Book of Days vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Book of Days). Book of Days is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. Book of Days is the older of the two (2003 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Book of Days
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Book of Days | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Harry Ambrose | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Isaac Hayes, Wil Wheaton, Richard Grieco, Maureen Flannigan | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Book of Days
A grief-struck life insurance salesman rails at God for not stepping in to save his bride; but the tables are turned when a mysterious book is delivered to him, an ancient volume listing names and death dates, dates which are yet to occur.
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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