Somewhat after the fashion of gyzki

[learnedax]

Yesterday I watched a film in which coarse, mercurial King Harry appoints his old friend Tom to be his high chancellor, relying on his complete loyalty in the divisive battle to bring the church under the crown's control, not reckoning on the strength of Tom's conscience, which brings him to resist his liege's grasp for power when all around him have given in, even in the face of trumped up charges against him, so that ultimately his king, still wishing for his friend's approval, has him killed.

The trick, here, is that last week I watched another film by this same description, that was made a mere two years later.

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[learnedax.livejournal.com]

The first is one of them, but the other is less well known - though it's about the same history as your second, so I suppose that's equally valid given the information I presented.

[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

So, Becket, then? (which is Anouilh, I think?) Same play, different writer. I actually forget who wrote Murder in the Cathedral, but it was some poet or other - the text is hard to push through.

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

Right you are. And more detail than I could have given.

[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

Well, it has an awesome line, which is what makes me remember things - it is the source of that 'Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?'