Othello (2001)
1h 38m
Running Time
December 23, 2001Release Date
Othello (2001)
1h 38m
Running Time
December 23, 2001Release Date
Plot.
With freshly rechristened characters and brand-new dialogue, this British TV production of Othello is a "rethinking" of Shakespeare's play, albeit still retaining the original's power and potency. The story is set in the London of the near future, a crime-ridden metropolis virtually torn apart by racial hostilities. By order of the Prime Minister, black police officer John Othello (Eamonn Walker) is promoted to Commissioner, a post dearly coveted by Othello's friend, mentor and fellow officer Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston). Seething with jealousy, Jago contrives to discredit Othello in the eyes of the public, and to destroy John's interracial marriage to the lily-white Dessie (Keeley Hawes). Among those used as unwitting dupes to gain Jago's ends are Othello's trusted lieutenant, Michael Cass (Richard Coyle), scrupulously honest police constable Alan Roderick (Del Synnott), and Jago's own wife, Lulu (Rachael Stirling).
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Eamonn Walker
John Othello
Christopher Eccleston
Ben Jago
Keeley Hawes
Dessie Brabant
Richard Coyle
Michael Cass
Rachael Stirling
Lulu
Del Synnott
Alan Roderick
Bill Paterson
Sinclair Carver
Michelle Newell
Alma
Christopher Fox
PC Adey
Allan Cutts
PC Stiller
Patrick Myers
PC Gaunt
Carl McCrystal
Geoffrey
Tim Faraday
Chief Superintendent
Samantha McDonald
Woman in Crowd
Joss Ackland
James Brabant
Geoffrey Sax
Director
Claire Oberman
prosecuting counsel
Andrew Davies
Writer
William Shakespeare
Writer
Jon Snow
Newsreader
Julie Gardner
Producer
Anna Niland
Estelle
Anne Pivcevic
Producer
Debbie Wiseman
Composer
Media.
Details.
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Othello is a 2001 British television film starring Eamonn Walker, Christopher Eccleston and Keeley Hawes. It is an adaptation in modern English of William Shakespeare's play Othello. It was scripted by Andrew Davies and directed by Geoffrey Sax.