---
title: 'Looking for Richard (1996)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Al Pacino'
released: '1996-10-11'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/looking-for-richard-1996'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116913/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Looking for Richard (1996)

1996 · 112 min · Documentary, Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Looking for Richard is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Al Pacino, in his directorial debut. It is a hybrid film, including both a filmed performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's Richard III and a documentary element which explores a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture. The film was featured at the Sundance Film Festival in January 1996 and it was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Al Pacino won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Documentaries.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Al Pacino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-pacino)
- **Screenplay:** [Al Pacino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-pacino)
- **Producer:** [Al Pacino](https://cinepixo.com/people/al-pacino)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore)
- **Editor:** [William M. Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-m-anderson)

## Cast

- [Viveca Lindfors](https://cinepixo.com/people/viveca-lindfors)
- [Winona Ryder](https://cinepixo.com/people/winona-ryder) as Anne Neville
- [Kenneth Branagh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-branagh)
- [Neal Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/neal-jones)
- [Kevin Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-conway) as William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings
- [Dominic Chianese](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominic-chianese)
- [Clare Holman](https://cinepixo.com/people/clare-holman)
- [Richard Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-cox)
- [Vincent Angell](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-angell)
- [Daniel von Bargen](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-von-bargen)
- [Kevin Spacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-spacey) as Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham
- [Estelle Parsons](https://cinepixo.com/people/estelle-parsons) as Margaret of Anjou
- [Paul Guilfoyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-guilfoyle)
- [James Colby](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-colby)
- [Rosemary Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-harris)

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