2008 Films 6) Richard III (1995); and The Kingmaker

[nwhyte]

I was very strongly recommended to watch Ian McKellen's Richard III after I had read the script and listened to the Arkangel version. Well, wwhyte, nmg and liberaliser, you were right. It is an extraordinary tour de force, set in a grazingly Fascist Britain of the 1930s (so echoed in more recent books by Christopher Priest and papersky). McKellen himself is superb; the other

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[sammywol]

Kingmaker sounds glorious! Must track it down. Thanks for the tip.

I remember liking McKellan's Richard very much - although I could not repress a grin at the 'A Horse!' line with the jeep.

[liberaliser]

I loved the "Longsword" shotgun in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet. Hey, why not? I remember spending a lot of rehearsal time hunting for cheap laughs in Shakespeare.

[sammywol]

I was once in a - admittedly for charity - performance of As You Like It where Charles and Orlando 'wrestled' using a gunfight with uzis. Ow!