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Richard III

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Richard III
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R,1hr 45min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1995
Director:
Richard Loncraine
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent  ...more
Synopsis: Richard Loncraine takes Shakespeare's classic tale of treachery, Richard III, and transplants it to the 1930s. Ian McKellen is Richard who, as the film opens, begins plotting against his brother Edward, who has just ascended to the throne after a bloody civil war. Richard begins by seducing and wedding Lady Anne (Kristin Scott Thomas), whom he made a widow during the war. With the help of some loyal henchmen, Richard succeeds in murdering his older brother Clarence (Nigel Hawthorne), which so upsets ... Full Synopsis
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Mark Deming, AMG Review
Visually striking and highly imaginative, Richard Loncraine's screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's Richard III ranks as one of the best -- or at least the most cinematic -- versions of the bard's work to ever appear on screen. Here, the story is moved into the 1930's as a neo-fascist government has taken power in England, and Richard (Ian McKellen) ruthlessly climbs through its ranks, using murder, ... Full Review
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Ian McKellen
Richard III
Annette Bening
Queen Elizabeth
Jim Broadbent
Buckingham
Robert Downey Jr.
Earl Rivers
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