He also used his famous mellifluous baritone in narrating films, such as fleischers the vikings 1958 and nicholas rays king of kings 1961. Richard iii movie article about richard iii movie by. Farrell used fort strong, an abandoned post american civil warera fort on long island an island in boston harbor, as the location for this production. Richard wagner devised the wagner tuba, a cross between the french horn and sax horn to enrich the harmonies for the.
Geoffrey chaucer is named chief clerk by richard ii history. Henry bolingbroke has now been crowned king of england, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered earl of northumberland and his son nicknamed hotspur. The life and death of king richard the second, commonly called richard ii, is a history play by william shakespeare believed to have been written in approximately 1595. Three mile island is the site of a nuclear power plant in south central pennsylvania. Richard iii is the kind of movie that earns the right to interpret the bards ideas through alternate perspectives because it does so without sacrificing its core values or integrity.
Macbeth sir ian mckellen is a daring member of the scottish military, who receives a revelation from three menacing sorceresses that he will someday become the king of scotland. The incompetent richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king. Gillies 3 10in the case of shakespeares richard ii, an organic link is clearly established between the kings moral and territorial transgressions. Jan 07, 2020 richard milhous nixon, 37th president of the united states, is born on january 9, 19 in california.
The ride of the valkyries by richard wagner songfacts. Julius caesar completed william shakespeare wattpad. The first is a paper for one of the centennial volumes for the u. Jan 24, 20 gielgud went on to play john of gaunt in the 1978 bbc film richard ii. In selected papers from the west virginia shakespeare. Ben whishaw stars as the king, alongside a phenomenal cast including rory kinnear. Richard the second is a 2001 american film adaptation of william shakespeares richard ii, directed by john farrell production history. The assassination of the would be ruler of rome at the hands of brutus. With performances by world famous award winning shakespearean actors, it recaptures the elizabethan flavor of shakespeares own globe productions. Allmale casts notes notes interactive features the red button on a digital handset provided a subtitled running commentary from variety critic matt woolf, and members of the audience were interviewed about their expectations for the evening.
A miniseries of adaptations of shakespeares history plays. Richard the second is a 2001 american film adaptation of william shakespeares richard ii. From executive producer sam mendes comes the hollow crown, stunning adaptations of four of shakespeares most treasured plays featuring allstar casts. Series of shakespeares complete plays, originally produced for bbc television. The first film in the series is richard ii, directed by rupert goold who also adapted the play with ben power. Lawrence in david leans epic masterpiece, lawrence of arabia 1962, an unforgettable turn that kicked off a film career that spanned five decades and garnered eight academy award nominations for best actor.
In march 1979, a series of mechanical and human errors at the plant. Richard ii becomes dictatorial with age, which is abuse of power, though he is rather young when he falls, and henry iv is rather hesitant and lacks determination at the end of the play, at the beginning of his reign, and shakespeare shows how the clergy and some nobles are plotting in the wings, behind the back of the king. David tennant stars as the doomed richard ii in greg doran s criticallyacclaimed royal shakespeare company production, available for the first time online across the world. In other words, hes royal, and so was his brother, which is why richard shouldnt be allowed to get away with murdering his uncle, even if richard is a king. A companion to the complete pelican shakespearecontainer. This is epic, bloody tragedy, as richard of gloucester manipulates and murders his way to the throne of england, only to reap the reward of death and infamy. The cut was supervised by donner, creative consultant tom mankiewicz who penned the screenplay for superman and the. Broadcast on 9 december 1979 as the second part of a fourplay cycle that began with a repeat of richard ii bbc, originally tx. Renaissance films plc, in association with the bbc and curzon. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Donner, who had roughly completed around 75% of superman ii, was taken off the project in 1979 over a dispute between him and the salkinds. Kate jackson left the hit show charlies angels to start a film career. King richard the second, the 1979 tv aka richard ii 1978 tv aka king richard the second 1978 tv aka richard ii 2004 tv richard the second 2001 v 2 articles aka william shakespeares richard the second 2001 v aka richard the second 2001 v the tragedy of coriolanus. The troubled history of the making of hustons next film, the misfits 1961, became a staple of hollywood lore. Usa video title the complete dramatic works of william shakespeare. Movie memorabilia original us lobby cards 19701979 for. Richard ii subjects drama keywords shakespeare, william 15641616. Derek jacobi, john gielgud, jon finch, wendy hiller. Complete walk consists of 37 speciallymade 10 minute short films.
There is so much good stuff that has been done on shakespeare, it will. The hallmark hall of fame movie list hallmark hall of. Film investors fear of the bard is burying my richard ii, says james ivory. Nov 19, 2004 richard rodgers is considered one of the greatest writers in american musical theatre. The first part of king henry the fourth, with the life and death of henry surnamed hotspur 1979.
Richard ii was directed by rupert goold, who adapted the screenplay with ben power. Oliviers performance, viewed as the greatest of his career, charges richard with magnetic malevolence as he steals his brother edwards crown through a murderous set. Jul 04, 2016 when he played bolingbroke to ian mckellens richard in a 1960s prospect production, west discovered a play divided between his character and the king and learned that mckellen is a white. Fragmentation in flannery o connors complete stories. The richard donner cut is a 2006 reedited directors cut of the 1980 film superman ii. Home trending history get youtube premium get youtube tv best of youtube music sports gaming. Richard ii william shakespeare oxford university press.
