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Othello (1990)
starring: Ian McKellen, Imogen Stubbs, Willard White, Zoe Wanamker, Marsha Hunt
directed by: Trevor Nunn

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5055002551246
Format: PAL
Label: Metrodome Distribution
Manufacturer: Metrodome Distribution
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Metrodome Distribution
Region Code: 2
Release Date: November 17, 2003
Running Time: 205 minutes
Studio: Metrodome Distribution
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
Sales Rank: 2899

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Great content, shame about the picture quality
DVD turned up within 24 hours - well done Amazon and Royal Mail.

As with other reviews here, the quality of the acting can't be faulted. So I'll review with from a different perspective...

It is entirely filmed on a set, there are outdoor scenes in the play but they are all filmed in doors, so it feels a little dark and claustrophobic.

Unfortunatley, the picture quality is more like watching a video tape, not what DVD can offer. I know the material is from 1990, but it's not the dark ages. The picture is washed out somewhat, there is fringing on the images and it is a bit grainy at times. Metrodome could have spent some time post-processing the print to bring out more colour and contrast at least.
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Rating:

- The best "Othello" out there
It's one of those accepted blips: any production of "Othello" doesn't rely on the performance of the eponymous hero, but of his Nemesis, Iago.
And what an Iago Ian McKellen makes! Absolutely astounding. You have to see it.
Willard White is serviceable as Othello, Zoe Wanamaker is her usual superb self as Emilia and Imogen Stubbs is surprisingly unpunchable in a role that really could only be played properly by a 23 year old Jeanne Moreau.
Great production that (voguishly, but brilliantly) takes the play down to its domestic roots and plays as a chamber piece.
There are always going to be limitations to film versions of theatre, but by accepting that this is what this "Othello" is, Trevor Nunn has come up with a production ... Read More:

Rating:

- Excellent
Excellent cast and performance. The characters are brought to life and the complex relationships between them are well developed. Ian McKellan does an electrifying Iago. Imogen Stubbs brings depth to a very difficult character - Desdimona can be too shallow, but Stubbs gives the character life and vitality to make her real.

The down side is that it looks like a taping of the theater performance. The power that good camera work and sets can bring is lost here. But this is easily made up by the cast.

Rating:

- Incredible...
Fantastic...amazing...marvellous

Really entertaining (and yet strangely educational) adaptation that certainly helped me to fully understand the play and ensured a good grade at A Level English.

Superior to every other Shakespeare adaptation by a country mile, Ian McKellen puts in an unbelievable performance as the Machiavellian Iago that puts most other actors to shame

Everything about the production is class and although the idea of watching a Shakepeare play is not appealing to all, this could be enjoyed by anyone

DVD : Othello (1990)