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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
3,100 Views


Roger's been

starting crap all year.

Who threw

the first punch, Michael?

Hugo, did Michael

throw the first punch?

Answer me,

yes or no?!

Yeah, Dad. Michael threw the first

punch but it wasn't his fault.

All right? He just had a few

too many beers. That's all.

I didn't hear that.

I did not hear that.

You understand?

You have disgraced our team.

You know the rules.

You can attend practice.

That's a privilege

that I give you.

But you will not play

in at least two games.

Then, we will see.

You know what this is going

to cost us?

This young man sitting here...

called you up to share

the Most Valuable Player Award,

and you just sh*t

all over it.

And you know, you're lucky

that this didn't happen on campus,

because

your over-privileged ass...

I know, sir.

Get out of here.

Get out of here,

all of you.

Is there some reason you're

still in this office, son?

No, Pop.

You f***ed us up, Dogs.

F***ed up.

If Odin had got into a fight,

would you have sat him too?

I'm eating now.

I'm going back

to the dorm, Mom.

So what did Roger

say to you anyway?

I'd feel guilty

kicking his ass.

Save it, Hugo.

You'll be back on the team

next year. So, who cares?

Dude, it's different

for you, cause your dad is cool.

But my parents

are going to find out.

Why are you in school, man?

What?

Are you here for

your parents or for you?

So they'll be a little pissed off.

What are they going to do?

- Are they going to spank you?

- Hugo,

my parents always talk

about reputation.

Reputation?

Who gives a f*** about reputation?

I love you, man, but you're

a little bit of a mamma's boy.

The only person you have to

answer to is yourself.

You make your own rules.

The minute you figure

that out, you're free.

Look, Mike,

you really want

back on the team?

Why can't you just talk

to your dad?

Because I'm telling you,

my dad trusts Odin, all right?

If Odin says we need you back in there,

you're back in there.

Yeah, but Odin won't

even talk to me, man.

Mike,

am I your boy?

Am I your boy?

All right, then.

This is what

we've got to do.

You're friends

with Desi, right?

Yes, of course.

Well, now you're

her best friend.

And you're going to get her

to talk to Odin for you.

Pour your heart out to her.

Girls are suckers for guys

who pour their hearts out.

And then she talks to Odin.

But listen to me.

You've got to hang with her.

That's the only way this thing works.

It's worth a shot, bro'.

Yo. Hugo, thanks, man.

What are you doing

with this stupid bird?

- People are looking for it.

- I borrowed it.

We've got things to do,

and you're playing pranks

with the fricking mascot?

I can't stop

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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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