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Overview

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7.2/10   4,492 votes
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Director:
Al Pacino
Writers:
William Shakespeare (play)
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Release Date:
11 October 1996 (USA) more
Tagline:
A four hundred year old work-in-progress.
Plot:
Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III." full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Film Veteran Kimball Dead At 75
 (From WENN. 13 October 2008, 11:59 AM, PDT)

Pacino Is Friends with Prince Charles
 (From WENN. 1 December 2004)

User Comments:
Shakespeare to the "common man." more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Penelope Allen ... Herself / Queen Elizabeth
Gordon MacDonald ... Himself / Dorset
Madison Arnold ... Himself / Rivers

Vincent Angell ... Himself / Grey
Harris Yulin ... Himself / King Edward

Alec Baldwin ... Himself / Duke of Clarence

Al Pacino ... Himself / Richard III
Timmy Prairie ... Prince Edward
Landon Prairie ... Young Prince

Kevin Conway ... Himself / Hastings
Larry Bryggman ... Himself / Lord Stanley

Kevin Spacey ... Himself / Earl of Buckingham
Estelle Parsons ... Margaret

Winona Ryder ... Lady Anne
Phil Parolisi ... Halberd / Messenger
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Additional Details

Runtime:
112 min | USA:111 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All the actors that appear in the film, all worked for scale in which at one point Alec Baldwin jokingly admitted during the film "Here I am working for forty bucks a day and have all the donuts you can eat". more
Quotes:
Richard III: I'll have her, but I will not keep her long. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Return To..: Airport (#1.6)" (2008) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Shakespeare to the "common man.", 2 February 1999
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Author: Puregold (goldintouch4@sbcglobal.net) from United States

Al Pacino brings Shakespeare to the common man in this documentary exploring the complexities of Richard III. If you can get past the insinuation that the "every day ordinary man (or woman)" is too slow to understand the intricacies of Shakespeare, you are left with quite an interesting, entertaining film. I have to be honest and say that many people do find Shakespeare a little bewildering, and tackling Richard III, one of his deepest, confusing plays, is no easy task. Therefore, let down your guard, and let the actors and scholars give us their interpretation of this most fascinating play. I found much irony in this simple effort, which made the film all the more enjoyable. In telling us of a story of a man, who wants so badly to become king as to betray all those he knows and loves, we learn the story of a singular, power hungry man, with an urge to rule his people. In his own admission, Pacino himself is on a quest to be the ultimate monarch of his own film, and tell us all, us commoners, the true meaning of this classic work. Whether or not the parallel is intentional, I don't know, but it still makes for interesting story telling. And the ultimate irony of all is that some of the deepest and most intelligent quotes come from interviews with Joe Q. Public; the man on the street.

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