A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Director:

Michael Hoffman

Writers (WGA):

William Shakespeare (play)
Michael Hoffman (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 May 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Romance

Tagline:

Hold on to Your Heart. Cupid is Armed and Dangerous.

Plot:

Lovers lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Lover | Fairy | Fickleness | Victorian Era

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

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
Bernard Hill	...	Egeus
John Sessions	...	Philostrate
Deirdre Harrison	...	Hard-eyed Fairy (as Deirdre A. Harrison)
Heather Parisi	...	Bottom's Wife (as Heather Elizabeth Parisi)
Annalisa Cordone	...	Cobweb
Paola Pessot	...	Mustardseed
Solena Nocentini	...	Moth
Flaminia Fegarotti	...	Peaseblossom
Valerio Isidori	...	Master Antonio
Daniele Finizio	...	Dangerous Boy
Damiano Salvatori	...	Dangerous Boy
Chomoke Bhuiyan	...	Changeling Boy
Nathalie Van Ravenstein	...	Fairy Musician - Fairyworld
Venera Torti	...	Fairy Musician - Fairyworld
Luce Maioli	...	Fairy Musician - Fairyworld
Xenia F. Wilson	...	Fairy Musician - Fairyworld
Veronica Del Chiappa	...	Fairy - Fairyworld
Monica La Vezzari	...	Fairy - Fairyworld
Cristina Guglielmino	...	Fairy - Fairyworld
Alessandra Monti	...	Fairy - Fairyworld
Anna Cirigliano	...	Fairy - Fairyworld
Elisabetta Carnevale	...	Nymph - Fairyworld
Chiara Stampone	...	Nymph - Fairyworld
Chiara Conti	...	Nymph - Fairyworld
Valentina Sciarrini	...	Nymph - Fairyworld
Alessandra Carbone	...	Nymph - Fairyworld
Paolo Risi	...	Pantomime Dwarf - Fairyworld
Davide Marotta	...	Pantomime Dwarf - Fairyworld
Sabrina Marazzi	...	Pantomime Dwarf - Fairyworld
Elisabetta La Padula	...	Pantomime Dwarf - Fairyworld
Antonia Petrucca	...	Dwarf - Fairyworld
Vittoria Danese	...	Dwarf - Fairyworld
Marina Ficuciello	...	Dwarf - Fairyworld
Marina Boccini	...	Dwarf - Fairyworld
Roberta Galli	...	Fury - Fairyworld
Anna Burt	...	Fury - Fairyworld
Victoria Eugenia Martinez	...	Female Monster - Fairyworld
Luisa Nardelli	...	Janus Figure - Fairyworld
Lucia Nardelli	...	Janus Figure - Fairyworld
Emanuele Gullotto	...	Fawn - Fairyworld
Daniele Quistelli	...	Fawn - Fairyworld
Carlo Vitale	...	Fawn - Fairyworld
Marco Rossetti	...	Fawn - Fairyworld
Beniamino Vitale	...	Satyr - Fairyworld
Gianluca Del Mastro	...	Satyr - Fairyworld
Stefano Cesarini	...	Satyr - Fairyworld
Vincenzo Dettole	...	Satyr - Fairyworld
Walter Maioli	...	Satyr Musician - Fairyworld
Aldo Marinucci	...	Satyr Musician - Fairyworld
Gaetano Delfini	...	Satyr Musician - Fairyworld
Roberto Stanco	...	Satyr Musician - Fairyworld
Paola Murgia	...	Sphinx - Fairyworld
Alba Tiberi	...	Sphinx - Fairyworld
Francesco Caruso	...	Winged Man - Fairyworld
Giuseppe Gambino	...	Winged Man - Fairyworld
Tommaso Accardo	...	Forge Man - Fairyworld
Cristina Mantis	...	Medusa - Fairyworld
Filippo Fugazzotto	...	Goat Headed Creature - Fairyworld
Riccardo Tesi	...	Wedding Musician - Fairyworld
Maurizio Geri	...	Wedding Musician - Fairyworld
Luca Martini	...	Wedding Musician - Fairyworld
Daniele Mencarelli	...	Wedding Musician - Fairyworld
Gabriele Mirabassi	...	Wedding Musician - Fairyworld
Isabella Rita Gallinelli	...	Soprano - Holding Area / Aida - Holding Area
Mauro Marino	...	Egyptian - Holding Area / Pharaoh - Holding Area
Endrius Colombaioni	...	Fire Eater - Holding Area
Giancarlo Colombaioni	...	Juggler - Holding Area
Angelo Bonello	...	Juggler - Holding Area
Vincenzo Moretti	...	Othello - Holding Area
Manuela Metri	...	Desdemona - Holding Area
Laura Maltoni	...	Commedia Dell'Arte Troupe - Holding Area
Ester Salis	...	Commedia Dell'Arte Troupe - Holding Area
Donato Fierro-Perez	...	Commedia Dell'Arte Troupe - Holding Area
Daniele Ferretti	...	Greek Tragedy - Holding Area
Vito Passeri	...	Greek Tragedy - Holding Area
Francesco Gabriele	...	Greek Tragedy - Holding Area
Lilliana Vitale	...	Storyteller - Holding Area
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Keith Bisset	...	Bottom - Holding Area
Rudy Ruggiero	...	Voice

