Looking for Richard

Oct 11, 1996

1h 52m

★ 6.8

A four hundred year old work-in-progress.

Overview

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."

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Chal Productions

Jam Productions

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Looking for Richard Trailers

Cast

Self / Richard III

Al Pacino

Self / Lady Anne

Winona Ryder

Self / Earl of Buckingham

Kevin Spacey

Self / Duke of Clarence

Alec Baldwin

Richmond

Aidan Quinn

Self / King Edward

Harris Yulin

Self / Queen Elizabeth

Penelope Allen

Self - Interviewee

Kenneth Branagh

Self - Interviewee

Kevin Kline

Self - Interviewee

James Earl Jones

Self - Interviewee

Rosemary Harris

Self - Interviewee

Peter Brook

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