| Description |
1 videodisc (double-sided) (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; Region 1; Dolby digital surround stereo; widescreen or full screen presentation; double-sided disc. |
| Cast |
Laurence Fishburne (Othello), Irene Jacob (Desdemona), Kenneth Branagh (Iago), Nathaniel Parker (Cassio), Michael Maloney (Roderigo), Anna Patrick (Emilia), Nicholas Farrell (Montano), Indra Ove (Bianca), Michael Sheen (Lodovico), Andre Oumansky (Gratiano), Philip Locke (1st senator), John Savident (2nd senator), Gabriele Ferzetti (Duke of Venice), Pierre Vaneck (Brabantio). |
| Credits |
Director of photography, David Johnson ; production designer, Tim Harvey ; film editor, Tony Lawson ; music composed by Charlie Mole ; costumes designed by Caroline Harris ; |
| Note |
Double-sided disc includes standard full screen format on side A, (side one) and widescreen format on side B (side two). |
| Event |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some sexuality; Canadian Home Video Rating: Rated PG. |
| Summary |
In Venice during 1570, Desdemona, daughter of a powerful nobleman, elopes with Othello, a proud Moor celebrated as the city's most awesome warrior. Iago, who has served alongside Othello for a decade, is angered when the general chooses another lieutenant, Cassio, as his second in command. In retribution, Iago sabotages Cassio's promotion and convinces Othello that the handsome officer is cuckolding him. Othello writhes under the tortures Iago has created, and in a fit of jealousy smothers Desdemona, who caresses her beloved husband as she dies. Unfortunately, as adapted by director Parker, this is Shakespeare Lite, a primer for those who refuse to wrap themselves in his poetry, but do want to know what happened. The result is a movie that will not give viewers much of an idea of Shakespeare's play, and may inadvertently lead to ideas about interracial love that were not much on Shakespeare's mind. The audience must think, "There, but for the grace of God, go we," or the production has not worked. |
| Contents |
Secret nuptials -- Father's anger -- Witchcraft used -- Here's my husband -- More fair than black -- "I hate the Moor" -- Well tuned now -- Night of revels -- Cassio demoted -- Virtue into pitch -- "Look to your wife" -- Handkerchief -- "Villain, be sure" -- Not at hand -- Into a trance -- Cassio and Bianca -- Blood to the boil -- Fire and brimstone -- Whore of Venice -- This is the night -- "Willow"/of men and women -- Murder in the street -- Put out the light -- Desdemona's deathbed -- Foul murder done -- Treachery exposed -- "I never will speak word" -- "Not wisely but too well" -- Iago's work -- End credits. |
| Note |
Special features: Theatrical trailer (2 min.). |
| Language |
In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English or French; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Othello (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Desdemona (Fictitious character) -- Drama.
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Jealousy -- Drama.
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Betrayal -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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English drama (Tragedy)
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Venice (Italy) -- Drama.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
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| Indexed Term |
Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Adaptations de film et de vidéo. |
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Othello (Caractère factice) Drame. |
| Genre/Form |
Melodrama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Parker, Oliver. Adapter. Director.
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Roeg, Luc. Producer.
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Barron, David (Film producer) Producer.
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Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- Actor.
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Jacob, Irène. Actor.
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Branagh, Kenneth. Actor.
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Parker, Nathaniel. Actor.
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Maloney, Michael, 1957- Actor.
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Patrick, Anna, 1962- Actor.
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Farrell, Nicholas. Actor.
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Ové, Indra. Actor.
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Sheen, Michael. Actor.
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Oumansky, André. Actor.
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Locke, Philip, 1928-2004. Actor.
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Savident, John, 1938- Actor.
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Ferzetti, Gabriele, 1925-2015. Actor.
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Vaneck, Pierre, 1931-2010. Actor.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Othello.
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Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
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Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm)
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Dakota Films (Firm)
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Imminent Films (Firm)
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Columbia Pictures.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780629361 |
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9780780629363 |
| Standard No. |
053939253023 |
| Music No. |
C2530 Warner Home Video |
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