Title: Richard III
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Languages: English
Genres: Drama, War,
Runtime: 1:44:00 Hour
Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent
Directors: Richard Loncraine
MPA Rating: R
Rating: 6.8 (196 Votes)
TomatoMeter: 96 %
Audiance Score: 85 %
Critics Consensus: This re-imagining of Shakespeare's Crookback King relocates the story in 1930 and features an indelible star turn for Ian McKellen as the monstrous and magnetic King Richard.
Year: 1995
Summary: 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.