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The Lion in Winter

1968 · directed by Anthony Harvey · 134 min
21,626 feet · Prominence
1,833rd of 15,261 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw0

No worldwide gross on file, so Draw is zero. A gap in the data, not a verdict.

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise95

Critics 91, awards 88. Half each, so Praise lands at 95.

Critics91 → 46Awards88 → 44

Oscars3 won Actress, Adapted Screenplay, no Musical4 nominated Picture, Director, Actor, Costume Design
Golden Globes1 won Actor
BAFTAs1 won Original Music
How Praise works

Half critics, half a tiered award record where Picture and Directing carry most of the weight. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy48

Judged directly: Hepburn Oscar, enduring theatrical classic.

Verdict48 of 100IMDb7.8 from 37kWikipedia20k views a monthAge58 years

Scored beside it · 936 of 3,430 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 0 praise 95 legacy 48averages 48, which places it at21,626 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

Peter O'Toole

In these careers — elevation for this film

Peter O'Toole22,072 ftAnthony Hopkins21,882 ft