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King Lear

1988

A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

Cast & Crew

PSPS
Peter Sellars

as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth

BMBM
Burgess Meredith

as Don Learo

JDJD
Julie Delpy

as Virginia

LCLC
Leos Carax

as Edgar

MRMR
Molly Ringwald

as Cordelia

JGJG
Jean-Luc Godard

as Professor Pluggy

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Basic Information
Status
Released
Release Date
1/22/1988
Runtime
1 hours, 30 minutes
Original Language
EN
Financial
Budget
$1,000,000
Revenue
$61,821
Profit/Loss
-$938,179
ROI: -93.8%
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Countries
United States of America (US)
Spoken Languages
French (fr)
English (en)
Japanese (ja)
Russian (ru)
Production Companies
The Cannon Group
The Cannon Group
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Golan-Globus Productions