King Lear (1984)

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Release Date: Apr 3, 1983 Wide

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Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in the title role and a stellar cast to support him, in the tale of a king torn apart by the ambition and treachery within his family and by his own pride. ~ Mark Hockley, Rovi

Unrated, 2 hr. 38 min.

Drama, Television, Classics, Special Interest

Directed By: Michael Elliott

In Theaters: Apr 3, 1983 Wide

On DVD: Feb 29, 2000

Cast

Laurence Olivier
King Lear
Anna Calder-Marshall
Cordelia
Colin Blakely
Kent
John Cording
Lear's Knight
John Hurt
The Fool
Jeremy Kemp
Cornwall
Esmond Knight
Old Man
Robert Lang
Albany
Robert Lindsay
Edmund
Leo McKern
Gloucester
Edward Petherbridge
France
Diana Rigg
Regan
David Threlfall
Edgar
Dorothy Tutin
Goneril
Benny Young
Cornwall's Servant
Brian Cox
Burgundy
Paul Curran
Doctor
Geoffrey Bateman
Oswald
Harry Walker Staff
Second Officer

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Esta produ��o para a tev� americana tem p�ssima transfer�ncia de imagem e se beneficia apenas da tour de force de Olivier. No entanto, � longa e cansativa demais.

July 25, 2003 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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All the actresses are brilliant and the play is well filmed but it would all be for naught if not for Olivier's astounding performance.

November 12, 2008

jay nixon

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This was my first real exposure to both Olivier and Shakespeare. I promptly decided that I loved both. I was about 15. I didn't know much about anything, but I knew excellence when I saw it.

April 22, 2010