O (plus)

After all the delays, controversy, and distribution challenges, O finally hits the theaters with a bang. Writer Brad Kaaya adapts the classic Shakespearean play Othello to meet the taste of modern day teens. Tim Blake Nelson directs a cast of Gen Y's hottest including Mehki Phifer, Julia Stiles, and Josh Hartnett. Hartnett gives an Oscar caliber performance as the conniving Hugo (Iago).

Julia Stiles and Rain Phoenix in Lions Gate Films' O. (right)
julia stiles, rain phoenix, O
josh hartnett, mehki phifer, O

Josh Hartnett plots out how to play the school's MVP basketball player in O. (left)

O, mehki phifer, julia stiles, andrew keegan

mekhi phifer as bball othello in O

Julie Stiles with on-screen boyfriend, Mekhi Phifer in O. (above)

Mekhi Phifer is the Man, aka O. (above)

Tim Blake Nelson directs Mekhi Phifer in O. (right)

director tim blake nelson with mekhi phifer in O

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