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What is happening at midnight?

The title is referencing a ’60s movie, I think. Nothing particular is happening at midnight, as far as I know.

"Chimes at Midnight" is a clever Orson Welles film that combines all of the Falstaff scenes from the various Shakespeare plays that he appears in.

Thanks! I just thought it was a song from Atlanta based metal band Mastodon.

The movie is based on a Shakespeare play, Henry IV part 1.

All that happens at midnight is that the clock rings, which is pretty late if you're in the 16th century. The scene is two old men reminiscing about their wild youth:

"We have heard the chimes at midnight"

"That we have, that we have, that we have"

Anecdote: In Lincoln UK, the cathedral chimes are not rung after (or immediately before) 11 PM. Mythically, this is because Michael Todd, who played Guy Gibson, the leader of the Dambuster raid in the post-war film, found them too disturbing, at the White Hart hotel, next to the cathedral, when he was filming.

As someone who lives in Lincoln, in the hearing of the bells I quite like it, but I'm not so close that it keeps me awake!

It'll be Sunday lunch time in New York City @ midnight here.

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