King Rikki

Alternative title

Street King, The

Synopsis

A gangster version of Richard III set in contemporary Los Angeles.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2002

Duration

90 mins

Credits

Director

James Gavin Bedford

Producer

John D. Vaughan

Cinematographer

Rob Sweeney

Screenplay

Jesse Graham

Cast

Timothy Paul Perrez	Eduardo Ortego (King Edward IV)
Adam Rodriguez	Alejandro Rojas (Prince Edward (Prince of Wales))
Jon Seda	Rikki Ortega (Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard)
Tonantzin Carmelo	Anita (Lady Anne)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Richard III

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Gangster films

Notes

Notes

The DVD includes an interview with Jon Seda in which he speaks about the film’s relationship to Richard III.

General

US video title is The STREET KING

Reviews

An analysis of the film is contained in the essay ‘Shakespeare and the Street: Pacino’s ‘Looking for Richard’, Bedford’s ‘Street King’ and the Common Understanding’ by Thomas Cartelli in Shakespeare the Movie, II: Popularising the Plays on Film, TV, Video and DVD edited by Richard Burt and Lynda E Boose. (London: Routledge, 2003). Cartelli asserts ‘the film’s strategy is more paradic and citational than assimilative; it ‘samples’ selected aspects of Richard III without attempting to swallow the play whole’.

Production Company

Name

Mistral Pictures

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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