Learning on ScreenShakespeare in Love
- Synopsis
- Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in theatre; she cures Shakespeare’s writer’s block and inspires Romeo and Juliet.
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film; Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1998
- Duration
- 122 mins
- Availability
- Sale
Credits
- Director
- John Madden
- Producer
- David Parfitt; Donna Gigliotti; Edward Zwick; Harvey Weinstein; Marc Norman
- Cinematographer
- Richard Greatrex
- Writer
- Tom Stoppard
- Screenplay
- Marc Norman
- Music
- Stephen Warbeck
- Costume
- Sandy Powell
- Art Direction
- Steve Lawrence
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- biographies; Elizabethan drama; gender representation; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Cross-dressing
- Related items
- Movie Connections [15/10/2007]
- Shakespeare in Love
- Shakespeare in Love: The Play
- Tom Stoppard
Notes
- Notes
- The DVD version includes a documentary on the making of the film entitled SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE AND ON FILM, director’s commentary, cast and crew commentary, deleted scenes, costume gallery and theatrical trailer. Also available in wide-screen video.
Estimated budget - $25 million. - General
- In 1999 Quality Filmed Entertainment released an 8-minute film short, GEORGE LUCAS IN LOVE, directed by Joe Nussbaum which spoofs the plot of ‘Shakespeare in Love’ by purporting to reveal how the young film student George Lucas overcame his writer’s block to create the ‘Star Wars’ saga.
- Figures
- $289,317,794 worldwide - Box Office Mojo (2005).
- Awards
- 1998 Academy Awards - Winner: Best Actress in Leading Role (Paltrow), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dench), Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Picture, Best Actor in Supporting Role (Rush), Best Screenplay
BAFTA Film Award - Best Film, Best Editing, Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Dench). - Reviews
- Reviewed by Philip Kemp in Sight and Sound Vol. 9 No 2 (2/99), p53.
For a detailed account of the film’s marketing campaign see Emma French, Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood (Hatfield, University of Hertfordshire Press, 2006), p. 133-68.
Production Company
- Name
Miramax Films
- Name
Universal Pictures
- enquiriesuk@nbcuni.com
- Web
- http://www.universalpictures.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Address
- 1 Central Saint Giles
St Giles High Street
London
WC2H 8NU
Distributor
- Name
4 Front Video
- Phone
- 020 7079 6000
- Fax
- 020 7079 6524
- Address
- Universal Pictures Video
Prospect House
Third Floor
80-110 New Oxford Street
London
WC1A 1HB
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
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