After appearing in the Stephen King adaptation Misery, Richard Farnsworth received an Academy Award nomination for his part in which 1999 film?
Richard Farnsworth Richard W. Farnsworth (September 1, 1920 – October 6, 2000) was an American actor and stuntman. He is best known for his performances in "The Grey Fox" (1982), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination, "Anne of Green Gables" (1985), "Misery" (1990), and "The Straight Story" (1999), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. His sudden death followed a long struggle with prostate cancer.
King Lear (1999 film) King Lear is a 1999 adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name. The film stars Brian Blessed (who also co-directed the film, along with Tony Rotherham) in the title role. Apart from Peter Brook's "King Lear" in 1971, it is the only other feature length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in "Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film" (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama".