Othello (1995 film)

Othello
Theatrical Release Poster
Directed byOliver Parker
Screenplay byOliver Parker
Based onOthello
by William Shakespeare
Produced byLuc Roeg
David Barron
Starring
CinematographyDavid Johnson
Edited byTony Lawson
Music byCharlie Mole
Production
companies
Distributed bySony Pictures Releasing (Select territories)
Rank-Castle Rock/Turner (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date
  • December 15, 1995 (1995-12-15)
Running time
124 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$11 million
Box office$2.8 million (United States)

Othello is a 1995 drama film based on William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Oliver Parker and stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Irène Jacob as Desdemona, and Kenneth Branagh as Iago. This is the first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a major studio that casts an African American actor to play the role of Othello, although low-budget independent films of the play starring Ted Lange[2] and Yaphet Kotto[3] predated it.

  1. ^ "Othello (1995)". BBFC. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Othello". 1 May 1989 – via www.imdb.com.
  3. ^ "Othello" – via www.imdb.com.

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