| | | A comedy about the greatest love story almost never told.
Features: DVD, Collector's Edition
Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards - including Best Picture - this witty, sexy smash features Oscar-winning Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow (Sliding Doors, A Perfect Murder) and an amazing cast that includes Academy Award winners Judi Dench (Best Supporting Actress), Geoffrey Rush (Best Actor - Shine) and Ben Affleck (Armageddon; Best Original Screenplay - Good Will Hunting)! When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes - Elizabeth) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production! A truly can't-miss motion picture event with outstanding critical acclaim to match its impressive collection of major awards - everyone will love this funny behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told!
"Spirited, entertaining..." Leonard Maltin
"The year's best and most original comedy!" New York Newsday
Editor's Note
In this well-conceived Elizabethan comedy, writers Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman ask the question: Who was William Shakespeare's muse? The answer: Viola de Lesseps, a young noblewoman who dreams of acting on a man's stage. The screenwriters deliver a cleverly crafted scenario which beautifully illustrates both the early aspirations of the playwright, and a glimpse into the culture of Elizabethan theater. Colorful characters, like the Globe theater owner Henslow (played by Geoffrey Rush), the lead player in the troupe (Ben Affleck), and the Queen herself (Judi Dench), give the cast charm, wit, and feasibility. The young playwright who at the start of the film is experiencing writer's block bursts forth with a lyrical text inspired by the lovely and passionate Viola. Ultimately this film is about the making of a great play, but most importantly it is about the power of words.
| Features | French Version | | 5.1 Dolby Digital | | Deleted Scenes | | Shakespeare Facts | | Theatrical Trailer | | John Madden Commentary | | Cast Commentary | | Crew Commentary | | Shakespeare In Love And On Film | | Television Spots | | 1998 Academy Award Winning Costumes |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Buena Vista |
| Release Date: 5/3/2005 |
| Running Time: 122 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 18528 | | UPC: 00717951005458 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1999) |  | Shakespeare In Love, Winner, Best Picture | | Shakespeare In Love, Winner, Best Original Screenplay | | Gwyneth Paltrow, Winner, Best Actress In A Lead Role | | Shakespeare In Love, Winner, Best Costume Design | | Shakespeare In Love, Winner, Best Art Direction | | Shakespeare In Love, Winner, Best Original Musical Or Comedy Score | | Judi Dench, Winner, Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"You can't miss with a movie that speaks the language of love with such hot-blooded delight....[SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE] spins delicious magic..." 01/21/1999 p.84Sight and Sound
"...Style and subject are ideally matched....[Rush] is increasingly superb..." 02/??/1999 p.53-4 Entertainment Weekly
"...A romance of exuberant theatricality and wit....Infused with the lifeblood of Shakespeare's passion..." -- Rating: A 03/12/1999 p.45 USA Today
"...One of the year's smartest and funniest comedies..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 12/24/1998 p.4D New York Times
"...It soars freely into the realm of invention, wittily weaving Shakespearean language and emotion into an intoxicatingly glamorous romance..." 12/11/1998 p.E16 Box Office
"...An inspired re-imagining of history and deft look at the relationship between art and life..." 01/01/1999 p.52 Los Angeles Times
"...Smoothly executed....[Fiennes] has the burning eyes and brooding demeanor appropriate for a lover, and he and Paltrow, flourishing once again under a British accent and doing her best work since EMMA, have a winning chemistry..." 12/11/1998 p.C1 Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 8 of 10
Spirited, entertaining speculation about a love affair that inspired William Shakespeare (Fiennes) to write Romeo and Juliet. Witty, sensual, and peopled with colorful characters. Climactic performance in the 16th-century theater is as vivid a re-creation of theatergoing in Shakespeare's time as anyone could hope for. - Leonard Maltin
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
I was carried along by the wit, the energy and a surprising sweetness. The movie serves as a reminder that Will Shakespeare was once a young playwright on the make, that theater in all times is as much business as show, and that Romeo and Juliet must have been written by a man in intimate communication with his libido... Here... [director John Madden] finds a romance that leaps across barriers of wealth, titles and class. The story is ingeniously Shakespearean in its dimensions, including high and low comedy, coincidences, masquerades, jokes about itself, topical references and entrances with screwball timing... A movie like this is a reminder of the long thread that connects Shakespeare to the kids opening in a storefront on Lincoln Avenue. - Roger Ebert
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