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Macbeth [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures presents a Playboy production of Roman Polanski's film ; executive producer, Hugh M. Hefner ; screenplay by Roman Polanski & Kenneth Tynan ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Roman Polanski.
Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis star as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781604658989 :
- Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sd, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet.
- Edition: Special ed.
- Publisher: [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Title from disc label. |
| Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Gil Taylor ; production designer, Wilfrid Shingleton ; costume designer, Anthony Mendleson ; music by The Third Ear Band ; editor, Alistair McIntyre ; art director, Fred Carter ; fight director, William Hobbs ; choreographer, Sally Gilpin. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Terence Bayler, Stephan Chase, Paul Shelley, Noel Davis, Richard Pearson, Andrew Laurence, Bernard Archard. |
| Target Audience Note: | R. |
| System Details Note: | DVD, widescreen (2.35:1); 2.0 stereo. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. |
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| Subject: | Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century > Fiction. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Fiction. Feature films. Murder > Scotland > Fiction. Regicides > Scotland > Fiction. |
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| Lakeshore Branch | DVD Macbe | 31681002435865 | DVD | Available | - |
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"Roman Polanski (Rosemaryâs Baby) imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeareâs tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch (Frenzy) and Francesca Annis (Dune) are charged with fury and sex appeal as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means. Coadapted by Polanski and the great theater critic and dramaturge Kenneth Tynan, and shot against a series of stunning, stark British Isle landscapes, this version of Macbeth is among the most atmospheric and authentic of all Shakespeare films." - Baker & Taylor
Film version of Shakespeare's tragedy in which the ambitious lord Macbeth tries to take the throne with the help of his ruthless wife, leading to his downfall. - Criterion Distribution
An 11th-century Scottish general's wife drives him to murder in Shakespeare's tragedy.
