National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Normal Heart
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for The Normal Heart). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 12m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2014). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Normal Heart| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Normal Heart | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 12m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Ryan Murphy |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Jonathan Groff, Jim Parsons, Corey Stoll, Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch |
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 Normal Heart
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
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