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Looking for Richard(Movie, 1996)

1h 52min | Genre: Documentary
Looking for RichardRating: 3.4/5 (with 5959 votes)
Looking for Richard is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Al Pacino, in his directorial debut. It is a hybrid film, including both a filmed performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's Richard III and a documentary element which explores a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture. The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1996 and it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Al Pacino won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries. ()
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About Looking for Richard

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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Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: William Shakespeare ("Richard III")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 16 languages: Bulgarian (BG), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/11/1996
Appearing Characters: Richard III of England, Elizabeth Woodville, Edward IV of England, Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Anne Neville, William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings, Jane Shore, Margaret of Anjou, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Henry VII of England
Director: Al Pacino
Producer: Al Pacino
Screenwriter: Al Pacino
Film Editor: William M. Anderson
Composer: Howard Shore
Costume designer: Yvonne Blake
Keywords: performance art

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