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Macbeth
1971
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a single frame of film, making the .. Read more
| Starring | Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Genres | Drama |
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Macbeth
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a single frame of film, making the impact almost palpable). His first work after the Manson massacre of his wife and friends, Polanski's graphic adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition, as Jon Finch's Scottish laird decides to take those witches' advice and go for the crown, was almost inevitably overshadowed at the time by the horrific parallels, but can now be seen as a striking new interpretation and one of the great film adaptations of the Bard. Produced by Hugh Hefner's Playboy Productions, with screenplay by Polanski and legendary critic/Oh Calcutta! author Kenneth Tynan, its nudity and violence earned it an X rating. With Francesca Annis, later the mother in Dune, as Lady Macbeth.
| Starring | Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw |
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| Director | Roman Polanski |
| Studio | COLUMBIA TRI-STAR HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 14 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German, French, Spanish, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic |
| Released | Production year: 1971 To Rent: DVD: 27 May 2002 |
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The opening shot of a yellow, withering moonscape stretching away to infinity - revealed to be a desolate sea-shore... read more on Time Out
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Gritty but beautiful
Polanski's Macbeth abandons the usual conceits of film adaptations of the Bard's work and goes for a gritty and realistic depiction of medieval Scotland... read more »
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- 25 Aug 2004 at 10:09
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Dated and Disappointing
I saw this film when it first came out, in the early 1970s, and was quite impressed with it then, but boy, has it dated! I showed a GCSE class the film recently... read more »
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Really good version
I have studied Macbeth, but not seen a film version of it before, and I was impressed. It stayed close to the play, but was really easy to understand, and grasp... read more »
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MacCrud from Playboy
This was one seriously badly acted; badly imagined film - the fight scenes bordered on the farcical and the witches failed to inspire any sort of dread - a ... read more »
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"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" - but the bodies keep piling up today, from the opening battle, to the beheading of the traitor Cawdor, to the - onscreen - murder of Duncan, to the electrifying final duel to the death (at each clash of metal on metal, and flesh on stone wall, Polanski cut a ...
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