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Title: McKellen gives another strong performance
Review: 3-hour adaptation from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Ian McKellen in wonderful in the title role, and the rest of the company is pretty strong. But I still prefer this story when it was reworked in 'Ran' by Kurosawa, which is a much better film even without Shakespeare's words. Still, this is the only literal version I've seen, and I enjoyed it. (Someday I'll have to watch Olivier's version, which is supposed to be definitive.)
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