Richard III [Region 2]
starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne
directed by: Richard Loncraine
directed by: Richard Loncraine
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5060002833339
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Running Time: 104 minutes
Sales Rank: 219196
Theatrical Release Date: December 29, 1995
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
This film adaptation of a critically acclaimed stage production of Shakespeare's historical drama stars Ian McKellen in the title role. The setting is a comic-book vision of 1930s London: part art deco, part Third Reich, part industrial-age rust and rot. The play's force is turned into a synthetic high by art directors and storyboard sketchers, all of whom have a field day condensing the material into disposable pop imagery. This is a fun film, more than anything, so infatuated with its own monstrous stitchery that even the most awkward casting (Annette Bening and Robert Downey Jr.) seems a part of the ridiculous design. McKellen is the best thing about the movie, his mesmerizing portrayal of freakish despotism and poisoned desire a thing to behold. Directed by Richard Loncraine (Bellman and True). --Tom Keogh
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- The best Shakespearian movie you will ever seeSet in a fascist state, in depression era costumes, this version is excellent. The cast is superb ... Read More
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- McKellen's turnIan McKellen takes his shot at the consummate villain role, and a well-aimed shot it is. I generally ... Read More
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- A Note About Where the Ending Was Borrowed FromThe ending is taken from "White Heat" starring James Cagney playing gangster Cody Jarrett. As he falls, ... Read More
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- A Chilling Version Of A Shakespeare ClassicWhen it comes to updates of the Shakespeare plays , Richard III is probably the best of the lot. While it ... Read More
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- McKellen, Broadbent, and a broad boreMcKellen shines; when does he not? Broadbent's performance could be easily overshadowed with a viewer that ... Read More
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