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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

1149.0. "Othello (1995)" by NQOS01::s_coghill.dyo.dec.com::S_Coghill (Luke 14:28) Mon Aug 12 1996 15:16

Rented Othello (1995 version) this weekend.  It was GREAT!  Fishburne made an 
excellent Othello.  Branagh did a completely despicable Iago.  Recommended viewing.

My kids (13 & 14) are just now getting into Shakespeare (had only seen Henry V; 
Branagh's and Olivier's). Their comment after seeing Othello: "Iago in Aladdin wasn't 
nearly as bad as this Iago.  The bird got a bad deal in names."

Another reason to rent the movie.  There is a 12-minute trailer for Branagh's up and 
coming release of Hamlet (sometime in 1997; although the imdb has a sparse 1996 
listing for it).  I've got to find a city that will run this (Othello never made it to 
po-dunk Dayton; Immortal Beloved ran all of 3 days here at the artsy theater).  70mm. 
Grandiose production.  Names: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christy, Brian 
Blessed, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Jack Lemmon, Richard 
Attenborough (sp?),  John Gielgud,...

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1149.1	Reformatted for the 132-column impaired ...	BUSY::SLAB	The word for today is legs ...	`Mon Aug 12 1996 16:06`	19
	Rented Othello (1995 version) this weekend. It was GREAT! Fishburne made an excellent Othello. Branagh did a completely despicable Iago. Recommended viewing. My kids (13 & 14) are just now getting into Shakespeare (had only seen Henry V; Branagh's and Olivier's). Their comment after seeing Othello: "Iago in Aladdin wasn't nearly as bad as this Iago. The bird got a bad deal in names." Another reason to rent the movie. There is a 12-minute trailer for Branagh's up and coming release of Hamlet (sometime in 1997; although the imdb has a sparse 1996 listing for it). I've got to find a city that will run this (Othello never made it to po-dunk Dayton; Immortal Beloved ran all of 3 days here at the artsy theater). 70mm. Grandiose production. Names: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Julie Christy, Brian Blessed, Charlton Heston, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Jack Lemmon, Richard Attenborough (sp?), John Gielgud,...
1149.2	full cast for Hamlet	MSBCS::LEHMKUHL	H, V ii 216	`Wed Aug 14 1996 15:20`	5
	I can't remember if the IMDb has the full cast list, but if not you can find it on the Branagh FAQ web page at http://www.ultranet.com/~luvvy/kcb/kbfaq.htm dcl