Macbeth (2006 film)

Macbeth is a 2006 Australian adaptation of William Shakespeares Macbeth. It was directed by Geoffrey Wright and features an ensemble cast led by Sam Worthington in the title role. Macbeth, filmed in Melbourne and Victoria, was released in Australia onSeptember 2006.

This adaptation of Macbeth takes place in the Melbourne underworld. Macbeth Sam Worthington, a loyal underboss to his crime boss Duncan Gary Sweet, is told by teenage witches that he will one day assume great power. Driven by their prophecy, his wife Victoria Hill plans to kill Duncan and take the leadership of the gang for herself and her husband. Macbeths obsessive love for her leads him to agree to her murderous plan, but he finds that maintaining his power will require a lot more from him than first imagined.The film opens in a cemetery where the Weird Sisters, three school girl witches, are seen destroying and defacing headstones and statues, while close by Lady Macbeth weeps beside a headstone marked beloved son. Macbeth stands by. It is here that the three witches make their plan to meet with Macbeth later, and leave the cemetery, smiling smugly at Macbeth from afar. ........

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