Review of Looking for Richard

This documentary mixed with great Shakespearean film-making is a good example of an actor directing his own film, especially a documentary. Basically Al Pacino (acting, directing, writing and producing) is attempting to turn William Shakespeare's Richard III into a film, and along the way there are moments and rehearsals from what will be the film, and interviews from experts and people that have used the work of Shakespeare, oh, and a few people on the street. People who appear in the film acting and interviewed include Pacino (also as Richard III), Penelope Allen (also as Queen Elizabeth), Gordon MacDonald (also as Dorset), Madison Arnold (also as Rivers), Vincent Angell (also as Grey), Bean's Harris Yulin (also as King Edward), Alec Baldwin (also as Duke of Clarence), Timmy Prairie as Prince Edward, Landon Prairie as Young Prince, Kevin Conway (also as Hastings), Larry Bryggman (also as Lord Stanley), Kevin Spacey (also as Earl of Buckingham), Winona Ryder as Lady Anne, Aidan Quinn as Richmond, F. Murray Abraham, Kenneth Branagh, Kevin Kline, James Earl Jones, Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud and Vanessa Redgrave. A great look at both a genius of the stage and writing, but also a great look of what film-making involves. Very good!