Video&Audio Camera&Photo DVD Movies

Macbeth / McKellen, Dench (Thames Shakespeare Collection) dvd movie. Home » DVD Movies » Art Home » Local » United Kingdom » General United Kingdom • Music/Musicals United Kingdom • Action/Adventure United Kingdom • Gay/Lesbian United Kingdom • Comedy United Kingdom • Drama Macbeth / McKellen, Dench (Thames Shakespeare Collection) buy bestselling dvd movies, videos find reviews, ratings, prices List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $6.96 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • NTSC In Theaters : 1978 DVD Release : 16 November, 2004 [ + Zoom ]   [ Buy Now ] DVD : Usually ships in 24 hours Macbeth / McKellen, Dench (Thames Shakespeare Collection) description Two of England's greatest actors, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Judi Dench, electrify in this lean, stripped-down production of Shakespeare's darkest tragedy. In the wake of a battle, the Scottish warrior Macbeth (McKellen, Gods and Monsters, Lord of the Rings) receives a prophecy from a trio of witches: He shall be king. When fate doesn't unfold quickly enough, Macbeth and his even more ambitious wife (Dench, Shakespeare in Love, Iris) decide to give it a push. McKellen sweats anxiously and oozes a creeping lust for power, while Dench is hypnotically vicious from her first moment. For audiences used to their film careers, this grand pair will seem young as pups (this TV movie is from 1979, adapted from an acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company production)--but that only gives them an added edge of sex and vigor. Extras include the older McKellen thoughtfully commenting on the play and this classic production. --Bret Fetzer Macbeth / McKellen, Dench (Thames Shakespeare Collection) Customer Reviews   1     2     3   ♥♥♥♥♥ Mostly excellent! My 2 cents: I found this version gripping. Ian McKellan and Judi Dench really made me feel the agony of the Macbeths' foolish and self-imposed moral degeneration, and consequent madness. Dench's performance of the famous "sleepwalking scene" has got to be one of the finest-ever. Ian McDiarmid (later Star Wars' "Emperor"), as Ross and as The Porter, was a fun surprise and excellent in both of those small parts. Seeing all these wonderful actors when they were younger was fun. And the minimalist sets and dark, dramatic lighting worked for me. A few criticisms: -- McKellan and Dench had no sexual chemistry, which made their attempts to kiss and nuzzle (in some scenes) just annoying. -- The actor who played Macduff was flat and unconvincing. -- A "Subtitles" option would have helped. As with all Shakespeare, language is an issue and I had to refer to a written _Macbeth_ often. -- The costumes were a senseless jumble.   1     2     3   Non User