Macbeth (1997)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 129 mins
Format: colour
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Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Cromwell Productions Ltd / Grampian Television / Lamancha Productions
Executive Producers: Bob Carruthers, David McWhinnie, Gary Russell, George Mitchell
Producer: Shona Donaldson
Production Manager: Vanessa Tovell

SCRIPT
Script: Bob Carruthers, Jeremy Freeston
Play: William Shakespeare

DIRECTION
Director: Jeremy Freeston
Witches Scenes Director: Brian Blessed
Assistant Director: Charlie Rae

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Dave Miller

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Chris Gormlie, Owen Parker

MUSIC
Music: Richard Cherns, Paul Farrer

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Colin Hood

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Designer: Mairi Morrison
Make Up: Mairi Morrison
Costume Designer: Karen Smith
Costume Supervisor: Hilary S. MacDonald

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Additional Designer: Simon Freeston
Storyboard Artist: Simon Freeston

MISCELLANEOUS
Artistic Advisor: Brian Blessed
Artistic Advisor on Historic Scotland: Neil Finnigan
Horse Master: David Main
Runner: Neil Burn

LOCATIONS
Locations: Blackness Castle, Blackness, Falkirk, West Lothian, Scotland, UK; Dunfermline Abbey, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK; Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, UK

STUNTS
Fight Arranger: Seoras Wallace

CAST
Jason Connery (Macbeth)
Helen Baxendale (Lady Macbeth)
Graham McTavish (Banquo)
Kenny Bryans (Macduff)
Kern Falconer (Seyton)
Hildegarde Neil (1st witch)
Chris Gormlie (MacDonwald)
Jean Trend (2nd witch)
Phillipa Peak (3rd witch)
Iain Stuart Robertson (Ross)
John Corvin (Duncan)
Ross Dunsmore (Malcolm)
Paul MacDonald (Donalbain)
Phil Wallace (Lennox)
Dominic Borrelli (Angus)
Carl Watt (messenger 1)
Jack Ferguson, Michael Leighton (porters)
James Tovell (Fleance)
Robert Little (Oldman)
Stevie Allen, Al Anderson (murderers)
Shona Donaldson (gentlewoman)
Tess Dignan (Lady Macduff)
Jamie Main (Young Macduff)
Andrew MacKenzie (watchman)
Rob Swinton (Seyward)
Roger Webb (servant)
Andy Goddard (messenger 2)
Paul Curran (young Seyward)
Brian Blessed (Edward the Confessor)

PLOT SUMMARY

In eleventh century Scotland Macbeth is told by a trio of witches that he will become King. Macbeth has King Duncan murdered and assumes the crown. And then things start to get really nasty...

AVAILABILITY

UK
Theatrical Distributors: CJP Public Relations

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 12

LINKS

SEE ALSO
Istana berdarah (1964)
Joe MacBeth (1955)
Kumonosu jô (1957)
Macbeth (1908)
Macbeth (1909a)
Macbeth (1909b)
Macbeth (1911)
Macbeth (1913)
Macbeth (1915)
Macbeth (1916)
Macbeth (1946)
Macbeth (1948)
Macbeth (1949)
Macbeth (1960)
Macbeth (1966)
Macbeth (1970)
Macbeth (1979)
Macbeth (1981)
Macbeth (1982)
Macbeth (1983)
Macbeth (1987)
Macbeth (1992)
Macbeth (1998)
Maqbool (2003)
Men of Respect (1991)
Scotland, Pa. (2001)
Sibirska Ledi Magbet (1961)
The Tragedy of Macbeth (1971)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Empire July 1997 p.49 (UK)
review (by Giala Murray)

Film Review July 1997 p.28 (UK)
review (by Marianne Gray)

KEYWORDS

play into film, shakespeare, witches

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009