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King Lear (1983) Full Movie

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King Lear (1983)

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

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Christopher A 28 Aug 2007

Greatest play ever, and this version is spectacular.

Marilee A 14 Jun 2011

Lear as it should be Performed, by Sir Laurence Olivier

Catherine R 16 Jun 2010

Olivier is brilliant -as always- as King Lear, with Diana Rigg being the "next best thing" as Regan. But John Hurt's performane is perfect. I think he belongs to a very small number of actors, who are capable of making the viewer understand exactly what their characters are thinking and feeling. His Fool is one of the most sincere and beautiful performances I have ever seen.

Morgan H 17 Jul 2012

The pacing of this cheaply made film is glacial, but the emotion of the story and Olivier's Lear pull it through.

Cale L 17 Jul 2007

classic film version of Shakespeare's tragedy (one of the "Big Four": Hamlet, Othello and Macbeth; Richard III should also be included as a tragedy). Olivier was the greatest actor of his age and, in his final major role (very fitting that it should be Shakespeare), he proves once again why he is the Master Of The Bard and Kenneth Branagh has inherited the mantle.