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Macbeth [DVD] [1997]

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  • Actors: Jason Connery, Helen Baxendale, Graham McTavish, Kenneth Bryans, Kern Falconer
  • Directors: Jeremy Freeston
  • Writers: Jeremy Freeston, Bob Carruthers, William Shakespeare
  • Producers: Bob Carruthers, David McWhinnie, Gary Russell, George Mitchell
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Classic Rock Legends
  • DVD Release Date: 25 Aug 2003
  • Run Time: 150 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000505IQ
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 94,429 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
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Region 0
The Making Of Macbeth Documentary


Synopsis
An adaptation of William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Also includes 'The Making Of Macbeth', a behind the scenes documentary.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD PRODUCTION OF HIS CLASSIC !!, 20 Sep 2007
By flowerpot "FLOWERPOT" (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Macbeth (1997) [DVD] (DVD)
Macbeth:
Authentically set in eleventh century Scotland, this epic award-winning (Silver Screen Award 30th US International Film Festival) production conjures a world of grim battlefields, desolate moors, forbidding castles, assassins, Kings and an infamous Queen. Macbeth moves at a breathtaking pace through tales of war, murder, intrigue and revenge.
Features "The Making Of Macbeth"
Starring Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale, directed by Jeremy Freeston
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish!, 5 Jan 2008
This review is from: Macbeth (1997) [DVD] (DVD)
I'm sorry but this is just rubbish. It's a really cheap and pointless production. There has been no real thought gone into it and there is nothing original or insightful regarding the tragedy that is MacBeth.

Here are some problems:
1) The character of MacBeth - Connery's portrayal of MacBeth lacks nuance or emotion, it is in fact the dullest portrayal of the central character I have yet seen. Finch's MacBeth (from Polanksi's production) emphasizes that MacBeth has a conscience and was a great man who met a sordid downfall on account of making a fateful decision (to kill the King), Finche's is a nuanced interpretation his tyranny as much a product of need to control as it is a manifestation of insane power lust; Welles's MacBeth is more or less devoid of conscience but rather fears the consequences that his 'amoral' act may reap, he is a fearsome tyrant and Welles produces a fine display of evil-inspired power striving; McKellan plays MacBeth (in Nunn's production) in a manner similar to Welles, not quite as well and more hammy but nevertheless he offers a particular interpretaton and remains faithful to that; similarly Sher (in Doran's production) shows MacBeth to be more like the portrayal of Finch, again I would say not as well but again a consistent portrayal.
Connery however (and this is also a fault of the direction) provides no real interpretation to speak of. The notion of MacBeth being a great man with a conscience that meets his downfall is not emphasized here, nor is the tyranny thereafter; I'm sorry but Connery is too much of a baby face to be a tyrant, and he is too bad an actor to portray MacBeth's struggle with his conscience.
2) Use of music - incredibly amateurish. Blessed who is a good chum of Branagh has obviously followed his mentor's lead into ineptitude. Branagh hasn't got a clue about how to use music in cinema and Blessed is no better in this respect. He uses music in all the wrong places sometimes where there is no call for music at all. Where Lady MacBeth is convincing MacBeth of the necessity of going through with the deed of killing Duncan we have continual soppy love music in the background - it just doesn't work. For the most part, overuse of music in Shakespeare is criminal. Shakespeare isn't opera, we are required to concentrate on the language not lose ourselves in the music. The directors haven't grasped this simple concept.
3) Details - I believe this production was shot in Edinburgh castle. Regardless, the castle is too grand to be a thane's, no way could the MacBeths afford a place like this! Then there is the anachronism of having windows - MacBeth is supposedly early 11th century when windows were not common place until about 100-200 years later.
4) No clear direction - why do we see MacBeth the killer on the battle field? We see him as hesitating before killing a soldier, why? I don't understand this at all. Surely one irony of MacBeth is that he is a merciless killing machine on the battlefield but wracked with conscience when it comes to killing in cold blood hence his difficulty in killing the King. In this film he seems to have less trouble in killing the King than he does killing a soldier on the battlefield...rubbish! Why do we even see MacBeth killing the King? Why do we see Lady MacBeth finishing him off? In Polanski's version we see MacBeth hesitating in killing Duncan but then going through with it only at the point where the King recognizes him and poignantly calls 'MacBeth' before crying out - for MacBeth at this point it is kill or be killed and it is more like a battlefield situation for him again. In the production reviewed here the murder scene appears completely confused and adds nothing to the plot.
5) Lack of drama and excitement - the Banquo ghost scene is pathetic, there is no drama from Connery, it just doesn't work; the scene after MacDuff discovers Duncan is also staid and undramatic. It is just rubbish!

Are there any good points? Hmmmm...I actually think Baxendale makes a fair stab at Lady MacBeth in spite of the dire directorship. In the hands of more able directors she might have been very good in fact.
Apart from that it is all complete rubbish!
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars GOOD PRODUCTION OF THIS CLASSIC !!, 20 Sep 2007
By flowerpot "FLOWERPOT" (SOUTH YORKSHIRE) - See all my reviews
Macbeth:
Authentically set in eleventh century Scotland, this epic award-winning (Silver Screen Award 30th US International Film Festival) production conjures a world of grim battlefields, desolate moors, forbidding castles, assassins, Kings and an infamous Queen. Macbeth moves at a breathtaking pace through tales of war, murder, intrigue and revenge.
Features "The Making Of Macbeth"
Starring Jason Connery and Helen Baxendale, directed by Jeremy Freeston
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3.0 out of 5 stars Trying not to damn with faint praise
Was this a made-for-TV production? Erm.
I don't think this performance of Macbeth gives you much in the sense of a real story because the actors don't use the language... Read more
Published 9 days ago by C. Johnson

4.0 out of 5 stars Actual adaptation of Macbeth for once...
It's nice to see an actual adaptation of Macbeth for once. The acting is all up to standard and directing all seems decent. Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars Braveheart Macbeth
Shakespeare on film scholars didn't like it, because of its Braveheartness. I love Braveheart, but this Macbeth is a cheap copy of Braveheart visuals. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant adaptation
This is a fantastic version of the play. As a teacher I was thrilled with it and Helen Baxendale's performance was outstanding. Read more
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