National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Searching for Bobby Fischer
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Searching for Bobby Fischer). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. Searching for Bobby Fischer is the older of the two (1993 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Searching for Bobby Fischer| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Searching for Bobby Fischer | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1993 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Steven Zaillian |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | William H. Macy, Laurence Fishburne, Joan Allen, Laura Linney, Joe Mantegna |
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…
Searching for Bobby Fischer
A seven-year-old chess prodigy refuses to harden himself in order to become a champion like the famous but unlikable Bobby Fischer.
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