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O

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An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.An update of Shakespeare's 'Othello' with a young cast, set in an upper class prep school, & centered around basketball player Odin.
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    • Tim Blake Nelson
    • William Shakespeare(play "Othello")
    • Brad Kaaya(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mekhi Phifer
    • Julia Stiles
    • Martin Sheen
    • Tim Blake Nelson
    • William Shakespeare(play "Othello")
    • Brad Kaaya(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Mekhi Phifer
    • Julia Stiles
    • Martin Sheen
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    • 162User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
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    Mekhi Phifer, Andrew Keegan, and Julia Stiles in O (2001)
    Mekhi Phifer and Tim Blake Nelson in O (2001)
    Josh Hartnett, Andrew Keegan, and Julia Stiles in O (2001)
    Mekhi Phifer in O (2001)
    Josh Hartnett and Mekhi Phifer in O (2001)
    Julia Stiles and Rain Phoenix in O (2001)
    Mekhi Phifer and Julia Stiles in O (2001)
    Josh Hartnett, Mekhi Phifer, and Julia Stiles at an event for O (2001)
    Josh Hartnett and Julia Stiles at an event for O (2001)
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    Josh Hartnett at an event for O (2001)

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    Mekhi Phifer
    Mekhi Phifer
    • Odin James
    Julia Stiles
    Julia Stiles
    • Desi Brable
    Martin Sheen
    Martin Sheen
    • Coach Duke Goulding
    Josh Hartnett
    Josh Hartnett
    • Hugo Goulding
    Andrew Keegan
    Andrew Keegan
    • Michael
    Rain Phoenix
    Rain Phoenix
    • Emily
    Chris Freihofer
    Chris Freihofer
    • Assistant Coach
    Elden Henson
    Elden Henson
    • Roger
    John Heard
    John Heard
    • Dean Brable
    Anthony Johnson
    Anthony Johnson
    • Dell
    • (as Anthony 'A. J.' Johnson)
    Chris Dong
    • Dutchman Player
    Rachel Shumate
    Rachel Shumate
    • Brandy
    Marshall Gitter
    • Radio Announcer
    Lisa Benavides-Nelson
    • Ms. Serney
    • (as Lisa Benavides)
    Ken French
    • Scout #1
    Dana Ratliff
    • T.V. Announcer
    Christopher Jones
    Christopher Jones
    • Jason
    Ronalda Stover
    • Woman Score Keeper
      • Tim Blake Nelson
      • William Shakespeare(play "Othello")
      • Brad Kaaya(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film finished production in 1999, and its original release date coincided with the Columbine High School shootings. The release was postponed because of the film's themes of violence and murder in a high-school setting.
    • Goofs
      In the end credits, composer Giuseppe Verdi's surname is misspelled "Verde."
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      Hugo: All my life I always wanted to fly. I always wanted to live like a hawk. I know you're not supposed to be jealous of anything, but... to take flight, to soar above everything and everyone, now that's living. But a hawk is no good around normal birds. It can't fit in. Even though all the other birds probably wanna be hawks; they hate him for what they can't be. Proud. Powerful. Determined. Dark. Odin is a hawk. He soars above us. He can fly. One of these days, everyone's gonna pay attention to me. Because I'm gonna fly too.

    • Crazy credits
      In the end credits, composer Giuseppe Verdi's surname is misspelled "Verde."
    • Connections
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    Better than a lot of movies
    Mekhi plays the only black basketball player in an all-white high school. Julia Stiles portrays his (dumb) white girlfriend, Desi. Josh Hartnett is Hugo, and he is obsessed with Odin, who his coach dad likes better than him. I watched the one with Lawrence Fishburne, and read the cliff notes last year for class (I'm busy, not stupid!), and the one big difference between this movie and the play is how the characters are written. In the play, Iago (Hugo) is not very emotional or weak. He hates Othello for unknown reasons, and vows to destroy him. In O, Josh Hartnett plays him as somewhat vulnerable and confused. He is motivated mostly by his father's indifference, but a lot of his actions are left ambiguous. He hates and loves Odin, instead of just hating him. The last lines are about him. The story is told mostly from Hugo's oint of view, and compared to the original, Othello is insecure and not very "noble." He's really just a normal kid, but obviously had some kind of complex, and the drugs Hugo gave him made it worse.
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    • Release date
      • August 31, 2001 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Charleston, South Carolina, USA
    • Production companies
      • Chickie the Cop
      • Daniel Fried Productions
      • Dimension Films
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
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      • Dolby Digital
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