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"ShakespeaRe-Told" Macbeth (2005)



Overview

User Rating:
7.0/10   481 votes
Director:
Mark Brozel
Writers:
Peter Moffat (writer)
William Shakespeare (play)
Contact:
View company contact information for Macbeth on IMDbPro.
Original Air Date:
14 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 2)
Genre:
Drama more
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Excellent film - tense, violent and beautiful more

Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)

James McAvoy ... Joe Macbeth

Keeley Hawes ... Ella
Joseph Millson ... Billy Banquo

Vincent Regan ... Duncan Docherty

Richard Armitage ... Peter Macduff
Philip Whitchurch ... Harry Gibby
Richard Ridings ... Maurice
Ralph Ineson ... Barry

Charles Abomeli ... Andy

Toby Kebbell ... Malcolm
Gregory Chisholm ... Jonny Boy
Barry Ward ... Roddy
Packy Lee ... Heaney
Matthew Dunphy ... Doyle
Clive Brunt ... DCI Varley
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
UK:12 | Australia:M

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Billy's line "Just call him 'The Scottish Chef'" is a sly reference to the superstition in the theatre that it is bad luck to mention the title "Macbeth" - instead it is usually referred to euphemistically as "The Scottish Play". more
Quotes:
Joe Macbeth: [hears a helicopter] Is that a helicopter?
[laughs, a bit crazed]
Joe Macbeth: Is it landing on this building?
Joe Macbeth: Pigs will fly...! Pigs will FLY! Pigs are landing on my head...!
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Movie Connections:
Version of Macbeth (1915) more
Soundtrack:
Baby I Love You more

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21 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Excellent film - tense, violent and beautiful, 5 December 2005
10/10
Author: vbenjamin from United Kingdom

I very much enjoyed the BBC1 Macbeth. The script was good, the actors were excellent and I thought that the direction and the photography brought the best out of them. The director managed to convey a sense of tension and violence throughout, starting with the initial 'creative' tension and controlled violence in the lively scenes in the kitchen at the beginning and building to the desperation of the final scenes. This was helped by the stylish but claustrophobic interiors. This is an extremely beautiful film as well, heightened by the unflinching close ups of the principal characters as they start to disintegrate under the pressure.

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