National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Greatest Game Ever Played
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for The Greatest Game Ever Played). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . The Greatest Game Ever Played is the older of the two (2005 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Greatest Game Ever Played| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Greatest Game Ever Played | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2005 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Bill Paxton |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Peyton List, Jonathan Higgins, Elias Koteas, Shia LaBeouf, Peter Firth |
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 Greatest Game Ever Played
A biopic of 20-year-old Francis Ouimet who defeated his golfing idol and 1900 US Open Champion, Harry Vardon.
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