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Endgame

Endgame (1989)

January. 01,1989
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8.2
| Drama TV Movie

A performance of Samuel Beckett's 'Endgame', a play in which nothing happens, once - unlike Beckett's first play 'Waiting for Godot' in which nothing happens twice. It is not a play about chess, in any explicit sense, but it does feature a lovable if curmudgeonly old man in a dustbin. Generally accepted to be Beckett's bleakest play - indeed after it's 1957 English debut at the Royal Court, the TLS's Olivier Todd quipped that it made Waiting for Godot look like "a cheerful operetta". However, Beckett himself described it as "the favourite of my plays." Although the programme was not broadcast until 1991 it was recorded in 1989 prior to Beckett's death and had his blessing. This production is particularly notable as it is first full-length television performance of the play.

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SnoReptilePlenty
1989/01/01

Memorable, crazy movie

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Beanbioca
1989/01/02

As Good As It Gets

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Ariella Broughton
1989/01/03

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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Billy Ollie
1989/01/04

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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