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One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir (Anthony Hopkins) who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman (Ian McKellen) must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to perform that night?

2016 · 1h 49m
Director Richard Eyre

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One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager Sir (Anthony Hopkins) who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman (Ian McKellen) must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to perform that night?

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Studio
Lionsgate
Released
2016
Run Time
1 hr 49 min
Rated
12+
Region of Origin
United States
© 2015 Playground Television UK Limited

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Original Audio
English
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English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

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Bulgarian , Chinese, Simplified , Chinese, Traditional , Czech , Danish , Dutch , Finnish , French (France) , German (Germany) , Hungarian , Italian , Japanese , Korean , Norwegian , Polish , Portuguese (Brazil) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Russian , Slovenian , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Thai , Turkish