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14 May 1999 (USA) moreTagline:
Hold on to Your Heart. Cupid is Armed and Dangerous. morePlot:
Lovers lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
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Excellent Job of a Difficult Task more (210 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kevin Kline | ... | Nick Bottom | |
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | Titania | |
| Rupert Everett | ... | Oberon | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Puck | |
| Calista Flockhart | ... | Helena | |
| Anna Friel | ... | Hermia | |
| Christian Bale | ... | Demetrius | |
| Dominic West | ... | Lysander | |
| David Strathairn | ... | Theseus | |
| Sophie Marceau | ... | Hippolyta | |
| Roger Rees | ... | Peter Quince | |
| Max Wright | ... | Robin Starveling | |
| Gregory Jbara | ... | Snug | |
| Bill Irwin | ... | Tom Snout | |
| Sam Rockwell | ... | Francis Flute |
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Sogno di una notte di mezza estate (Italy)William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA) (complete title)
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
116 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Iceland:L | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Canada:PG (Canadian Home Video rating) | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (Approved No. 36060)Fun Stuff
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Take a look at what some of the other performers are rehearsing while the Mechanicals are waiting for word from the Duke. One group of players is rehearsing the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex and another pair of players are rehearsing a scene from Shakespeare's play Othello. moreGoofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The sound on the records when the gramophone is played is simply too good for a gramophone of that era, or a record, for that matter. moreSoundtrack:
Una furtiva lagrima moreFAQ
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I'm a professional live theatre stagehand. People who are too centered on movies will have a hard time with this picture. If you could see the original first run performance of this play in Elizabethan England you would think you had stumbled into an over-costumed poetry reading. If the movie is hard to follow try & imagine what viewing that play would be like. It is the measure of Shakespeare's greatness that now 400 years later & in a medium born of photography that this greatest of fantasies still rings true. Try to show some respect; Shakespeare defined modern English. In comparing the lines to the original I thought that the adaptation was sensitive & well thought out. Simplified to fit the film medium but not sacrificing any of the truly great lines that actors drool over. The fairy world sets seemed cramped to me & reminded me of Cocteau's Beauty & the Beast. I personally found the setting of the movie in turn of century Italy kind of fun. Resetting Shakespeare in times & places other than he wrote is pretty much standard practice. The bicycles & the phonographs were amusing to me & generated some fun business for the actors. Kevin Kline was excellent as the ass. He got you to sympathize not pity or deride. In fact the whole amateur troop was memorable. Stanley Tucci was the quintessential Puck. Calista Flockhart threw everything including the kitchen sink into her part. Don't accuse her of overacting though; you'll only give away that you have never been deeply in love. Michelle Pfeiffer was radioactive beautiful, probably fatal closer than ten feet. Rupert Everett maintained perfect believability in a difficult part which is essentially support for Puck. As an answer to anyone who thought that things were a bit oversexed. The Renaissance was all about the rediscovery of the fact that people are noble & beautiful, not sinful & ugly. Shakespeare was one of the greatest products of the Renaissance. The movie is true to those Renaissance ideals. To sum up; a class act & class acts are not for everybody.