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Release Date:
7 May 1993 (USA)
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Plot:
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well. full summary | full synopsis
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Bachelor
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Wedding
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Homecoming
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Love
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Presumed Dead
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 4 wins
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5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(36 articles)
Amaryllis Theatre Company Presents Waiting For Godot 11/10-11/22
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 22 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
Edward Woodward
(From Alt Film Guide. 17 November 2009, 10:18 AM, PST)
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 22 November 2009, 2:00 AM, PST)
Edward Woodward
(From Alt Film Guide. 17 November 2009, 10:18 AM, PST)
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Stunning and witty--Shakespeare at his best
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Briers | ... | Leonato | |
| Kate Beckinsale | ... | Hero | |
| Imelda Staunton | ... | Margaret | |
| Jimmy Yuill | ... | Friar Francis | |
| Brian Blessed | ... | Antonio | |
| Andy Hockley | ... | George Seacole | |
| Chris Barnes | ... | Francis Seacole | |
| Conrad Nelson | ... | Hugh Oatcake | |
| Phyllida Law | ... | Ursula | |
| Emma Thompson | ... | Beatrice | |
| Alex Lowe | ... | Messenger | |
| Denzel Washington | ... | Don Pedro | |
| Keanu Reeves | ... | Don John | |
| Richard Clifford | ... | Conrade | |
| Gerard Horan | ... | Borachio |
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Runtime:
111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG |
Iceland:L |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
South Korea:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-8 |
France:U |
Germany:6 |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG-13
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Set in Messina (Sicily) but filmed in Chianti (Toscana, central Italy).
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Crew or equipment visible: As the wedding party emerges from the front door in the final shot, the crane used to achieve the elevated view is briefly visible.
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Dogberry:
Are you good men and true?
All: Yea.
Dogberry: Being chosen for the Prince's watch. This is your charge: You are to bid any man stand, in the prince's name.
Francis Seacole: How if a' will not stand?
Dogberry: Why, then take no note of him, but let him go.
Verges: If he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none of the prince's subjects.
Dogberry: True. and we are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects. You shall also make no noise in the streets.
George Seacole: We will rather sleep than talk.
Dogberry: Why, you speak like an ancient and most quiet watchman, for I cannot see how sleeping should offend.
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All: Yea.
Dogberry: Being chosen for the Prince's watch. This is your charge: You are to bid any man stand, in the prince's name.
Francis Seacole: How if a' will not stand?
Dogberry: Why, then take no note of him, but let him go.
Verges: If he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none of the prince's subjects.
Dogberry: True. and we are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects. You shall also make no noise in the streets.
George Seacole: We will rather sleep than talk.
Dogberry: Why, you speak like an ancient and most quiet watchman, for I cannot see how sleeping should offend.
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Referenced in "Filmography: Keanu Reeves" (2005)
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Kenneth Branagh has done so much for Shakespeare...I've almost become a complete zealot of his work. This screen adaptation of one of Shakespeare's lesser-known comedies is absolutely divine. The lovers Claudio and Hero are completely and wonderfully upstaged by Benedick and Beatrice, the most perfectly mismatched pair in the history of love, exactly as they were meant to be. The chemistry between Ken and Emma is so believable (after all, this was filmed before their marriage ended), the lines are so cunningly delivered, and the plot is so beautifully twisted and resolved that this movie is at the very top of my list of favorites. The setting is absolutely gorgeous--Italy in all its Summer glory. You can fairly taste the sunshine. Each part is completely delightful (Michael Keaton is perfect in one of the most bizarrely comedic roles I've ever seen, and as far as Keanu Reeves' performance, all I can say is that the part was written to be played in that manner. Don John was a bad guy of necessity--every comedy must have a foil). I found the entire production to be beautifully done and quite up to the professional standards that I've come to expect under Branagh's excellent direction. The wit sparkles and cracks between Beatrice and Benedick; a direct counter to the more traditional and borderline sappy form of Elizabethan love exhibited between Hero and Claudio. *This* is how the wise woo, and no, it is never peaceably! A smart, funny and visually stunning gem of a film to add to Branagh's already distinguished repertoire. I'm waiting for his MacBeth.