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29/12/1995 Drama, War 1h 44m
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I can smile, and murder while I smile

Overview

Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.

  1. Richard Loncraine

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ian McKellen

    Richard III

  2. Annette Bening

    Queen Elizabeth

  3. Jim Broadbent

    The Duke of Buckingham

  4. Robert Downey Jr.

    Earl Rivers

  5. Kristin Scott Thomas

    Lady Anne

  6. Adrian Dunbar

    James Tyrrell

  7. Maggie Smith

    Duchess of York

  8. Tim McInnerny

    William Catesby

  9. Edward Hardwicke

    Lord Stanley

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Reviews

A review by tmdb28039023
Written by tmdb28039023 on 2022-08-27
Co-writers Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine (who also directs) set their Richard III in 1930s Britain, and make the infamous hunchback a fascist warmonger plotting to usurp the throne. Today's English monarchy is, at best, nominal, but even way back in the 1930s there wasn't much to be gained by usurping it.

Then again, the film takes place in an alternate reality where the War of the Roses occurs 450 years after the true historical conflict did. I don’t mind so much that royalty has endured those four centuries and a half; what does bother me is that language has not evolved in the int...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$2,748,518.00

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