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Othello is a 1965 movie based on the Shakespeare play Othello; starring Laurence Olivier, Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, and Joyce Redman. It was simply a filmed version of a performance by the actors for the National Theatre from 1964-66. Olivier's former backers for his Shakespeare films were all dead by 1965, and he was not able to raise the money to do a real film version. Ironically, it is the only Shakepeare film where all the leading actors and actresses have been nominated for Oscars. Olivier's portrayal of Othello, for which he wore highly realistic black makeup, and for which he adopted an exotic accent of his own invention, developed a special walk, and learned how to speak in a voice three octaves deeper than his normal one, is highly controversial and perhaps even offensive to some, but is considered by many to be one of his greatest achievements, and perhaps the definitive performance of the role (at least by a white actor) in the twentieth century. Frank Finlay's portrayal of Iago, much too subtle onstage to make a great impression, came across brilliantly in the film version, with its effective closeups of Iago's face.

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Actors - Othello

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