Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."
Looking for Richard is of 1 hour(s) and 52 minute(s). It is Produced By: Chal Productions, Jam Productions, Fox Searchlight Pictures. It was released on 1996-10-11. It has the tagline: A four hundred year old work-in-progress. It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
Genres: Documentary
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