Macbeth (DVD) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: MacbethFormat: DVDCondition: NewNumber Of Discs: 1Release Date: 05/27/2002Genre: DramaActors: Keith Chegwin, Noel Davis, Andrew Laurence, Brian Purchase, Elsie Taylor, Frank Wylie, John Woodvine, Bernard Archard, Nicholas Selby, Stephan Chase, Paul Shelley, Francesca Annis, Terence Bayler, Jon Finch, Martin Shaw, John StrideDirector: Roman PolanskiAudio Language: German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Italian, German, English, French, SpanishRuntime: 140 minutesRegion Code: Region 2Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent.Subtitle Language: Bulgarian, Cantonese, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, CzechCertificate: 15Description: PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Roman Polanski presents his nightmarish vision of Shakespeare's classic tragedy about the lust for power-and its bloody consequences. Jon Finch is Macbeth, the Scottish war hero whose insane ambitionunleashes a cycle of violence. Prompted by the supernatural prophecy of three witches, Macbeth is goaded by his Lady (Francesca Annis) into slaying King Duncan (Nicholas Selby) and assuming his throne. Macbeth plunges further into murder and moral decay to keep the unsteady crown on his head. Whilehis wife crumbles away in guilt and madness, the haunted Macbeth fights to prevent another dark forecast which may doom him. Filmed in rugged North Wales, Polanski's MACBETH is a tale told by a master, full of sound and fury-and genius! REVIEW Roman Polanskis adaptation of Macbeth remains one of the most infamous for a number of reasons: the copious amounts of bloody gore, its expert use of location settings (filmed in North Wales), and Lady Macbeths nude sleepwalking scene. Despite its notoriety, though, this does remain one of the more compelling film adaptations of the Scottish tragedy, if one of the more pessimistic takes on the story of Macbeth and his overreaching ambition. If you think the play is normally a bit of a downer, you havent seen Polanskis bleak version of it, made in reaction to the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, by the Manson "family". Jon Finch (Hitchcocks Frenzy) is a forceful Macbeth, bringing out the Scots warrior instincts, and Francesca Annis is a memorable Lady Macbeth, but the main thrust of the film belongs to Polanskis and noted British playwright and critic Kenneth Tynans take on the play: extremely violent, nihilistic, and visceral; this is down-in-th!e-dirt, no-holds-barred Shakespeare, not fussy costume drama. Pay close attention to the end, a silent coda that puts a chilling twist on all the action that has come beforehand and foreshadows more tragedy to come.--Mark Englehart,DVDs ARE REGION 2 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATEDPlayback Region 2 :This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. You will require a multi-region DVD player and a PAL compatible TV to view. Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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