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  1. Dec 29, 1995 · Especially just at this moment of the film's 1995 release, with the fates of O. J. and Nicole Simpson projected like a scrim on top of the screen, it is difficult to free the play to do its work. To some degree, any modern production must make Iago the villain and Othello the victim, and suffer as a result.

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      The film opens in Geneva, in an apartment occupied by a...

  2. An entertaining, respectful adaptation that plays like an erotic thriller with Elizabethan language. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 5, 2004. Fishburne gives an amazingly chilling turn ...

  3. Read more. Reviews for Othello (1995). Average score: 68/100. Synopsis: The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic.

    • Oliver Parker
    • Laurence Fishburne
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  5. variety.com › 1995 › filmOthello - Variety

    Dec 8, 1995 · Reviewed at Sony Studios, Culver City, Nov. 28, 1995. MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 124 min. With: Othello - Laurence Fishburne Desdemona - Irene Jacob Iago - Kenneth Branagh Cassio - Nathaniel ...

  6. Othello. In this silent version of the Shakespeare play, military ensign Iago (Werner Krauss) chafes upon learning that Gen. Othello (Emil Jannings) has appointed a younger man, Cassio (Theodor ...

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    • Emil Jannings
    • Dimitri Buchowetzski
  7. Othello is an interesting combination of teen ideas set in the adult world. For once, a director with some sort of vision is put in charge, and we get a better movie. It's too bad that Oliver Parker hasn't done anything similar because he understands the film and context better than Olivier or Branagh.

  8. Sep 10, 2012 · The flashbacks and bed-scenes work, and the idea of having Cassio ( Nathaniel Parker) slip Othello his suicide weapon is typically intelligent. But most importantly, everyone gets better as the ...

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