SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Feature film. Black comedy version of Macbeth set in a 1970s Pennsylvania fast food burger stand. White trash Pat and Mac murder the owner, Norm, and establish a modern McDonald’s. The blood on Lady Macbeth’s hand becomes a grease spot, Duncan is dispatched in a fat fryer, Birnham Wood becomes a local wildlife preserve, the three witches are hippies,and Lady Macbeth, when Mac’s courage to murder Duncan is failing states ‘we’re not bad people Mac. We’re just underachievers who have to make up for lost time’.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2002

Duration

102 mins

Credits

Director

Billy Morrissette

Producer

Peter Stern; Richard Shepard

Cinematographer

Wally Pfister

Music

Anton Sanko

Art Direction

Shelley Nieder

Cast

James LeGros	Joe ‘Mac’ McBeth (Macbeth)
Maura Tierney	Pat McBeth (Lady Macbeth)
Christopher Walken	Lieutenant McDuff (Macduff)
Tom Guiry	Malcolm Duncan (Malcolm)
Kevin Corrigan	Anthony ‘Banko’ Banconi (Banquo)
James Rebhorn	Norm Duncan (King Duncan)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Macbeth

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

Available from amazon.com (Region 1).

Reviews

Roger Ebert, reviewing the film in Chicago Sun-Times (February 15 2002) observed ‘if you know Macbeth, it’s funny. Anyone who doesn’t is going to think these people are acting mighty peculiar’.

Production Company

Name

Abandon Pictures

Name

Paddy Wagon Productions

Name

Veto Chip Productions

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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