Directed by
Michael Hoffman

Writing credits (WGA)
William Shakespeare		(play)
Michael Hoffman		(screenplay)

Produced by
Nigel Goldsack	....	associate producer
Michael Hoffman	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer
Leslie Urdang	....	producer
Ann Wingate	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Simon Boswell

Cinematography by
Oliver Stapleton		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Garth Craven

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
Luciana Arrighi

Art Direction by
Maria-Teresa Barbasso		(as Maria Teresa Barbasso)
Andrea Gaeta
Gianni Giovagnoni		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Ian Whittaker

Costume Design by
Gabriella Pescucci

Makeup Department
Jo Allen	....	additional makeup artist
Lynda Armstrong	....	makeup artist (as Linda Armstrong)
Paul Engelen	....	makeup designer
Jene Fielder	....	body makeup artist: Ms. Pfeiffer
Betty Glasow	....	hairdresser
Jeffrey Haines	....	hairdresser (as Geoffrey Haines)
Carol Hemming	....	hair designer
Belinda Hodson	....	additional makeup artist
Carla Indoni	....	hairdresser
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Melissa Lackersteen	....	additional makeup artist
Christine Leaustic	....	hairdresser
Catherine Leblanc	....	hairdresser (as Catherine Le Blanc)
Elizabeth Lewis	....	assistant hairdresser
Chris Lyons	....	special effects teeth
Marina Marin	....	hairdresser
Karina Morrison	....	additional makeup artist
Trefor Proud	....	makeup artist
Claudia Reymond	....	additional makeup artist (as Claudia Schöne)
Andrea Schaverien	....	hair colorist
Ronnie Specter	....	makeup artist: Ms. Pfeiffer
Jacqueline Stuffel	....	hairdresser
Zoe Tahir	....	trainee hair assistant
Alfredo Tiberi	....	additional makeup artist
David White	....	chief prosthetic makeup artist
Julie Wright	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Julie Wright	....	prosthetic make up artist
Barrie Gower	....	prosthetics assistant (uncredited)

