Riccardo III - Un uomo, un re (1996)
Shakespeare funziona dappertutto e in ogni epoca, perché racconta storie e sentimenti che possono essere tranquillamente riportati ai nostri giorni. È questo quello che tenta di dimostrare la prolungata ricerca di Al Pacino, che, nel film, interpella e scambia opinioni con attori come John Gielgud, Vanessa Redgrave, Kevin Spacey, ma anche con i passanti, compreso un tassista di colore. Al Pacino (all american, con tanto di berrettino di baseball con la tesa all'indietro) scommette su Shakespeare. Scommette di tasca propria (il film è prodotto da lui), lavorando per tre anni e mezzo nel tempo libero e utilizzando una formula alquanto ostica per il pubblico, a metà tra fiction e documentario. Il documentario ha il tempo scattante del miglior cinema americano 'di strada', è ironico, instancabile. Il dramma, invece, è nella tragedia, nella solennità oscura dello scenario e degli abiti di scena. Un andirivieni continuo, un amore sconfinato per il cinema e il teatro, un gran coraggio.
Direttore: Al Pacino
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Al Pacino as Self / Richard III |
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Winona Ryder as Self / Lady Anne |
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Kevin Spacey as Self / Earl of Buckingham |
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Alec Baldwin as Self / Duke of Clarence |
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Aidan Quinn as Richmond |
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Harris Yulin as Self / King Edward |
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Penelope Allen as Self / Queen Elizabeth |
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Kenneth Branagh as Self - Interviewee |
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Kevin Kline as Self - Interviewee |
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James Earl Jones as Self - Interviewee |
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Rosemary Harris as Self - Interviewee |
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Peter Brook as Self - Interviewee |
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Derek Jacobi as Self - Interviewee |
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John Gielgud as Self - Interviewee |
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Vanessa Redgrave as Self - Interviewee |
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F. Murray Abraham as Self |
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Neal Jones as Messenger |
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Gordon MacDonald as Dorset |
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Madison Arnold as Rivers |
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Vincent Angell as Grey |
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Timmy Prairie as Prince Edward |
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Landon Prairie as Young Prince |
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Kevin Conway as Hastings |
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Larry Bryggman as Lord Stanley |
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Estelle Parsons as Margaret |
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Phil Parolisi as Halberd/Messenger |
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Bruce MacVittie as 1st Murderer |
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Paul Guilfoyle as 2nd Murderer |
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Richard Cox as Catesby |
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Julie Moret as Mistress Shore |
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Frederic Kimball as Bishop of Ely |
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Daniel von Bargen as Ratcliffe |
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James Colby as Lovell |
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Ira Lewis as Tyrell |
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Luke Toma as Messenger |
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André Sogliuzzo as Messenger |
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Marlon Pollick as Soldier |
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Hayley Barr as Self |
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Gil Bellows as Self |
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Don Berry as Self |
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Nicholas Berry as Self |
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Robin Berry as Self |
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Kate Burton as Self |
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Dominic Chianese as Self |
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Johann Carlo as Self |
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Joyce Ebert as Self |
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Paul Gleason as Self |
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Esther Gregory as Self |
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Clare Holman as Self |
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Linda Iannella as Self |
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Elaine Kory as Self |
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Damien Leake as Self |
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Viveca Lindfors as Self |
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Judith Malina as Self |
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Michael Maloney as Self |
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Jaime Sánchez as Self |
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David Saltzman as Self |
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Linda Selman as Self |
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Ed Setrakian as Self |
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Kyle Smyth as Self |
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Heathcote Williams as Self |
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Emrys Jones as Self - Interviewee |
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Barbara Everett as Self - Interviewee |
| Writing | Al Pacino | Writer |
| Directing | Al Pacino | Director |
| Writing | Frederic Kimball | Writer |
| Writing | William Shakespeare | Original Story |
| Production | Michael Hadge | Producer |
| Production | Al Pacino | Producer |
| Camera | Robert Leacock | Director of Photography |
| Editing | William A. Anderson | Editor |
| Editing | Ned Bastille | Editor |
| Editing | Pasquale Buba | Editor |
| Editing | Andre Ross Betz | Editor |
| Production | Alison E. McBryde | Casting |
| Art | Kevin Ritter | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Blake | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aude Bronson-Howard | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deborah L. Scott | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | John Caglione Jr. | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Howard Shore | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Stephen C. Confer | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Nina Kedrem | Additional Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jon Kranhouse | Additional Director of Photography |
| Directing | Ric Lang (NYC) | First Assistant Director |
