Learning on ScreenRichard III
- Synopsis
- Film version of Shakespeare’s play derived from Richard Eyre’s National Theatre production. Set in a context of 1930s’ fascism, where Mosley’s troops have taken power.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1995
- Duration
- 104 mins; 9,359 feet
Credits
- Director
- Richard Loncraine
- Producer
- Lisa Katselas Pare; Stephen Bayly
- Cinematographer
- Peter Biziou
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Screenplay
- Ian McKellen; Richard Loncraine
- Music
- Trevor Jones
- Costume
- Shuna Harwood
- Art Direction
- Tony Burrough
- Cast
Additional Details
- Theatre
- National Theatre, London
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- 1930s
- Plays
- Richard III
- Subjects
- Drama; Shakespeare
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Maya Angelou: Ian McKellen
- Richard III
Notes
- Notes
- Budget estimated £6,000,000.
New commentary by Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine
New trailer (2016)
'Play the Devil - Making Richard II’I (2016, 6 mins)
'Shakespeare on Stage, Screen and Elsewhere’ with Ian McKellen (2016, 79 mins)
Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine in Conversation (2016, 21 mins)
Complete annotated screenplay with full credits (Downloadable PDF - DVD only)
Illustrated booklet with an extensive essay by Ian McKellen - Figures
- $2,684,904 (US domestic gross) Box Office Mojo 2005
- Awards
- BAFTA Film Award 1996 - Best Costume Design, Best Production Design
Berlin Silver Bear 1996 - Best Director - Documentation
- The annotated screenplay by Ian McKellen published separately (Doubleday, £8.99)
- Reviews
- Loehlin, James N. `"Top of the World, Ma": Richard III and Cinematic Convention’ in Burt, Richard and Boose, Lynda E. Shakespeare the Movie, II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video and DVD (New York & London: Routledge, 2003), pp. 173-85.
McKellen, Ian and Richard Loncraine
William Shakespeare’s Richard III: a Screenplay. (London: Doubleday, 1996). [Ian McKellen’s introduction gives a detailed account of how and why he edited Shakespeare’s text and the difficulties of selling the screenplay to the production company].
`Cinema and the Kingdom of Death: Loncraine’s "Richard III’. Peter S. Donaldson. Shakespeare Quarterly, Vol. 53, No. 2, Screen Shakespeare (Summer, 2002), pp. 241-259.
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
BFI Video
- video.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8957
- Fax
- 020 7957 8968
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
Distributor (Hire)
- Name
BFI Film Bookings Unit
- bookings.films@bfi.org.uk
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/about-bfi/help-faq/film-bookings External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7957 8938 / 8935
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
- Name
Guild Pathe Cinema Ltd
- Phone
- 020 7323 5151
- Fax
- 020 7631 3568
- Address
- 4th Floor
Kent House
14-17 Market Place
Great Tichfield Street
W1N 8AR
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
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