macbeth ( 1911 film )
jon finch (centre) as macbeth in roman polanski' s 1971 film version of shakespeare' s macbeth .
a bfi film audience network (fan) uk - wide film programme, led by film hub london, will be announced in march .
lady macbeth goads macbeth to murder duncan in act i, scene 7, of william shakespeare' s macbeth .
survival status: the film is presumed lost: a print may exist in the george eastman museum film archive .
film - industrie gesellschaft production. / produced by [? ] ludwig landmann? from the play macbeth by william shakespeare. cinematography by carl hoffman. / standard 35mm spherical 1. 33: 1 format. / the film was released 17 november 1913 in the united kingdom by a. e. abrahams. [? ] the announced british film lengths were 4200, 4500 and 4700 feet. the film was copyrighted in the united states by lucky film producers on 7 march 1916 and was distributed as a five - reel film by big a film corporation. the play was previously filmed as macbeth (1911). the play was subsequently filmed as macbeth (1916). afi - f1 n. f1. 2696 erroniously states that the film is a british production .
opera verdi' s macbeth, bbc2, tx. 27 / 12 / 1972 macbeth, bbc2, tx. 1977
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macbeth is haunted by his crime in act ii, scene 2, of shakespeare' s macbeth. (00: 42 )
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films 1911, d. f. r. benson famous scenes from shakespeare, 1945, d. henry cass the world' s a stage, 1953, d. charles deane joe macbeth, 1954, d. ken hughes 1960, d. george schaefer 1971, d. roman polanski 1997, d. jeremy freeston
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hi i loved this film, i thought it would be dull but it was exciting and the actors where very good, if people think it will be like titanic then they are wrong this films story is much better and its about time there was a film made on the britannic. thanks quacker31
macbeth by any other name would smell just as sweet, except if it' s the version called scotland, pa .
macbeth, the thane of glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become king of scotland. consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself .
macbeth and banquo encounter the three witches, illustration by john gilbert for an edition of shakespeare' s works, 1858–60. …
britannic is a good film that has a good cast which includes edward atterton, amanda ryan, jacqueline bisset, ben daniels, john rhys - davies, bruce payne, alex ferns, eleanor oakley, archie davies, ed stobart, adam bareham, david lumsden, wolf kahler, philip rham, daniel coonan, daniel tatarsky, and martin savage! the acting by all of these actors is very good. rhys - davies and payne are really excellent in this film. i thought that they performed good. the thrills is really good and some of it is surprising. the movie is filmed very good. the music is good. the nudity scene was a bit unneeded and i thought it brought down the impact of the film a few stars. the film is quite interesting and the movie really keeps you going until the end. this is a very good and thrilling film. if you like edward atterton, amanda ryan, jacqueline bisset, ben daniels, john rhys - davies, bruce payne, alex ferns, eleanor oakley, archie davies, the rest of the cast in the film, thrillers, dramas, romance, war, action, mystery, and interesting true stories films then i strongly recommend you to see this film today !
it' s a weird interpretation of the macbeth story in a well done b movie kind of way. i didn' t remember the whole macbeth story, so i looked it up on wikipedia and for some reason, they didn' t mention this version, although they didn' t mention any movie version, which they usually do. i guess whomever is keeping the macbeth page up to date distains the movies .
two shakespeare anthology films featured scenes from macbeth. famous scenes from shakespeare (1945), directed by henry cass, showcased duncan' s murder and the sleepwalking scene, and starred wilfrid lawson (macbeth), cathleen nesbitt (lady macbeth), felix aylmer (doctor) and catherine lacey (gentlewoman). the world' s a stage (1953, d. charles deane) drew on the young vic theatre players to perform similar excerpts .
