
@hadorstapa
4 ай бұрын
Dame Judi Dench, too
@jolietkate
Жыл бұрын
Derek Jacobi has one of the most soothing voices. There's a version of Hamlet from the 80s he stars in and I fall asleep every time I try to watch it...not because he's boring but because his voice is just that soothing. Just like here in the campground scenes and the final monologue.
@annie10103
2 жыл бұрын
One of the best aspects of this film is getting to see Jacobi walk through it like he's in a documentary.
@tuxguys
9 жыл бұрын
A great Shakespeare film, great work by Branagh... and how brave and generous of him to let SDJ's even greater virtuosity shine this way. Addenda: --What a brilliant directorial choice to have Jacobi's Chorus wear contemporary dress! --These pieces, spliced together, are practically a one-man show... Every aspiring actor should memorize this, verbatim, order, intonation, cadence, pronunciation, all of it... ...think of it as the acting-equivalent of practicing scales and arpeggios.
@williammartin2593
7 жыл бұрын
So true. A masterful beginning. And to show the audience behind the scene.... perfect.
@miguelencanarias
5 жыл бұрын
Hear, hear. This film was my first experience of Shakespeare (it was extremely rare to see a play in English in Spain in the late 80s) and I was electrified. I memorized a large part of the play because of that. Sir Derek Jacobi's delivery was a master class in itself. As you said, intonation, cadence, pronunciation... everything is simply perfect. I would have loved to hear him do the entire speech at the beginning, but I understand that timing is a factor in cinema. I completely agree about the directorial choice to have him wear contemporary clothing. One of many excellent decisions by Branagh. Now, I know I will get a lot of hate because of what I am about to say, but I prefer this version to Olivier's or Tom Hiddleston's. The speech cadences are way more to my liking. Not only Branagh's but everybody else. Then again, what do I know about Shakespearean theatre.
Sir Derek Jacobi is, and will always remain, a master of the English language, and of Shakespeare's text. I have seen him live as Hamlet. And it is an experience I shall always treasure. In Henry V he is the chorus that joins the scenes together, and does so with the authority of a small God.
@douglascoggeshall2490
Жыл бұрын
2023-09-07 ... "Thank You" for this compilation of scenes ... Sir Derek is absolutely brilliant both in word and tone, superbly directed by Brannaugh ... the opening and closing monologs are almost as glorious as the St. Crispins Day speech ...
@PaxtonRavenscroft
4 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely my favorite movie version of one of Shakespeare's plays. I love how the actors use the language of the play, but in a completely natural way, rather than that stilted delivery that often seen in live theatre. I love the physical settings. The music is perfectly suited to the story and script.
@Susanluc59
10 жыл бұрын
It just amazes me how one human being can be this gorgeous and have so much talent. Definitely my most favorite actor on the planet.
@tomservo75
9 жыл бұрын
3:57 "and DOWN goes all before them!!!!!!" I could put this on an endless loop.
@jamesallen9325
3 жыл бұрын
“Thus with imagined wing our swift scene flies In motion of no less celerity Than that of thought!” That transition from the King of France’s face (the great Paul Scofield, naturally) to the battle at Harfleur gives me tingles every time I hear it.
@TheImpossibleMan
13 жыл бұрын
Henry V, probably Branagh's best film.
@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek
9 ай бұрын
Brilliant and Beautiful!!!!
@excaelis1
11 жыл бұрын
Every word, every pause and breath. The epilogue is breathtaking. I'm dying of envy with every line. His Cyrano De Bergerac ( English Shakespeare Company, I believe ) is heartbreakingly brilliant.
@paulavalle1168
4 жыл бұрын
excaelis1 Royal Shakespeare Company. And yes, amazing every minute. Saw him in NYC in Much Ado and Cyrano. Best ever!!!
@kaihG
4 жыл бұрын
I was half watching this movie while gaming, sort of amused. Jacobi CRACKS the screen and demands my full attention with the castle siege narration. Holy shit man. Dude can act. Blew my hair back!
@matthintz9468
3 жыл бұрын
He's not in the movie much, but, damn, Sir Derek is a stud in this film. His chorus is amazing and fun to watch.
@js.3490
7 ай бұрын
Rock star....legend.....the man is perfect for the chorus. Incredible performance.
@67lindyloo99
5 жыл бұрын
Once again Sir Derek Jacobi intrigues me to look further into history 🌹
@stevenleslie8557
4 жыл бұрын
..... kindly to judge, OUR PLAY!!!! I love how it quickly moves to the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of Ely
@swanhildm
5 жыл бұрын
My favourite film , and Derek is the actor whose Hamlet introcuced me to Shakespeare...nuff said.
@LauraFinocchietti
10 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing!!!!!!!!!!! A legend!
@user-mw8um6mc3v
6 жыл бұрын
Jacobi reciting shakespeare. Just....wow!
@Idling101
14 жыл бұрын
@JPPT1974 Thanks for watching! I agree, I don't think he's ever looked better, and his acting is wonderful. He charges every single scene with a different emotion--I don't think he repeats himself. Really masterful.
@williammartin2593
7 жыл бұрын
What I love about Jacobi and Branagh is the real range of emotions that they bring. Some old fashioned versions are too one note.
@johnsarmiento1797
5 жыл бұрын
Sir Derek was such a gem!!! Brilliant voice and acting.
@stevemccann4166
Ай бұрын
Still alive you know!!😃
@Straussian
14 жыл бұрын
4:02 "Now entertain conjecture of a time--When creeping murmur and the poring dark-- Fills the wide vessel of the universe." Oh, my! 7:11 "...a little touch of Harry in the night." Great post! Derek Jacobi is wonderful.
@ianskidmore
12 жыл бұрын
the greatest shakespearean actor for many a long day. Shakespearespeaks through him
@Vesnicie
6 жыл бұрын
I wish the Prologue had been left complete. It builds to a marvelous crescendo of language that was forced too quickly here.
@miguelencanarias
5 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. I guess sacrifices must be made for timing reasons when you are making a film, but I would have loved to hear Jacobi deliver that Prologue in full.
@Wyrmwould
Жыл бұрын
Wow, this is really well written. I think the writer has a great future ahead of him.
@degaulle30
2 жыл бұрын
I can all but guarantee his introduction prologue was in the bag in one take.
@m3rrys0ngstr3ss
3 жыл бұрын
His version of Chorus seems like a true conjurer and I love it.
@MiltonJava
7 ай бұрын
Dereck Jacobi is great.
@fabiogaucho77
10 жыл бұрын
Yes, his participation in this movie blew my mind. Also liked him as Claudius. As Hamlet and Richard II in the BBC productions, I thought he was just ok.
@naly202
12 жыл бұрын
Sir Derek Jacobi has such fascinating eyes and voice!
@dryad61
13 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! I always fast forward to his parts anyway!
@TheImpossibleMan
13 жыл бұрын
Henry V, probably Branagh's best film. It is interesting to compare DJ's "Now entertain conjecture" speech with David Suchet's study of the speech with John Barton, as they appear in Playing Shakespeare.
@williammartin2593
7 жыл бұрын
I agree. Hamlet was great, but this is perfect.
@williammorris584
3 ай бұрын
I couldn’t decide on a movie for tonight. Now I know.
@excaelis1
11 жыл бұрын
Suchet and Patrick Stewart playing with The Merchant of Venice from the same series is probably my favourite workshop.
@TheLocoUnion
6 жыл бұрын
BRAVO BRAVO!!!!
@johncastillo5462
7 жыл бұрын
this is amazing I love the William Shakespeare done so perfectly by Dereck Jacobi
@emilydiveley9661
5 ай бұрын
Sir Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi are great friends and Kenneth Branagh direct again with Derek Jacobi in Cinderella in 2015 and Derek played the king from Cinderella 2015 in real life action of Disney
@destinybok613
3 жыл бұрын
This dialogue is so masterful long live the war master
@miaouew
6 жыл бұрын
Everything else is....silence *HUUUUUUH*
@jacksonjanis5460
3 жыл бұрын
The best Henry V EVER!
@howardchambers9679
Ай бұрын
And he didn't stutter once!😊
@DoctorXander
6 жыл бұрын
Even better after watching his performance in Frasier
@miguelencanarias
5 жыл бұрын
Wait, what? He was in Frasier? It's been a long time so I don't recall.
@esinicole123
12 жыл бұрын
beyond his age i find him very atractive
@vickybala9910
7 жыл бұрын
Simply the best
@ldavid1916
Жыл бұрын
Great work Idling101! Thanks.
@LesleyLesPaul
12 жыл бұрын
...i like this much more than his Hamlet ! an adult acting in this ! he plays with his voice so brilliant ! LES
@briang8663
9 жыл бұрын
Hey, it's Cadfael.
@vickytaspartan
3 жыл бұрын
I swear that I didn't recognized Mr. Jacobi in this movie some years ago. And just now I did! 😱 Long time ago I watched the movie; the first time I watched it, I was 10; the second time, 17. And I just came from the Cadfael series 🤣!
@TheValeyard92
3 жыл бұрын
That'd be a fantastic look for him as the Master.
@MrRRHHMM
5 жыл бұрын
S. W. France '' The Worlds Best Garden'' !! Love it....
@Blueboy0316
7 жыл бұрын
4:06; hey buddy, how's it hangin?
