Antigone (Broadway Theatre Archive) [DVD]

Starring: Genevive Bujold, Stacy Keach, Leah Chandler, et al.

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• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• Release Date: November 2001
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT
• Director: Gerald Freedman
• Starring: Genevive Bujold, Stacy Keach, Leah Chandler, James Naughton, Fritz Weaver, Shawn McGill, Peter Brandon, Betty Miller, Aline MacMahon, Louis Zorich
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: Color; DVD; NTSC
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 5.4" x 0.7" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Watch the real “Antigone” (1961) Irene Papas

As with many experiments in extracting classics and trying to adapt them to the modern day, you lose everything but the words, and in this case, those also. This was a horrible attempt to portray a story that has no relevance in the context of modern architecture and tuxedos. There is a lot more Jean Anouilh and very little Sophocles. If I did not know better, I would say this is a project for out-of-work actors. I did notice that Geneviève Bujold would probably make a good Ophélie in a classic Hamlet. Not much good could be said about the half-hearted narration; it just goes downhill. It takes a while to get the bad taste out of your mouth. Clear your palette with the Greek version, which is much better portrayed by Irene Papas. Irene also did a superb portrayal of “Elektra” (1961).