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Format: DVD
Catalog: 0007911
Rel. Date: 02/19/2002
UPC: 031398791126

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Format: DVD
New: OUT OF STOCK. Email info@monstermusicsc.com or call 843-571-4657 for availability information! Used: Currently Unavailable
Wish

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Clr/cc/5.1/ws/spa sub
R/2 dvd/deluxe edition

Reviews:

Vidmark/Trimark, 1993
Running time: 94 minutes. Rated R.
DVD Release Date: February 19, 2002
Special features: Shrink wrapping.

Few realize the tremendous debt that "Three's Company" owes to William Shakespeare.After all, just about every episode overuses and abuses one of the Bard's mostfamous plot conventions-the Overheard Conversation. This tenet is present inmuch of Big Willie's work, including "O," a remake of Othello set in anAmerican high school, the perfect place for a modern tragedy. After all, who knowsmore about Machiavellian backstabbing and vindictive gossip than teenagers?
And what a bunch of teenagers they are: Mekhi Phifer as the title character andJosh Hartnett as his nemesis, Hugo, bring contemporary heat to this update, whichshould serve as a nice primer for people wary of Olde English. Sadly, the Columbine"incident" led to the shelving of this film for a few years, a periodof time in which leading lady Julia Stiles made other Shakespeare movies and kissedother black guys. So if "O" feels like a bit of a retread, blame MarilynManson.
        
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