Shakespeare in Love (Original title)
Date: 1998 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: John Madden
Production company billing: ©1998. Miramax Films/Universal Pictures Universal Pictures presents a Bedford Falls production Dolby digital Colour processing: DeLuxe Laboratories Ltd film stock supplied by Kodak MPAA: 36421
Synopsis: Romantic comedy, set in London in 1593, about a well-born young woman so desperate to act that she disguises herself as a man in order to audition for a part in Shakespeare's new play `Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter'. The penurious playwright, who is suffering from writer's block, falls in love with her and finds a new lease of creative power.Synopsis: William Shakespeare is suffering from writer's block. Fortunately he meets a young lady, Viola De Lesseps, falls in love, and his creative abilities come to the fore once again. Unfortunately, she is already set to marry Lord Wessex. To add to the confusion, when casting sessions take place for the enlivened bard's latest offering, Viola disguises herself as a young man since women are not allowed to act, succeeding in gaining the part of Romeo in the new play, and thereby causing romantic complications to ensue.Synopsis: Originally to start shootinng circa 1992, under the direction of Kevin Reynolds; Julia Roberts and Daniel Day-Lewis mooted for main roles. Beach featured at the end of the film is Holkham on north Norfolk coast.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Period drama
Subjects: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Theatre, Playwrights, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby / Digital StereoRuntime: 122 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: November 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1998 (Copyright)Country: USADirector: John Madden
Production company billing: ©1998. Miramax Films/Universal Pictures Universal Pictures presents a Bedford Falls production Dolby digital Colour processing: DeLuxe Laboratories Ltd film stock supplied by Kodak MPAA: 36421
Synopsis: Romantic comedy, set in London in 1593, about a well-born young woman so desperate to act that she disguises herself as a man in order to audition for a part in Shakespeare's new play `Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter'. The penurious playwright, who is suffering from writer's block, falls in love with her and finds a new lease of creative power.Synopsis: William Shakespeare is suffering from writer's block. Fortunately he meets a young lady, Viola De Lesseps, falls in love, and his creative abilities come to the fore once again. Unfortunately, she is already set to marry Lord Wessex. To add to the confusion, when casting sessions take place for the enlivened bard's latest offering, Viola disguises herself as a young man since women are not allowed to act, succeeding in gaining the part of Romeo in the new play, and thereby causing romantic complications to ensue.Synopsis: Originally to start shootinng circa 1992, under the direction of Kevin Reynolds; Julia Roberts and Daniel Day-Lewis mooted for main roles. Beach featured at the end of the film is Holkham on north Norfolk coast.
Genres: Comedy, Romance, Period drama
Subjects: William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Theatre, Playwrights, Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), Elizabeth I (1533-1603)
Releases
Date: 1998not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: Super-35 - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby / Digital StereoRuntime: 122 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: November 2014Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 123 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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Production Company/©: Miramax Films, Universal Pictures, Presented by: Bedford Falls Company, Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Executive Producer: Julie Goldstein, Producer: David Parfitt, Producer: Donna Gigliotti, Producer: Harvey Weinstein, Producer: Edward Zwick, Producer: Marc Norman, Line Producer: Mark Cooper, Associate Producer: Linda Bruce, Miramax UK Co-ordinator: Zelda Perkins, Iain York, Unit Manager: Samantha Thomas, Production Co-ordinator: Fiona Weir, Financial Controller: Liz Barron, Location Manager: Rachel Neale, Post-production Co-ordinator: Cleone Clarke, 2nd Unit Director: Arthur Wooster, Assistant Director (1st): Deborah Saban, Assistant Director (2nd): Olivia Lloyd, Assistant Director (2nd 2nd): Tom Gabbutt, Assistant Director (3rd): Toby Hefferman, Script Supervisor: Kim Armitage, Script Supervisor (2nd Unit): Caroline Sax, Casting: Michelle Guish, Casting (US): Billy Hopkins, Casting (US): Suzanne Smith, Kerry Barden, Script Editor: Irena Brignull, Written by: Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard, Consultant (Text): Russell Jackson, Consultant (Verse): Andrew Wade, Director of Photography: Richard Greatrex, Underwater Unit Co-ordinator/Cameraman: