Editing Richard III (play) (section)

===Film===
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[[Basil Rathbone]] played Richard III in the 1939 Universal horror film ''[[Tower of London (1939 film)|Tower of London]]'', which was directed by [[Rowland V. Lee]]. The film was later remade by [[Roger Corman]] in 1962 with [[Vincent Price]] (who had played Clarence in Lee's film) in the lead role. While both films are influenced by the characterisation and structure of Shakespeare's play, neither includes any dialogue from it.

The most famous player of the part in recent times was [[Laurence Olivier]] in his [[Richard III (1955 film)|1955 film version]]. Olivier's film incorporates a few scenes and speeches from Shakespeare's ''Henry VI, Part 3'' and Cibber's rewrite of Shakespeare's play, but cuts entirely the characters of Queen Margaret and the Duchess of York, and Richard's soliloquy after seeing the ghosts of his victims. Olivier has Richard seduce Lady Anne while mourning over the corpse of her husband rather than her father-in-law as in the play. Olivier's rendition has been parodied by many comedians, including [[Peter Cook]] and [[Peter Sellers]]. Sellers, who had aspirations to do the role straight, appeared in a 1965 TV special on [[the Beatles]]' music by reciting "[[A Hard Day's Night (song)|A Hard Day's Night]]" in the style of Olivier's Richard&nbsp;III. The [[The Foretelling|first episode]] of the BBC television comedy ''[[Blackadder#Series 1: The Black Adder|Blackadder]]'' in part parodies the Olivier film, visually (as in the crown motif), Peter Cook's performance as a benevolent Richard, and by mangling Shakespearean text ("Now is the summer of our sweet content made o'ercast winter by these Tudor clouds&nbsp;...")

[[Richard III (1995 film)|Richard Loncraine's 1995 film]], starring [[Ian McKellen]], is set in a fictional fascist England in the 1930s, and based on an earlier highly successful stage production. Only about half the text of the play is used. The first part of his "Now is the winter of our discontent..." soliloquy is a public speech, while the second part is a private monologue (at a urinal). The famous final line of Richard's "A horse, my kingdom for a horse" is spoken when his jeep becomes trapped after backing up into a large pile of rubble.

In 1996, [[Al Pacino]] made his directoral debut and played the title role in ''[[Looking for Richard]]'', analysing the plot of the play and playing out several scenes from it, as well as conducting a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in [[popular culture]]. Also in 1996, a pristine print of ''[[Richard III (1912 film)|Richard&nbsp;III]]'' (1912), starring [[Frederick Warde]] in the title role, was discovered by a private collector and donated to the [[American Film Institute]]. The 55-minute film is considered to be the earliest surviving American feature film.

In the out-take interviews of the 1983 [[Brian De Palma]] classic [[Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]], writer [[Oliver Stone]] indicated that his pre-script influences had included William Shakespeare's Richard III. 

In 2002 the story of Richard&nbsp;III was re-told in a movie about gang culture called ''[[King Rikki]]'' (also known as ''The Street King'').<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/shakespeare/index.php/title/av36632 |title=King Rikki {{*}} British Universities Film & Video Council |publisher=Bufvc.ac.uk |access-date=3 May 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, Italian director [[Roberta Torre]] realized a [[Musical film|musical]] [[Drama film|drama]] film, inspired by Shakespeare's play, named ''[[Bloody Richard]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/11/27/riccardo-va-allinferno-versione-femminista-e-in-foma-di-musical-del-testo-di-shakespeare-con-la-regia-di-roberta-torre/4004748/|title=Riccardo va all'inferno, versione femminista e in forma di musical del testo di Shakespeare con la regia di Roberta Torre|publisher=[[Il Fatto Quotidiano]]|date=27 November 2017|access-date=3 August 2019}}</ref>