Looking for Richard

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Looking for Richard

"A four hundred year old work-in-progress."

1996

1h 52m

6.8(142 votes)

Documentary

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."

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63 members

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Al Pacino

Self / Richard III

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Winona Ryder

Self / Lady Anne

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Kevin Spacey

Self / Earl of Buckingham

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Alec Baldwin

Self / Duke of Clarence

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Aidan Quinn

Richmond

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Harris Yulin

Self / King Edward

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Penelope Allen

Self / Queen Elizabeth

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Kenneth Branagh

Self - Interviewee

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Kevin Kline

Self - Interviewee

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James Earl Jones

Self - Interviewee

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Rosemary Harris

Self - Interviewee

Directing

Peter Brook

Self - Interviewee

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Derek Jacobi

Self - Interviewee

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John Gielgud

Self - Interviewee

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Vanessa Redgrave

Self - Interviewee

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F. Murray Abraham

Self

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Neal Jones

Messenger

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Gordon MacDonald

Dorset

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Madison Arnold

Rivers

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Vincent Angell

Grey

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Timmy Prairie

Prince Edward

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Landon Prairie

Young Prince

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Kevin Conway

Hastings

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Larry Bryggman

Lord Stanley

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Estelle Parsons

Margaret

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Phil Parolisi

Halberd/Messenger

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Bruce MacVittie

1st Murderer

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Paul Guilfoyle

2nd Murderer

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Richard Cox

Catesby

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Julie Moret

Mistress Shore

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Writing

Frederic Kimball

Bishop of Ely

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Daniel von Bargen

Ratcliffe

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James Colby

Lovell

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Ira Lewis

Tyrell

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Luke Toma

Messenger

No Image

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André Sogliuzzo

Messenger

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Marlon Pollick

Soldier

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Hayley Barr

Self

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Gil Bellows

Self

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Don Berry

Self

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Nicholas Berry

Self

No Image

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Robin Berry

Self

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Kate Burton

Self

Acting

Dominic Chianese

Self

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Johann Carlo

Self

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Joyce Ebert

Self

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Paul Gleason

Self

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Esther Gregory

Self

No Image

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Clare Holman

Self

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Linda Iannella

Self

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Elaine Kory

Self

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Damien Leake

Self

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Viveca Lindfors

Self

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Judith Malina

Self

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Michael Maloney

Self

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Jaime Sánchez

Self

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David Saltzman

Self

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Linda Selman

Self

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Ed Setrakian

Self

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Kyle Smyth

Self

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Heathcote Williams

Self

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Emrys Jones

Self - Interviewee

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Barbara Everett

Self - Interviewee

No Image

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