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... After all, when you're feeling a little blue and lonely, what else can pick up your spirits than a tale of forbidden love between a married man desperately seeking inspiration and a betrothed woman looking for a life on the stage? Cue, "Shakespeare In Love", the 1998 romcom from director ... Read review

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Shakespeare In Love [DVD] [1999]

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SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE is a romantic comedy set in the 1590''s, telling the witty, sexy story ... more

behind the creation of the greatest love story of
them all - 'Romeo and Juliet'. Young Will
Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is the up and coming
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Shakespeare in Love

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Tom Stoppard's screenplay of the film "Shakespeare in Love" strongly tipped to win an ... more

Oscar in 1999. It is 1593 and Will Shakespeare -
rising young light of the Elizabethan stage -
struggles with writer's block.


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Pride And Prejudice / Shakespeare In Love (2 Discs) DVD

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Lizzie (Keira Knightley)  Jane (Rosamund Pike) 
Lydia (Jena Malone)  Mary (Talulah Riley) and
Kitty (Carey Mulligan) - have been raised well
aware of their mother's (Brenda Blethyn) fixation
on finding them husbands and securing set futures.
The spirited and intelligent Elizabeth  however 
strives to live her life with a broader
perspective  as encouraged by her doting father
(Donald Sutherland).  When wealthy bachelor Mr.
Bingley takes up residence in a nearby mansion 
the Bennets are abuzz. Amongst the man's
sophisticated circle of London friends and the
influx of young military officers  surely there
will be no shortage of suitors for the Bennet
sisters. Eldest daughter Jane  serene and
beautiful  seems poised to win Mr. Bingley's
heart. For her part  Lizzie meets with the
handsome and  it would seem  snobbish Mr. Darcy
(Matthew Macfadyen)  and the battle of the sexes
is joined.  Their encounters are frequent and
spirited yet far from encouraging. Lizzie finds
herself even less inclined to accept a marriage
proposal from a distant cousin  Mr. Collins (Tom
Hollander) and  supported by her father  stuns her
mother and Mr. Collins by declining. When the
previously good-natured Mr. Bingley abruptly
departs for London leaving a devastated Jane 
Lizzie holds Mr. Darcy culpable for contributing
to the heartbreak. But a crisis involving youngest
sister Lydia soon opens Lizzie's eyes to the true
nature of her relationship with Mr. Darcy...  
Shakespeare In Love (Dir. John Madden  1998):
Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards - including
Best Picture - this witty  sexy smash features
Oscar-winning Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and an
amazing cast that includes Academy Award winners
Judi Dench  Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck!   When
Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate
inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block 
a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola
(Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never
before! There are just two things he'll have to
learn about his new love: not only is she promised
to marry someone else  she's successfully
impersonating a man in order to play the lead in
Will's latest production!   A truly can't-miss
motion picture event with outstanding critical
acclaim to match its impressive collection of
major awards - everyone will love this funny
behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the
greatest love story ever told!


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Shakespeare In Love (W/S)

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of the greatest love story of them all - Romeo and
Juliet. Young William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes)
is the up and coming playwright of the time but
has been disastrously struck by the bane of
writers block. His comedy Romeo and Ethel the
Pirates Daughter is not going anywhere and the
playhouse is under threat of closure. What Will
needs is a muse - and she appears in the form of
the beautiful (and betrothed) Lady Viola (Gwyneth
Paltrow).The path of true love doesnt run smooth
for Will, however - Viola is engaged to be married
to the insufferable Lord Wessex (Colin Firth) at
the command of Queen Elizabeth (Judi Dench). The
joys and tragedy of his own life find their way
onto the page in a moving, witty and spellbinding
tale. Shakespeare In Love is a brilliantly funny,
warm and fast moving romance from acclaimed
director John Madden (Mrs Brown).


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Will and Viola - a bard's love story

Advantages: Excellent Cast, Amusing
Disadvantages: Slightly Weak Plot, Slow To Get Going

...that explores the notion that Shakespeare wasn't that great a writer and was, in fact, simply a lusty man ever in search of a muse - or, in other words, a woman to lay that might, if he's lucky, give him some inspiration for a new play. I kind of like his style, actually.

Trying to write "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," Shakespeare - played by Joseph Fiennes - discovers he's suffering from writer's block, a phenomenon ...
...appease both her desire for Shakespeare and the stage itself, Viola takes to the boards as a young boy and plays the part of Romeo in Will's new play.

Shakespeare himself discovers quickly that this new muse has, indeed, unlocked his writer's block and he starts to write his new play, helped by the input of his financially depressed theatre owner, Hugh Fennyman (played by Tom Wilkinson) and his lead actor, Ned Alleyn, who ultimately ... more

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In Love With Shakespeare

Advantages: Beautiful period piece with a great cast and there are sword fights guys.
Disadvantages: It's a girly, romantic film and nothing blows up. Sorry guys.

