High Flying Bird vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for High Flying Bird). High Flying Bird is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 32m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
High Flying Bird
National Theatre Live: Antigone| High Flying Bird | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Steven Soderbergh | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Zazie Beetz, Caleb McLaughlin, Zachary Quinto, Jeryl Prescott, Sonja Sohn | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
High Flying Bird
When an NBA lockout sidelines his big rookie client, an agent hatches a bold plan to save their careers -- and disrupt the league's power structure.
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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