Overview:
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.| Status: | Released (1998-12-11) |
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| Awards: | Won 7 Oscars. 65 wins & 87 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $100,317,794 |
| Screen: | Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard |
| Productions: | Miramax, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 12763: Joseph Fiennes - Will Shakespeare
- 12052: Gwyneth Paltrow - Viola De Lesseps
- 118: Geoffrey Rush - Philip Henslowe
- 207: Tom Wilkinson - Hugh Fennyman
- 5309: Judi Dench - Queen Elizabeth
- 11356: Imelda Staunton - Nurse
- 5472: Colin Firth - Lord Wessex
Crews
- 59839: Harvey Weinstein - Producer - Production
- 1307: Bob Weinstein - Executive Producer - Production
- 20062: David Parfitt - Producer - Production
- 9027: Sandy Powell - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 20061: Marc Norman - Producer - Production
- 20063: Donna Gigliotti - Producer - Production
- 9181: Edward Zwick - Producer - Production
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Reviews
GenerationofSwine
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Does anyone remember this? I do, but only because its what turned me off of the Oscars. Haven't watched them since. It was the rude awakening that they were fixed, the quality of the film didn't matter as much as the bribes. It beat Saving Private Ryan for best picture. And the ....
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Set during the later reign of Engand's Queen Elizabeth, this joyful drama sees poor old William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) having a bit of a creative drought. Lacking ideas and cash, and being pursued by both Richard Burbage (Martin Clunes) and the wonderfully dead pan Geoffrey Rus ....
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