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By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 23:28:32 +0000

In reply to Life Along The River. I agree about Looking for Richard--I can't wait to watch it again. Thanks for taking the time to read and leave a comment. I hope you'll be back!

By: Life Along The River

Life Along The River — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:27:38 +0000

Looking For Richard is one of my all time favorite movies – so glad to see it talked about!

By: writersideup

writersideup — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 16:04:10 +0000

In reply to cynthia. I can't imagine you won't enjoy Richard III just as much :) Have fun!

By: cynthia

cynthia — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:41:11 +0000

In reply to writersideup.

So glad you liked it, Donna! And I like knowing that bit about Kevin Spacey sending his paycheck back. Perfect timing on your comment–headed to Richard III at 2:00 today!!! Saw 12th Night Thursday night–amazing.

By: writersideup

writersideup — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 02:57:39 +0000

OK, gang, I got to watch Al Pacino’s “Looking for Richard” and I LOVED it! I enjoyed watching that SO much. His effort was a wonderful gift in trying to help “the masses” enjoy and understand Shakespeare. And I watched the interview (or whatever it was called) after the credits, so learned more about Al’s experience making the documentary (it took 4 years!), why he did it, and that Kevin Spacey even sent his pay back to Pacino. It was Pacino who fronted the project. Great stuff. Really enjoyable. SO glad you mentioned it 🙂

By: cynthia

cynthia — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:49:52 +0000

In reply to KM Huber. Thanks, Karen. I didn't know anything about the BBC series but I had remembered Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl. In fact, I went back after I read the play and watched parts of the movie!

By: writersideup

writersideup — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 03:58:36 +0000

In reply to KM Huber. Oh, yeah! I forgot about that in THE GOODBYE GIRL! Love that movie :D

By: KM Huber

KM Huber — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:53:10 +0000

What wonderful post, Cynthia. First, I was reminded of the BBC series of Shakespeare’s plays (looking up the series I see it ran from 1978-1985), although I do not remember PBS or the CPB (Corporation for Public Broadcasting) running the series all of those years but it may have happened. The plays were not that well done but it was so exciting that it might be possible to see all of the plays performed.

More specific to Richard III, I thought of the movie, The Goodbye Girl, with Richard Dreyfuss as Richard in a most unusual interpretation of the play. Glad to know about Looking for Richard and found it on Netflix. Thanks!
Karen

By: Richard Gilbert

Richard Gilbert — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:01:45 +0000

In reply to writersideup. Wow, it sounds comprehensive. As I say, I can stream it from Netflix, though.