National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Richard Jewell
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Richard Jewell). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 11m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Richard Jewell| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Richard Jewell | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Clint Eastwood |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Jon Hamm, Nina Arianda, Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Wayne Duvall |
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…
Richard Jewell
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and sensational media coverage.
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