Othello (Movie)
2001 / Director: Geoffrey Sax / Avg Rating: 6.6 out of 10
With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit still retaining the original's power and potency. The story is set in the London of the near future, a crime-ridden metropolis virtually torn apart by racial hostilities. By order of the Prime Minister, black police officer John Othello (Eamonn Walker) is promoted to Commissioner, a post dearly coveted by Othello's friend, mentor and fellow officer Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston). Seething with jealousy, Jago contrives to discredit Othello in the eyes of the public, and to destroy John's interracial marriage to the lily-white Dessie (Keeley Hawes). Among those used as unwitting dupes to gain Jago's ends are Othello's trusted lieutenant, Michael Cass (Richard Coyle), scrupulously honest police constable Alan Roderick (Del Synnott), and Jago's own wife, Lulu (Rachael Stirling).
Stream:
- Complicity (2000) (Movie) (3)
Keeley Hawes...Yvonne
Bill Paterson...Wallace Byatt
Rachael Stirling...Claire - Churchill's Secret (2016) (Movie) (2)
Rachael Stirling...Sarah Churchill
Bill Paterson...Lord Moran
- Heart (1999) (Movie) (2)
Christopher Eccleston...Gary Ellis
Bill Paterson...Mr. Kreitman - High-Rise (2015) (Movie) (2)
Keeley Hawes...Ann Royal
Bill Paterson...Mercer
- Rebecca (2020) (Movie) (2)
Keeley Hawes...Beatrice
Bill Paterson...Dr. Baker
- Sunday (2002) (Movie) (2)
Christopher Eccleston...Major Gen. Robert Ford
Del Synnott...Para G - The Best Man (2006) (Movie) (2)
Richard Coyle...Michael Sheldrake
Keeley Hawes...Kate Sheldrake - The Object of Beauty (1991) (Movie) (2)
Joss Ackland...Mr. Mercer
Bill Paterson...Victor Swayle - The Princess and the Goblin (1991) (Movie) (2)
Joss Ackland...King Papa
Joss Ackland...King Papa (voice)
- Tipping the Velvet (2002) (Movie) (2)
Rachael Stirling...Nan Astley
Keeley Hawes...Kitty Butler
