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Looking for Richard (1996)

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Aidan Quinn, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Estelle Parsons, Frederic Kimball ... (see more)

Moving from New York's streets to London's reconstructed Globe Theater, and talking with everyone from strangers encountered by chance to scholars and celebrated actors, Al Pacino serves as the voluble, mercurial center of a film that interweaves commentary on Shakespeare with analysis of, rehearsal... (read more)

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PG-13, 1 hr. 49 min.
Directed by: Al Pacino
Release Date: Oct 11, 1996
DVD Release Date: Jun 19, 2007

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56 days ago
pretty decent documentary. for as much as they talked about "bringing Shakespeare to the common people", aside from a few incidental interviews on the street, there weren't really any common people to be seen. it's just Pacino and Company engaged i... (read more)
228 days ago
Interesting Look Behind The Scenes Of Pacino And Company As They Try To Bring To Life Richard III. Would Have Rather Seen As Straight Documentary Instead Of Intercutting Scenes Of The Actual Film With It. Fascinating Though And Pacino Prevents It Fro... (read more)
259 days ago
Una maravilla: una clase de actuacion impresionante, nada desentona. Belleza total. Bien Pacino dirigiendo... es el maestro actor, sin duda!
271 days ago
An interesting observation by actors about Shakespeare
288 days ago
Yet another film I may need an inervention with. I watch it weekly.

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2732 days ago
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
The last half-hour drags.
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3133 days ago
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Pacino makes looking for Richard a great adventure and outrageous fun.
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3631 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Having chosen to be actors, they know they cannot respect their craft without embracing its greatest writer. Having chosen to be readers and viewers, we cannot do less, and this film is a delightful inspiration.
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