Macbeth
Macbeth is a 2015 French British-American war historical drama film based on William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso and Michael Lesslie. The film stars Michael Fassbender in the title role and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.
The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The film was theatrically released on December 4, 2015 on the United States while in the UK, it was released on October 2, 2015. Upon its release, Macbeth received generally positive reviews from film critics who highly praised the lead character's depiction by Fassbender as well as praising the rest of the cast, the visual style, the script, the direction and the war sequences. However, despite positive critical reaction, the film was a commercial failure, grossing $16 million worldwide against production budget of $20 million.
Macbeth (2015)
Directed by Justin Kurzel
Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Tragedy, War Drama | Release Date - Dec 4, 2015 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 113 min. | Countries - France, UK, USA | MPAA Rating - R
Synopsis by Jennifer Lackman
Visually stunning adaptation of William Shakespeare's famous play, which focuses on a Scottish lord named Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) and his power-hungry wife (Marion Cotillard). After Macbeth hears a prophecy that he will become the king of Scotland, he becomes fixated on taking throne and decides to murder the current king to do so. Elizabeth Debicki, Sean Harris, David Thewlis, and Jack Reynor co-star. Directed by Justin Kurzel (The Snowtown Murders).
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- The plot differs in several aspects from the original source material: According to Shakespeare's play, Banquo would sit in Macbeth's seat during the banquet (aside the table in the movie). The Birnam Wood would "come to Dunsinane Hill" in the form of tree limbs carried by the English soldiers to cloak their numbers (in the form of ash particles in the movie). Macbeth himself would be beheaded by MacDuff in the end (opposite to the movie). There would be only the three witches without the child and the infant. Moreover, the movie subplot of Macbeth's dead child would be completely omitted.
- This film marks the second time that Marion Cotillard starred opposite an actor who played Magneto in the X-Men franchise. Before Michael Fassbender in Macbeth, she starred opposite Ian McKellen in the short film Lady Grey London (2011). McKellen starred in A Performance of Macbeth (1979) opposite Judi Dench, who appeared in Nine (2009) with Marion Cotillard.
- Michael Fassbender and Sean Harris have previously starred together in Wedding Belles (2007) and Prometheus (2012). After Macbeth, they also co-starred in Trespass Against Us (2016).
- Roman Polanski's Macbeth (1971) was also filmed at Bamburgh.
- Paddy Considine and Sean Harris have previously starred together in Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009).
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