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A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • 19991999
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 56m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
26K
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Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, and Stanley Tucci in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
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Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
IMDb RATING
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26K
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    • Michael Hoffman
    • William Shakespeare(play)
    • Michael Hoffman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kevin Kline
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Rupert Everett
    • Michael Hoffman
    • William Shakespeare(play)
    • Michael Hoffman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Kevin Kline
    • Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Rupert Everett
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    • 248User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 61Metascore
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    Trailer 1:28
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    Michelle Pfeiffer stars as Titania
    Kevin Kline stars as Nick Bottom
    Oberon & Titania
    Calista flockhart stars as Helena
    Stanley Tucci stars as Puck
    Douggie McMeekin at an event for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
    Sam Cox, Matthew Steer, Aaron Heffernan, and Douggie McMeekin at an event for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
    Christian Bale at an event for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
    Christian Bale at an event for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
    Penélope Cruz at an event for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
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    Kevin Kline
    Kevin Kline
    • Nick Bottom
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    Michelle Pfeiffer
    • Titania
    Rupert Everett
    Rupert Everett
    • Oberon
    Stanley Tucci
    Stanley Tucci
    • Puck
    Calista Flockhart
    Calista Flockhart
    • Helena
    Anna Friel
    Anna Friel
    • Hermia
    Christian Bale
    Christian Bale
    • Demetrius
    Dominic West
    Dominic West
    • Lysander
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Theseus
    Sophie Marceau
    Sophie Marceau
    • Hippolyta
    Roger Rees
    Roger Rees
    • Peter Quince
    Max Wright
    Max Wright
    • Robin Starveling
    Gregory Jbara
    Gregory Jbara
    • Snug
    Bill Irwin
    Bill Irwin
    • Tom Snout
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • Francis Flute
    Bernard Hill
    Bernard Hill
    • Egeus
    John Sessions
    John Sessions
    • Philostrate
    Deirdre Harrison
    • Hard-eyed Fairy
    • (as Deirdre A. Harrison)
      • Michael Hoffman
      • William Shakespeare(play)
      • Michael Hoffman(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This is Michelle Pfeiffer's first attempt at Shakespeare since her debut as an actress in a New York stage production of Twelfth Night.
    • Goofs
      The opening text tells us that the movie is set at "the turn of the 19th century," which would be around 1800. It meant to say "the turn of the 20th century," as the movie is clearly set around 1900.
    • 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Mummy/The Castle/This Is My Father/A Midsummer Night's Dream/Lovers of the Arctic Circle (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Incidental music
      from the 1843 German stage production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

      Composed by Felix Mendelssohn (as Felix Mendelssohn)

      Performed by the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

      Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy

      Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited, London

      By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music

    User reviews248

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    8/10
    very nice to look at
    I admit, that I have not read the play, so probably all of the credit for the idea goes to Shakespeare himself. But I was also caught by the magic of the pictures. The actors and actresses were so pretty, the story so nicely recited, and the atmosphere somehow magically ravishing. I got a lot of positive feelings out of this movie, and when I walk through the forest now, I am reminded of them. Well, this film did leave a wonderful trace in my mind. Hopefully, it lasts for a couple of days. I give it an 8/10.
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    • Aug 9, 2000

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1999 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • United States
      • Official site
      • Stream William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream on Disney+ Hotstar
      • English
      • Italian
      • Latin
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    • Filming locations
      • Caprarola, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy
    • Production companies
      • Searchlight Pictures
      • New Regency Productions
      • Taurus Film
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
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      • Dolby
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