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Release Date:
31 August 2001 (USA)
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Tagline:
Everything Comes Full Circle... more
Plot:
An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in a high school and centered around basketball player Odin. full summary | add synopsis
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(10 articles)
James McAvoy and Emily Blunt Lend Voices to 'Gnomeo and Juliet'
(From Get The Big Picture. 19 August 2008, 11:53 PM, PDT)
Musketeer Wins Duel With Rock Star
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 12 September 2001)
(From Get The Big Picture. 19 August 2008, 11:53 PM, PDT)
Musketeer Wins Duel With Rock Star
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 12 September 2001)
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Disturbing but fascinating
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mekhi Phifer | ... | Odin James | |
| Josh Hartnett | ... | Hugo Goulding | |
| Andrew Keegan | ... | Michael Cassio | |
| Julia Stiles | ... | Desi Brable | |
| Rain Phoenix | ... | Emily | |
| Elden Henson | ... | Roger Rodriguez | |
| Martin Sheen | ... | Coach Duke Goulding | |
| John Heard | ... | Dean Bob Brable | |
| Anthony Johnson | ... | Dell (as Anthony 'A. J.' Johnson) | |
| Chris Dong | ... | Dutchman Player | |
| Rachel Shumate | ... | Brandy | |
| Marshall Gitter | ... | Radio Announcer | |
| Lisa Benavides | ... | Ms. Serney | |
| Chris Freihofer | ... | Assistant Coach Jeffries | |
| Ken French | ... | Scout #1 |
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Rated R for violence, a scene of strong sexuality, language and drug use.
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95 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Finland:K-15 |
Canada:R (Ontario) |
Singapore:PG (cut) |
Portugal:M/16 |
USA:TV-MA (cable rating) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:18A |
Denmark:15 (DVD rating) |
Germany:16 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Spain:18 |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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The rally cry the basketball team uses during timeouts ("What time is it? Game time!") is the same one used by the Chicago Bulls throughout the 1990s.
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Factual errors: When Odin kills Desi, he kills her by strangulation. However, at the end when she is dead from this, she has no visible finger marks or bruises on her.
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Retelling of Shakespeare's "Othello" set in the year 2000 with high school kids. I've never read "Othello" so I don't know how faithful this is. An alienated high school kid (Josh Hartnett) ignored by his basketball coach father (Martin Sheen chewing the scenery), plots to destroy Odin (Mekhi Phifer) a star player his father adores. Tragedy follows. Fast-paced, somber and disturbing. The characters talk and act like real kids--you get to know and understand them so the violence that erupts at the end is very upsetting. Excellent acting, especially by Julia Stiles (as Odin's girlfriend Desi), Phifer and Hartnett (who's absolutely chilling). The only bad acting is by Sheen--way too over the top. This is an extreme film--lots of swearing, a disturbing sex scene and the killings at the end. Worth seeing but depressing. Sat on the shelf for 2 years because Miramax was afraid of it. Good thing Lions Gate bought it and released it.