Production Management
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	production manager
Erik Paoletti	....	assistant unit manager
Marco Valerio Pugini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Inti Carboni	....	first assistant director
Manolita Cipparrone	....	second assistant director
Garth Craven	....	second unit director
Simon Emanuel	....	third assistant director
Sergio Ercolessi	....	assistant director: second unit
Gerry Gavigan	....	first assistant director
Paolo Merosi	....	second assistant director
Paul Taylor	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Palmiro Aloi	....	carpenter
Antonio Amato	....	carpenter
Ugo Antonetti	....	plasterer
Carlo Avvisato	....	swing gang
Paolo Cameli	....	painter
Alberto Chiovenda	....	plasterer
Giancarlo Cirelli	....	drapesmaster
Marco Consoli	....	plasterer
Luciano Curti	....	stand-by painter
Romano di Chio	....	carpenter (as Romano Di Chio)
Lucio Di Domenico	....	draughtsman
Galliano Donati	....	sculptor
Mauro Fiori	....	art department assistant
Mark Fruin	....	assistant property master
Fabio Grimaldi	....	draughtsman
Gianluca Lenzi	....	set dressing assistant
Carlo Maggi	....	plasterer
Paolo Marasciulo	....	carpenter
Fabrizio Marotta	....	props assistant
Mauro Masotti	....	drapesmaster
Mark McNeil	....	stand-by dressing props (as Mark McNeill)
Paolo Morales	....	storyboard artist
Stefano Morbidelli	....	greenery man
Stefano Morbidelli	....	on-set dresser
Antonio Murer	....	chargehand dressing prop
Sebastiano Murer	....	swing gang
Marcellino Nolfo	....	swing gang
Nazzareno Piana	....	draughtsman (as Nazareno Piana)
Gabriele Poli	....	props assistant
Thierry Poullain	....	chargehand dressing prop
Alessandra Querzola	....	assistant set decorator
Alessandra Querzola	....	lead set dresser
Iolando Rocchetti	....	construction manager
Luciano Rossiello	....	greenery man
Chris Rudd	....	specialist painter
Fernando Sabelli	....	greenery man
Vittorio Salsiccia	....	plasterer
Alessio Schenone	....	props assistant
Tito Sereni	....	plasterer (as Tito Cesare Serini)
Alessia Tanzi	....	set dressing assistant
Antonio Tedesco	....	painter
Paolo Turco	....	carpenter
Arthur Wicks	....	property master

Sound Department
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor (as Sandina Bailo Lape)
Jessica Bellfort	....	assistant dialogue editor (as Jessica Belfort)
Sara Bolder	....	dialogue editor
Nicole Bugna	....	post-production sound supervisor (as Nicole N. Bugna)
Alessandro Cattanio	....	cable person: sound (as Alessandro Cattaneo)
Lisa Chino	....	supervising assistant sound editor
Tony Eckert	....	foley mixer
Frank E. Eulner	....	supervising sound editor (as Frank Eulner)
Carl Fischer	....	boom operator
Jonathan Greber	....	digital audio transferer
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
Petur Hliddal	....	sound mixer
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank 'Pepe' Merel	....	foley recordist
Brandon Proctor	....	machine room operator
Philip Rogers	....	sound re-recordist (as W. Phillip Rogers)
Steve Romanko	....	machine room operator
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist
Jurgen Scharpf	....	mix technician (as Jurgen Sharpf)
Dee Selby	....	digital audio transferer
Steve Slanec	....	assistant dialogue editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Susumu Tokunow	....	sound recordist
John Torrijos	....	video services (as John 'J.T.' Torrijos)
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	sound effects editor (as Ethan Van Der Ryn)
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
Christian von Burkleo	....	video services
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	supervising dialogue editor (as Gwendolyn Whittle Yates)
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Daniel Acon	....	special effects
Renato Agostini	....	special effects
Danilo Bollettini	....	special effects
Gastone Callori	....	special effects
Antonio Corridori	....	special effects supervisor
Marco Corridori	....	special effects
Jules Findley	....	special effects compositor
Franco Ragusa	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Allen Blaisdell	....	visual effects plate photographer
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	digital effects producer: Digital Filmworks, Inc. (as C. Paul Bolger Jr.)
Casey Cannon	....	visual effects producer: BFTRE
Gilbert De La Garza	....	film recording and scanning: Digital Filmworks, Inc.
Lauryl Duplechan	....	special effects editor: BFTRE
Sharon Holly	....	visual effects producer
Hitoshi Inoue	....	digital artist: BFTRE
Fred Lacayanga	....	I/O coordinator: BFTRE
Travis Langley	....	technical director: BFTRE
Christopher Leone	....	lead 2D artist: Digital Filmworks, Inc.
Van Ling	....	visual effects supervisor: BFTRE
Peter W. Moyer	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Filmworks, Inc.
Marco S. Paolini	....	lead 2D artist: Digital Filmworks, Inc.
Edward Quirk	....	lead 3D artist: Digital Filmworks, Inc. (as Edward J. Quirk)
Alison Rein	....	production manager: Digital Filmworks, Inc.
Josh Saeta	....	digital artist: BFTRE
Gunther Schatz	....	digital artist: BFTRE
Kerry Shea	....	visual effects production manager: BFTRE
Martha Soehendra	....	digital artist: BFTRE
Rich Thorne	....	visual effects supervisor
Derick Tortorella	....	technical supervisor: BFTRE
Tommy Tran	....	film recording and scanning: Digital Filmworks, Inc.
Todd Vaziri	....	digital artist: BFTRE

