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Twelfth Night (1996)
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25 October 1996 (USA)
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Before Priscilla crossed the desert, Wong Foo met Julie Newmar, and the Birdcage was unlocked, there was... more
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Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck...
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2 nominations
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A lovely adaptation
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Imogen Stubbs | ... | Viola |
 | Steven Mackintosh | ... | Sebastian |
| Nicholas Farrell | ... | Antonio |
| Sydney Livingstone | ... | Captain (as Sid Livingstone) |
 | Ben Kingsley | ... | Feste |
| James Walker | ... | Priest |
 | Helena Bonham Carter | ... | Olivia |
| Nigel Hawthorne | ... | Malvolio |
| Mel Smith | ... | Sir Toby Belch |
 | Imelda Staunton | ... | Maria |
| Toby Stephens | ... | Duke Orsino |
| Alan Mitchell | ... | Valentine |
| Peter Gunn | ... | Fabian |
| Richard E. Grant | ... | Sir Andrew Aguecheek |
 | Tim Bentinck | ... | First Officer |
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Rated PG for mild thematic elements.
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134 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Singapore:PG |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:G |
Brazil:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:U |
USA:PG
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In Twelfth Night, the character of Orsino is several years older than Viola. However, at the time of the film's release, Imogen Stubbs (Viola) was 35; 8 years older than Toby Stephens (Orsino), who was 27.
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: Feste's guitar playing for Cesario (Viola) and Orsino does not match up with the soundtrack.
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Version of Twelfth Night (1910)
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Trevor Nunn's adaptation of Twelfth Night is exceptionally beautiful, well acted, and emotionally engaging. Ben Kingsley's performance as the Fool stands out as magnificent, but the entire ensemble comes off very well. The film nails both the joy and the darkness of Shakespeare's play - and the play, make no mistake, contains plenty of dark and strange moments when things go, as the drunken uncle Sir Toby Belch says, "Out of tune, sir." The filmmakers deserve credit for not glossing over the shades of sadism in Toby's treatment of Malvolio or the shallow fickleness of Orsino's character. The wintry Cornwall setting dovetails perfectly with the mood of the play, half sun and half shadow, and the costume design (roughly Edwardian, though I am not an expert on fashion history) creatively evokes the luxury of Orsino and Olivia's courtly world, while allowing for - even necessitating - the brilliant re-imagining of the Fool as bohemian vagabond.