National Theatre Live: Antigone vs Trumbo
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Trumbo). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 4m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2015). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
Trumbo| National Theatre Live: Antigone | Trumbo | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2015 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Jay Roach |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Bryan Cranston, Alan Tudyk, Diane Lane, Mark Harelik, Michael Stuhlbarg |
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…
Trumbo
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
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