“we are thrilled to present a selection of work from a tour of classic british feature films to a programme of newly commissioned shorts by female creative teams that all demonstrate shakespeare’s enduring relevance as source material. the shakespeare on film tour will be the most ambitious touring film programme that the british council has ever offered and our aim is to ensure that shakespeare lives in each of the 110 countries in our network. ”
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jacqueline bisset a once and still magnificently beautiful and talented actress is regrettably the most notorious name in the cast. it is so unfortunate that she allowed herself to become a part of its ensemble since the film has little, if any, value at all. as can be expected, the film attempted to ride on the coattails of the enormously successful, titanic, but fell far short of its expectations. most importantly, it is not historically correct. the same argument could be made regarding titanic, as the characters were fictional. however, in the case of the brittanic, not only are the characters fictious, so is the plot. in addition, the rating is decidedly incorrect, as the film is full of violence and should have received an r rating for its violence alone. i surely regret having to pan a film starring ms. bisset. however this film does not deserve to have been distributed and certainly not under the guise under which it was. hopefully, having received as little publicity as it did, it will not reach a much larger audience than it has to date .
ian will attend the shanghai international film festival’s opening night on 11 june and take part in a special on stage event at the festival on 12 june. plans for ian to travel to other countries as part of the tour will be announced soon .
the latter titanic was not the epic film about the perilous disaster that the ship beheld when it crashed into an iceberg. no, titanic was a mediocre love story written around the ship' s disaster. and, this film made the pathetic mistake a few years ago, to try and rip off the success of that first movie with making a tv
special
about the tragic journey of titanic' s sister ship (this tv special also included about a zillion commercials). the characters are even less interesting than they were in titanic, and the special effects and camerawork and not nearly as good. and this is not a good thing, especially since the producers obviously made sure that everyone knew this film was coming, so that they would watch it. and when it finally arrives, it is a complete and total flop. this did not keep me from buying again for my video collection when i saw it at hollywood for under five dollars. all together, the storyline is slightly more interesting, as there are several gunfights and thrilling moments in which people are chased around. the film is not the thriller that it says it is. it is just another average film based on your true story (with the facts altered of course) and tries to rip off of the success of its predecessor. britannic gets 2 / 5 .
the bfi national archive holds the world’s greatest collection of moving image material relating to shakespeare, the world’s greatest playwright. now, thanks to national lottery funding through the unlocking film heritage project, many rare and exciting shakespearean film and television titles – some unseen for decades – have been digitised and are being made available to audiences nationwide for viewing online, often for the very first time, on bfi player. these include: animations including oh’phelia a cartoon burlesque (1919), vintage travelogues, musical novelties, newsreels, adverts and rarely seen fiction shorts and features inspired by the bard’s works, ranging from period drama the immortal gentleman (1935) to contemporary comedy romeo of the spirits (1976) .
there have been numerous documentaries about the play, with most high - profile stage and television productions at least being mentioned in an arts magazine programme (for instance, bbc2' s review ran an item on a zulu version of the play in 1972). more intriguingly, tony robinson presented the real macbeth (channel 4, 2001), an attempt to dig out the truth behind shakespeare' s multiple layers of legend. there have also been several broadcasts of giuseppe verdi' s first shakespeare - sourced opera macbeth, two of them involving british productions .
documentaries review, bbc2, tx. 7 / 4 / 72, excerpts from zulu version shakespeare in perspective, bbc2, tx. 5 / 11 / 1983, p. julian symons the real macbeth, channel 4, tx. 1 / 1 / 2001, p. tony robinson
“shakespeare has influenced and inspired audiences around the world for centuries. as the bfi undertakes the most extensive film programme ever to celebrate his work, i’m delighted that even more people will have the opportunity to enjoy the legacy of shakespeare. from new adaptations, to events and a tour through 110 nations, this bold new project will help us remember one the greatest writers of all time. ”
this was pretty strange. a modern day take on macbeth. the idea for it is actually pretty smart. i love the fact that the characters in this all have the same names as the play. couldn' t get enough christopher walken. check this out some time if you' re bored .
the initial idea is a goofy one - take the
mac
of macbeth and apply that to the hideous moral vacuum of the perfidious golden arches. hey... suddenly this sounds like a good fit after all. this version is set in the real life scotland, pennsylvania of the title in the 1970s, …
a modern, comedy macbeth set in a american diner, called' duncan' s' sharp and funny in places, this starts off in a promising way but loses a bit of steam along the way. you don' t necessarily have to know your shakespeare to find something to enjoy here, but it definitely helps .
new year' s day 2001 saw channel 4 broadcasting the second rsc - sourced television macbeth, this time drawn from gregory doran' s acclaimed late - 1990s production with antony sher and harriet walter as the macbeths, supported by joseph o' conor (duncan), nigel cooke (macduff) and ken bones (banquo) .
