I can smile, and murder while I smile
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
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Grave, prestige, bleak and epic.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- warmbleak
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Ian McKellenRichard III
- Annette BeningQueen Elizabeth
- Jim BroadbentThe Duke of Buckingham
- Robert Downey Jr.Earl Rivers
- Kristin Scott ThomasLady Anne
- Adrian DunbarJames Tyrrell
- Maggie SmithDuchess of York
- Tim McInnernyWilliam Catesby
- Edward HardwickeLord Stanley
- Nigel HawthorneThe Duke of Clarence
Crew
- Richard LoncraineDirector
- Ian McKellenScreenplay
- Richard LoncraineScreenplay
- Peter BiziouDirector of Photography
- Trevor JonesOriginal Music Composer
- Paul GreenEditor
- Lisa KatselasProducer
- Stephen BaylyProducer
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