Othello (1965)
First screened in April 2000 / Most recently screened in March 2016

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Director: Stuart Burge. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Frank Finlay, Maggie Smith, Derek Jacobi, Joyce Redman, Edward Hardwicke, Sheila Reid, Robert Lang, Michael Turner, Anthony Nicholls, Kenneth MacKintosh, Harry Lomax, Terence Knapp, Nick Edmett. Screenplay: William Shakespeare (with no credited adapter).

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Twitter Capsule: Proficient cast, of whom flamboyant, blackface Olivier is the weak link. Bare-bones staging, hardly imagined for cinemas.

VOR: ③  I teach in an English Department, so I may have an inflated sense of the value of preserving this production on film. That said, my colleagues don't seem too impressed. Still.

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Photo © 1965 Warner Bros./National Theatre of Great Britain/BHE Films

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C+

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Academy Award Nominations:
	Best Actor: Laurence Olivier
	Best Supporting Actress: Joyce Redman
	Best Supporting Actress: Maggie Smith
	Best Supporting Actor: Frank Finlay
Golden Globe Nominations:
	Best Actress (Drama): Maggie Smith
	Best Supporting Actress: Joyce Redman
	Best Supporting Actor: Frank Finlay
	Best English-Language Foreign Film

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