The real Richard III (Was: Assasinations and attitudes towards them)

[MsTattersall]

(Snipping most of Carol's and Kathryn's very interesting history to 
get to the punch line:)
> As for my earlier comment about his bravery - he led a charge 
against Henry
> in the Battle of Bosworth, which would decide the battle. When the 
charge
> looked likely to fail one of his men actually offered him a horse 
(so much
> for "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse") but he declined - 
determined
> to either succeed or die along with his men on the battlefield.

In one of Hollywood's more absurdly inspired moments, in the 1995 
version of Richard III with Ian McKellan as Richard and Annette 
Bening as Elizabeth (and Maggie Smith as the Duchess of York), which 
was set in WWII-era period style, Richard is on the field of Bosworth 
and his Jeep won't start. He bangs the steering wheel with his fist 
and declares "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!"

The whizzing sound you heard at that moment wasn't on the soundtrack--
that was Shakespeare spinning in his grave.
MsTattersall