@jeffsmith8197
7 жыл бұрын
I heard of an American hanging thus, most recently. Yes, Hernandez Of Boston did so do himself in. Doth thou know of which end of the rope he hanged himself with? The tight end, of course.
@Blueboy0316
7 жыл бұрын
Jeff Smith opinions on this act will sway in either direction, but don't get too tied up in the details
@jeffsmith8197
7 жыл бұрын
Yea, Hernandez's family grievest so as the battle over the fallen Knight's sign-on bonus reaches the very heights of the King's court, but the purse of several million gold sovereigns seem deemed to be granted to the wretched peasants of the man whose murder was done so foul.
@Dave68Goliath
5 жыл бұрын
British actors are the best.
@ericpatterson6031
7 жыл бұрын
AWESOME ... *many* thanks Idling101.
@danielmoran9902
2 жыл бұрын
The absolute fuckin' MASTER! Jacobi is the coolest!
@petermorningsnow
5 жыл бұрын
You, Claudius.
@bernhardwall6876
Жыл бұрын
The beginning scene reminds me of Olivier's film.
@BuriedFlame
4 жыл бұрын
End scene: "Sure it looks good now, but actually it went to crap in just a few years to worse than we started. Eh, whaddya gonna do?"
@a.d.clarke4990
11 ай бұрын
3:34 LOL - he loves it! 🤣
@FriedEggsWithChips
12 жыл бұрын
To my mind it's the best film!
@BenDover-tj8vf
Жыл бұрын
I am in an archery club , on the anniversary we have a French knight in full armour and we take turns filling him full of arrows, great fun , the kids love it if
@dizzydino1
3 жыл бұрын
Nice 😍....
@tomservo75
6 жыл бұрын
4:05 "Umm you left something here..."
@Civmiiuydux
4 жыл бұрын
Easiest costuming in movie history.
@MisterTutor2010
6 жыл бұрын
The closest England and France came to being one country.
@richserver1019
7 жыл бұрын
wow
@berserkrlberserkrl7016
4 жыл бұрын
What happened to "all the youth of England are afire"?
@PremangsuBhattacharya
12 жыл бұрын
' on your imaginary forces work'
@1101millie97
6 жыл бұрын
The English are clearly capable of passion and emotion, as exemplified here. When did they learn to keep such a supposedly civilized and calm exterior, so much so they act stunned when confronted with a toned down (but still uncomfortably energetic, for them) sermon from Bishop Curry at Prince Harry and Meagan Markle's wedding?
@Len0Grady
6 жыл бұрын
The restraint thing comes from the top- before Victoria I, William IV was such a scoundrel that the monarchy was in real danger of just being abolished altogether. Victoria went on a PR campaign of moral propriety and emotional austerity that lasted her whole reign. It created a way of acting that the upper and middle classes emulated and still carries on today in some form. That said, while the British aren't nearly so starchy as you'd think, displays of religious fervor leave them uncomfortable- their history tells them such behavior can be subversive at best. As an Irishman with an African American wife, we spent the sermon creased over and howling with laughter at their discomfiture. :)
@jstrahan2
5 жыл бұрын
What language is he speaking? I can't follow. Modern English subtitles would be nice.
@jstrahan2
5 жыл бұрын
@Kat Harper : I'm not joking. I'm completely serious. I never said anything about slang. I would simply like to understand what is going on. It's like watching an Italian film (a language I don't understand) without subtitles to explain what is going on. Or like watching opera (which I don't like) performed in the original Italian.
@Konrad_Wallenrod
5 жыл бұрын
@@jstrahan2 Whatever your "ear" tells you, it is a linguistic fact that this IS English in its recognizable form, with many archaisms, of course! Enhlish is not my native language, and while reading Shakespeare for the first time was confusing, i understood well over 70% of the vocabulaty! It certainly wasn't as difficult as if it were a whole new lanhuage.
@jstrahan2
5 жыл бұрын
@@Konrad_Wallenrod : Good for you! I know that this is English. But, Shakespeare is Early Modern English, difficult to understand. Please read my previous comment as to why I don't like this film and why I would like some kind of translation in today's English.
@rockys201
5 жыл бұрын
UUUURRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
@purgatoriprytania5382
4 жыл бұрын
He really was only rusty!
@XavierKatzone
5 жыл бұрын
Someone didn't like these segments?
@stevevandien310
6 жыл бұрын
Jacobi is a highly accomplished actor regarding technique. But he has always had difficulty adjusting his large performances to the screen. Here he's not nearly as -- BAD, no other word will do -- as his priggish Cassio in Olivier's "Otello" film (read Jacobi's autobio; John Dexter was right) and equally irritating Hamlet for the BBC circa 1980 -'
@stevevandien310
6 жыл бұрын
But still too large, pressing too hard --
@beauregardb6108
Ай бұрын
Sorry, Kenneth. but step back and watch an actor work.
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