Tower of London
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- 1962
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The Tower of London.
A monument of the corruption
of the soul,
where in the shadowed past,
a man gained
the throne of England,
despite the insane ambition
that drove him to evil
and murder.
He escaped the headsman's block,
the ghosts of his conscience.
in the year 1483.
King of England,
will die.
Rumors that the King
is on his death bed
have filled London,
and the people await the booming
of the cannon on the battlements,
for this will be the signal
Anne.
Richard.
Buckingham, dear Buckingham.
Death is very close.
You'd best hurry.
My sons...
Where are they?
Your Majesty, you must not!
Where are they?
I must talk to them.
Richard.
Edward.
You bear my name, my son.
You will wear my crown.
- Father...
- No, let me speak while I can.
You are very young.
I leave you a land
filled with trouble.
Richard.
Sire.
England has been cursed
by wars, Richard.
And you have been my right arm.
What I have done, Edward,
I have done for you and England.
Now we must have peace, Richard,
not torment for this child,
who will soon sit in my throne.
Clarence!
- A good omen, is it not, Tyrus?
- Yes, Your Majesty.
Have I ever failed you
when you called?
This will be my final request,
Clarence.
My sons are now yours.
You will lead them
and guide them in the ways
that are best for England.
I name you Protector of the Realm.
Clarence, my dear brother.
Richard.
It's been too long
since last I saw you.
It is good
Nothing should be important enough
to separate brothers.
You chose well
for the Protector, Edward.
In all of England, there is
no wiser man than Clarence.
Not the strongest, Richard,
but the wisest.
I wanted you to approve.
The King must rest.
We will go, Tyrus.
We'll summon you
if there's any change.
Richard, do you really approve?
Clarence and I
are your sons, Mother,
as well as Edward.
What is honor for one Plantagenet
is honor for all of the family.
And why should I not approve?
Mother.
Should we not have talked
in our own chambers, Richard?
Why down here?
Eh, the grieving of women
grates on my ears, Clarence.
I've been a soldier too long.
I've seen too many men die
and heard too many women weep.
Do you not want a woman
to weep for you?
One will.
One only, my wife Anne.
No others, man or woman,
for Richard Plantagenet.
You're wrong.
There are many who think you
the greatest man in England.
When we were children,
there was no such thing as death.
We were three brothers
the roads we were to travel.
The years haven't changed you,
Richard.
Even as a child,
you thrilled to the swords,
the lances, the heat of combat.
To you, a battlefield possessed
a grand-sounding name only.
And you, the child of wisdom.
Eh, we were so different.
And yet our love for each other
was the same.
Well, that, at least,
will never change.
As long as we both shall live.
To battlefields and wisdom.
And to George, Duke of Clarence,
Protector of the Realm.
My task will be difficult, Richard.
Will you give me your loyalty,
Richard?
And your strength?
Ahh! Richard!
For the love of God!
Don't blame me, Clarence.
Blame Edward's choice.
Once I carried you like this
from a river
when I saved your life.
You see, Clarence?
Blood.
My brother's blood.
Blood washes away.
You're sure he's dead?
Yes.
He's dead.
It had to be done.
Yes.
- The wine cellar!
- The Duke of Clarence!
Buckingham, this blade,
the crest of the Woodvilles!
Richard, your brother is dead.
Murdered.
Murdered?
Clarence was a man
without enemies.
you know well.
The Woodville crest?
You accuse my name?
You accuse your Queen?
I accuse only this dagger
and the hand that wielded it,
Your Majesty.
This will be a bitter moment
for Edward to take to his grave.
Come, Anne.
Not yet dead,
and already the vultures strike.
Elizabeth, was power
for your family so important?
Please, my husband, believe me,
I am innocent.
to usurp the power from my son.
Edward, no!
to be Protector.
But he will see that my son rules
as a Plantagenet, Elizabeth,
not as a Woodville.
Is it what men do
that darkens the sky?
Or do the skies blacken
the souls of men?
And do I laugh to myself because
I am ambitious and would be a king?
Or do I laugh at myself?
A misshapen thing that traffics
with evil to gain a throne?
Do you seek an answer, Richard?
What?
Do you want the truth?
Or only words
to justify your evil?
Clarence, clear God, have you
come back from the grave?
Just long enough, Richard.
Clarence, you would have
ruined England!
A man of books
cannot fill a throne.
Nor can a murderer!
I had to do
what was right for England.
Right will be done, Richard,
or you will die.
All men die,
but not before I am king.
You will die in violence,
at the hand of a man already dead.
The King is dead.
And you would be king.
Clarence!
Is wine replacing blood
in your veins?
Anne! Clarence lives!
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