Looking for Richard (1996)

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Rating: PG-13

Release Date: Oct 11, 1996

Running Time: 108 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Penelope Allen, Gordon MacDonald, Madison Arnold, Vincent Angell, Harris Yulin, Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, Timmy Prairie, London Prairie, Kevin Conway

director: Al Pacino

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, rehearsals for, and key segments from, a film version of "Richard III."

December 8, 2000

Bored by the Bard? Tired of sorting out kings, queens and cousins in history plays like Richard III? Step up and let Al Pacino restore your faith in English lit. In two hours, methinks he'll have you talking in iambic pentameter. Yes, gang, it's Shakespeare for the stupid.

I'm kidding. But the notion of Pacino making his directing debut with a film in which he and a starry cast, including Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey and Alec Baldwin, perform snippets of Richard III interspersed with actors…