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10 December 2003 (USA) morePlot:
In this dark adaptation of "The Merchant of Venice," Shakespeare's most controversial play, Jews are... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Horrible sound production ruins Shakespeare moreCast
(Credited cast) | John D. Haggerty | ... | Bassanio |
| Lorna MacNab | ... | Portia |
| Bruce Cornwell | ... | Shylock |
| Donald Robert Stewart | ... | Antonio |
 | John Emmet Tracy | ... | Gratiano |
 | Vanessa Claire Smith | ... | Jessica |
 | Michelle Haner | ... | Nerissa |
| Richard Tatum | ... | Prince Of Aragon |
| Chad Jason | ... | Lorenzo |
 | D. Elliot Woods | ... | Prince Of Morocco |
| Brad Mays | ... | Tubal |
 | Lance Arthur Smith | ... | Solanio |
| Steve Shields | ... | Salerio |
 | Ben Wells | ... | Launcelot |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Max Amini | ... | Benicio |
 | Tracy Eliott | ... | Aragon's Assistant |
 | Rick Irwin | ... | French Suitor |
| JoAnna Jocelyn | ... | Beatrice |
| Allelon Ruggiero | ... | Balthazar |
| Danika Sudik | ... | Sarah |
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The primary reason people watch Shakespeare plays made into movies is for the dialogue. The muffled and echoey sound in this potentially good movie ruined it completely. You can't always hear what the actors are saying; I know the story line, but I still want to be able to hear the actors say the famous lines. (And yes, I'm sure it wasn't the theater's fault for the poor sound. The producer and several of the actors were present at the screening and said nothing about the sound.)
Additionally, several of the actors were very poorly cast and seem to have attended the William Shatner school of acting. Nerissa and Lancelot are especially bad. It all had a very amateurish feel.
The thing that prevents me from giving this movie a lower rating is that I admire the interpretation of the relationship between Antonio and Bassanio as one of lovers. It seems obvious - why else would Antonio go into so much debt for Bassanio, and on such terms? I have seen this interpretation quite successfully done on stage. Too bad the production values of this movie were so bad that I couldn't appreciate it.