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Release Date:
8 January 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
...A Comedy About the Greatest Love Story Almost Never Told... more
Plot:
A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Won 7 Oscars.
Another 43 wins
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60 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(207 articles)
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Impressive spin on Shakespeare, with a contemporary feel
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Geoffrey Rush | ... | Philip Henslowe |
 | Tom Wilkinson | ... | Hugh Fennyman |
 | Steven O'Donnell | ... | Lambert |
| Tim McMullan | ... | Frees (as Tim McMullen) |
 | Joseph Fiennes | ... | Will Shakespeare |
| Steven Beard | ... | Makepeace - the Preacher |
| Antony Sher | ... | Dr. Moth |
| Patrick Barlow | ... | Will Kempe |
| Martin Clunes | ... | Richard Burbage |
| Sandra Reinton | ... | Rosaline |
| Simon Callow | ... | Tilney - Master of the Revels |
 | Judi Dench | ... | Queen Elizabeth |
| Bridget McConnell | ... | Lady in Waiting (as Bridget McConnel) |
| Georgie Glen | ... | Lady in Waiting |
 | Nicholas Boulton | ... | Henry Condell |
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexuality.
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Runtime:
123 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Iceland:L |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Brazil:14 |
USA:R (certificate #36421) |
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
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Judi Dench won an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as Queen Elizabeth, although she is on-screen for only about eight minutes in four scenes. This is the second-shortest performance to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. The shortest ever performance was by Beatrice Straight in Network (1976), as she appeared in only six minutes of the film.
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Goofs:
Continuity: Juliet's "blood" on the tomb moves around from shot to shot.
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Quotes:
Hugh Fennyman:
How much is that, Mr Frees?
Frees: Twenty pounds to the penny, Mr. Fennyman.
Hugh Fennyman: Correct.
Philip Henslowe: But I have to pay the actors and the author.
Hugh Fennyman: Share of the profits.
Philip Henslowe: There's never any.
Hugh Fennyman: Of course not.
Philip Henslowe: Oh, oh, Mr. Fennyman. I think you might have hit upon something.
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Frees: Twenty pounds to the penny, Mr. Fennyman.
Hugh Fennyman: Correct.
Philip Henslowe: But I have to pay the actors and the author.
Hugh Fennyman: Share of the profits.
Philip Henslowe: There's never any.
Hugh Fennyman: Of course not.
Philip Henslowe: Oh, oh, Mr. Fennyman. I think you might have hit upon something.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "SexTV: We Want You!/The Bedtrick/Saucy Stitchwork (#8.10)" (2006)
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Soundtrack:
The Play & the Marriage
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Tom Stoppard, who penned Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, knows a thing or two about the modern deconstruction and reconstruction of Shakespeare's work -- and it shows in the bright and vivid Shakespeare in Love, which Stoppard co-wrote with Marc Norman. Applying many of the same conventions favored by Shakespeare in his own work (including primarily the confusion over mistaken identity and gender) the screenwriters begin with the "what if" premise and run with it, speculating with wicked delight on the Bard's rivalry with Christopher Marlowe, his use of overheard phrases finding their way into his plays, and best of all, the possible sources of his inspiration. Will's muse is Violet, played wonderfully by Gwyneth Paltrow, who shows off in this film her finest acting to date and credibly pulls off the tricky task of being both an object of poetic inspiration and a genuine, down-to-earth human being.