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Richard III

Year:

1995

Duration:

104 min

Genres:

Drama | War

IMDB rate:

7.5

Director:

Richard Loncraine

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1995-12-29

Filming Locations: Battersea Power Station, Battersea, London, England, UK

Earnings

Gross: $2,600,000 (USA)£403,233 (UK)

Cast

Actor

Character

Kristin Scott Thomas

Richard III

Robert Downey Jr.

Richard III

Kate Steavenson-Payne

Richard III

Ian McKellen

Richard III

Annette Bening

Queen Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV

Jim Broadbent

Duke of Buckingham

Nigel Hawthorne

George, Duke of Clarence

John Wood

King Edward IV

Maggie Smith

Duchess of York

Jim Carter

Lord William Hastings

Edward Hardwicke

Lord Thomas Stanley

Adrian Dunbar

James Tyrell

Tres Hanley

Rivers' Mistress

Dominic West

Earl of Richmond

Roger Hammond

Archbishop Thomas

Tim McInnerny

Sir William Catesby

Stacey Kent

Ballroom Singer

Bill Paterson

Sir Richard Ratcliffe

Denis Lill

Lord Mayor

Ryan Gilmore

George Stanley

Andy Rashleigh

Jailer in Tower

Marco Williamson

Prince of Wales

Edward Jewesbury

King Henry VI

Christopher Bowen

Prince Edward

Matthew Groom

Richard of York

Donald Sumpter

Brackenbury

Bruce Purchase

City Gentleman

James Dreyfus

1st Subaltern

David Antrobus

2nd Subaltern

Derek Lyons

Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)

Madeleine Mora

Dream Angel (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The cigarette that Richard smokes is an Abdulla - a non-nicotine herbal cigarette. The props department managed to find six remaining packs in London and bought one packet intact (of 30 sticks).

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Since the film is set in the alternate 20th-century, Ian McKellen had some trouble of setting the location for Act 3 Scene 1, where the Prince of Wales meets Richard before being sent to the Tower. Someone suggested that the royals usually arrive in London by rail. The scene was eventually known to everyone in the film as the 'Victoria Station' scene.

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Ian McKellen made Queen Elizabeth an American because this way, her family and herself could be seen as social-climbers, from commoners to royalties. It also suggests an alternate history where Edward VIII (a British King who reportedly admired the Nazis) was able to keep his throne while marrying the scandalous American social climber Wallis Warfield Simpson. In real life that didn't work, and those two became known as Duke of Windsor and Duchess of Windsor.

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Goofs

As Edward finishes his dance with Queen Elizabeth (at the beginning) and they walk off the dance floor, the young prince slips and falls.

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When King Edward IV dies, people carrying video monitors and costume pieces are in the background.

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When Elizabeth is summoned to talk with Richard in the train car, her coat unbuttons between shots.

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Quotes

Queen Elizabeth: Shall I be tempted by the devil thus?

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Duchess of York: [to Richard III] To war take with you my most gravest curse! My prayers shall on Richard's party fight. Bloody you are! Bloody will be your end! Shame serves your life and will your death attend.

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Duke of Buckingham: My Lord protector, what should we do if we perceive Hastings will not yield to our plans?

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