Much Ado

Synopsis

Low-budget backstage comedy about young filmmakers struggling to make an independent indie version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The film quotes liberally from the play and the relationships between the characters in the film mirror those in Shakespeare’s play.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2003

Duration

86 mins

Availability

No archive copy or distributor found (2007).

Credits

Director

Kipley Wentz

Producer

Kendra Munger; Kipley Wentz

Cinematographer

Michael LaVoie

Screenplay

Kipley Wentz

Music

Brian Sargent; Chad Kelly; Liam Bailey

Cast

Bob Cahill	Bob
Daiva Daupree	Hannah
Heather Ayers	Chloe
Jefferson Arca	Seth
John Mullen	Digby
Kendra Munger	Valerie
Kipley Wentz	Tristan
Marjorie Hamel	Lena
Michael Denney	Brandon

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Much Ado About Nothing

Keywords

film and television production; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Indie films

Notes

General

Tagline: She Wanted To Do Shakespeare... Then The Clowns Showed Up.

Reviews

Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 232-3, entry 961).

Parry, Chris. http://e-filmcritic.com (accessed 7/2008).

Production Company

Name

Downstage West