Looking for Richard

Looking for Richard
theatrical release poster
Directed by	Al Pacino
Produced by	Michael Hadge Al Pacino
Written by	William Shakespeare Al Pacino Frederic Kimball
Starring	Alec Baldwin Al Pacino Aidan Quinn Winona Ryder Kevin Spacey
Music by	Howard Shore
Cinematography	Robert Leacock
Edited by	William A. Anderson Ned Bastille Pasquale Buba Andre Ross Betz
Production company	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	October 11, 1996 (1996-10-11) (United States)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Looking for Richard is a 1996 documentary film directed by Al Pacino. The film is Pacino's directorial debut. It is both a performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's Richard III and 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^[1] and it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.^[2]

Description

Pacino plays both himself and the title character. The movie guides the audience through the play's plot and historical background.^[3] Pacino and several fellow actors, including Penelope Allen and Harris Yulin,^[4] act out scenes from the play.^[5]

In addition, the actors comment on their roles. Pacino also features other actors famous for performing Shakespeare, such as Vanessa Redgrave, Kenneth Branagh, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, James Earl Jones, and Kevin Kline.^[6] Pacino includes interviews with Shakespeare scholars and ordinary people on the street.

Cast

Al Pacino as Richard III
Penelope Allen as Queen Elizabeth Woodville
Harris Yulin as King Edward
Kevin Spacey as Buckingham
Winona Ryder as Lady Anne
Kevin Conway as Lord Hastings
Julie Moret as Mistress Shore
Estelle Parsons as Queen Margaret
Alec Baldwin as Clarence
Aidan Quinn as Richmond

References

↑ Janet Maslin (29 January 2002). "Films on Junior High School And a Farm Win at Sundance". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
↑ "Festival de Cannes: Looking for Richard". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
↑ Bruce Weber (6 October 1996). "Al Pacino, Slouching (Again) Toward Shakespeare". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
↑ Godfrey Cheshire (5 February 1996). "Looking For Richard". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
↑ Roger Ebert (25 October 1996). "Looking For Richard". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
↑ Janet Maslin (11 October 1996). "Royal Monster, Are You Out There?". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-05-16.

External links

William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy

Characters

1 Henry VI	Henry VI Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester Duke of Exeter Lord Talbot Duke of Bedford Richard, Duke of York Bishop of Winchester Earl of Suffolk Duke of Somerset (conflation of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset) Earl of Warwick Earl of Salisbury John Talbot Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March (conflation of Sir Edmund de Mortimer and Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March) Sir John Fastolf Charles the Dauphin Joan la Pucelle Margaret of Anjou Reignier, Duke of Anjou Duke of Alençon Bastard of Orléans Duke of Burgundy Jacques d'Arc

2 Henry VI	Henry VI Queen Margaret Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester Richard, Duke of York Earl of Salisbury Earl of Warwick Cardinal of Winchester Duke of Suffolk Duke of Buckingham Jack Cade Duke of Somerset (conflation of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset) Duchess of Gloucester Edward Plantagenet Richard Plantagenet Lord Clifford Young Clifford Margery Jourdayne Lord Saye Lord Scales

3 Henry VI	Henry VI Queen Margaret Richard, Duke of York Earl of Warwick Edward IV Richard, Duke of Gloucester George, Duke of Clarence Edward, Prince of Wales Lord Clifford Lady Grey Montague Earl of Oxford Duke of Somerset (conflation of Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset and Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset) Lord Hastings Sir William Stanley Earl of Northumberland Duke of Exeter Duke of Norfolk Earl of Westmorland Lord Rivers Edmund, Earl of Rutland Henry, Earl of Richmond Louis XI of France Bona of Savoy Prince Edward Earl of Pembroke Lord Stafford Lord Bourbon

Richard III	Richard III Duke of Buckingham Queen Elizabeth Duchess of York Queen Margaret Lady Neville George, Duke of Clarence Edward IV Lord Hastings Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond Sir William Catesby Sir Richard Ratcliffe Lord Rivers Marquis of Dorset Sir James Tyrrell Lord Richard Grey Prince Edward Richard, Duke of York Earl of Warwick Countess of Salisbury Duke of Norfolk Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of York Earl of Surrey Sir Thomas Vaughan Sir Christopher Robert Brackenbury Lord Lovel Ghost of Henry VI Ghost of Edward, Prince of Wales Lord Mayor of London Earl of Oxford Sir James Blunt Sir William Brandon Bishop of Ely Sheriff of Wiltshire

On screen

1 Henry VI	An Age of Kings (1960; TV) The Wars of the Roses (1965; TV) The First Part of Henry the Sixt (1983; TV)

2 Henry VI	An Age of Kings (1960; TV) The Wars of the Roses (1965; TV) The Second Part of Henry the Sixt (1983; TV)

3 Henry VI	An Age of Kings (1960; TV) The Wars of the Roses (1965; TV) The Third Part of Henry the Sixt (1983; TV)

Richard III	The Life and Death of King Richard III (1912) Richard III (1955) An Age of Kings (1960; TV) The Wars of the Roses (1965; TV) The Tragedy of Richard III (1983; TV) "The Foretelling" (1983; TV) "King Richard III" (1994; TV) Richard III (1995) Looking for Richard (1996) Richard III (2008)

Holinshed's Chronicles
Hundred Years' War
Wars of the Roses
House of Plantagenet
House of York
House of Lancaster
Siege of Orléans
Battle of Patay
Peasants' Revolt (1381)
First Battle of St Albans
Battle of Wakefield
Second Battle of St Albans
Battle of Towton
Battle of Barnet
Battle of Tewkesbury
Princes in the Tower
Battle of Bosworth Field
"Even a worm will turn"
The True Tragedy of Richard III (c.1590)
The Tragical History of King Richard the Third (1699)
David Garrick as Richard III (1745)

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