King Lear

Jan 22, 1988

1h 30m

★ 6.4

Jealous love leads to destruction.

Overview

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

The Cannon Group

Golan-Globus Productions

King Lear Trailers

Cast

William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

Peter Sellars

Don Learo

Burgess Meredith

Virginia

Julie Delpy

Edgar

Leos Carax

Cordelia

Molly Ringwald

Professor Pluggy

Jean-Luc Godard

Mr. Alien (uncredited)

Woody Allen

Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)

Freddy Buache

Self (voice) (uncredited)

Menahem Golan

(uncredited)

Suzanne Lanza

Self (uncredited)

Kate Mailer

Self (uncredited)

Norman Mailer

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.

6.6

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0.0

Hold

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6.6

Something's Gotta Give

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6.8

The Day After

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6.1

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4.0

Am Tag als Bobby Ewing starb

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0.0

X MILITARY

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3.7

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6.4

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6.5

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6.1

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0.0

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3.1

20 Years After

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6.5

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6.0

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7.6

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7.0

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4.0

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