''Richard the Second'' is a 2001 American film adaptation of
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
's ''
Richard II'', directed by
John Farrell.
Production history
Farrell used
Fort Strong, an abandoned post American Civil War-era fort on
Long Island (an island in
Boston Harbor
Boston Harbor is a natural harbor and estuary of Massachusetts Bay, and is located adjacent to the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is home to the Port of Boston, a major shipping facility in the northeastern United States.
History
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), as the location for this production. The fort lacked electricity and Farrell's production used torchlight to illuminate the scenes that were set inside the structure
Production took place between March and September 1987. However, the film went over its original $50,000 budget and Farrell was unable to secure financing to complete the production. As Farrell recalled in the book ''The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies'': "The original intent with ''Richard the Second'' was to shoot in broadcast 1" format and transfer to 35mm. We shot with an Ikekami camera and used Sony reel-to-reel. I even did a test trailer in the edit suite which sent to a place in
Los Angeles
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called Image Transform, which sent us back the trailer on 35 - this was when laser transfer was the new thing for video to film (no scan lines!)."
[''The Encyclopedia of Underground Movies'', Michael Wiese Productions. ]
The film was given a direct-to-video release in 2001.
References
External links
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Richard The Second reviewon Pursued By A Bear
2001 films
Films based on Richard II (play)
2001 drama films
American drama films
2000s American films
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