06 August 2008 Drama, TV Movie 150 mins
An aging King invites disaster, when he abdicates to his corrupt, toadying daughters, and rejects his loving and honest one.
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Ian McKellen as King Lear
Romola Garai as Cordelia
Monica Dolan as Regan
Sylvester McCoy as The Fool
Philip Winchester as Edmund
Peter Hinton as Duke of Burgundy
Jonathan Hyde as Earl of Kent
Frances Barber as Goneril
William Gaunt as Earl of Gloucester
Julian Harries as Duke of Albany
Ben Meyjes as Edgar
John Heffernan as Oswald
Trevor Nunn Director
William Shakespeare Author
Steve Edis Original Music Composer
Paul Wheeler Director of Photography
Richard Price Executive Producer
United Kingdom 06 August 2008
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