this film isn' t a top movie exactly but its history is interesting. the titanic is world famous for its destiny but her sister the britannic who followed the same fate is almost forgotten. i think it was very interesting to learn about the britannic and it' s destiny. it' s important not to forget such incident. i really recommend you to see this movie even if it isn' t the best made .
the shakespeare - told version, scripted by peter moffat, has a very promising first half and a genuinely original premise: the play is set in the high - pressure world of celebrity restaurants, with macbeth (james mcavoy) the fiercely ambitious protégé of tv chef and restaurateur duncan docherty (vincent regan), while the' witches' become three philosophical dustmen. despite some effective blood - drenched dream sequences, moffat' s script ultimately fails to live up to its promise: the second prophecy, revolving around the phrase
pigs will fly
, turns out to herald a feeble pun rather an expansion of an early scene in which macbeth demonstrates the most efficient way of carving a pig' s head .
about: very bad things meets shakespeare' s macbeth review: it' s a very black - humored retelling of macbeth in rural pennsylvania in the 1970s. the very 1970s. it runs from kooky to evildark and back again throughout. you know the story, but adapt it to a drive - through diner and a bunch of pa rednecks. if you like insane but creepy, spiraling - out - of - control, hokey movies, this is a great choice. to make it even better, it' s got christopher walken in it at his frankly - frank best. it' s got crazy carnies, gay sex, burgers, and fried hedz! and it' s a love story .
it' s such a clever premise, i wish the execution had been a little better. namely the witches, which are borderline insufferable. anyway, most of it is pretty good, and i really like how the filmmakers were able to see a classic noir story in macbeth. also, the movie gets about ten times better when christopher walken shows up .
i' ve been looking forward to seeing this very bold adaptation of
macbeth
for about a year, ever since i first became aware of its existence. but first i saw roman polanski' s 1971 version, and tonight i watched rupert goold' s 2010 updated interpretation. of the three, i knew this would be the most challenging for good reason .
ian’s illustrious career spans six decades and he has been performing shakespeare on stage and screen for the majority of it: from breakthrough performances as henry v and edward ii at the edinburgh festival (1969) to the title role in trevor nunn’s acclaimed production of macbeth with judi dench in 1976 and the opening ceremony of the london paraylmpics (2012) when he portrayed prospero from the tempest .
contrary to my expectations this was probably the most original and effortlessly enjoyable shakespeare adaptation i' ve ever seen. having a strong grasp of the plot and characters of
macbeth
will definitely help your overall enjoyment as you' re more likely to appreciate some of the ingenious things that writer / director billy morrissette does with the original play, but no knowledge at all would still make this a comically surreal experience .
the programme launches on 31 march with the premiere of play on! shakespeare in silent cinema with the score performed live by the shakespeare’s globe musicians. april will focus on the classics, including laurence olivier’s hamlet (1948), kenneth branagh’s henry v (1989), roman polanski’s macbeth (1971) and franco zeffirelli’s romeo and juliet (1968) brought to life with a new 4k restoration and presented in a special event and extended run at bfi southbank and a uk - wide release by park circus .
at the end of this fox family channel original movie, you find out that titanic' s sister ship, the britannic, actually sank in 51 minutes - - twice as fast as titanic. unfortunately, the movie sails for two hours and the plot begins taking on water long before the ship does. it becomes tiresome and plodding at times and, although a few scenes are compelling, the film fails to generate the excitement that one would expect from a
based on fact
sea tale. the good news is that only 30 people lost their lives when the real britannic went down. far more died of boredom while watching this slow - moving flick .
the first feature - length british adaptation came in 1954 with joe macbeth, which is discussed later. the first' straight' feature - length british version was made in 1960 by george schaefer, and was originally intended for american television' s hallmark television playhouse, though it also got a limited theatrical release. maurice evans and judith anderson played the macbeths, with michael hordern as banquo and ian bannen as macduff. the colour cinematography (by the great freddie young, who would shoot david lean' s lawrence of arabia two years later) tended to prettify the material, partly shot on location in scotland, though it was well received at the time and won numerous emmy awards for both the production and the lead actors .
