Richard III: Martyr or Monster?
Product ID: 13816566
Details
- ContributorBob Carruthers
- FormatColor Multiple
- GenreSpecial
- LanguageEnglish
- Runtime48 minutes
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He lived and died over 500 years ago, but today Richard III is still one of the most controversial kings in the long history of England. His story encompasses legends of intrigue, murder, war and treachery. The real king died in battle on the field of Bosworth fighting in vain against Henry Tudor, father of Henry VIII, but Richard s story was embroidered by the great William Shakespeare who, in his most controversial history play, re-told the story with Richard in the role of the hunchbacked tyrant who slaughtered his way to the throne. The murder of the young princes in the Tower Of London is one of the most famous scenes from Shakespeare, but today there is a strong revisionist school of historians who view Richard III in an altogether different light: as an enlightened monarch who established justice for the poor and laid the foundations for modern government. This powerful new film written and presented by Emmy Award winning Historian Bob Carruthers retraces the life of the King based on the surviving historical record, reveals the true man behind Shakespeare s villain, and exposes the extent to which Shakespeare bent the truth in order to please his own Tudor monarch. Featuring incisive interviews with leading historians and authorities on Shakespeare, specially filmed sequences from the play and highly accurate historical reconstructions, this authoritative film is the key to one of history's greatest mysteries. Review: I enjoyed watching this dvd - I enjoyed watching this dvd, I'm still trying to get a dvd that I saw on TV. Not sure if it was PBS or the History Channel. It had to do with uncovering the body & testing to see if it was Richard III. I found the tape but it noted that it might not play on our Dvd. I put it on my wish list in case it's ever available in US. Review: Not worth any price - Poorly conceived and poorly put together.. nothing new except the pictures of the skeletal remains. For anyone interested in Richard III it is a disappointment.
| ASIN | B00BQ2O3Q8 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #239,844 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #9,243 in Documentary (Movies & TV) #12,026 in Special Interests (Movies & TV) |
| Customer Reviews | 3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars (10) |
| Director | Bob Carruthers |
| MPAA rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| Media Format | Color, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Widescreen |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces |
| Release date | August 27, 2013 |
| Run time | 48 minutes |
| Studio | Kultur Video |
A**R
I enjoyed watching this dvd
I enjoyed watching this dvd, I'm still trying to get a dvd that I saw on TV. Not sure if it was PBS or the History Channel. It had to do with uncovering the body & testing to see if it was Richard III. I found the tape but it noted that it might not play on our Dvd. I put it on my wish list in case it's ever available in US.
G**N
Not worth any price
Poorly conceived and poorly put together.. nothing new except the pictures of the skeletal remains. For anyone interested in Richard III it is a disappointment.
G**O
It was from Smithonian Chanel could like to have the show the show was more
It was from Smithonian Chanel could like to have the show the show was more interesting
J**C
... another side of history about Richard iii I really enjoy it.
I found it interesting an another side of history about Richard iii I really enjoy it.
R**D
Rubbish.
Rubbish!. Yet another attempt to present the bloody tyrant Richard as something better than he actually was.Forget Shakespeare,Richard was hated and feared in his own time for being the merciless usurper that he was. He single-handedly destroyed the Yorkist cause by his savage and illegal grab for the throne,but mostly by his cold-blooded murder of the two young Princes in the Tower of London.This man will always be damned for his evil deeds.'Ricardians' will love it of course as they love anything that serves to keep them in their preposterous denial.
G**N
My review
I'm happy with my dvd
D**8
Balanced views seemingly impossible.
I'm not sure why Richard III inspires either hatred or denial, but some of the latter is a reaction to the former. When people claim him as a usurper amd murderer, hated in his own time, they are wilfully blinkered. The real usurper was Henry VII, whose claim to the throne was through a female line (a dubious claim at the time), and an illegitimate one. As for murderer, Henry had the Earl of Warwick locked up at ten years old, to be eventually beheaded over a trumped-up charge. And that's history, not guesswork as are the supposed murders of the two Princes.
F**N
Four Stars
Interesting.
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