Mike Valentine, Camera Operator: Philip Sindall, Camera Operator (2nd Unit): Tim Wooster, Steadicam Operator (2nd Unit): Vince Mcgahon, Focus Puller: Brad Larner, Clapper Loader: Ed Rutherford, Camera Trainee: Kirsty Argyle, Gaffer: Steve Costello, Visual Effects Supervisor: Antony Hunt, Digital Supervisor: Angus Cameron, Domino Artist: Dan Pettipher, Digital Matte Artist: Max Dennison, 2D Digital Artist: Robin Huffer, Digital/Optical Co-ordinator: Andrew Jeffrey, Digital Film Scanning: John Grant, [Visual Effects] Camera Operator: Rick Mietkowski, Special Effects Supervisor: Stuart Brisdon, Special Effects: United Special Effects, Editor: David Gamble, Production Designer: Martin Childs, Supervising Art Director: Mark Raggett, Art Director: Steve Lawrence, Set Decorator: Jill Quertier, Draughtsman: Matt Gray, Keith Pain, Scenic Artist: Steve Sallybanks, Storyboard Artist: Jane Clark, Sculptor: Fred Evans, Property Master: Danny Hunter, Costume Designer: Sandy Powell, Assistant Costume Designer: Deborah Scott, Costume Supervisor: Clare Spragge, Make-up/Hair Design: Lisa Westcott, Make-up Designer (Gwyneth Paltrow): Tina Earnshaw, Hair Designer (Gwyneth Paltrow): Kay Georgiou, Senior Hair/Make-up Artist: Veronica Brebner, Hair/Make-up Artist: Julie Dartnell, Hair/Make-up Artist: Karen Ferguson, Hair/Make-up Artist: Philippa Hall, Hair/Make-up Artist: Deborah Jarvis, Lesley Smith, Titles Design: Shaun Webb Design, Film Opticals: Cine Image, Grader: Michael Stainer, Music: Stephen Warbeck, Soprano Soloist: Catherine Bott, Conductor: Nick Ingman, Orchestra Leader: Gavyn Wright, Orchestrations: Stephen Warbeck, Orchestrations: Nick Ingman, Orchestrations (Additional): James Shearman, Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford, Music Supervisor: Becky Bentham, Music Supervisor: Air Edel Associates Ltd, Music Editor: Roy Prendergast, Music Recordist/Mixer: Chris Dibble, Music Recorded/Mixed at: CTS Studios (Wembley), Choreography: Quinny Sacks, Production Sound Mixer: Peter Glossop, Sound Recordist (2nd Unit): Clive Copland, Boom Operator: Shaun Mills, Boom Operator (2nd Unit): Keith Batten, Sound Maintenance: Stephen Gilmour, Re-recording Mixer: Robin O'Donoghue, Dominic Lester, Re-recording Mixer (Preview): Ian Tapp, Re-recording Mixed at: Shepperton Sound, Supervising Sound Editor: John Downer, Additional Sound Editor: Colin Chapman, Dialogue Editor: Sarah Morton, ADR Editor: Brigitte Arnold, Foley Artist: Pauline Griffiths, Foley Artist: Paula Boram, Foley Artist: Jenny Lee Wright, Foley Mixer: Ken Somerville, Foley Editor: Howard Eaves, Foley Mixed at: Anvil Post Production Ltd (UK), Fight Arranger: William Hobbs, Stunts: Paul Jennings, Stunts: David Cronnelly, Stunts: Phil Lonergan, Stunts: Séon Rogers, Stunts: Mark Mottram, Stunts: Gabe Cronnelly, Stunts: Mark Southworth, Stunts: Paul Herbert, Stand-in: Colette Appleby, Stand-in: Steve Morphew, Stand-in: David Oliver, Consultant (Performance): Philip Wilson, Special Thanks to: Mick Audsley, Robin Sales, Thanks to [originally exec producer]: Meryl Poster, Thanks to [originally producer]: Marshall Herskovitz, Dialogue Coach: Barbara Berkery, Horse Co-ordinator: Debbie Kaye, Animals Supplied by: Animals OK, Camera Equipment Supplied by: Arri Film Media Service Ltd, In Memory of: Jane Annakin, Mathilde Sandberg, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Gwyneth Paltrow (Viola De Lesseps), Joseph Fiennes (Will Shakespeare), Geoffrey Rush (Philip Henslowe), Colin Firth (Lord Wessex), Ben Affleck (Ned Alleyn), Judi Dench (Queen Elizabeth), Simon Callow (Sir Edmund Tilney, Master of the Revels), Jim Carter (Ralph Bashford), Martin Clunes (Richard Burbage), Antony Sher (Doctor Moth), Imelda Staunton (Nurse), Tom Wilkinson (Hugh Fennyman), Mark Williams (Wabash), Steven O'Donnell (Lambert), Tim McMullen (Frees), Steven Beard (Makepeace, the preacher), Patrick Barlow (Will Kempe), Sandra Reinton (Rosaline), Bridget McConnel, Georgie Glen (lady in waiting), Nicholas Boulton (Henry Condell), Desmond McNamara (crier), Barnaby Kay (Nol), Paul Bigley (Peter, the stage manager), Jason Round (actor in tavern), Rupert Farley (barman), Adam Barker (1st auditionee), Joe Roberts (John Webster), Harry Gostelow (2nd auditionee), Alan Cody (3rd auditionee), David Curtiz (John Hemmings), Gregor Truter (James Hemmings), Simon Day (1st boatman), Jill Baker (Lady De Lesseps), Amber Glossop (scullery maid), Robin Davies (Master Plum), Hywel Simons (servant), Nicholas Le Prevost (Sir Robert De Lesseps), Timothy Kightley (Edward Pope), Mark Saban (Augustine Philips), Bob Barrett (George Bryan), Roger Morlidge (James Armitage), Daniel Brocklebank (Sam Gosse), Roger Frost (2nd boatman), Rebecca Charles (chambermaid), Richard Gold (lord in waiting), Rachel Clarke (1st whore), Lucy Speed (2nd whore), Patricia Potter (3rd whore), John Ramm (Makepeace's neighbour), Martin Neeley (Paris/Lady Montague), The Choir of St George's School Windsor (choir), Rupert Everett ([Christopher Marlowe]), Maggie Hickey ([woman in street])