Vintage Classics The lion in winter - digitally restored

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• Zavvi The Home of Pop CultureEngland
• The 12th Century
• After the death of his son and heir
• King Henry II (Peter O’Toole) is obsessed with finding a new successor
• So summons his three remaining sons
• Also summoned is his wife
• The formidable Eleanor of Aquitaine (Katherine Hepburn)
• Who he has kept imprisoned for the last ten years
• As the Royal couple scheme and cajole with their sons their passions turn from tenderness to fury as they determine who should be the future King of England
• Katherine Hepburn won her third of an unprecedented four Best Actress Oscars