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Richard III

I can smile, and murder while I smile

6.8(199)19951h 44m7

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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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$2.7M
Language
English
  • england
  • kidnapping
  • murder
  • king

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Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR29 Dec 1995
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1512 Feb 1996
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1614 Mar 1996
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical18 Apr 1996
  • South KoreaKR

    • Theatrical189 Nov 1996

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Richard III was released on 29 December 1995.

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    tmdb28039023

    8/27/2022

    4/10

    Co-writers Ian McKellen and Richard Loncraine (who also directs) set their Richard III in 1930s Britain, and make the infamous hunchback a fascist warmonger plotting to usurp the throne. Today's English monarchy is, at best, nominal, but even way back in the 1930s there wasn't much to be gained by usurping it. Then again, the film takes place in an alternate reality where the War of the Roses occurs 450 years afte…

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