King of Texas
Brief Synopsis
John Lear's legacy is his
Cast & Crew
Uli Edel
Patrick Stewart
Marcia Gay Harden
Lauren Holly
Roy Scheider
Fernando Banda
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An adaptation of William Shakespeare's "King Lear," which takes place on a Texas ranch during the revolt against Mexico in the 1840s. A land baron of awesome authority is embroiled in a life and death struggle with the elements, family greed and the violent threat of war.
John Lear's legacy is his empire built from a raw stretch of Texas land. But as his glory days slip away, he chooses to divide it among his daughters: Claudia, closest to her father's spirit, and the avaricious Susannah and Rebecca. But Lear's plan comes with a hitch; only the daughters who prove their love will share the inheritance. Susannah and Rebecca are all too willing to secure their future with lies. But Claudia refuses to indulge her father, and for her honesty, she is stripped of the Lear family name and banished forever.
Alone and afraid, Claudia seeks shelter with her Tejano friend, Toribo Menchaca. He is also her father's mortal enemy -- a man who scouted for the Mexican army, and whom Lear holds responsible for the death of his sons in the Goliad massacre. But Claudia's exile becomes a catalyst for something far more divisive than standing with the enemy. As the manipulative Susannah and Rebecca have secured a stranglehold on the Lear property and their father banished Claudia, they now banish Lear into the wilds. Battling unpredictable threats of nature, the dangers of a secret assassin, and an encroaching, inescapable madness, Lear reaches toward a desperate reunion with Claudia, and an inevitable destiny shadowed by the sins of a father.
Cast
Patrick Stewart
Marcia Gay Harden
Lauren Holly
Roy Scheider
Fernando Banda
David Alan Grier
Juan Pablo Gamboa
Richard Lineback
Andreas Garcia
Colm Meaney
Steven Bauer
Patrick Bergin
Ehecatl Chavez
Liam Waite
Matt Letscher
Roger Cudney
Julie Cox
Crew
John Altman
Claudia Becker
Antonio Betancourt
Arturo Brito
Julian Bucio
Angel Camacho Leppe
Patricia Cano
Mark Conte
Laurencio Cordero
Efren Del Moral
Paul Elliott
Enrique Estevez
Lisa Freiberger
Richard Graysmark
Penny V Hadfield
Robert Halmi
Hope Hanafin
Michael Hancock
Stephen Harrigan
Leslie Eve Herman
Art Levinson
Miguel Lima
Alberto Martinez
Justin Muller
Wendy Neuss
Rosalee Riggle
Hector Romero
Guillermo Rosas
Eric Sanudo
Jaromir Sedina
William Shakespeare
Patrick Stewart
Julian Valdes
Martha Villaneuva Garcia
Martha Villaneuva Garcia
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Aired in United States June 2, 2002
Previous title: "Boss Lear."
