Dead Poets Society vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.3/10 for Dead Poets Society). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 9m. Dead Poets Society is the older of the two (1989 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dead Poets Society
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Dead Poets Society | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1989 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Weir | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke, Norman Lloyd, Dylan Kussman, Robin Williams | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Dead Poets Society
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.
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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