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Title: Looking for Richard

Release Date: 11 Oct 1996

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Documentary

Director: Chal Productions, Jam Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Production Companies: Chal Productions, Jam Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Overview: Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (140 votes)

Cast

  • Self / Richard III: Al Pacino
  • Self / Lady Anne: Winona Ryder
  • Self / Earl of Buckingham: Kevin Spacey
  • Self / Duke of Clarence: Alec Baldwin
  • Richmond: Aidan Quinn
  • Self / King Edward: Harris Yulin
  • Self / Queen Elizabeth: Penelope Allen
  • Self - Interviewee: Kenneth Branagh
  • Self - Interviewee: Kevin Kline
  • Self - Interviewee: James Earl Jones
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