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Synopsis: This modern crime drama uses the names of the homonymous Shakespeare play's main characters which inspired its plot. White London Metropolitan Police commissioner Sinclair Carver promises to maintain law and order and further racial integration by recruiting and promoting black and Asian officers, but is taped in the lavatory by a tabloid reporter telling his assistant commissioner Ben Jago there is no black with a brain as big as his dick, and is thus forced to resign. When the death of the black Billy Coates in custody causes racial unrest, John Othello, the only authoritative black police officer, manages to prevent riots by pointing to the press and promising to solve the case; the government names him successor to Carver over his friend Jago's head. The ambitious Ben doesn't show his furious disappointment, but must have his revenge. His plots starts by making sure racists harass Othello's white wife Desdemona, so he can have her 'well guarded' by smooth white superintendent Micha
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Geoffrey Sax
Production: Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC)
  12 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Year:
2001
100 min
3,079 Views


Yes?

Come in, sweetheart.

Please,

sit down over here.

D, you've got to tell

these guys what's going on.

- We know what's going on.

- We've got to be reasonable.

Now, come on.

Honey...

we've never had

any secrets before, right?

I just want you

to tell me the truth.

Did Odin ever harm you,

force you to do anything

that you didn't want to do?

Anything at all?

Odin and I have been

together for four months.

"Together"?

What does that mean, "together"?

Dad, that's none

of your business.

I asked you a question.

And I said

it's none of your business.

Listen, Bob,

this is a family matter.

Maybe we shouldn't be

discussing it here.

I mean, he's a good kid.

Don't do this.

Talk to him.

Let's give him

a chance to talk.

Outside.

Sir, I just want to tell you that

you've got a great daughter there.

And I really,

really care about her.

You've got to understand

that what we have is beautiful.

No. She deceived me.

What makes you think

she won't do the same to you?

If you ever lie on me again, I'll f***

your punk ass up a lot worse than this.

You understand me, Rog? Huh?

See you at dinner.

You're going to keep doing

this sh*t all year, yo?

You tell me, man.

You're the pharmacist.

You know, some of these drugs I sell

will guarantee to have you twisted up.

This steroid,

50-50 chance.

I put three inches

on my vertical this month.

I took half a second

off my 40, bro'.

It's doing the job.

When you start playing for North

Carolina, don't forget about me.

Shoot the n*gger

some tickets.

I'm talking about court side.

We're going to cycle you

to something else next week.

You've been drinking

enough water?

By the gallon, man.

I'm surprised it doesn't come out

these holes you keep sticking in me.

I know you're all into

this basketball stuff,

but if it don't work,

don't trip.

I'm saying cause there's some things

in life we weren't meant to have.

I mean, don't go out there making

yourself all crazy and sh*t.

How can I go crazy when I've got

you selling me dream in a bottle, man?

So, have you talked

to him about it?

There's nothing to talk about.

I do everything for him,

but he's been acting

completely weird lately.

Lately? Try always.

Sorry.

What's the deal?

Everyone at school

likes Hugo, except you.

Nobody doesn't like him.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't

have at least one enemy.

Well, I guess he does.

I didn't think

you were going to make it.

Oh, come on now.

You know I can't beat

Magnolia tomorrow

without seeing

my good luck charm first.

- What's up, Em?

- Hey.

Hey, I've got

something for you.

It's over 100 years old.

It's over your price

range is what it is.

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Andrew Davies

Andrew Wynford Davies (born 20 September 1936) is a Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch and War & Peace. He was made a BAFTA Fellow in 2002. more…

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