Richard III

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.

Cast

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen

as Richard III

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

as Queen Elizabeth

Jim Broadbent

Jim Broadbent

as The Duke of Buckingham

Robert Downey Jr.

Robert Downey Jr.

as Earl Rivers

Kristin Scott Thomas

Kristin Scott Thomas

as Lady Anne

Adrian Dunbar

Adrian Dunbar

as James Tyrrell

Maggie Smith

Maggie Smith

as Duchess of York

Tim McInnerny

Tim McInnerny

as William Catesby

Edward Hardwicke

Edward Hardwicke

as Lord Stanley

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

as The Duke of Clarence

Reviews

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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 u...

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