"ShakespeaRe-Told" Macbeth (2005)

Director:

Mark Brozel

Writers:

Peter Moffat (writer)
William Shakespeare (play)

TV Series:

"ShakespeaRe-Told" (2005)

Original Air Date:

14 November 2005 (Season 1, Episode 2)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Chef | Bicycle | Suicide | Cell Phone | Knife

Awards:

1 win

Cast

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
Jo-Anne Stockham	...	Fiona Macduff
Nick Malinowski	...	Bin Man
Shaban Arifi	...	Goran
Ben Enwright	...	Dragan
Alan Wraxall	...	Marketman
Nicole Forster	...	Zara Macduff
Holly Mai Leighton	...	Amelia Macduff
David Perkins	...	Freddy
Mark Stevenson	...	Howler
Anna Hope	...	Duncan's PA

Directed by
Mark Brozel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Moffat		writer
William Shakespeare		play

Produced by
Laura Mackie	....	executive producer
Lee Morris	....	line producer
Patrick Spence	....	executive producer
Pier Wilkie	....	producer

Original Music by
Kevin Sargent

Cinematography by
Nicholas D. Knowland		(director of photography) (as Nic Knowland)

Film Editing by
Chris Ridsdale

Casting by
Jennifer Duffy

Production Design by
Jon Henson

Art Direction by
Patrick Rolfe

Set Decoration by
Robert Wischhusen-Hayes

Costume Design by
Annie Symons

Makeup Department
Alison Elliott	....	makeup designer (as Alison Davies)
Donald McInnes	....	makeup dailies
Sara Riesel	....	makeup artist
Kerry Scourfield	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Coates	....	first assistant director
Sarah MacFarlane	....	third assistant director
Lorna Whittaker	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Will Cann	....	stand-by props
Nick Cousins	....	stand-by props
Chris Cutler	....	dressing props
Sophie Hervieu	....	art department runner
James Husbands	....	storyboard artist
Richard Kelloway	....	dressing props (as Dick Kelloway)
Gary Moore	....	stand-by carpenter
Kathryn Pyle	....	assistant art director
Nigel Salter	....	property master

Sound Department
Ben Baird	....	dubbing mixer
Jim Greenhorn	....	sound mixer
Jim Greenhorn	....	sound recordist
John Hide	....	sound effects editor
Mitch Low	....	sound maintenance
Nick Roberts	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Neal Champion	....	special effects (as Neil Champion)
Nick P. Phillips	....	special effects technician

Stunts
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Battersby	....	additional first assistant camera
Lawrence Carter	....	stand-by rigger
Michael Chambers	....	electrician
Luke Everson	....	clapper loader
Glyn Fielding	....	grip
Stewart Hadley	....	gaffer
Alex Howe	....	focus puller
Steve Kitchen	....	best boy
Anastasia Miller	....	assistant camera
Shaun Mone	....	electrician
Mark Packman	....	electrician
Tiffany Walker	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nigel Egerton	....	assistant costume designer
Sally Puttick	....	wardrobe mistress

Editorial Department
Chris Beeton	....	colorist
Justin Eely	....	on-line editor
Oliver Griffin	....	assistant editor
P.J. Harling	....	assistant editor
Scott Hinchcliffe	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Darren Leen	....	driver: James McAvoy (uncredited)

Other crew
Lorraine Brown	....	production secretary
Mark Cushman	....	location assistant
Antonia Gordon	....	script editor
Andrew Hill	....	assistant production accountant
Emily Hobbs	....	floor runner
Deborah Hubbard	....	production coordinator
Neil Jones	....	production accountant
Dolores McGinley	....	title designer
Kathleen McLynn	....	assistant to producer
Fiona Murphy	....	post-production project manager
Simon Nixon	....	assistant location manager
Michelle Osborn	....	publicist
Jane Record	....	picture publicist
Gordon Ronald	....	production executive
Maggie Stevens	....	script supervisor
Alex Sutherland	....	location manager
Elizabeth Wisdom	....	production runner
Stanis Azevedo	....	floor runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (BBC Northern Ireland)
• Horsebridge Productions Limited (in association with)

Distributors

• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• Aquarium Studios  sound post-production
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Pepper Post Production  post-production facilities

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12 | Australia:M

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

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".

Quotes:

[Malcolm unwittingly makes a faux pas by mentioning the name of TV chef Gordon Ramsay]
Joe Macbeth: If I make a mistake, it hurts me. Do you understand that? I mean, actual physical pain.
Malcolm: That's very 'Gordon Ramsay'.
[stunned silence]
Roddy Maloney: We don't use that name in this kitchen. Didn't your father tell you?
Billy: It's bad luck to say it out loud. Just call him 'The Scottish Chef'.

Movie Connections:

Version of Macbeth (1998) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Auld Triangle

Absolutely stunning contemporary adaptation of Macbeth!

The idea of setting Macbeth in a the kitchen of a top restaurant is inspired. Those places are kingdoms in miniature with some star chef taking all the glory and doling out all the pain.

James McAvoy plays Joe Macbeth in an utterly mesmerising performance as a the driven, passionate sous-chef put who is taken for granted by the chef and restaurant-owner Duncan - a suave, Irish rogue played by Vince Regan oozing charm and bonhomie.( Think Oliver Reed before he climbed into a bottle.)

Ella Macbeth is the restaurant's hostess with the mostest. Keely Hawes' natural innocence and cool beauty are perfect: is she really capable of what Lady Macbeth does..?..In a stunning scene where she whispers poison in her ear, turning Mcavoy to fury and the hot passion - she certainly seduced me.

The whole film is beautifully lit and the director has done a fantastic job making the very best of the enclosed nocturnal world of the kitchen - harsh contrasts of bright light in the kitchen and almost darkness in the restaurant with muted, and then more and more pervasive splashes of red.

This is what bringing Shakespeare to life is all about. It works perfectly as dark, modern fable if you know nothing of the original - and it pays huge dividends if you know the original. The updating of 'Banquo's ghost ' is brilliant!