Othello (1995 film)

Othello
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Directed by	Oliver Parker
Screenplay by	Oliver Parker
Based on	Othello by William Shakespeare
Produced by	Luc Roeg David Barron
Starring	Laurence Fishburne Irène Jacob Kenneth Branagh
Cinematography	David Johnson
Edited by	Tony Lawson
Music by	Charlie Mole
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Castle Rock Entertainment Dakota Films Imminent Films
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing (United States) Rank-Castle Rock/Turner (United Kingdom)[1]
Release date	December 15, 1995 (1995-12-15)
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom United States
Language	English
Budget	$11 million
Box office	$2.8 million (United States)

Othello is a 1995 drama film based on William Shakespeare's tragedy of the same name. It was directed by Oliver Parker and stars Laurence Fishburne as Othello, Irène Jacob as Desdemona, and Kenneth Branagh as Iago. This is the first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a major studio that casts an African American actor to play the role of Othello, although low-budget independent films of the play starring Ted Lange^[2] and Yaphet Kotto^[3] predated it.