Goal II: Living the Dream vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Goal II: Living the Dream). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. Goal II: Living the Dream is the older of the two (2007 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Goal II: Living the Dream
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Goal II: Living the Dream | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Jaume Collet-Serra | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Sean Pertwee, Frances Barber, Elizabeth Peña, Alessandro Nivola, Rutger Hauer | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Goal II: Living the Dream
Tempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin Harris, though they must compete to be on the team, and estranged from fiancee Roz, whose nursing career keeps her back home.
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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