The Lion in Winter is a 2003 made-for-television remake

Remake

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 of the 1968 film of the same name

The Lion in Winter (1968 film)

The Lion in Winter is a 1968 historical drama made by Avco Embassy Pictures, based on the Broadway play by James Goldman. It was directed by Anthony Harvey and produced by Joseph E...

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A television

Television

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 production of The Lion in Winter was first shown on December 26, 2003 in the U.K.

United Kingdom

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. It starred Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century...

 and Glenn Close

Glenn Close

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, and was directed by Andrei Konchalovsky

Andrei Konchalovsky

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. It was filmed on location at Spiš Castle

Spiš Castle

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 in eastern Slovakia

Slovakia

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Andrew Howard

Andrew Howard

-Stage acting:On stage roles included Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, Peer Gyntin Peer Gynt, Orestes in Electra at theatres, including The Royal National Theatre and TheDonmar Warehouse .-Film acting:...

, John Light

John Light (actor)

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, and Rafe Spall

Rafe Spall

Rafe Joseph Spall is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the Edgar Wright films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz , alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He had previously appeared alongside Pegg and Frost in a 2001 episode of Spaced...

 played the warring brothers. Jonathan Rhys Meyers played the king of France

France

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 and Yuliya Vysotskaya, his sister and Henry's mistress, Princess Alais.

Cast

• Patrick Stewart
  Patrick Stewart
  Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor, who has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century...
  
   as King Henry II
  Henry II of England
  Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the...
  
  
• Glenn Close
  Glenn Close
  Glenn Close is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and singer of theatre and film, known for her roles as a femme fatale Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American actress and...
  
   as Queen Eleanor
  Eleanor of Aquitaine
  Eleanor of Aquitaine was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages. As well as being Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right, she was queen consort of France and of England...
  
  
• Andrew Howard
  Andrew Howard
  -Stage acting:On stage roles included Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange, Peer Gyntin Peer Gynt, Orestes in Electra at theatres, including The Royal National Theatre and TheDonmar Warehouse .-Film acting:...
  
   as Richard the Lionheart
  Richard I of England
  Richard I was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Count of Nantes, and Overlord of Brittany at various times during the same period...
  
  
• John Light
  John Light (actor)
  John Light is an English cinema, television and theatre actor.-Career:His theatre performances include the Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he starred in Sean Holmes' Julius Caesar as Brutus and in Rupert Goold's The Tempest as Caliban...
  
   as Geoffrey
  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany
  Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond was Duke of Brittany between 1181 and 1186, through his marriage with the heiress Constance. Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine.-Family:He was a younger maternal half-brother of Marie de...
  
  
• Rafe Spall
  Rafe Spall
  Rafe Joseph Spall is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the Edgar Wright films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz , alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He had previously appeared alongside Pegg and Frost in a 2001 episode of Spaced...
  
   as John
  John of England
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• Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Philip II
  Philip II of France
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• Yuliya Vysotskaya
  Julia Vysotskaya
  Julia Aleksandrovna Vysotskaya is a Russian actress and television presenter.- Biography :She finished high school № 9 in the city of Baku in 1990...
  
   as Alais
  Alys, Countess of the Vexin
  Alys, Countess of the Vexin was the daughter of King Louis VII of France and his second wife Constance of Castile.- Life :...
  
  
• Clive Wood
  Clive Wood
  -Film and television:Wood's first starring TV role was as Vic Brown, opposite Joanne Whalley and Susan Penhaligon, in the 1982 ITV drama series based on the novel A Kind of Loving. He has played Matt Kerr in Press Gang, DCI Gordon Wray in The Bill and Jack Morgan in London's Burning...
  
   as Captain William Marshall

Won

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Costumes – Miniseries, Film or a Special

Golden Globe Awards

• Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (Close)

Screen Actors Guild

Screen Actors Guild

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 (SAG)

• Outstanding Female Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (Close)

Nominated

Costume Designers Guild

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 (CDG)

• Excellence in Costume Design for Television – Fantasy or Period (Boyle)

Emmy Awards

• Outstanding Actress – Miniseries or a Film (Close)
• Outstanding Art Direction – Miniseries, Film or a Special
• Outstanding Directing – Miniseries, Film or a Dramatic Special (Konchalovsky)
• Outstanding Hairstyling – Miniseries, Film or a Special
• Outstanding Television Film

Golden Globe Awards

• Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film (Stewart)
• Best Miniseries or Television Film

Producers Guild of America

Producers Guild of America

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(PGA)

• Television Producer of the Year Award – Longform