Richard III [2 Discs]
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New high-definition digital transfer, including newly discovered footage from the original theatrical release, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen TVs
- Audio commentary by playwright and stage director Russell Lees and John Wilders, former governor of the Royal Shakespeare Company
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
- RSDL dual-layer edition for optimal image quality
- 1966 BBC interview with Laurence Olivier hosted by renowned theater critic Kenneth Tynan
- Gallery of on-set and production stills and posters, featuring excerpts from Olivier's autobiography "On Acting"
- 12-minute TV trailer, including footage of Olivier, producer Alexander Korda, production designer Roger Furse, and other crew members at work in Shepperton Studios
- Original theatrical trailer
- Essay by film historian Bruce Eder
View menus
- Side #1 -- Disc One
- Play the Movie
- Chapters
- Color Bars
- Commentary
- Commentary: On
- Commentary: Off
- Index
- Side #2 -- Disc Two
- Great Acting: Laurence Olivier
- Play
- Index
- Production Gallery
- TV Trailer
- Theatrical Trailer
View chapters
- Side #1 -- Disc One
- 1. Opening Credits and Preamble [2:36]
- 2. Coronation of Edward IV [5:29]
- 3. "Now Is the Winter..." [5:10]
- 4. Gentle Lady Anne [5:58]
- 5. "I'll Have Her..." [1:17]
- 6. "Plots Had I Laid" [2:30]
- 7. Simple, Plain Clarence [2:44]
- 8. "Why Dost Thou Spit at Me?" [6:04]
- 9. "Was Ever Woman in This Humor Wooed?" [1:16]
- 10. Death Warrant for Clarence [2:34]
- 11. Clarence's Dream [5:19]
- 12. A Reprieve [3:34]
- 13. Deciding on an Heir [4:31]
- 14. Dream Come True [3:50]
- 15. King Edward's Bedside [2:57]
- 16. Richard's Good Spirits [7:44]
- 17. "To Sanctuary" [4:40]
- 18. Prince Edward's Arrival [4:04]
- 19. Heir to the Throne [3:06]
- 20. "Go We Unto the Tower" [3:01]
- 21. Enlisting Catesby [2:13]
- 22. Plots Afoot [6:29]
- 23. Council of the Crown [8:07]
- 24. Lord Mayor Takes a Ride [2:00]
- 25. Buckingham's Concoction [2:22]
- 26. "Two Props of Virtue" [6:51]
- 27. Richard's Royal Queen [3:54]
- 28. Coronation of Richard III [3:05]
- 29. Securing the Crown [8:02]
- 30. "Thus Lay the Gentle Babes" [2:31]
- 31. Stanley Consorts With Buckingham [:33]
- 32. News of Richmond [4:39]
- 33. Bosworth Field [2:29]
- 34. Richmond [2:49]
- 35. Eve of Battle [3:36]
- 36. Ghosts of Victims Past [5:14]
- 37. Battle of Bosworth Field [7:20]
- 38. "My Kingdom for a Horse" [2:56]
- 39. Stanley Crowns Richmond [4:05]
- 1. Shakespeare's Richard III [2:36]
- 2. Family Politics [5:29]
- 3. Olivier's Richard [5:10]
- 4. Seduction of Lady Anne [5:58]
- 5. Cinematic Writing [1:17]
- 6. The Vice Character [2:30]
- 7. Gielgud and Olivier [2:44]
- 8. Use of Verse [6:04]
- 9. Poetic Devices [1:16]
- 10. Connection to Henry VI [2:34]
- 11. Sir John Gielgud [5:19]
- 12. Past Relations [3:34]
- 13. Shakespeare on Screen [4:31]
- 14. "Humor of the Murderers" [3:50]
- 15. Wars of the Roses [2:57]
- 16. Absence of Queen Margaret [7:44]
- 17. Legend of Richard III [4:40]
- 18. The History Play [4:04]
- 19. Machiavelli [3:06]
- 20. The Good Uncle [3:01]
- 21. Richardson as Buckingham [2:13]
- 22. "Super-True" [6:29]
- 23. Power Politics [8:07]
- 24. "Old Boy Network of Evil" [2:00]
- 25. Richardson and Olivier [2:22]
- 26. Play Within a Play [6:51]
- 27. Art of Rhetoric [3:54]
- 28. Turning Point [3:05]
- 29. Editing Shakespeare [8:02]
- 30. Death of the Princes [2:31]
- 31. "A Woeful Buckingham" [:33]
- 32. Bringing in Richmond [4:39]
- 33. The Tragedy [2:29]
- 34. Emphasis on the Welsh [2:49]
- 35. "Basic Human Instinct" [3:36]
- 36. One Unfortunate Cut [5:14]
- 37. Brando and Olivier [7:20]
- 38. "History Doesn't Repeat Itself" [2:56]
- 39. Olivier's Message [4:05]
- Side #2 -- Disc Two
- 1. "My Boy Isn't Bad, Is He?" [8:11]
- 2. "Burning Ambition" [8:54]
- 3. Hamlet [8:25]
- 4. Richard III [8:15]
- 5. Othello [7:58]
- 6. The Entertainer [6:00]
Year released: 1955
MPAA Rating: [ ]
Format: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
Length: 158
Sound: DD1
Subtitles: Not Available
Studio: Criterion