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www.screenbound.co.ukRichard III [1956]Laurence Olivier was Oscar-nominated for his masterful portrayal of Richard III who schemes to usurp the throne of Eng...
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Oct 29, 2021 · 1955 British Technicolor film adaptation of William Shakespeare's historical play of the same name, also incorporating elements from his Henry VI, Part 3. T...
In Richard III, director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier brings Shakespeare’s masterpiece of Machiavellian villainy to ravishing cinematic life. Olivier is diabolically captivating as Richard, Duke of Gloucester, who, through a series of murderous machinations, steals the crown from his brother Edward. And he surrounds himself with a royal supporting cast, which includes Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom. Filmed in VistaVision and Technicolor, Richard III is one of the ...
Matthew Ekstrom's #3 Film Selection for Edgar. The cinematic Shakesperian adapter by excellence along with Orson Welles and above his descendant Kenneth Branagh, exalter of the gracious richness of dialogue, the constructer of royal and historical epicness Sir Laurence Olivier, produces and directs Shakespeare's tale set in 15th Century England about the tragic account of King Richard III, a man doomed to the treachery of his own deadly ambitions of power.
Aug 28, 2019 · The first is from Richard II, the second is from Richard III. Richard II decrowned and holding up a mirror to see if his sorrows have changed his face, and decrowned Margaret holding up a mirror to Richard and Elisabeth and predicting their futures, and both mirrors being broken. A red line from the first Hollow Crown movie to the last.
Reviewing Richard III in 1955, the Monthly Film Bulletin hailed Laurence Olivier's performance in the title role as "surely one of the classic interpretations".Today, it's considered so definitive that even highly acclaimed performances by the likes of Antony Sher, Ian McKellen and Simon Russell Beale are praised as much for their lack of resemblance to Olivier's as for their own intrinsic merit.
