Taming of the Shrew, The (1967)

Synopsis

Feature film version of the play. A bawdy and boisterous production, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, which reduces the play to the Katharina/Petruccio romance

Language

English

Country

Italy; United States

Medium

Film; Video; Film. 16mm. col. 122 min. Digital versatile disc. col. Videocassette. VHS. col. 122 min.

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

1967

Year of production

1966

Availability

Hire (Filmbank - film or video)
Sale (other outlets - video and DVD); 2004 sale (video): £10.99

Notes

Estimated budget $4,000,000. Burton and Taylor are reputed to have invested $2 million of their own money in the production.
The UK DVD (2001, Sony) includes the theatrical trailer, a featurette in which Burton and Taylor discuss playing Shakespeare, and filmographies.

A 10-minute study extract may be hired from Filmbank Distributors (www.filmbank.co.uk).

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Man and Woman

Movies, The [06/03/1967]

Credits

Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Producer

Elizabeth Taylor; Franco Zeffirelli; Richard Burton

Cinematographer

Oswald Morris

Writer

William Shakespeare

Screenplay

Franco Zeffirelli; Paul Dehn; Suso Cecchi D’Amico

Music

Nino Rota

Costume

Danilo Donati; Irene Sharaff

Art Direction

Elven Webb; Guiseppe Mariani

Cast

Alan Webb
Alfred Lynch
Anthony Garner
Cyril Cusack
Elizabeth Taylor
Mark Dignam
Michael Hordern
Michael York
Natasha Pyne
Richard Burton
Roy Holder
Vernon Dobtcheff
Victor Spinetti

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£3.99

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

117 minutes

Year

2017

Type

Film

Format

16mm

Production Company

Name

Columbia Pictures

Name

Royal Films International

Sponsor

Name

FAI

Distributor (DVD)

Name

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Web

http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/ External site opens in new window

Distributor (Sale)

 

Available from retail outlets