Richard III

Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, et al.

Richard is a charismatic malcontent who fights for the throne with a delicious mix of treachery, seduction, and murder. This screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play has the characters taken out of their original setting and re-imagined in a Europe of the 1930s.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 027616841926
• Release Date: February 2000
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
• Director: Richard Loncraine
• Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood, Adrian Dunbar, Dominic West
• Runtime: 1 hour, 44 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: closed-captioned
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

I hate Shakespeare adaptations to different eras – but this is a great movie.

As with all Shakespeare plays, all the great actors of the time tried to squeeze in. This film is no exception. However, the actors do not outshine the character they play. Why they decided to set it in the 1930s era, I am not sure. This is Shakespeare's view of ambition, lust, and murderous treachery. There are other views you can read about later. I have to confess, I know the play; if I had not known the play, it would be easy to get lost. I still did not know the histories of some of the people. I have a hunch we have not seen the last of Richard III. No telling what can be dug up nowadays. What is in your parking lot?