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This spectacular film version of the award-winning Royal National Theatre production of Shakespeare's King Lear stars the immensely celebrated actor Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings, Chariots of Fire). Critics used every superlative imaginable to acclaim Holm's performance in King Lear when it was first staged. The Sunday Times called his performance, "Timelessly classical, harrowingly modern and unforgettable," and The Evening Standard wrote: "Holm's triumph is indisputable total." Ian Holm was nominated for a Lead Actor Emmy Award and his performance as Lear won a Laurence Olivier Award.
Lear, King of Britain, has three daughters: Goneril, Regan and Cordelia. Intending to divide his kingdom among his daughters according to their affection for him, he asks them to say which loves him most. Goneril and Regan profess their extreme affection, and each receives one-third of the kingdom. Cordelia, disgusted with their hollow flattery, says she loves him according to her duty, no more or less. Infuriated with this reply, Lear divides her portion between Goneril and Regan. Eventually the two daughters reveal their true heartlessness and a tragic chain of events are set into motion.
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File Name: King Lear.avi
Duration (hh:mm:ss): 2:18:04
File Size: 564.194 MB
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frames Per Second: 25.000
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