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King of Texas

King of Texas

King of Texas

2002
Drama, Western
TV Movie
1h 35m
An updated version of 'William Shakespeare' 's King Lear, by way of Ran (1985), with Lear as a magnate in the Old West whose decision to divide his empire among his three daughters results in disaster. (imdb)

Directed by:

Uli Edel
Uli-Edel
18 total credits
Uli Edel has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, Body of Evidence, The Little Vampire and Last Exit to Brooklyn

Writers:

William Shakespeare
William-Shakespeare
267 total credits
Born in 1564 in Stratford, England, William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights and poets in the history of the English language. His works have been adapted and preformed all over the world.
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Stephen Harrigan
Stephen-Harrigan
10 total credits
Stephen Harrigan has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Cleopatra, Murder on the Orient Express, King of Texas, The Last of His Tribe and Widow on the Hill

Starring:

Lauren Holly
Lauren-Holly
53 total credits
Lauren Holly has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Dumb and Dumber, What Women Want, Any Given Sunday, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Beautiful Girls
,
David Alan Grier
David-Alan-Grier
55 total credits
David Alan Grier has 55 credits at Criticker, including: Jumanji, Bewitched, 15 Minutes, The Woodsman and Boomerang
,
Roy Scheider
Roy-Scheider
58 total credits
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 - February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, as choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy Russo in The French Connection and his role as Captain Nathan Bridger in science fiction television series seaQuest DSV. Scheider's final performance is to be released posthumously in the 2011 thriller Iron Cross...(Wikipedia)
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Colm Meaney
Colm-Meaney
86 total credits
Colm J. Meaney (first name pronounced /ˈkɒləm/;[1] Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons. He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, recently appearing in the British sports film The Damned United
,
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia-Gay-Harden
82 total credits
Marcia Gay Harden is an American film and theatre actress. Harden's breakthrough role was in The First Wives Club (1996) which was followed by several roles which gained her wider fame including the hit comedy Flubber (1997) and Meet Joe Black (1998). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She has starred in a string of successful mainstream and independent movies, some of which are Space Cowboys (2000)...(Wikipedia)
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Patrick Stewart
Patrick-Stewart
99 total credits
Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor as well as a university Chancellor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his television and film roles, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series, and as the voice of Avery Bullock in American Dad. (Wikipedia)

Genres:

Drama, Western

Country:

USA

Language:

English

King of Texas

2002
Drama, Western
TV Movie
1h 35m
Your rating
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Avg Percentile 41.84% from 11 total ratings

Ratings & Reviews

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Avg Percentile 41.84% from 11 total ratings
Rated 26 Feb 2010
65
8th
Patrick Stewart does his best (which is always very good), and Marcia Gay is a nuanced yet vicious Goneril, but this cowboy King Lear never gets off the ground.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Uli Edel
Uli-Edel
18 total credits
Uli Edel has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Der Baader Meinhof Komplex, Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo, Body of Evidence, The Little Vampire and Last Exit to Brooklyn

Writers:

William Shakespeare
William-Shakespeare
267 total credits
Born in 1564 in Stratford, England, William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights and poets in the history of the English language. His works have been adapted and preformed all over the world.
,
Stephen Harrigan
Stephen-Harrigan
10 total credits
Stephen Harrigan has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Cleopatra, Murder on the Orient Express, King of Texas, The Last of His Tribe and Widow on the Hill

Starring:

Lauren Holly
Lauren-Holly
53 total credits
Lauren Holly has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Dumb and Dumber, What Women Want, Any Given Sunday, Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story and Beautiful Girls
,
David Alan Grier
David-Alan-Grier
55 total credits
David Alan Grier has 55 credits at Criticker, including: Jumanji, Bewitched, 15 Minutes, The Woodsman and Boomerang
,
Roy Scheider
Roy-Scheider
58 total credits
Roy Richard Scheider (November 10, 1932 - February 10, 2008) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as police chief Martin C. Brody in Jaws, as choreographer and film director Joe Gideon in All That Jazz, detective Buddy Russo in The French Connection and his role as Captain Nathan Bridger in science fiction television series seaQuest DSV. Scheider's final performance is to be released posthumously in the 2011 thriller Iron Cross...(Wikipedia)
,
Colm Meaney
Colm-Meaney
86 total credits
Colm J. Meaney (first name pronounced /ˈkɒləm/;[1] Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh; born 30 May 1953) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O'Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is second only to Michael Dorn in most appearances in Star Trek episodes. He has guest-starred on many TV shows from Law & Order to The Simpsons. He has also had a significant career in motion pictures, recently appearing in the British sports film The Damned United
,
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia-Gay-Harden
82 total credits
Marcia Gay Harden is an American film and theatre actress. Harden's breakthrough role was in The First Wives Club (1996) which was followed by several roles which gained her wider fame including the hit comedy Flubber (1997) and Meet Joe Black (1998). She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lee Krasner in Pollock (2000). She has starred in a string of successful mainstream and independent movies, some of which are Space Cowboys (2000)...(Wikipedia)
,
Patrick Stewart
Patrick-Stewart
99 total credits
Sir Patrick Hewes Stewart, OBE is an English film, television and stage actor as well as a university Chancellor. He has had a distinguished career in theatre and television for around half a century. He is most widely known for his television and film roles, as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men film series, and as the voice of Avery Bullock in American Dad. (Wikipedia)

Genres:

Drama, Western

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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