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The Resource Macbeth, Columbia Pictures presents a Playboy production of Roman Polanski's film ; executive producer, Hugh M. Hefner ; screenplay by Roman Polanski & Kenneth Tynan ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Roman Polanski, (videorecording DVD)

Macbeth, Columbia Pictures presents a Playboy production of Roman Polanski's film ; executive producer, Hugh M. Hefner ; screenplay by Roman Polanski & Kenneth Tynan ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Roman Polanski, (videorecording DVD)

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Director
Contributor
Summary
Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis star as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (140 min.)
Note
  • DVD release of the 1971 motion picture
  • Based on the play by William Shakespeare
  • Special features: Disc 1: Trailers. Disc 2: Toil and trouble : making Macbeth (new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Roman Polanski, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and stars Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw); Polanski meets Macbeth (a 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film's cast and crew at work); Dick Cavett and Kenneth Tynan (segment from the May 7, 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show); Aquarius : "two Macbeths" (segment from London Weekend Television's Aquarius series, taped on January 27, 1972, and presented by Humphrey Burton, features director Roman Polanski and British theater director Peter Coe discussing Shakespeare, Macbeth, and their respective productions of the play)
Isbn
9781604658989
Instance
Label
Macbeth
Title
Macbeth
Statement of responsibility
Columbia Pictures presents a Playboy production of Roman Polanski's film ; executive producer, Hugh M. Hefner ; screenplay by Roman Polanski & Kenneth Tynan ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Roman Polanski
Title variation
  • Tragedy of Macbeth
  • Roman Polanski's film of the tragedy of Macbeth
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Director
Film director
Film producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Roman Polanski imbues his unflinchingly violent adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ruthless ambition and murder in medieval Scotland with grit and dramatic intensity. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis star as a decorated warrior rising in the ranks and his driven wife, scheming together to take the throne by any means
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TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
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Macbeth (Motion picture : 1971)
Credits note
Director of photography, Gil Taylor ; production designer, Wilfrid Shingleton ; costume designer, Anthony Mendleson ; music by The Third Ear Band ; editor, Alistair McIntyre ; art director, Fred Carter ; fight director, William Hobbs ; choreographer, Sally Gilpin
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Language note
Closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Jon Finch, Francesca Annis, Martin Shaw, John Stride, Nicholas Selby, Terence Bayler, Stephan Chase, Paul Shelley, Noel Davis, Richard Pearson, Andrew Laurence, Bernard Archard, Sydney Bromley, Ian Hogg, Diane Fletcher, Bruce Purchase, Frank Wylie, Noelle Rimmington, Maisie MacFarquhar, Elsie Taylor, Keith Chegwin
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  • 1926-2017
  • 1927-1980
  • 1941-2012
  • 1945-
  • 1945-
  • 1936-2018
  • 1925-
  • 1947-
  • 1942-
  • 1927-2002
  • 1918-2011
  • 1916-2008
  • 1909-1987
  • 1938-2008
  • 1935-1994
  • 1943-
  • 1902-1979
  • 1907-2001
  • 1957-
  • 1939-
  • 1564-1616
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Polanski, Roman
  • Hefner, Hugh M.
  • Tynan, Kenneth
  • Braunsberg, Andrew
  • Finch, Jon
  • Annis, Francesca
  • Shaw, Martin
  • Stride, John
  • Selby, Nicholas
  • Bayler, Terence
  • Chase, Stephan
  • Shelley, Paul
  • Davis, Noel
  • Pearson, Richard
  • Laurence, Andrew
  • Archard, Bernard
  • Bromley, Sydney
  • Hogg, Ian
  • Fletcher, Diane
  • Purchase, Bruce
  • Wylie, Frank
  • Rimmington, Noelle
  • MacFarquhar, Maisie
  • Taylor, Elsie
  • Chegwin, Keith
  • Hobbs, William
  • Shakespeare, William
Runtime
140
Series statement
The Criterion collection
Series volume
726
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  • Shakespeare, William
  • Macbeth
  • Regicides
  • Murder
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Macbeth, Columbia Pictures presents a Playboy production of Roman Polanski's film ; executive producer, Hugh M. Hefner ; screenplay by Roman Polanski & Kenneth Tynan ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Roman Polanski, (videorecording DVD)
Instantiates
Distribution
Note
  • DVD release of the 1971 motion picture
  • Based on the play by William Shakespeare
  • Special features: Disc 1: Trailers. Disc 2: Toil and trouble : making Macbeth (new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Roman Polanski, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and stars Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw); Polanski meets Macbeth (a 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film's cast and crew at work); Dick Cavett and Kenneth Tynan (segment from the May 7, 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show); Aquarius : "two Macbeths" (segment from London Weekend Television's Aquarius series, taped on January 27, 1972, and presented by Humphrey Burton, features director Roman Polanski and British theater director Peter Coe discussing Shakespeare, Macbeth, and their respective productions of the play)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (140 min.)
Isbn
9781604658989
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515126717
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • CC2394D
  • CC2394D-1
  • CC2394D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)887285467
  • (OCoLC)ocn887285467
  • 389071
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 3.0 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Macbeth, Columbia Pictures presents a Playboy production of Roman Polanski's film ; executive producer, Hugh M. Hefner ; screenplay by Roman Polanski & Kenneth Tynan ; produced by Andrew Braunsberg ; directed by Roman Polanski, (videorecording DVD)
Distribution
Note
  • DVD release of the 1971 motion picture
  • Based on the play by William Shakespeare
  • Special features: Disc 1: Trailers. Disc 2: Toil and trouble : making Macbeth (new documentary about the making of the film, featuring interviews with director Roman Polanski, producer Andrew Braunsberg, assistant executive producer Victor Lownes, and stars Francesca Annis and Martin Shaw); Polanski meets Macbeth (a 1971 documentary by Frank Simon featuring rare footage of the film's cast and crew at work); Dick Cavett and Kenneth Tynan (segment from the May 7, 1971 episode of The Dick Cavett Show); Aquarius : "two Macbeths" (segment from London Weekend Television's Aquarius series, taped on January 27, 1972, and presented by Humphrey Burton, features director Roman Polanski and British theater director Peter Coe discussing Shakespeare, Macbeth, and their respective productions of the play)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Director-approved two-DVD special edition.
Extent
2 videodiscs (140 min.)
Isbn
9781604658989
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
715515126717
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
DVD video
Publisher number
  • CC2394D
  • CC2394D-1
  • CC2394D-2
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)887285467
  • (OCoLC)ocn887285467
  • 389071
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation ; Dolby digital 3.0 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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