Derek jacobi on richard ii documentary bbc2 pbs on vimeo. Actor damian lewis is all set to star in richard ii, if james ivory can find the money to fund the film. Henry viii, british broadcasting corporation 1979 related topic. Indeed, the most immediate cause of the monarchs financial exactions is to organise a disastrous expedition against irish rebels, as he himself reminds the audience before confiscating the possessions of a dying gaunt.
It features a significant amount of lost footage shot by the original director, richard donner, in 1977 before he was taken off the project and replaced by richard lester, who not only completed the remainder of the film for its theatrical release, but also rewrote and reshot a substantial. Apr 03, 2016 richard ii doesnt match the juicy intrigue or propulsive action of some of the other history plays, despite its beheadings, betrayals and climactic regicide. As a child, rodgers preferred to play piano by ear and refused to take piano lessons. In richard ii, king richard ben whishaw of skyfall, a vain, selfindulgent man who rules with little regard for his peoples welfare, is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin henry bolingbroke and thomas mowbray. The entire cycle was completed in 1874, and the first complete performance of the ring took place in 1876 at the bayreuth festival in a theater especially designed for the production by wagner. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Production on superman ii began before superman was completed, and had to be halted to concentrate on getting the first movie completed. Two of dicks papers will be published posthumously. Julius caesar 1979 tv14 2h 41min drama, history tv movie 14 february 1979. Murray became director of the birmingham museum of art. With richard iii, laurence olivieras director, producer, and startransfigures shakespeares great historical drama into a mesmerizing vision of machiavellian villainy. Greece transliterated isolatin1 title rihardos o v hungary. But my favourite richard is the most vulnerable of them all.
Henrys son hal, the prince of wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, sir john falstaff. Derek jacobi asks how relevant shakespeares richard ii is to today. Enter on the walls, king richard ii, the bishop of carlisle, duke of aumerle, sir stephen scroop, and earl of salisbury see, see, king richard doth himself appear, 3. Though the film is credited to be directed by richard lester, around 25% of what is seen in superman ii was filmed by director richard donner during the 1977 production of superman. This episode begins with the death of richard, followed by a brief excerpt from the abdication scene, both from richard ii 1978. Richards father, edward the black prince, died in 76, leaving richard as heir apparent to king edward iii. A christmas love story 2019 love takes flight 2019. Henry compares richard to a cormorant, a greedy bird known for eating fish whole. It is based on the life of king richard ii of england ruled 7799 and is the first part of a tetralogy, referred to by some scholars as the henriad, followed by three plays concerning richard s successors. Derek jacobi, sir john gielgud, dame wendy hiller, jon finch, and charles gray. With ian mckellen, judi dench, john bown, susan dury.
Rodgers father was an amateur singer and physician, and his mother was a pianist. Richard, gaunt says, will end up eating england herself. Olivier in his 1955 film, which i sat through twice in one day, established the idea of richard as satanic joker and demonic ironist. Richard ii is a 2012 british television film based on william shakespeares play of the same name. That series was shot on videotape instead of film, and of course in the 1970s and. Film investors fear of the bard is burying my richard ii, says james. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Considering the winning formula of the first picture enjoyed by about 265 million viewers including. Some continuity is provided by the repeated casting. Film investors fear of the bard is burying my richard ii. This information gives him a thirst for power, and with prompting from his wife, lady macbeth dame judi dench, he kills the current. Kids killing kids is an evergreen cinematic theme, all too often.
Rumours opening soliloquy is then heard in voiceover, played over scenes from the previous weeks henry iv part i 1979. The film was directed by george schaefer and stars anthony hopkins, richard crenna, and jenny agutter. The richard donner cut is not included in the eightdisc the christopher reeve superman collection. Lenny abrahamsons classy irish suspense drama explores the aftershocks of a lethal act of violence on dublins gilded youth. It is a sequel to the 1978 film superman and stars gene hackman, christopher reeve, terence stamp, ned beatty, sarah douglas, margot kidder, and jack ohalloran. The story focuses on romantic interactions between the passengers and crew, with people describing it as plotted like a preshuffleboard love boat. Allmale casts notes notes interactive features the red button on a digital handset provided a subtitled running commentary from variety critic matt woolf, and members of the audience were interviewed about their expectations for. The son of quaker parents, nixon grew up in the southern california city of yorba linda. King richard ii s recipe book to go online a 14thcentury recipe book compiled by king richard ii s master cooks is to put online for the first time to give modernday chefs an insight into the.
The fort lacked electricity and farrells production used torchlight to illuminate the scenes that were. The life and death of king richard iii 1912 the american film institute presents. The queen hides and listens to the gardener and servants talk. Born in new york city in 1902, rodgers was the youngest of two children. By the way, shakespeare wrote romeo and juliet around the same time he whipped up richard ii. If you missed richard ii last week, you can still jump into henry iv part 1 tonight, but its worth revisiting. King richard iis recipe book to go online telegraph. The last major play in the oxford shakespeare series, richard ii features a freshly edited version of the text based on the early. Langenheim, concerns the carboniferous formations of the basin and. Queen elizabeth i was ageing and obviously not going to produce an. After the first superman film was released in late 1978, the salkinds went back into production on superman ii without informing superman director richard donner.