Stunts
Giorgio Antonini	....	stunt performer
Vania Cassano	....	stunt performer
Katia Crispino	....	stunt performer
Riccardo Mioni	....	stunt coordinator
Alessandro Novelli	....	stunt performer (as Alesandro Novelli)

Camera and Electrical Department
Aldo Alberani	....	pre-light electrician
Danielle Armeni	....	video assist: second unit
Giampaolo Bagala	....	company grip (as Giampaolo Bagala')
Mario Boccanegra	....	rigging grip
Alessio Bramucci	....	electrician
Flavio Bramucci	....	electrician
Patrick Bramucci	....	gaffer
Simone Bramucci	....	electrician
Franco Caporale	....	electrician
Alessandro Cardelli	....	electrician
Massimo Cecchini	....	electrician
Marco Contaldo	....	electrician
Roberto De Angelis	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Claudio Del Gobbo	....	grip
Daniele Dessena	....	grip
Massimiliano Dessena	....	company grip (as Massimilianno Dessena)
Umberto Dessena	....	rigging grip
Antonello Emidi	....	second assistant camera
Sergio Faina	....	company grip
Claudio Frollano	....	rigging gaffer
Giovanni Galasso	....	electrician
Antonio Gasbarini	....	electrician (as Antonio Gasbarrini)
Adriano Giannini	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Adriano Gianni)
Ray Hall	....	dolly grip
Giampaolo Majorama	....	company grip (as Giampaolo Majorana)
Ian McMillan	....	camera operator: second unit
Ian McMillan	....	cameraman: second unit
Tommaso Mele	....	key grip
Mauro Misino	....	company grip
Marcello Montarsi	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
David Morgan	....	first assistant camera
Antonio Nigro	....	generator operator
Roberto Pecci	....	company grip
Mauro Pezzotti	....	rigging grip
Marco Pieroni	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Larry S. Prinz	....	pre-lighting gaffer (as Larry Prinz)
Mike Proudfoot	....	camera operator
Francesco Quattrone	....	pre-light electrician
Alessandro Sambuco	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Trinh-Dinh San	....	video assist (as Trinh Dinh San)
Alex Scott	....	supervising gaffer
Mauro Sembroni	....	console dimmer operator
Giovanni Tancredi	....	pre-light electrician
Emiliano Topai	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Doriano Torriero	....	crane grip
Armando Tranquilli	....	generator operator
Mario Tursi	....	still photographer
Mario Virdis	....	pre-light electrician

Casting Department
M. Rosaria Caracciolo	....	casting: children (as Maria Rosaria Caracciolo Di Torchiarolo)
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Shaila Rubin	....	casting: Italy
Kristy Sager	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alfredo Bocci	....	costume supervisor: men
Flora Brancatella	....	assistant costume designer
Anne Brault	....	assistant to costume designer (as Ann Brault)
Serena Fiumi	....	costume assistant
Concetta Iannelli	....	seamstress
Claudette Lilly	....	set costumer
Adriana Mattiozzi	....	costume supervisor: women
Shizuko Omachi	....	set costumer (as Shizuco Omachi)
Sabrina Panico	....	set costumer
Pamela Paolini	....	seamstress
Massimo Cantini Parrini	....	assistant costume designer
Carlo Poggioli	....	associate costume designer
Salvatore Salzano	....	workshop master

