Editing Henry V (1944 film) (section)

===Filming===
[[File:Foreign Correspondents Visit British Film Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, 1943 D16277.jpg|thumb|1942: Overseas newspaper correspondents inspect a beer barrel and tent 'at Agincourt', part of the set built for the production of 'Henry V' at Denham Studios.]]
The film was shot on location at the [[Powerscourt Estate]] in [[Enniskerry]], [[County Wicklow]], Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rothwell |first1=Kenneth |title=Shakespeare in Performance: Film |url=https://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Theater/production/recorded/172/index.html |website=Internet Shakespeare Editions |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref> The interior sets were constructed at the [[Denham Studios]] in Buckinghamshire, England. They were based on illustrations from the [[Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry]] the illustrator of which is also a character in the play.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Richmond |first1=Hugh |title=Henry V at the Globe Theater |url=https://shakespeare.berkeley.edu/videos/henry-v-at-the-globe-theater |website=Shakespeare’s Staging |publisher=University of California, Berkeley |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref>

The film, which was photographed in three-strip [[Technicolor]], was hailed by critics for its ebulliently colourful sets and costumes, as well as for Olivier's masterful direction and acting. Pauline Kael called the movie "a triumph of color, music, spectacle and soaring heroic poetry".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0NlZpWZn4JsC&pg=PA328|title=5001 Nights at the Movies|date=15 May 1991|isbn=9780805013672|access-date=19 April 2016|last1=Kael|first1=Pauline|publisher=Macmillan }}</ref> [[James Agee]] reported, in [[Time magazine|''Time'' magazine]]'s 8 April 1946 issue, that a remarkable 75 percent of the color footage shot was used in the final release.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Agee |first1=James |title=Masterpiece |url=https://time.com/vault/issue/1946-04-08/spread/60/ |access-date=30 January 2024 |magazine=Time |volume=XLVII|issue=14 |date=8 April 1946}}</ref>

In 2007, the film was digitally restored to [[High-definition television|High Definition]] format and re-released.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkcircus.com/films/3952-henry-v|title=Henry V|work=parkcircus.com|access-date=25 July 2017}}</ref> As part of the BBC Summer of British Film series in 2007, it was shown at selected cinemas across the UK.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Summer of British Film |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/07_july/10/film.shtml |publisher=BBC |access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref>