Name: King Lear
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1988-01-22
Duration: 1 h 31 min
Cast: Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Julie Delpy, Leos Carax, Molly Ringwald

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Breaks your heart.
Weighs on you.
Makes you smirk.
Makes you think.

Not for comfort, warmth or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+13)
Critics 69Audiences 56GoodWatch 64
Tomatometer69%
Audience score56%
IMDb5.5
Running time
1 h 31 min
A typical length for comedies, −9 min on the typical 100
typical 10091
Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1988
January 22, 1988
38 years ago
Genres
ComedyDrama
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
FrenchJapaneseRussian
Made in
United States
Rated
- PGUnited States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG in the United States, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
ViolenceMild
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesLittle or none
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
14 of 14
Directing · 2
Jean-Luc Godard Director, Screenplay, Editor
Hervé Duhamel Assistant Director
Writing · 1
William Shakespeare Theatre Play
Production · 5
Yoram Globus Producer
Menahem Golan Producer
Jon Turtle Finance
Tom Luddy Associate Producer
Omneya 'Nini' Mazen Post Production Coordinator
Camera · 2
Sophie Maintigneux Director of Photography
Alex Aurichio Assistant Camera
Sound · 4
Ludwig van Beethoven Music
Johann Sebastian Bach Music
François Musy Sound
Stanley B. Gill Sound Recordist
Lighting · 1
Jim Denny Gaffer