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Macbeth
Title
Macbeth / a Republic picture ; Charles K. Feldman presents a Mercury production by Orson Welles ; by William Shakespeare ; directed by Orson Welles.
Publication
[Chicago, Illinois] : Olive Films, [2016]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (107, 85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1948, re-released in 1950.
Adaptation of the play by William Shakesepeare.
Full screen (1.33:1).
Director of photography, John L. Russell ; music, Jacques Ibert ; film editor, Louis Lindsay.
Optional English subtitles.
Summary
Eleventh century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship.
Variant and related titles
Macbeth (Motion picture : 1948)
Macbeth (Motion picture : 1950)
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 03, 2017
Series
Olive signature
Credits
Director of photography, John L. Russell ; music, Jacques Ibert ; film editor, Louis Lindsay.
Cast
Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier, Alan Napier.
System details note
Blu-ray; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; mono; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
Rating: Not rated.
Contents
Disc 1: 1948 version (107 minutes) ; Audio commentary with Welles biographer Joseph McBride
Disc 2: 1950 version (85 minutes) ; Welles and Shakespeare, an interview with Welles expert, Professor Michael Anderegg ; Adapting Shakespeare on Film, a conversation with directors Carlo Carlei (Romeo & Juliet) and Billy Morrissette (Scotland, PA) ; Excerpt from We Work Again, a 1937 WPA documentary containing scenes from Welles's Federal Theatre Project production of Macbeth ; That Was Orson Welles, an interview with Welles's close friend and co-author, Peter Bogdanovich ; Restoring Macbeth, an interview with former UCLA Film & Television Archive Preservation Officer Bob Gitt ; Free Republic: The Story of Herbert J. Yates and Republic Pictures ; Orson Welles's Macbeths an essay by critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Videorecording number
OS010 Olive Films
Subjects
Genre/Form
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
War films.
Feature films - United States.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
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