Othello [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC) | ![Othello [1996] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2B03H0Bw5L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Oliver Parker
Actors: Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh, Nathaniel Parker, Michael Maloney
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: £7.51
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 5819
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 123
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5 x 0.6
MPN: DC2530D
ISBN: 0780629361
UPC: 053939253023
EAN: 9780780629363
ASIN: B00003OST5
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 1995
Release Date: January 18, 2000
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Oliver Parker, a stage and film actor (Hellraiser), made his directorial debut with this scaled-back version of Shakespeare's play about the paranoid Moor, Othello (Laurence Fishburne), and his manipulative friend, Iago (Kenneth Branagh). Parker gets the story so lean he starts running a little short on the author's subtext and if it's possible to overemphasise the banality of Iago's scheming and Othello's malleability, he does so. The director throws out what is universal in the story and makes it all seem merely ordinary, human and unfortunate, which is the opposite of what watching Shakespeare should be. In the end, it's hard to care what these characters have done to one another. Branagh's Iago is a little flat and unfocused, while Fishburne is excellent as a quieter Othello than we're accustomed to. --Tom Keogh
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Not bad but worth comparing to the Hopkins BBC version March 12, 2004
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Branagh acts like Iago is the bloke down the pub everyone would confide in whilst Fishbourne is fantastic as Othello, very moving stuff. A few hollywood-esque fillers in the relationship between Iago and Othello that don't exist in the original text but nonetheless an enjoyable film. Worth comparing alongside Hopkins as Othello in the BBC 1991 version where he plays a far noisier, madder and arguably badder Othello whilst Penelope Wilton as an older Desdemona completely blows away this version of the tragic woman who seemed rather too innocent and school girl like.
Eminently watchable version, very moorish September 5, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Fishburne plays a strong brooding Othello, surprisingly for a hollywood actor he manages to refrain from too much overacting and puts in a good performance. Brannagh as ever is solid and his Iago is enjoyably reptillian. I would recommend this film as an interesting and exciting introduction to Shakespeare.
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