Always be wary of the person who says they are fighting, but keeps their cool and is calm and collected.

The dialogue throughout the Lion in Winter was Brilliant: from from the very first line spoken and right up to THE END

My all-time favorite Anthony Hopkins moment is in one of his scenes with Richard: "You've had four sons. Who do you claim? Not Henry, not my buried brother. Not that monument to muck, that epic idiot. Why him? Why always him and never me?" "He was the eldest. He came first." "Christ, Henry, is that all?" "You went with Eleanor." "You never called me! You never said my name! I'd have walked, I'd have crawled, I'd have done anything!" So much feeling in just three lines. All of it, his despair at never finding love in his parents, his sense of still being overshadowed by his dead brother, his hope that even now he could find validation at last...chilling.

Definitely a favorite line as well!

I am a descendant of some of the people they play in the film ,one of them John and I cringe in a delicious sort of way watching that scene. This is one of my favorite films. Like watching in the window of time of my family

Not one syllable of dialogue is frivolous in this movie.

@@anthonyweinersnose2583, absolutely. It’s probably the best dialogue I’ve ever heard in a movie, so good that it becomes the action, in a film that depends almost entirely upon the words spoken by those excellent actors. I have seen it so many times I can quote entire scenes verbatim, yet I don’t tire of watching it. I don’t understand why none of the lines from the movie have become classic, oft-quoted ones, like, “What we have here is a failure to communicate” or “I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Go figure.

Yep, good lines. My favorite Hopkins line in the movie is, “I never heard a corpse ask how it got so cold” in response to Hepburn saying, “But those were battles, not a knife behind the door!” Good stuff!

Where do you suppose the guy got the idea of the game of Thrones FROM ?. EVERYONE in the ( Western ) world watched this movie when it came out.

I watch it every year at Christmas too.

I never thought of that! We always watch ''How To Steal A Million'' another O' Toole classic!

I always say exactly the same thing about it. Everyone can relate LOL

Be thankful your family wants to have a get together, no matter how dysfunctional...

i thought my family was f up....

Absolutely! You have it correctly! And dont forget also this was Timothy Dalton's and also Nigel Terry's debut movies. Add in Katherine Hepburn's third Oscar (Peter O'Toole - best shouter in movie history was nominated for an Oscar) how could this movie fail?

Great line. The one I love is....' Christ Henry. Is that all ? You never called my name! I'd have walked I'd have crawled I'd have done anything......' Lament to a disappointed father. Still relevant.

" I am a constant soldier,a sometime poet and I will be king". Arguably sums up his career...

I believe those actors were all classic stage performers. Anthony is a Shakespearean trained stage actor.

Pretty awesome, ain't it?

​@@degsbabe You need to see more of Hopkins' work, if you think that's in any way actually true. He puts in a tremendously moving, almost too realistic performance in the current film he's in, The Father (6 Oscar nominations, including one for him), as a man with Alzheimer's. His best, most nuanced performance for my money was in The Remains of the Day (8 Oscar nominations, including one for him, and a BAFTA win for him). Shadowlands (2 Oscar nominations and a BAFTA nomination for him) was also a great little film with a genuinely excellent performance from him. The Elephant Man (8 Oscar nominations) was the best of his pre-stardom films, even better than The Lion in Winter, which I also love. Howards End (9 Oscar nominations), The Silence of the Lambs (swept the Oscars) The World's Fastest Indian, The Edge, Titus (not a film for everyone's tastes), Nixon (also not for everyone), and Fracture and a few others were also very good ones he did. He's easily one of the best actors out there.

Young Timothy Dalton, aka future James Bond.

……loved that! There’re just so MANY gems’ in this script………

They realize it when they aren't waiting tables, anyway!

....he seems to be "in the moment" on nearly evry talk show I've seen him on. The Craig Ferguson American LATE LATE SHOW....friggin' hilarious.

What is he now? Chopped liver?

Compared to then? Yes.

I LOVE that line!

Fascinated to read an article saying he is autistic. It figures but we rarely think of actors as capable of that very withdrawn style some autistic people have.

@@beccastell6439 interesting. hadn't heard it...I was a special ed. teacher for 20+ years....including MANY autistic: kids and adults...aged 3 to age 90. kinda makes sense....his language and eye contact.

"What a tragedy you are",had me rolling as well.

Bucketstein No. The screenplay is an adaptation. The first few scenes are not in the play, but they incorporate lines from it.

glvdtxn Ah...true...it is the play I have. Thank you.

Ironically starring Odin himself.

I bought this movie JUST to see a young Timothy Dalton! But I did enjoy seeing Anthony Hopkins, as well- he’s fantastic:-)

It is one of my all-time favorites. Especially at this time of year. I highly recommend it.

thank you.

You are very welcome.

don't know if you're still around but you OWE it to yourself to see this movie. very enjoyable and very entertaining..if you have cable or satellite and you have TCM on it they show this movie many times a year and certainly will be getting to it in the next month or so. Did you notice in the scene where Peter O'Toole greets the young prince that the young prince is Timothy Dalton? Here a mere year or two before he first auditioned for James Bond during Connery's first time quitting the role.

no i didn't know that! wow timothy dalton was so young!

perhaps. bur Robertson "survived" playing a retarded man in a major movie. different times. (if possible, try not to elevate someone/anyone you "like"...by tearing down someone/anyone else. at base, ...it's tacky). O'Toole was excellent. Glad he eventually won his honorary OSCAR. More than deserved it.

Funny story about that, Peter O'Toole was in the running to portray Fagin in Oliver! I mention this because Ron Moody also got Oscar nominated for said role.