John Lear's Texas ranch isn't just big. It's several days' travel in any direction. But no one can hold onto anything forever, and aging Lear knows it's time to divvy up his spread to his three daughters. There's certainly enough land to make everyone happy. But for two siblings, enough isn't enough.

King Of Texas is Shakespeare-goes-West, a brawny Western based on the Bard's King Lear. Patrick Stewart portrays Lear, the cattle baron who loses his land and perhaps his sanity in his family's blood feud. Marcia Gay Harden, Lauren Holy and Julie Cox play Lear's offspring, joining a splendid cast that include Roy Scheider, Colm Meaney, Patrick Bergin and, as Lear's wily man Friday, David Alan Grier.

Details

Length 1 hrs. 35 mins.

Rating NR

Released: Dec 10 2002

Production Year 2001

UPC Code 053939665826

Studio  Warner Bros.

Packaging Snap

Number of Discs 1

Disc SS-SL

Subtitles English, French and Spanish

Features

Interactive Menus

Star/Director/Writer Film Highlights

Scene Access

Audio

English Dolby Digital Stereo

Video

Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)

Cast

Matt Letscher

Julie Cox

Patrick Bergin

Colm Meaney

Roy Scheider

Marcia Gay Harden

Steven Bauer

Patrick Stewart

Lauren Holly

David Alan Grier

Production

Art Levinson

Director

Uli Edel