| Record Number |
737708 |
| ISBN |
9781604658989 |
| 1604658983 |
| Title |
Macbeth [videorecording]. |
| Edition |
Director-approved two-DVD special edition. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Irvington, N.Y.] The Criterion Collection |
| ©2014 |
| Pagination etc. |
2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm + 1 fold-out insert. |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
| Contents note |
DVD release of the 1971 motion picture. |
| Based on the play by William Shakespeare. |
| Special features: Disc 1: Trailers. Disc 2: Toil and trouble : making Macbeth (new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Roman Polanski, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and stars Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw); Polanski meets Macbeth (a 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film's cast and crew at work); Dick Cavett and Kenneth Tynan (segment from the May 7, 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show, Macbeth coscreenwriter Kenneth Tynan, a legendary English theater critic, writer, wit, and outspoken opponent of censorship in the arts, discusses the controversy surrounding his risqué musical play Oh! Calcutta!); Aquarius : "two Macbeths" (segment from London Weekend Television's Aquarius series, taped on January 27, 1972, and presented by Humphrey Burton, featuers director Roman Polanski and British theater director Peter Coe discussing Shakespeare, Macbeth, and their respective productions of the play). Insert features an essay by critic Terrence Rafferty. |
| Creation 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. |
| 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, Sydney Bromley, Ian Hogg, Diane Fletcher, Bruce Purchase, Frank Wylie, Noelle Rimmington, Maisie MacFarquhar, Elsie Taylor, Keith Chegwin. |
| Summary Note |
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. |
| Target audience note |
MPAA rating: R. |
| Language note |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject - Name |
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations |
| Macbeth, -- King of Scotland,active 11th century -- Drama |
| Subject |
Regicides -- Scotland -- Drama |
| Murder -- Scotland -- Drama |
| Feature films. |
| Fiction films. |
| Film adaptations. |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Added Author |
Polanski, Roman screenwriter,
film director. |
| Hefner, Hugh M. (Hugh Marston), 1926- film producer. |
| Tynan, Kenneth, 1927-1980 screenwriter. |
| Braunsberg, Andrew film producer. |
| Finch, Jon, 1941-2012 actor. |
| Annis, Francesca, 1945- actor. |
| Shaw, Martin, 1945- actor. |
| Stride, John, 1936- actor. |
| Selby, Nicholas, 1925- actor. |
| Added title |
Dick Cavett show (Television program) |
| Shelf Location |
DVD 822.33 MACB |
