Anna Calder-Marshall, Brian Cox, Colin Blakely
The late Sir Lawrence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. It is the timeless tale of greed and lust for power, and of a sick old man, his scheming ch...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 29, 2000
Stats: 42 reviews
A very enjoyable movie ... if you've read the play. It's sole fault is that, for those who have not studied the work itself, it is completely incomprehensible.
Laurence Olivier is superb, but the whole thing is carried out very dramatically (check the crown). Naturally, the word...( read more)
The acting is great, but the way it is filmed reminds me of one of those cheesy soap operas.
All the actresses are brilliant and the play is well filmed but it would all be for naught if not for Olivier's astounding performance.
I think that the picture quality could have been better and perhaps they could have done something to make it more interesting. Am just saying.........
classic film version of Shakespeare's tragedy (one of the "Big Four": Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth; Richard III should also be included as a tragedy). Olivier was the greatest actor of his age and, in his final major role (very fitting that it should be Shakespeare), he proves onc...( read more)
Shakespeare adapted to film doesn't always work. This does. Sir L. Olivier's performance outshines other movies I've seen him in, and John Hurt as the Fool outperforms many of his other performances.
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