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Othello

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Directed by: Oliver Parker
Writing credits: William Shakespeare, Oliver Parker
Movie Genre: Drama
Released: 1995
Running Time: 123 minutes
Rating: 16SV

Othello is a 1995 film based on William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Oliver Parker.

Actor Oliver Parker made his directorial debut with this adaptation of the tragic play by William Shakespeare that abridges the original text by half and ups the quotient of sex and violence.

Laurence Fishburne stars as the Moorish general Othello, who returns a hero after crushing an invasion attempt by the Turkish army near Cyprus.

Pledged to marry the lovely Desdemona, Othello ignores the advice of his intended's father, who tells him that she may have a deceptive nature.

Othello's aide Iago, jealous over the elevation of his rival, Cassio Parker, to lieutenant, begins scheming to make Othello believe that Desdemona and Cassio are carrying on an affair.

On the slimmest of evidence, Iago manages to manipulate Othello's suspicious, distrustful nature.

Played previously in black face on film by actors Orson Welles and Laurence Olivier, Parker's production of Othello (1995) was the first major cinematic production to cast an African-American in the title role.

Tagline: Envy, greed, jealousy and love.


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