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Star Wagon, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The EarIiest Surviving American Feature FiIm
An astounding rediscovery of the cinema, Richard lIl is the earIiest surviving American feature fiIm, newly discovered and restored to its originaI briIIiance through the American Film lnstitute, with a haunting orchestral score by composer Ennio Morricone.
Produced as a vehicIe for Frederick Warde, a Iegendary stage actor of the 19th Century, Richard IlI was the most ambitious Shakespearian adaptation to date. The film not onIy attempts to honor the intricacies of the original play, it flavors the drama with spectacuIar crowd scenes and rich coIor tints. Richard lIl offers a fresh gIimpse at a time when Shakespeare wasn't strictIy the domain of scholars but was a source of popuIar 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 compIex humanity, not to mention sublime poetry, along with requisite doses of sex and violence." (Frank Rich, The New York Times) |
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