<P> Roman Polanski's 1971 film version of Macbeth contained many parallels to his personal life in its graphic and violent depictions . His wife Sharon Tate had been murdered two years earlier by Charles Manson and three women . Many critics saw this as a clear parallel to Macbeth's murders at the urging of the Three Witches within the film . </P> <P> Scotland, PA, a 2001 parody film directed by Billy Morrissette, sets the play in a restaurant in 1970s Pennsylvania . The witches are replaced by three hippies who give Joe McBeth drug - induced suggestions and prophecies throughout the film using a Magic 8 - Ball . After McBeth has killed his boss, Norm Duncan, one of them suggests, "I've got it! Mac should kill McDuff's entire family!" Another hippie sarcastically responds, "Oh, that'll work! Maybe a thousand years ago . You can't go around killing everybody ." </P> <P> Vishal Bhardwaj's 2004 film Maqbool takes place in the setting of warring gangs in the Bombay underworld . The Three Witches are replaced by two corrupt policemen, who don't just pronounce prophecies but also actively shape events to "balance forces". </P> <P> Geoffrey Wright's 2006 Macbeth takes place in the midst of a modern Australian gang and drug culture . The Three Witches are replaced by three teenage goth schoolgirls who are knocking down headstones in a graveyard in the opening scene . They whisper their prophecies in Macbeth's ear as they dance in a deserted nightclub . </P>

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