Shakespeare Behind Bars
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 18, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Shout Factory
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Hank Rogerson | |
Story by | William Shakespeare |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: A --
By presenting murderers as actors and then filming those actors discussing their sins, the line between performance and soul-searching blurs in unnerving ways.
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Oregonian
Albeit a tad repetitive, Shakespeare Behind Bars succeeds in humanizing men we might too easily label as monsters, and provides a solid argument in favor of prisons that place rehabilitation above retribution.
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L.A. Weekly
This fascinating video documentary covers a nine-month rehearsal of Shakespeare's final play by inmates at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in La Grange, Kentucky.
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Chicago Reader
Rating: 3/4 --
The film makes the case -- one that always needs making -- that, despite what they've done, these men retain some shred of humanity.
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San Francisco Chronicle
Rating: 8/10 --
I found this documentary to be sobering, even optimistic ... it's a reminder that being human means being complex.
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Window to the Movies
Perhaps it's just the inner drama geek talking, but there's something extremely compelling about seeing hardened felons preparing to put on a classic play with the enthusiasm of giddy schoolgirls.
New Times
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Few non-fiction films about the arts hit as hard or soar to such heights of poetry and humanity.
Chicago Tribune
Product Description:
Shakespeare's plays have been performed in every major city, in every possible venue, but perhaps the most unusual and emotionally-charged performances of OTHELLO and TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA have taken place at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in LaGrange, Ky. Hank Rogerson's moving documentary focuses on actor Curt Tofteland's program for prison inmates, which allows incarcerated men to express themselves through role-playing. In interviews and behind-the-scenes glimpses, it becomes clear that the tragic flaws of the Shakespearian characters serve as a mirror for the prisoners' own crimes and behaviors, providing them with valuable and potentially healing insights.