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[[File:ShakespearesHenryV_4927.jpg|frame|"This star of England..."]]
{{quote|''"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!''▼
''Or close the wall up with our English dead.''▼
▲{{quote|''"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more!
▲Or close the wall up with our English dead.
[...]
''Follow your spirit, and upon this charge,''
''Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'"''
|'''King Henry V''' |''[[Henry V]]'' III.i}}
'''''[[Henry V]]''''' (or to give its full original title, ''The Chronicle Historie of ''Henry'' the fift: with his battel fought at ''Agin Court'' in ''France''. Togither with Auncient ''Pistoll.) is a play by [[William Shakespeare]], in which Henry V (the former Prince Hal from ''[[Henry IV]]'', Parts 1 and 2) goes and beats the French. Then marries one of them.
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The plot structure is the template for just about every war movie ever made.
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* [[Band of Brothers]]
* [[Household Names]]
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* [[All for Nothing]]: The final lines remind us that Henry VI would undo all his father's accomplishments in gaining rule over France, however impressive they were.
* [[All-Star Cast]]: The 1989 film reads rather like a "Who's Who of British Acting", with names like [[Judi Dench]], [[Derek Jacobi]], [[Brian Blessed]], [[Kenneth Branagh]], [[Emma Thompson]], Ian Holm, [[Christian Bale]] and Robbie Coltrane on the list.
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