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Giorgio Conti	....	second assistant editor
Daniel Craven	....	first assistant editor
Willow Craven	....	editorial production assistant
Simeon Hutner	....	second assistant editor
Tara McKinley	....	second assistant editor
Dennis McNeill	....	color timer (as Denny McNeill)
Liberata Zocchi	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Terry Davies	....	orchestrator
Terry Davies	....	score conductor
Geoff Foster	....	score engineer
Geoff Foster	....	score mixer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Alex Heffes	....	assistant to composer: Mr. Boswell
Mike Knobloch	....	music executive
Ling Ling Li	....	assistant music editor
Walter Maioli	....	music consultant: ancient music
Paul Rabjohns	....	music editor
Colin Rae	....	music preparation
Robert Randles	....	music editor
Robin Urdang	....	music supervisor
Rolf Wilson	....	orchestra leader
Gavyn Wright	....	orchestra leader

Transportation Department
Enrico Pini	....	transportation manager

Other crew
Andrea Alunni	....	production assistant
Gaia Bartolucci	....	production assistant
Denver Beattie	....	assistant: Mr. Hoffman
Francesco Belfiore	....	production staff
Simona Benzakein	....	unit publicist
Mona Bernal	....	production coordinator
Joan Bernes	....	air travel personnel: Here's Joanie Travel
Luciana Bini	....	set medic
Denise Blasor	....	adr voice
Marcantonio Borghese	....	assistant location manager
Kevin Richard Buxbaum	....	production accountant (as Kevin Buxbaum)
Manuela Cacciamani	....	production runner
Giorgio Catalano	....	accountant
Francesca Cingolani	....	location manager: second unit
Carmela Compagnone	....	payroll accountant
Stefano De Leonibus	....	accounts security
Vicki Deason	....	liaison: London (as Vicki Manning)
Alexis Delage-Toriel	....	publicity assistant
Memmo di Giovenale	....	set production assistant (as Memmo Di Giovenale)
Francis Dokyi	....	set production assistant
Shawn Gillespie	....	accountant (as Shawn K. Gillespie)
Beatrice Giraud	....	accounts clerk
Eileen Gorman	....	set production assistant
Rachel Griffiths	....	script supervisor (as Rachel Bryceson Griffiths)
Cynthia Koblentz	....	assistant: Ms. Urdang
Enrico Latella	....	production assistant
Claudio Lattes	....	crowd marshall
Inti Maronato	....	production runner
Francesco Marras	....	location manager
Robin Melville	....	publicity assistant
Amanda Michener	....	assistant: Ms. Urdang
Mimi Munn	....	stand-in
Anna Nicolosi	....	assistant location manager
Massimo Perla	....	animal handler
Marco Valerio Pugini	....	fiscal representative: Italy
Sharon Richardson	....	set medic
Elizabeth Smith	....	dialogue coach
Korin A. Tarin	....	accountant
Daniele Tiberi	....	production accountant
Yozo Tokuda	....	set production assistant
Day Trinh-Dinh	....	projectionist (as Trinh Dinh Lan Day)
Jane Trower	....	location accountant
Fabio Turchi	....	assistant location manager
Lucia Verticchio	....	crowd marshall
Benedetta Von Normann	....	production secretary
Elena Zokas	....	production coordinator (as Eléna Zokas)

Production Companies

• Fox Searchlight Pictures (presenter)
• Regency Enterprises (presenter)
• Taurus Film (in association with)
• Panoramica

