Learning on ScreenTaming of the Shrew, The
- 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
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1967
- Duration
- 122 mins; 10,859 feet
- Availability
- Hire (Filmbank - film or video) Sale (other outlets - video and DVD)
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
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Elizabethan
- Plays
- Taming of the Shrew, The
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- Man and Woman
- Movies, The [06/03/1967]
Notes
- 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). - Figures
- $12,000,000 gross worldwide (January 1970). IMDb
- Awards
- Academy Awards 1967 - Nominations for Best Costume Design and Best Art Direction.
Production Company
Sponsor
- Name
FAI
Distributor (DVD)
- Name
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Web
- http://www.sonypictures.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
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