A Love Song for Bobby Long vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for A Love Song for Bobby Long). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 59m. A Love Song for Bobby Long is the older of the two (2004 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Love Song for Bobby Long
National Theatre Live: Antigone| A Love Song for Bobby Long | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Shainee Gabel | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Gabriel Macht, Warren Kole, John Travolta, Scarlett Johansson, Deborah Kara Unger | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
A Love Song for Bobby Long
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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