Product Details

• Format: NTSC, Black & White, Full Screen, Import
• Subtitles: Korean
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1.0
• Rating: Unrated
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• ASIN: B000ECVEK4
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #82,400 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description

High quality DVD manufactured in South Korea. Clear full screen image. Original English dialog with optional Korean subtitles which can be easily removed. On screen menus are in English and are easy to use. NTSC region free. Will play on any North American DVD player. Cast: Cedric Hardwicke .... King Edward IV of England; Nicholas Hannen .... Archbishop; Laurence Olivier .... Richard III; Ralph Richardson .... Duke of Buckingham; John Gielgud .... George, Duke of Clarence; Mary Kerridge .... Queen Elizabeth; Pamela Brown .... Jane Shore; Paul Huson .... Edward, Prince of Wales; Stewart Allen .... Page to Richard Claire Bloom .... The Lady Anne. The third and final entry in Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare triptych, Richard III (1954) is an audacious portrait of a man determined to prove himself a villain. As the personification of evil impudence, Olivier portrays the Duke of Gloucester with such aplomb that he brings the audience onto his side. This is true even as Richard engineers plots to murder his brother Clarence (John Gielgud), betray his cousin Buckingham (Ralph Richardson), and seduce his niece Lady Anne (Claire Bloom). From the play's famous opening lines ("Now is the winter of our discontent"), Olivier delivers every speech with truly Machiavellian splendor, and his superb staging of the climactic battle rivals his work on Henry V. Regrettably, this would be Olivier's last Shakespeare film, as a planned adaptation of Macbeth was abandoned for financial reasons. Olivier justly received an Oscar® nomination for his performance; and believe it or not, this film was the inspiration for the original Blackadder! --Kevin Mulhall --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.