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Richard III (15)

Sunday 9 3.00pmOctober
2016

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Richard III (15)

Source http://ramshacklecinema.co.uk

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One of the best film adaptations of Shakespeare ever made, Richard Loncraine’s Richard III sets the play in a fictionalised fascist version of Britain in the 1930s. The film’s concept was based on a stage production by Richard Eyre at the National Theatre, also starring Sir Ian McKellen as Richard, in what many think is the role of his lifetime…and for which he and the film won a BAFTA.

The film, first released 20 years ago, received universal accclaim from critics and it appears on top film critic Roger Ebert’s Great Movies of All Time list. It features an all-star supporting cast including Annette Bening, Jim Broadbent, Robert Downey Jr., Nigel Hawthorne, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, John Wood, and Dominic West.

It's in a crystal clear remastered version that BFI launched earlier this year!