Props also to Patrick Doyle’s score which I think really sets this version apart.
It really does.
Possibly the greatest speech in all English language arts.
Several dozen of Shakespeare's other characters have entered the chat.
Honestly, I'm not even sure it's the greatest speech in this play from Hal alone.
The reply to the Constable (1.2), the response to the traitors at Southampton (2.2), the threat to the governor of Harfleur (3.3), the reply to the Constable before Agincourt (4.3), etc., etc.
And all of those are topped by Nell Quickly's lamentation on the death of Falstaff.
I've watched the movie perhaps 20 times!
So many great lines. The most rousing speech ever.
This is an incredible adaptation. Branagh really made this a cinematic event and nothing in it remotely feels theatrical
Except the garish blue and red tunic. I don't GAF whether it was period accurate or not. It just makes him look like a god damned Disney prince and if there's one thing I hate, it's god damned Disney princes.
If you're complaining about that then there is also the bad armor and fight choreography
Have a look at the Battle of Shrewsbury in the Orson Welles film Chimes at Midnight to see where his inspiration came from.
Just looked it up, that film looks absolutely incredible and fascinating from a production pov
And it was made for a tiny, tiny budget.
- Spike: Well, not exactly the St. Crispin's Day speech, was it?
- Rupert Giles: "We few, we happy few..."
- Spike: ...we band of buggered.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer 5.22, The Gift.
Great speech, I love to listen to this from time to time to pump myself up for something. Would have been great if that actually happened IRL. Sad to think the real think might have been a little more boring.
The Olivier film version of this play is incredible.
I went to see an outdoor production last week that was a lot of fun. The park is close to an airport so planes often interrupt the scenes which the actors use for comedic effect. Unfortunately a plane went overhead during this speech and rudely interrupted Henry's moment.
Batman makes an appearance at 2:27.
Ironic that in this, Batman is playing Robin.
I watch this scene every year on October 25th.
Renaissance Man version of St Crispen's Day was my first exposure to this speech but my favorite is Mark Rylance's version