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1999) (USA) (theatrical) (released by) (as Twentieth Century Fox)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (1999) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Fox Searchlight Pictures (1999) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (1999) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox (Far East)
• Buena Vista Home Video
• Filmes Castello Lopes (Portugal)
• Gativideo (Argentina) (video)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2000) (Switzerland) (DVD) (as Medaria Home Entertainment)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2002) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Canada) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Digital Filmworks (digital visual effects by)
• Banned from the Ranch Entertainment (BFTRE) (main title animation)

Other Companies

• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded and mixed at (as Air Studios, Lyndhurst Hall, London)
• Annamode  costumes supplied by (as Anna Mode)
• Aries Sedan Service  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Cinecittà  grip equipment (as Cinecittá)
• Cinenane Group  cranes and dollies (as Cinenoleggi Nane)
• Decca Records  soundtrack available on (as Decca CDs)
• Ditta Mensura  the producers wish to thank for their assistance (as Mensura, S.r.l.)
• Ditta Rancati  the producers wish to thank for their assistance (as Rancati)
• Egizia HWC  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Flou  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Fratelli Cartocci S.r.l.  cranes and dollies (as Cartocci)
• Fratelli Cartocci S.r.l.  grip equipment (as Cartocci)
• Gioielli L.A.B.A. Roma  jewelry (as L.A.B.A. Roma)
• Guzzini  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Here's Joanie Travel  air transportation provided by
• Howard Schwartz Recording  adr stage
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Joe Dunton & Company  camera equipment provided by
• Kodak  film stock
• L.C.P. di Pompei  shoes by (as Pompei)
• M.P. Dog-Star  dogs supplied by
• Magmasters Sound Studios  adr stage (as Magmasters)
• New York Stage and Film Company  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Pacific Title/Mirage  opticals by
• Panavision Grips  grip equipment
• Panorama Films  fiscal representation: Italy
• Panorama Films  production services: Italy
• Poltrone Frau  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Richard Ginori  the producers wish to thank for their assistance (as Richard-Ginori)
• Scarlet Letters  titles by
• Skywalker Sound  post production sound services provided by (a division of Lucas Digital Ltd. Marin County, California)
• Tirelli Costumi  costumes supplied by
• Todd-AO Studios  adr stage (as Todd-AO)
• Trasporti Cinematografici Tranquilli (TCT)  transport supplied by (as Tranquilli)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, Hollywood  adr stage (as Twentieth Century Fox)
• Vetreria De Majo  the producers wish to thank for their assistance
• Zoo Grunwald  animals supplied by (as Grunwald Zoo)

Also Known As:

"William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream" - USA (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content (Approved No. 36060)

Runtime:

116 min

Country:

Italy | UK | USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

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) | Iceland:L | South Korea:12

Filming Locations:

Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

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.

Goofs:

Continuity: After calling Hermia a "dwarf", Lysander has a lot less mud on his face in the next shot.

Quotes:

[Last lines]
Puck:If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended, / That you have but slumber'd here / While these visions did appear. / And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream, / Gentles, do not reprehend: / If you pardon we will mend. / Else the Puck a liar call. / Give me your hands, if we be friends, / And Robin shall restore amends.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Game K N B: Episode dated 29 November 2006" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Non più mesta

Gorgeous film not bad Shakespeare adaptation

There have been many adaptations of Shakespeare plays over the last decade or so, most of them aimed squarely at younger viewers. You know the drill: The director picks out rocking, hip tunes to spice up the soundtrack and some hot, young stars to broadly interpret the Bard's work.

That's not the case here. Kevin Kline gets to ham it up as Nick Bottom, the base mechanical with delusions of thespian grandeur, and Michelle Pfeiffer gets to show off her own acting chops as Titania, the Queen of the fairies. Okay, so maybe a little knowledge of the play itself would help the average viewer, but if you're not a fan of the play, you can still witness some absolutely sumptuous camerawork and some funny, funny scenes - many of them dealing with the spellbound Bottom, who's been turned into a jackass. Stanley Tucci underplays (somewhat surprisingly) his role as the mischievous Puck, and even Callista Flockhart turns in a solid performance as one of four human (non-fairy) lovers.