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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Wide Screen)

Production Year: 1999 - Drama - Director: Michael Hoffman - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance

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extraordinary all-star cast, which follows the
precedent created by Kenneth Branagh's Italian-set
romantic Shakespeare comedy, Much Ado About
Nothing (1993), of mixing major Hollywood
stars--here Kevin Kline and Michelle
Pfeiffer--with top British talent, in this
instance Christian Bale, Rupert Everett, Roger
Rees, David Strathairn and Dominic West. Kline
makes a fine Nick Bottom, with Pfeiffer equally
good as the fairy queen Titania and Everett
brooding effectively as Oberon. Unfortunately,
while both look ravishing, it is hard to tell
which actress between Anna Friel (Brookside) and
Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) gives the most
wretched performance. Both are completely out of
their depth the moment they begin to speak, and
utterly outclassed by the excellent Sophie
Marceau.  Shot in Tuscany and set in the 19th
century, parts of the film are extraordinarily
beautiful, while other sections could have
benefited from some judicious special effects
magic. This is not a bad movie, but it is rather
uninspired, lacking any real imaginative grasp of
the play. In contrast, the much less well known
and lower budget Royal Shakespeare Company version
of 1996 positively revels in the fantastically
surreal possibilities this timeless text. --Gary S
Dalkin
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extraordinary all-star cast, which follows the
precedent created by Kenneth Branagh's Italian-set
romantic Shakespeare comedy, Much Ado About
Nothing (1993), of mixing major Hollywood
stars--here Kevin Kline and Michelle
Pfeiffer--with top British talent, in this
instance Christian Bale, Rupert Everett, Roger
Rees, David Strathairn and Dominic West. Kline
makes a fine Nick Bottom, with Pfeiffer equally
good as the fairy queen Titania and Everett
brooding effectively as Oberon. Unfortunately,
while both look ravishing, it is hard to tell
which actress between Anna Friel (Brookside) and
Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) gives the most
wretched performance. Both are completely out of
their depth the moment they begin to speak, and
utterly outclassed by the excellent Sophie
Marceau.  Shot in Tuscany and set in the 19th
century, parts of the film are extraordinarily
beautiful, while other sections could have
benefited from some judicious special effects
magic. This is not a bad movie, but it is rather
uninspired, lacking any real imaginative grasp of
the play. In contrast, the much less well known
and lower budget Royal Shakespeare Company version
of 1996 positively revels in the fantastically
surreal possibilities this timeless text. --Gary S
Dalkin
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Review of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Wide Screen) by Doni07

Advantages: Funnier than other Shakespeare plays.
Disadvantages: The language is hard to understand.

...'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by William Shakespeare, there are three different sets of characters and I am going to be discussing the theme of love and marriage and how each set is affected by this. The first set of characters within the play are the lords and ladies which consists of four main characters who are all affected by love in different ways. To begin with, Demetrius is being forced to wed Hermia by her father, Egeus. Hermia does not like ...
...in their eyes. Helena, the one who loves Demetrius, is always pestering him to take her back but he doesn't love her so therefore, he intends to marry Hermia. When Hermia and Lysander decide to run away however, all sorts of adventures take place and create a very enjoyable play within the human's story. However, there are another three characters involved in the human's story and that is Egeus, Theseus and Hippolyta. Egeus is the overprotective ... Read review

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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Wide Screen)

Main specs

Actor(s): Michelle Pfeiffer, Anna Friel, Kevin Kline, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Stanley Tucci, Christian Bale, Dominic West, Sam Rockwell, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau

Director(s): Michael Hoffman

Genre: Drama - Romantic

Classification: Parental Guidance

Production Year: 1999

Running Time: 1 hour 55 minutes

Video Category: Feature Film

Plot: An adaptation of William Shakespeare's most loved romantic comedy.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; Deluxe Video Service - Fox

Release date: 09/09/2002

No of Discs: 1

Catalogue No: 14252 DVD

Barcode: 5039036009744

Screenwriter: Michael Hoffman

Author: William Shakespeare

Writer: William Shakespeare

DVD Description

Michael Hoffman's film adaptation of Shakespeare's magical romantic comedy features an all-star cast that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Kevin Kline, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Christian Bale, Anna Friel, and many others. Peasants, posh lovers, and faeries all collide in an enchanted forest, leading to mishaps and misadventure.

Languages

Main Language: English

Dubbed Language: French, German, Spanish

Subtitle Language: Dutch, French, German, Spanish

Hearing Impaired Language: English, German

Technical information

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English French German Spanish

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