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the most recent, made in 1997 by jeremy freeston and starring jason connery and helen baxendale, was filmed on location in scotland and occasionally shows flashes of genuine inspiration (in the dagger scene, a church cross casts a misleading shadow), but for the most part it fails to rise above the merely competent, and the obviously tiny budget (like the 1960 production, it was primarily intended for television) is a major drawback .
television adaptations of the play run into double figures, and date almost from the dawn of the medium. on 25 march and 3 december 1937, the bbc broadcast selected scenes from the play (the second broadcast was sourced from an old vic production), while the first complete broadcast came on 20 february 1949 in a version staged by tv shakespeare veteran george more o' ferrall that starred stephen murray and bernadette o' farrell as the macbeths, esmond knight as banquo and patrick macnee as malcolm. all were unrecorded live performances, and have consequently not survived .
the next three television productions (in 1960, 1965 and 1966) were all made for schools and broadcast during the day, usually in serial form. the first colour television broadcast of the full play came on 20 september 1970, in the bbc' s high - profile play of the month slot. a conservative but often effective production, it starred eric porter and janet suzman as the macbeths, with john thaw as banquo and john woodvine as macduff, and briskly directed by john gorrie. two months later, itv broadcast its own colour version, a five - part serial aimed at schools that starred michael jayston and barbara leigh - hunt .
animation shakespeare: the animated tales, bbc2, tx. 23 / 11 / 1992, d. nikolai serebriakov
lol. some of the previous
reviewers
seem to have forgotten that this tv movie wasn' t intended to be a history class! if you' re looking for a documentary on the britannic this isn' t it. if you' re looking for a well acted, entertaining hour and half than you might like this movie. i do agree with the person who mentioned the cheesy special effects and some of the cringe - inducing dialoge .
while this is one of the better sort of' made for tv movies', it did contain one mistake that made me cringe. during a conversation between the german spy and an irish accomplice, the accomplice states that many of the irish seamen aboard will be glad to take part in the seizure of the ship because' they' ve had family killed by the black and tans'. this is supposed to be 1916. the black and tans weren' t founded until 1920. its just a pity that that small element wasn' t properly checked out first .
too far from the facts, too close to cameron' s titanic ...
the
special effects
are nothing to write home about, and there is some corny dialogue, but it is entertaining to watch. the acting is terrific by all the actors, but the two kids got on my nerves. if you' re a fan of ryan, than you' ll love it; she is wonderful in the role of vera campbell, and she is in practically every scene .
i believe this movie was made for tv, and i think that i have seen better special effects in an older video game. but i don' t think that those things make this a bad movie, the plot is interesting and the movie never gets boring. if you are looking for a historically accurate story of the britannic, then you might not like this movie. it is true that the britannic was the sister ship of the famous titanic, that it was suppose to be even safer and grander, and then the ship was commissioned by the british government as a hospital ship during world war one. but the story about spies on board, and that they were the ones that made the ship sink is not true. the ship was really sunk by a mine, or torpedo and i really doubt that there were any spies. the movie is not rated; i don' t remember any swear words, or crude language. there is some violence, but it is not bad. but i was disappointed that the movie does have a nude / sex scene, in which amanda ryan shows off her stuff. this scene really disappointed me because the movie had been so clean and family friendly until that point. but i really do think that this movie was interesting, and if cheesy special effects, and nudity (you can always hit the skip button) do not bug you i would suggest watching this movie .
this movie was defanately far from the truth. there were not german agents onboard who tried to blow up the ship and sink it and the ship didn' t get hijacked and crew members were not shot by german spys. the britannic was torpedoed off of greece. so, this movie was extremely fictional so if you are looking for something historical acurate, this will not make your list. but, the story, i personally thought, was very neat and the effects and settings were very well done and looked very true to life. it' s worth the time watching but this is fiction !
here' s some facts. improved safety features included raising 5 bulkheads from e to b deck (it could stay afloat with 6 compartments flooded, dia instead of the titanic' s 4), making it 904 ft. long, 94 ft. wide, compared to 883 ft. and 93 ft. of titanic, and weighed (est .) 48, 000 tons, the titanic 46, 000 tons, so britannic was the longest, widest, heaviest, and largest of the 3
olympic
class ships (olympic, titanic, and britannic). because of ww1, it never hauled a revenue passenger, it was used as a hospital ship. it' s sinking was similar to the impress of ireland in one crucial fact: many port holes were left open. had the port holes been closed, it probably wouldn' t have sank. some say a torpedo sank it (there was a u - boat in the area), but it was more likely a mine (the u - boat had laying mines in that path). here' s a mistake in the movie: the explosion was from a bottle of ether in a coal bunker .
