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A 4 DVD box set comprising of 19 film adaptations of plays by Samuel Beckett. Includes: Waiting for Godot (director Michael Lindsay-Hogg), Not I (director Neil Jordan), Rough for Theatre I (director Kieron J Walsh), Ohio Impromptu (director Charles Sturridge), Krapp's Last Tape (director Atom Egoyan), What Where (director .. Read more

Starring	Alan Rickman, Julianne Moore, Michael Gambon, John Hurt
Director	Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Neil Jordan, Kieron J Wals
Genres	Music/Musical

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- The set is suitably spare: a misty grey sky squats on a foreshortened horizon - scree mounds of small, equally grey... read more on Time Out
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  Becket on film
  
  It's hard to get to see live Becket beyond 'Waiting for Godot'. These performances will not disappoint, and you will also find other very rarely ... read more »
  
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  - 27 Feb 2005 at 16:32
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  watch it
  
  feckin marvellous
  
  watch it all if you want if you can be bothered better maybe to sit on your arse and forget all about it
  
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- - k9p
  - 3 reviews
  - 11 Jun 2011 at 12:20
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  An ambitious project that delivers
  
  Having seen several of the longer plays live over the years, it is a rare treat to see some of the minor works. The version of Godot on this set is outstanding ... read more »
  
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- - Thefunkygibbons
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  - Church Crookham
  - 15 Nov 2010 at 16:10
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  Beckett On Film - Disc One
  
  This disc comprises a super version of ‘Waiting For Godot’ starring Barry McGovern, Johnny Murphy, Alan Stanford, Stephen Brennan and Sam McGovern, ... read more »
  
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  - North of Watford
  - 03 Jul 2010 at 21:34
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  Great But...
  
  Its great to have every Beckett play available to watch - another reviewer observes that you'll rareley get a chance to see most of them performed, this is ... read more »
  
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  - Walthamstow
  - 07 Oct 2008 at 22:40
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  copaceticBeckett – Blue
  
  You certainly cannot argue with the writing in any of this package – seen back to back Beckett’s plays are just breathtaking. The recently filmed one-... read more »
  
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  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 21:46
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  Hard work, but interesting
  
  The characters all seem to be trapped in situations from which they are unable or unwilling to escape. They need to get a grip on life.
  
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  - London
  - 15 Sep 2007 at 10:38
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  A Mixed Bag
  
  Beckett
  
  This series of films when seen by those unfamiliar with Becketts work may seem difficult. All of his work; in particular the plays reward ... read more »
  
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  - Sussex
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 12:38
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  The Absurd at its most Sublime
  
  19 Brilliantly cinematic versions of 19 theatrical works by the Irish Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett; of one of the 20th Century's ... read more »
  
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- - Barry Gibbons
  - England
  - 05 Dec 2006 at 15:10
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  Catching up with Sam
  
  Despite the fact that Beckett himself did not like the idea of his work being filmed, this is a superb way for those of us who either do not like, or cannot ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 13 Sep 2006 at 13:25
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  THE MASTER
  
  The thing about beckett is he makes you face life and the fact that it is without point
  
  the things we try to cover up by buying things
  
  and... read more »
  
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  - 18 Aug 2006 at 14:55
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  Becket on film
  
  It's hard to get to see live Becket beyond 'Waiting for Godot'. These performances will not disappoint, and you will also find other very rarely ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 27 Feb 2005 at 16:32
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  Surreal
  
  I only got this to see 'Waiting for Godot', and did not watch the rest (my wife could not stand any more!).
  
  I had never seen 'Waiting for... read more »
  
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- - Duke Nukem
  - Bristol, UK
  - 24 Feb 2006 at 20:57
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  Beckett on Film
  
  If Samuel Beckett makes sense to you, then 'Becket on Film' is truly a joyous experience of clarity attached to the 'wow'factor. If he makes ... read more »
  
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- - Lynne Ellis
  - Norfolk, England
  - 02 Mar 2005 at 16:25
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  The Absurd at its most Sublime
  
  19 Brilliantly cinematic versions of 19 theatrical works by the Irish Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett; of one of the 20th Century's ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 392058
- - Barry Gibbons
  - England
  - 05 Dec 2006 at 15:10
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  A Mixed Bag
  
  Beckett
  
  This series of films when seen by those unfamiliar with Becketts work may seem difficult. All of his work; in particular the plays reward ... read more »
  
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  - Sussex
  - 11 Jul 2007 at 12:38
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  mindblowinglygreat
  
  waiting for godot: absolutely stunning, has ignited a love of samuel beckett. so satisfying i had to watch it twice and then read the play. samuel beckett, he ... read more »
  
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  - cornwall
  - 31 Mar 2006 at 21:08
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  Great But...
  
  Its great to have every Beckett play available to watch - another reviewer observes that you'll rareley get a chance to see most of them performed, this is ... read more »
  
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  - Walthamstow
  - 07 Oct 2008 at 22:40
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  brilliant
  
  artyFarty extravaganza. if you dont get you were probably too sober to watch it. try again.
  
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  - london
  - 15 Apr 2006 at 01:08
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  Hard work, but interesting
  
  The characters all seem to be trapped in situations from which they are unable or unwilling to escape. They need to get a grip on life.
  
  Report this review
- 475539
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  - London
  - 15 Sep 2007 at 10:38
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  copaceticBeckett – Blue
  
  You certainly cannot argue with the writing in any of this package – seen back to back Beckett’s plays are just breathtaking. The recently filmed one-... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 482298
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  - North Cornelly, South Wales
  - 03 Oct 2007 at 21:46

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  A 4 DVD box set comprising of 19 film adaptations of plays by Samuel Beckett. Includes: Waiting for Godot (director Michael Lindsay-Hogg), Not I (director Neil Jordan), Rough for Theatre I (director Kieron J Walsh), Ohio Impromptu (director Charles Sturridge), Krapp's Last Tape (director Atom ...