Shakespeare in love [videorecording]
1999
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This Tom Stoppard penned period comedy won seven Oscars, including those for Best Picture, Actress, Supporting Actress (Judi Dench) and Original Screenplay. In late 16th Century London, the theatre's most promising young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), is suffering from writer's block. Rose Theatre owner Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) is desperate that Will's new play - tentatively entitled Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter - be finished, whilst a new cast member, Thomas Kent, is equally eager to make his stage debut. Kent has a secret however: 'he' is actually Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), merchant's daughter and fiancé of Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Adopting a disguise to enter a trade forbidden to women, matters become complicated when Will falls for her in her more conventional garb. It may take the intervention of Queen Elizabeth (Judi Dench) herself to make sure the course of true love runs smoothly and that the show goes on.
Main title:
Shakespeare in love [videorecording] / producer, David Parfitt; producer, Donna Gigliotti; producer, Harvey Weinstein; producer, Edward Zwick; producer, Marc Norman.
Author:
Madden, John, 1936-2021, directorWarbeck, Stephen, musicFiennes, Joseph, 1970-, actorPaltrow, Gwyneth, 1972-, actorDench, Judi, 1934-, actor
Imprint:
Sony Pictures Home Ent., 1999.
Collation:
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd, col.
Notes:
With: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck.Made in 1998.Credits: director, John Madden; writer, Marc Norman; writer, Tom Stoppard; music, Stephen Warbeck.DVDW.Dolby Digital.Credits: director, John Madden; writer, Marc Norman; writer, Tom Stoppard; music, Stephen Warbeck; cinematographer, Richard Greatrex.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Colin Firth, Simon Callow, Geoffrey Rush, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Tim McMullen, Steven Beard, Antony Sher, Patrick Barlow, Martin Clunes, Imelda Staunton, Mark Williams.
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BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
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BRN:
1020124
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