This is a very theatrical version, full of sound & fury, histrionics and big arm movements. Cynical audiences might not buy into it, but if you were to go back to the early 1600s this is probably the way you'd see it. The plot of Macbeth, if you were snoozing during high school English class, is about an 11th century Scottish warrior who hatches a dubious plan to steal the throne. Spurred on by his wife Lady Macbeth, who wears the pants in the household, he finds himself swiftly slipping down the path of evil.
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MACBETH (1961) Sean Connery & Zoe Caldwell
Clip from CBC TV production of Shakespeare's MACBETH starring Sean Connery as Macbeth and Zoe Caldwell as Lady Macbeth.
Macbeth Movie Trailer
Macbeth - the way it was meant to be played.
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Macbeth full hd movie trailer.
Macbeth Movie Trailer
As an English class final grade for the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare we were given two weeks to put together a project including a over all theme to ...
Macbeth movie trailer
The trailer for "Macbeth" by director Geoffrey Wright.
Macbeth Movie Trailer
Movie trailer for English project based on Macbeth by Shakespeare.
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