National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Company Men
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for The Company Men). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 44m. The Company Men is the older of the two (2010 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Company Men| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Company Men | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2010 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | John Wells |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Rosemarie DeWitt, Kevin Costner, Maria Bello, Chris Cooper, Ben Affleck |
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…
The Company Men
Bobby Walker lives the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and two co-workers jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers.
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