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King Lear / Laurence Olivier presents.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 7952676 | NetworkPublication details: [United Kingdom] : Network [distributor], 2007.Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 158 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cmContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Other title:
  • Laurence Olivier King Lear [Cover title]
  • William Shakespeare's King Lear [Cover title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Producer, Laurence Olivier ; director, Michael Elliott ; introductory commentary, John Bell ; executive producer, David Plowright ; original music, Gordon Crosse ; costume design, Tanya Moiseiwitsch.
Cast: Laurence Olivier, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Diana Rigg, Anna Calder-Marshall, Colin Blakely, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lindsay, Robert Lang, David Threlfall, Dorothy Tutin, Brian Cox, Esmond Knight, Edward Petherbridge.Summary: "The ageing King Lear abdicates his throne and surrenders his kingdom to his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. How much land they get is dependent on how much love they show for him, to be demonstrated in a speech, but Cordelia refused to play her father's senile games and is banished. Little does Lear understand that this is the first step on a path that could result in the destruction of the kingdom ..."--Container.
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"© 1983 ITV Productions Ltd"--Disc label.

"Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor for his forceful and compelling performance as Lear ..."--Container.

"Nominated for three BAFTAs, Michael Elliott's production for Granada Television set the benchmark for all other adaptations of this sad tale"--Container.

"VFC15098"--Disc label.

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Producer, Laurence Olivier ; director, Michael Elliott ; introductory commentary, John Bell ; executive producer, David Plowright ; original music, Gordon Crosse ; costume design, Tanya Moiseiwitsch.

Laurence Olivier, John Hurt, Leo McKern, Diana Rigg, Anna Calder-Marshall, Colin Blakely, Jeremy Kemp, Robert Lindsay, Robert Lang, David Threlfall, Dorothy Tutin, Brian Cox, Esmond Knight, Edward Petherbridge.

"The ageing King Lear abdicates his throne and surrenders his kingdom to his three daughters - Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. How much land they get is dependent on how much love they show for him, to be demonstrated in a speech, but Cordelia refused to play her father's senile games and is banished. Little does Lear understand that this is the first step on a path that could result in the destruction of the kingdom ..."--Container.

Censorship classification: 15 (G.B.).

Originally produced for television 1983.

Dolby digital mono ; region 2, PAL.

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