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Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Directed by John Madden
“Love is the only inspiration.”
Romance, History, Comedy, Drama · 2h 04m
Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Cast
Joseph Fiennes
Will Shakespeare
Gwyneth Paltrow
Viola De Lesseps
Geoffrey Rush
Philip Henslowe
Tom Wilkinson
Hugh Fennyman
Judi Dench
Queen Elizabeth
Imelda Staunton
Nurse
Colin Firth
Lord Wessex
Ben Affleck
Ned Alleyn
Simon Callow
Tilney
S
Steven Beard
Makepeace
Jim Carter
Ralph Bashford
Rupert Everett
Christopher Marlowe
Crew
- Director
- John Madden
- Writer
- Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
- Director of Photography
- Richard Greatrex
- Original Music Composer
- Stephen Warbeck
- Editor
- David Gamble
- Producer
- Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick, Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt
Details
- Release date
- 1998-12-11
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Romance, History, Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Miramax, Universal Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Box office
- $289,317,794