Othello movie was released Aug 14, 2007 by the Warner Home Video studio. The original cast and soul-shattering impact of the play's 1964 staging by the National Theatre of Great Britain are captured on film. As the valiant war hero swept into a maelstrom of jealousy and revenge, Olivier won his seventh Academy Award® nomination. The movie's Desdemona (Maggie Smith), Emilia (Joyce Redman) and "honest Iago" (Frank Finlay) also captured Oscar® nominations. And the result, Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times, is that "this Othello is one of the boldest you'll ever see."
Widely considered one of the greatest acting displays in cinematic history, Olivier's portrayal of Shakespeare's Othello remains as powerful a performance today as it did in 1964. ...See Full Description
Othello: Bravo Lord Larry At the begining of the trailer to this masterpiece Lord Lawrence Olivier mentions that the aim of this movie is not to film a stage play, but to film a performance thereby creating a theatre going experience. By c. g. gilman (deerfield beach, fl. usa)
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