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King Lear (2018)

6.1/10 1h 55m May 28, 2018
Drama TV Movie

An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.

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Movie Details

Original Title King Lear
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7

Cast

Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
Lear
Popularity: 4.4
Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson
Goneril
Popularity: 4.2
Emily Watson
Emily Watson
Regan
Popularity: 3.2
Jim Broadbent
Jim Broadbent
Earl of Gloucester
Popularity: 1.9
Florence Pugh
Florence Pugh
Cordelia
Popularity: 8.9
Jim Carter
Jim Carter
Earl of Kent
Popularity: 2.0
Andrew Scott
Andrew Scott
Edgar
Popularity: 4.2
John Macmillan
John Macmillan
Edmund
Popularity: 0.5
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies
Duke of Cornwall
Popularity: 2.2
Anthony Calf
Anthony Calf
Duke of Albany
Popularity: 0.5
Karl Johnson
Karl Johnson
Fool
Popularity: 4.2
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher Eccleston
Oswald
Popularity: 1.0

Key Crew

Writer Richard Eyre
Director Richard Eyre
Executive Producer Colin Callender, Scott Huff, Sonia Friedman
Editor Dan Farrell
Producer Noëlette Buckley

Production

Playground Entertainment
US
Sonia Friedman Productions
GB
BBC
GB
Amazon Studios
US
Lemaise Pictures
GB

Videos & Trailers

"Creating the Kingdom"
"Creating the Kingdom"
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King Lear - Official Trailer | Prime Video
King Lear - Official Trailer | Prime Video
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"King Lear takes command"
"King Lear takes command"
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King Lear: Official Trailer | Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Emily Watson - BBC
King Lear: Official Trailer | Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Emily Watson - BBC
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Keywords

theater play fool tragedy storm king lear abdication elizabethan england

Reviews from TMDB

Stephen Campbell 7/10
Apr 18, 2019

**_A strong adaptation marred by a poor central performance_** > _The Lear of Shakespeare cannot be acted. The contemptible machinery by which they mimic the storm which he goes out in, is not more inadequate to represent the horrors of the real elements, than any actor can be to represent Lear: ... Read more

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Details
Release Date May 28, 2018
Runtime 1h 55m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.7
Links
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