Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Synopsis: Fiction short set in 1948. Sebastian is a student at Harvard with dreams of becoming a literary scholar. He’s from a rich and influential family and has become engaged to the perfect girl. His life has a plan, until he’s busted by campus police for having sex with another man in a public place. Threatened with expulsion, Adam refocuses his energies on a new class about Shakespeare’s sonnets. There he meets Jean Hoffman, a man with whom Adam shares much: love of language and love of men.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Film
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Year of release: 2005
Duration: 7 mins

Director

Samuel Park

Producer

Aaron Belliston; Emily Lundin; Samuel Park

Cinematographer

William Mackenzie-Smith

Screenplay

Samuel Park

Music

Allyson Newman

Production Design

Dalila Mendez

Costume

Safowa Bright-Asare

Cast

Notes: This film is included in the DVD BOYS BRIEFS 3: BETWEEN THE BOYS a collection of short films about gay relationships.

Estimated budget $9000.
General: Inspired by Oscar Wilde’s novella The Portrait of Mr. W. H. SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS was first developed as a one-act play at Stanford University, and was published as a novella with the same title in 2006.

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