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Looking for Richard

1996 · 112 min

A genial, thoughtful ramble through rehearsal rooms and street interviews, watching actors wrestle a 400-year-old text into life with infectious curiosity.

Directed by
Al Pacino
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Al Pacino, Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey
Tagline
A four hundred year old work-in-progress.
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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Directed by
Al Pacino
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Al Pacino, Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey
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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • obsession
  • power
  • ambition
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Al Pacino
Written by
Al Pacino, Frederic Kimball
Starring
Al Pacino, Winona Ryder, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Aidan Quinn, Harris Yulin, Penelope Allen, Kenneth Branagh
Music
Howard Shore
Cinematography
Robert Leacock
Runtime
112 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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