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Overview
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William Shakespeare (play)
Franco Zeffirelli (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
8 March 1967 (USA) more
Tagline:
A romantic film amorously devoted to every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved...and to every woman who deserved it! more
Plot:
Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Pertuchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katharina. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations more
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Like an opera buffa more (34 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Katharina | |
| Richard Burton | ... | Petruchio | |
| Cyril Cusack | ... | Grumio | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Baptista | |
| Alfred Lynch | ... | Tranio | |
| Alan Webb | ... | Gremio | |
| Giancarlo Cobelli | ... | The Priest | |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Pedant | |
| Ken Parry | ... | Tailor | |
| Anthony Gardner | ... | Haberdasher | |
| Natasha Pyne | ... | Bianca | |
| Michael York | ... | Lucentio | |
| Victor Spinetti | ... | Hortensio | |
| Roy Holder | ... | Biondello | |
| Mark Dignam | ... | Vincentio |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
La bisbetica domata (Italy)
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Runtime:
122 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (1973 UK re-release) | Mono | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:G | Finland:S | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:U | West Germany:6
Filming Locations:
Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Fun Stuff
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Franco Zeffirelli originally proposed this film as a vehicle for Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: When Petruchio asks for Katharina's hand, he makes a globe rotate. But the continents are perfectly drawn on it while the action is clearly set in the 15th century. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "The Greatest American Hero: The Hit Car (#1.2)" (1981) more
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Is this film not somewhat misogynistic?What special features are on the DVD?
Why does Katherina succumb to Petruchio?
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This is a thoroughly enjoyable movie with a lot of faults but so much color and fast pace that you are not given enough time to pick it apart. The most unfortunate thing is the shrew's behavior. The original play doesn't give too much liberty to a character that is basically obnoxious the whole time with the exception of the end when she delivers a speech that has been highly criticized (feminists included). But the point of taking Shakespeare to the screen is to give another dimension to the characters, Liz Taylor should have been more subtle in handling the piece. She only has two types of attitude throughout the movie: eyes popping screamer and cat's eye slithering whisperer. Both extremes suit the character but it's hard to see so much of it.
The script is rather good, very faithful to the play but it doesn't mix with the sets. Zeffirelli didn't choose the correct play to handle with his exquisite taste for the sumptuous. In Hamlet he did a far better job with his operatic conception of the set but in this movie one feels that even cinemascope is a bit too much, first of all because there are too many indoor scenes to justify it. However, the movie looks good and it was a very important step forward in showing movie audiences that a Shakespeare movie can be fun and luxurious at the same time. Only for me it didn't work. And the music is also very good, I can't get that tune from my head but I think that something more in the line of Falstaff's "sing me a bawdy song, make me merry" would have been more appropriate. Nino Rotta is a fantastic composer but quite out of tune with what's on screen.
I think there are many resemblances between this movie and Branagh's Much Ado... I think Ken had a lot to learn from Zeffirelli and did it better. This is an enjoyable movie for Shakespeare fans and for fans of Lizzie and Rick as well as for anybody who likes good costumes and sets.