Cedric Hardwicke, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud
Shakespeare's play about Richard Crookback, his seizure of the throne and his defeat at Bosworth.
DVD Release Date: February 24, 2004
Stats: 85 reviews
Really fantastic version of Richard III, but if you are not familiar with the play this version is a little hard to follow.
Having watched a few more Shakespearean movies, I'm ready to downgrade this from "best adaptation ever" to "magnificent performance by Laurence Olivier".
want to see this because it won best picture and best British film with BAFTA, was nominated for best foreign film by NBR, and was recognized as one of the best foreign films at the golden globes
Shakespeare can be tedious, but they also have great stories for the most part. I never was a fan of Romeo and Juliet. The tragedies are the best and this one is one of the best combinations as it includes the great conspiring with the main character much as Iago in Othello, but ...( read more)
Looking more like the Hunchback of Notre Dame than anything, Olivier takes the hints of 'deformity' in the plays and runs and runs with it. Thinks he goes a bit too far, but it speaks volumes that he can still be mesmerising even when wearing half a sofa on his back and moulding ...( read more)
Lawrence Olivier's Richard III is not quite as bone crunchingly excellent as Ian MacKellan's 'little Hitler' but as far as Shakespearean epics go it wasn't that bad.
The best adaptation of the play, though it stil loses half a star because it's blatant Tudor propaganda.
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