Marshall vs National Theatre Live: Antigone

National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Marshall). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2017). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Marshall posterMarshall2017 VS National Theatre Live: Antigone posterNational Theatre Live: Antigone2012
MarshallNational Theatre Live: Antigone
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20172012
Length1h 58m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country––
DirectorReginald HudlinPolly Findlay
Main castDan Stevens, Jeremy Bobb, John Magaro, Barrett Doss, Sterling K. BrownAnnabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker

Synopsis

Marshall

Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.

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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