这是Richard Lester最好的一个片。　　An absurdist classic　　This is a wonderful surreal comedy based on the play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus. You know that it is going to be an odd film right at the begin...

　　本片被很多人认为是莎士比亚戏剧改编中成就最高的一部，由莎士比亚的五部戏剧浓缩而成。讲述英国国王亨利四世即位后，全国叛乱不止，形势动荡，王子却熟视无睹，与其密友胖武士弗斯塔夫终日豪饮作乐。弗斯塔夫是喜欢吹牛而无所不为之辈，他向亨利四世进谗言说王子平叛不力，把所有功劳归于自 己。后来亨利四世驾崩，王子继位为亨利五世，弗斯塔夫以为自己能加官封爵，岂料被昔日旧友一脚踢开。原来亨利五世力图振作，那段放荡...

　　The movie is a throwback to a time when ordinary people enjoyed simple pleasures like going to their club, or taking in the pictures and growing their chrysanthemums in the adjoining greenhouse gard...