it would seem from the reviews to date that
britannic
is either a movie you love or hate. i thought it was superb. in fact, it' s hard to believe that such an elaborate production was designed for television. admittedly, i watched it on dvd and it' s quite possible that if i had been forced to watch its action undercut by television commercials, i would not be nearly so enthusiastic. i hate commercials and for that reason, have not watched any movies on tv for at least twenty years. for me, all aspects of this movie were one hundred per cent entertaining. perhaps i should say
gripping
rather than entertaining. the acting from all concerned, but especially the stars, jacqueline bisset, edward atterton, john rhys - davies, amanda ryan and bruce payne, i would rate as absolutely perfect. the same goes for all the technical credits, especially the inspired direction, superb photography and gripping special effects .
while this is an obvious made - for - tv follow up to titanic (cameron) it does draw attention to a signficant shipwreck that has been largely forgotten. bollards relatively recent expedition has shown that the ship was sunk by torpedo' s as shown, but sunk because the portholes were open and the bulkhead doors were not closed. it is indeed fortunate that it happened on an inwards transit because on an outwards one the loss of life would have been enormous. yet again we have intrigue and romance fictionally built into a disaster movie but the truth of the matter is that the sinking of britannic was an act of war with minimal loss of life. with what had happened in galipoli and the western front it was hardly newsworthy. the movie for all its slights of hand might have just made its sinking more noteworthy than has otherwise been the case .
my review of the plot of britannic would only mirror other reviews, it' s a good movie and does well with it' s budget. it is a little to similar to titanic for my liking in that there is unexpected romance aboard a large ship that sinks. it' s still very watchable until right at the end when the ship actually sinks. it switches from real footage of the characters to a computer animation of the ship sinking. the ship then topples over and sinks in all of about 10 seconds. the fact that it' s animated couldn' t be more obvious. it' s such a let down, they coped well with the low budget throughout, then at the climax of it all they cheap out with some very nasty cgi .
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a souvenir brochure, produced as a tie - in between the rank organisation and pollock’s toy theatres and sold to the public to enable people to stage their own miniature version of hamlet at home. it contains a cut - out theatre with characters, scenery as well as suggested dialogue .
an original press campaign book, which also contains fashion items including a hamlet dress fabric and scarf as well as ‘ophelia’ sandals and handbags by dolcis .
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joe mcbeth is a hard - working but unambitious doofus who toils at a hamburger stand alongside his wife pat, who has much smarter. pat believes she could do better with the place than their boss norm is doing, so she plans to usurp norm, convincing mac to rob the restaurant' s safe and then murder norm, using the robbery as a way of throwing the cops off their trail .
writer - director billy morrissette has reworked the shakespeare' s elizabethan tragedy as a modern comedy set in pennsylvania in the 1970s. norm duncan (james rebhorn) owns a struggling burger joint, duncan’s, in a small town called scotland, where joe' mac' mcbeth (james le gros) is one of his employees. although mac and his sexed - up wife pat (maura tierney) are…
james le gros is probably no one' s idea of the thane of glamis, and his wife (maura tierney) is equally unimpressive, but christopher walken is good value as lt macduff and kevin corrigan is memorable as' banko' .
i would like to have seen a bit more effort to tie in this new setting with the original plot, rather than just using the character names. you might want to see the…
if you could just go get us two more beers, bring them back here, and then leave, well that would just be a little slice of heaven .
it' s not a bad movie and it has some good old songs that i like and maura tierney walks into a pharmacy and says :
thanks, frank
, which is great because shakespeare didn' t put a frank in his original play. i' m not sure what the point was for this movie, but the director has only directed this one movie, so maybe that was the point .
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macbeth is a 1911 film adaptation of the william shakespeare play macbeth ; no prints are known to exist . like all films of the time , it is silent and black-and-white , with english intertitles ; it ran for 14 minutes . 
macbeth is a 1911 film adaptation of the william shakespeare play macbeth; no prints are known to exist. like all films of the time, it is silent and black-and-white, with english intertitles; it ran for 14 minutes.
macbeth is a 1911 film adaptation of the william shakespeare play macbeth; no prints are known to exist. like all films of the time, it is silent and black-and-white, with english intertitles; it ran for 14 minutes.