'Shakespeare' films
(whose scripts were posted in this blog)
1) Romeo and Juliet
 | Romeo and Juliet(1968)7.7 When the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues. Director:Franco ZeffirelliWriters:William Shakespeare (play), Franco Brusati (screenplay), and 2 more credits »Stars:Leonard Whiting, Olivia Hussey and John McEnery |
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Shakespeare's classic tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet's daughter Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love with her. She returns his affections, but they both know that their families will never allow them to follow their hearts.Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>2) Macbeth
 | The Tragedy of Macbeth(1971)7.5 A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches. Director:Roman PolanskiWriters:William Shakespeare (play), Roman Polanski, and 1 more credit »Stars:Jon Finch, Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw |
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Roman Polanski's version of Shakespeare's tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt complex and the dead king's son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.Written by Jason Ihle <jrihl@conncoll.edu>3) Hamlet
 | Hamlet(1948)7.9 William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark...See full summary » Director:Laurence OlivierWriter:William Shakespeare (play), and 1 more credit »Stars:Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons and John Laurie |
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William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes the throne, taking the widowed Gertrude for his bride. Hamlet, son of the murdered King, mournful of his father's death and mother's hasty marriage, is confronted by the ghost of the late King who reveals the manner of his murder. Seeking revenge, Hamlet recreates the monstrous deed in a play with the help of some traveling actors to torment the conscience of the evil Claudius. In a visit with his mother, Hamlet expresses his anger and disappointment concerning her swiftly untimed marriage. Thinking a concealed spy in his mother's chamber to be the lurking Claudius, he mistakenly kills the meddling counselor, Polonius, father of Ophelia and Laertes. Claudius, on the pretext that Hamlet will be endangered by his subjects for the murder of Polonius, sends the prince to England.Written by alfiehitchie4) Othello
 | The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice(1952)7.8 Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian aristocrat, elopes with Moorish military hero Othello, to the great resentment of Othello's envious underling Iago...See full summary » Director:Orson WellesWriter:William Shakespeare (play), and 2 more credits »Stars:Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir and Robert Coote |
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Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian aristocrat, elopes with Moorish military hero Othello, to the great resentment of Othello's envious underling Iago. Alas, Iago knows Othello's weakness, and with chilling malice works on him with but too good effect...Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>5) King Lear
 | King Lear(1971)7.0 The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children...See full summary » Director:Peter BrookWriters:William Shakespeare (play), Peter BrookStars:Paul Scofield, Irene Worth and Cyril Cusack |
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The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children, and it's especially galling because he turned over his entire kingdom to them. Paul Scofeld is an ancient, imposing shell of a Lear tormented by his too-long life as well as by daughters he calls "untatural hags." At one point, the king looks his eldest daughter, Goneril (Ireme Worth), straight in the eye and declares, "Thou art a boil, a plague-sore, of embossed carbuncle in my corrupted blood." These are the troubles not even the best-trained family counselor could ever hope to resolve.Written by alfiehitchie
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