Shakespeare In Love

Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, et al.

Product Description

Young Will Shakespeare is the up and coming playwright of the time, but has been disastrously struck by the bane of the writer's life - writer's block. His comedy "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter" isn't going anywhere and the playhouse is under threat of closure. What Will needs is a muse, and she appears in the form of the beautiful and bethrothed Lady Viola. The path of true love does not run smooth for Will, but the joys and tragedy of his own life find their way onto the page in a moving, witty and spellbinding tale.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 717951005458
• Release Date: May 2003
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Publisher: Miramax
• Director: John Madden
• Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Colin Firth, Imelda Staunton, Ben Affleck, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Carter
• Runtime: 2 hours, 2 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: ac-3
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

If you liked “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead” (1990), do not miss this.

Well, actually, this film stands on its own. Who knows if this could be the way it happened or should have happened? Writer Tom Stoppard takes a few liberties with reality and time to bring you the “True” story behind Shakespeare’s genius, which would never have surfaced if it were not for love, friendship, tragedy, and a Virgin Queen. Young Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) has writer's block. Then he meets and falls in love with Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), the daughter of a n-o-b-l-e-m-a-n. Viola, on the other hand, is interested in the forbidden fruit of acting. This film is set with one-liners and many witty inferences as each character plays off of the other. We almost had the play “Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter.” My favorite line is when Philip Henslowe: The show must... You know... William Shakespeare: (prompting him) Go on! Do not miss Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth. Her few appearances add spice to the film. Also, see Judi Dench as Titania in “A Midsummer Night's Dream” (1968).