Movie memorabilia original us posters 19701979 for sale ebay. Cotton comes to harlem 1970 original movie poster blaxploitation film redd fox. With derek jacobi, john gielgud, jon finch, wendy hiller. Superman ii is a 1980 superhero film directed by richard lester and written by mario puzo and david and leslie newman, based on the dc comics character superman. Henrys lamentation that he has not been able to visit the holy land, and the death of hotspur at the hands of prince hal. It is the first of four television adaptations of shakespeares second history tetralogy commissioned by bbc two under the series title the hollow crown. King richard ii appoints geoffrey chaucer to the position of chief clerk of the kings works in westminster on this day in 89. Thought to be the oldest cultivated rose and found now growing around churches and holy sites in ethiopia where it is believed christians introduced it in 4th century ad. Its unfortunate that the cast of richard ii differs from that of the latter three plays in the hollow crown series, which makes richard ii seem more like an enjoyable and important but not critical prequel, like the hobbit to the lord of the rings. Richard ii doesnt match the juicy intrigue or propulsive action of some of the other history plays, despite its beheadings, betrayals and climactic regicide.
Chimes at midnight, the other side of the wind, and f for fake. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems. Enter king richard ii, john of gaunt, with other nobles and attendants king richard ii old john of gaunt, timehonourd lancaster, hast thou, according to thy oath and band, brought hither henry hereford thy bold son, here to make good the boisterous late appeal, which then our leisure would not let us. Many of you undoubtedly already know the story of how 1980s superman ii ended up containing the work of two different directors and how a significant portion of the first directors work, though completed, never saw the light. It contains almost no humour, other than a wry scene in which the new king, henry iv, must adjudicate the competing claims of the duke of york and his additional information. The film was first broadcast by cbs on november 21, 1979. Director rupert goold and his design team create a painterly and poetic film and ben whishaw is terrific as a soft, selfaborbed and weak but still likeable king. Richard, act 1 scene 1 and so the full henriad of 8 plays, which commenced with richard ii, ends with richard iii. Strangers and strange lands in shakespeares richard ii. With fiona shaw, graham crowden, richard bremmer, david lyon. This is the hollow crown richard ii bbc by baylor shakespeare on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Shakespeares richard ii opens in the court of king richard ii in coventry, where a dispute between henry bolingbroke, the son of john of gaunt, and thomas mowbray, the duke of norfolk, is to be resolved by a tournament. The tragedy of richard ii by william shakespeare duration. The incompetent king richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of. The incompetent king richard ii is deposed by henry bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king. Chaucer, the middleclass son of a wine merchant, served as a. Something of a return to form for huston, the unforgiven 1960 starred audrey hepburn in the only western role of her career, as a native american who has been raised by a texas settler family. James pfaffman served as president of aia birmingham. John bartons epic theatre production at stratforduponavon. Richard ii, a history based partially on the chronicles by english historian raphael holinshed, is the saga of king richard and his selfdefeat.
The bbc television shakespeare collection 19781985 imdb. There are depictions of this in the ruins of minoan architecture. Richard ii the oxford shakespeare william shakespeare edited by anthony b. Cracking the shakespeare code film cracking the shakespeare code 21 april 2016. Richard ii was shot entirely on location, including at st davids cathedral, pembroke castle and packwood house. All four plays were directed by david giles and given a traditional staging in the studio, though the battle scenes suffered from production values better suited to the more intimate richard ii and henry iv part ii. One of cinemas greatest leading men, actor peter otoole first came to international superstardom at age 30 for his role as british expatriate t. Glenn ireland ii was appointed commissioner of mental health by governor fob james. The richard donner cut is a 2006 superhero film that is a reedit of the 1980 film superman ii. Richard ii richard ii, the first of the four history plays that make up shakespeares henriad is given a gorgeous, sumptuous treatment in the bbc hollow crown series.
William shakespeares the tragedy of king richard the third is a masterpiece. Rocky ii 1979 after the phenomenal success of rocky 1976, the film that catapulted sylvester stallone from hollywood bit player to major star virtually overnight, it seemed only natural that the boxingunderdog story should have a sequel. The motion picture, directly after the television production star trek. The second entry in the bbc television shakespeare cycle, richard ii bbc, tx. One of the characters in richard ii, the duchess of gloucester, is absent from this film adaptation. Phase ii, for which magicam, inc was to do the vfx, was upgraded to a movie project in october 1977. Richard ii live from the globe british universities film. Have we completely misinterpreted shakespeares richard. The bbc television shakespeares henry v was broadcast on 23 december 1979, at the end of a fourweek series covering the whole of shakespeares second history cycle. Welles acted in such films as hustons the roots of heaven 1958 and richard fleischers compulsion 1959. The tragedy of a selfcentered weak king whose evil ways cause his own destruction.
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