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Verenigd Koninkrijk
Drama
140 minuten

geregisseerd door Roman Polanski
met Jon Finch, Francesca Annis en Martin Shaw

Roman Polanski's versie van Shakespeare's tragedie over een Schotse lord die de koning vermoordt en de troon opeist. Zijn vrouw begint te hallucineren als resultaat van haar schuldgevoel en de zoon van de dode koning is van plan om Macbeth aan te vallen.

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Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Release Date: May 7, 2002


Director: Roman Polanski

Description:
Roman Polanski's adaptation of the Shakespearean tragedy 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 Macbeth's 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 haven't seen Polanski's bleak version of it, made in reaction to the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, by the Manson "family." Jon Finch (Hitchcock's Frenzy) is an forceful Macbeth, bringing out the Scot's warrior instincts, and Francesca Annis is a memorable Lady Macbeth, but the main thrust of the film belongs to Polanski's and noted British playwright and critic Kenneth Tynan's take on the play: extremely violent, nihilistic, and visceral; this is down-in-the-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.


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.38 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 140 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): English DD2.0

Subtitles: optional English | Spanish | Portuguese



DISC FEATURES:

# Remastered in high definition.
# Theatrical trailers.

Poster: JimB
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