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| Shakespeare in Love (1998) |
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December 25, 1998 |
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USA / UK |
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Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) / Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) / Canada:AA (Ontario) / Canada:G (Quebec) / Canada:PG (Manitoba) / Iceland:L / Argentina:13 / Australia:M / Chile:14 / Denmark:7 / Finland:K-12/9 / France:U / Germany:6 (bw) / Hong Kong:IIB / Hungary:14 / Ireland:15 / Italy:T / Netherlands:AL / New Zealand:M / Peru:14 / Portugal:M/12 / Singapore:M18 (re-rating) / Singapore:R(A) (original rating) / South Korea:18 / Sweden:7 / Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) / Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) / UK:15 / USA:R |
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2.35 : 1 |
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Dolby Digital |
| Language
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English |
| Filming Locations
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Barnes, London, England, UK |
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Color (DeLuxe) |
| Genre
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Comedy / Drama / Romance |
| MPAA
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Rated R for sexuality. |
| Runtime
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123 min |
| Awards
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Won 7 Oscars. Another 43 wins & 59 nominations |
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Overwiew :It is the summer of 1593, and the rising young star of London's theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer's block. While the great Elizabethan age of entertainment unfolds around him, Will is without inspiration on material. What Will needs is a muse--and in an extraordinary moment in which life imitates art, he finds and falls for a woman who draws him into his own dramatic adventure of star-crossed love. It all begins when Lady Viola, desperate to become an actor at a time when women were forbidden from such depravity, disguises herself as a man to audition for Will's play. But the guise slips away as their passion ignites. Now Will's quill again begins to flow, this time turning love into words, as Viola becomes his real-life Juliet and Romeo finds his reason to exist. Yet all is not well in Will's world. For even as the parchment begins to pile up, he's plagued by the fact that Lady Viola must marry the insufferable Lord Wessex. Star Crossed Lovers / Character Name In Title / Assumed Identity / No Opening Credits / Queen Of England |
Starring :
Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Judi Dench, Ben Affleck, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Rupert Everett, Tim McMullen, Steven Beard, Antony Sher, Patrick Barlow, Martin Clunes, Sandra Reinton, Simon Callow, Bridget McConnel, Georgie Glen, Nicholas Boulton, Imelda Staunton, Colin Firth, Desmond McNamara, Barnaby Kay, Jim Carter, Paul Bigley, Jason Round, Rupert Farley, Adam Barker, Joe Roberts, Harry Gostelow, Alan Cody, Mark Williams, David Curtiz, Gregor Truter, Simon Day, Jill Baker, Amber Glossop, Robin Davies, Hywel Simons, Nicholas LePrevost, Timothy Kightley, Mark Saban, Bob Barrett, Roger Morlidge, Daniel Brocklebank, Roger Frost, Rebecca Charles, Richard Gold, Rachel Clarke, Lucy Speed, Patricia Potter, John Ramm, Martin Neeley, The Choir of St George's School at Windsor
Directors :
John Madden, Arthur Wooster
Producers :
Bob Weinstein, Julie Goldstein, David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman, Linda Bruce
Writers :
Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard, Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard |
 Critic Reviews
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San Francisco Chronicle - Ruthe Stein : ...wholly original... more...
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A
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ReelViews - James Berardinelli : ...not a great film, but it's an excuse to have an evening of pure enjoyment with a little culture painlessly mixed in. more...
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B
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New York Times - Janet Maslin : ...an intoxicatingly glamorous romance. more...
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Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan : ...so pleasing to the eye and ear you'd have to be a genuine Scrooge to struggle against it. more...
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filmcritic.com - Christopher Null : ...gets a hands-down recommendation for all filmgoers. more...
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Film Threat - Merle Bertrand : I haven't liked ANY movie this much in a long, long time... more...
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E! Online - The production is top-notch... : http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Movies/Reviews/0,1052,70627,00.html more...
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Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert : I was carried along by the wit, the energy and a surprising sweetness. more...
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A
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BBC - William Gallagher : ...a joyous and quite brilliant comedy. more...
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A
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Austin Chronicle - Marjorie Baumgarten : ...delightful, though a smidge too long... more...
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B+
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