- "Rediscovering Richard": a 17-minute documentary
- Frederick Warde on Richard III (quoted from The Brooklyn Eagle, 1912)
Richard III (1912) On DVD
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Actor: Carlotta De Felice, Albert Gardner, Robert Gemp, Carey Lee, George Moss
Director: André Calmettes
Genre: Drama
Year: 1912
Studio: Kino Video
Length: 55
Released: June 26, 2001
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Black & White
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
An astounding rediscovery of the cinema, Richard III is the earliest surviving American feature film, newly discovered and restored to its original brilliance through the American Film Institute, with a haunting orchestral score by composer Ennio Morricone. Produced as a vehicle for Frederick Warde, a legendary stage actor of the 19th Century, Richard III was the most ambitious Shakespearian adaptation to date. The film not only attempts to honor the intricacies of the original play, it flavors the drama with spectacular crowd scenes and rich color tints. Richard III offers a fresh glimpse at a time when Shakespeare wasn't strictly the domain of scholars but was a source of popular entertainment, "when Americans didn't have to be spoon-fed a great dramatist but were united in their passion for one who gave them characters who mirrored their own complex humanity, not to mention sublime poetry, along with requisite doses of sex and violence." (Frank Rich, The New York Times)
Special Features
Actor: Carlotta De Felice, Albert Gardner, Robert Gemp, Carey Lee, George Moss
Director: André Calmettes
Genre: Drama
Year: 1912
Studio: Kino Video
Length: 55
Released: June 26, 2001
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Black & White
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
An astounding rediscovery of the cinema, Richard III is the earliest surviving American feature film, newly discovered and restored to its original brilliance through the American Film Institute, with a haunting orchestral score by composer Ennio Morricone. Produced as a vehicle for Frederick Warde, a legendary stage actor of the 19th Century, Richard III was the most ambitious Shakespearian adaptation to date. The film not only attempts to honor the intricacies of the original play, it flavors the drama with spectacular crowd scenes and rich color tints. Richard III offers a fresh glimpse at a time when Shakespeare wasn't strictly the domain of scholars but was a source of popular entertainment, "when Americans didn't have to be spoon-fed a great dramatist but were united in their passion for one who gave them characters who mirrored their own complex humanity, not to mention sublime poetry, along with requisite doses of sex and violence." (Frank Rich, The New York Times)
Special Features
- "Rediscovering Richard": a 17-minute documentary
- Frederick Warde on Richard III (quoted from The Brooklyn Eagle, 1912)
| Product Name | Richard III (1912) On DVD |
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