...THE PREMISE Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) has written a couple of plays, but is no match for the brilliance of the playwright of the day, Christopher Marlowe (Rupert Everett) and still a player for hire who dreams of greater things. Something of a womaniser, Shakespeare has writer's block when it comes to his latest work, "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter" because he cannot find his muse. Meanwhile the beautiful and wealthy Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth ...
...the film industry has for Shakespeare and "Romeo and Juliet" in general. It's actually quite a lovely and interesting documentary. Looking back "Shakespeare In Love" was a product of a time when Hollywood was enamoured of huge, period romances of love in the face of adversity. "Titanic" had been the big winner at the Oscars the year before and "Shakespeare In Love" was playing to the same audience. However, this film stands the test of time better ...

Mountainlilly 21.07.2009 · Read full review
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Elizabethan laughs

Advantages: Great for laughs
Disadvantages: Not many

...a combination of motifs from Shakespeare plays loosely knitted together around the story of how the bard (Joseph Fiennes) comes to write Romeo and Juliet, while he himself falls in love. Viola, his lover, (played by Gwyneth Paltrow) is promised in marriage to another man, Essex (played by Colin Firth); at the same time she dresses as a boy to take part in the play that Will is writing after falling for him when she sees him at court. He begins it ...
...authors (especially the Marlowe - Shakespeare motif, which will delight and infuriate some scholars!) and between impresarios (wonderfully played by Geoffrey Rush and Martin Clunes), and the inevitable impossibility of Will's love for Viola. All the characters have a comic edge to them, whether it is the nurse's ridiculous attempts to disguise Will and Viola's noisy intimacy, or the young version of the playwright John Webster who we see in typically ...

richardashdowne 14.01.2001 (11.05.2001) · Read full review
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The play within the play!

Advantages: Great performances and thematic elements
Disadvantages: None

...movie. I simply adore William Shakespeare and it really pains me to see awful amateur movies being made of his life and works- but when I finally watched this film, I was really stunned and bowled over by the amazing directional techniques and vivid imagination in Shakespeare in Love. Joseph Fiennes is amazing as Shakespeare and I believe that he got the looks and talent to represent the legendary poet on screen. The cast was refreshing and at ease ...
...the audience. Most of all, Shakespeare in love presents a delightful blend of the actual works of William Shakespeare, a couple of real-life assumption about the author and a lot of wonderfully crafted fictional elements. The plot is about William Shakespeare who is having a writer's block at a very crucial moment: If he does not come up with an original idea soon, the company will have no choice but to close down. He manages to come up with a title- ...

diamond_sparkles 04.09.2009 · Read full review
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the course of true love never did run smooth

Advantages: many skilled and experienced british actors
Disadvantages: not for the more serious shakespeare readers

...Juliet was written. But as Shakespeare himself said, 'the course of true love never did run smooth' and as social situation is a relatively small problem, which two lovers will eventually overcome, enter Lord Wessex, (Colin Firth) the suitor chosen by Viola's parents. Can the insufferable Lord WEssex be beaten, or will Viola have to fulfill her daughter's duty? Acting Yet again Paltrow plays an english girl, and once again is incredibly convincing. ...
...but as a reader of Shakespeare myself, I really could see no harm in it. This light romantic comedy was interesting and fun to the end, and had me laughing as they made puns involving famous phrases. Not for all, I suppose, but especially good fro us girls, who enjoy a eye full of british candy! ...

charlie88 20.04.2003 · Read full review
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A funny comedy

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...the backlash to begin once Shakespeare In Love had netted this year’s big one. The fact remains, though, that this year’s Academy Awards was never going to be a clean sweep for one movie; and when two were so evenly matched through the previous gaggle of gong-giving, dividing the trophies up seems pretty fair. Away from the glare of mantelpiece adornments, Shakespeare In Love delivers unfailingly sparkling entertainment, from its affectionate tendency ...

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Loving Shakespeare

Advantages: A movie with it all
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Love really does make good movies

Advantages: you get two great movies
Disadvantages: In My books none

Shakespeare In Love/ Pride and Prejudice Two disc (DVD) Having read and fallen in love with both Shakespeare In Love and Pride and Prejudice i was afraid to buy this DVD. Have you ever found that after enjoying reading a book you found that the Film just didn?t live up to the book? i have, so i didn?t want to be disappointed after watching the Film of both these books so i didn?t buy the DVD. My partner knew how much i loved the book so last Christmas on our five year anniversary he had bought me a collection of stuff i liked to show me that five years in he still loved me, within this collection i found both these movies and that evening we both sat through them and i was not disappointed. Both films lived up to my expectations, it was romantic, charming with a hint of comedy the perfect recipe for any of my movies. What is Pride ...

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And all the world shall be in love with night

Advantages: Beautiful, romantic, wonderful cast and amazing costumes!
Disadvantages: Make sure you have the kleenex ready!

Shakespeare in Love (1998) A film directed by John Madden. Starring: Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps Colin Firth as Lord Wessex Ben Affleck as Ned Alleyn Shakespeare in Love is a true genius of a film - it takes someone we know a great deal about in the sense of his writing, and turns a whole spectacular tale around him about his muse, his inspiration, his reasons for writing. These, of course, being things we shall never know, as we will never have the chance to ask Mr William Shakespeare why exactly he wrote Romeo and Juliet, or the Taming of The Shrew. Set in 16th century London, full of rats and smelly people and the glorious colours of naturally dyed fabrics, this is film is surely a feast for the senses. The story follows Young Will, or Master Shakespeare as we come to ...

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