National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Rain Man
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Rain Man). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 14m. Rain Man is the older of the two (1988 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Rain Man| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Rain Man | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 14m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Barry Levinson |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Tom Cruise, Bonnie Hunt, Lucinda Jenney, Valeria Golino, Dustin Hoffman |
Synopsis
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…
Rain Man
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing…
Where to watch
Where to watch National Theatre Live: AntigoneWhere to watch Rain Man
More like National Theatre Live: Antigone · More like Rain Man · Compare other titles