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Coriolanus

Coriolanus (1979)

March. 31,1979
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6.7
| History Documentary

A video recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival 1979 stage production of Coriolanus with an all-black and Hispanic cast. Producer Joseph Papp intended to provide professional opportunities for actors of minority ethnic backgrounds. A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

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Lawbolisted
1979/03/31

Powerful

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FuzzyTagz
1979/04/01

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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filippaberry84
1979/04/02

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Kimball
1979/04/03

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

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