Posts Tagged ‘william-shakespeare’

Hamlet (1948)

Friday, December 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Laurie, John | Knight, Esmond | Quayle, Anthony | MacGinnis, Niall | Williams, Harcourt | Troughton, Patrick | Tarver, Tony | Cushing, Peter | Holloway, Stanley | Thorndike, Russell | Sydney, Basil | Herlie, Eileen | Wooland, Norman | Aylmer, Felix
Directors: Olivier, Laurence
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William Shakespeare’s tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes the throne, taking the widowed Gertrude for his bride. Hamlet, son of the murdered King, mournful of his father’s death and mother’s hasty marriage, is confronted by the ghost of the late King who reveals the manner of his murder. Seeking revenge, Hamlet recreates the monstrous deed in a play with the help of some traveling actors to torment the conscience of the evil Claudius. In a visit with his mother, Hamlet expresses his anger and disappointment concerning her swiftly untimed marriage. Thinking a concealed spy in his mother’s chamber to be the lurking Claudius, he mistakenly kills the meddling counselor, Polonius, father of Ophelia and Laertes. Claudius, on the pretext that Hamlet will be endangered by his subjects for the murder of Polonius, sends the prince to England.

My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Thursday, August 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: River Phoenix | Reeves, Keanu | Russo, James | Richert, William | Harvey, Rodney | Parker, Michael | Flea | Troupe, Tom | Kier, Udo | Pitchlynn, Robert Lee | Cottrell, Mickey | Evans, Wade | Ebert, Matthew | Green, Scott Patrick | Cramer, Tom
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Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father. Mike is in love with Scott, who still maintains he is straight and insists that his wild lifestyle on the streets is only temporary. Together, they embark on a quest to find Mike’s mother, traveling from Portland to Idaho to Italy, with Scott picking up a beautiful girl along the way.

Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | UK
Actors: Whiting, Leonard | Hussey, Olivia | McEnery, John | O'Shea, Milo | Heywood, Pat | Stephens, Robert | York, Michael | Robinson, Bruce | Hardwick, Paul | Parry, Natasha | Pierfederici, Antonio | Ruspoli, Esmeralda | Bisacco, Roberto | Holder, Roy | Skinner, Keith
Directors: Zeffirelli, Franco
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Shakespeare’s classic tale of romance and tragedy. Two families of Verona, the Montagues and the Capulets, have been feuding with each other for years. Young Romeo Montague goes out with his friends to make trouble at a party the Capulets are hosting, but while there he spies the Capulet’s daughter Juliet, and falls hopelessly in love with her. She returns his affections, but they both know that their families will never allow them to follow their hearts.

Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: DiCaprio, Leonardo | Danes, Claire | Leguizamo, John | Perrineau, Harold | Postlethwaite, Pete | Sorvino, Paul | Dennehy, Brian | Rudd, Paul | Curtis-Hall, Vondie | Margolyes, Miriam | Bradford, Jesse | Walsh, M. Emmet | Orth, Zak | Kennedy, Jamie | Mihok, Dash
Directors: Luhrmann, Baz
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Shakespeare’s famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting members of the families wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers, their tragic destiny.

Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Rush, Geoffrey | Wilkinson, Tom | O'Donnell, Steve | McMullen, Tim | Fiennes, Joseph | Beard, Steven | Sher, Antony | Barlow, Patrick | Clunes, Martin | Reinton, Sandra | Callow, Simon | Dench, Judi | McConnell, Bridget | Glen, Georgie | Boulton, Nicholas
Directors: Madden, John
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Romantic comedy set in London in the late 16th century: Young playwright William Shakespeare struggles with his latest work “Romeo and Ethel the Pirate’s Daughter”. A great fan of Shakespeare’s plays is young, wealthy Viola who is about to be married to the cold-hearted Lord Wessex, but constantly dreams of becoming an actress. Women were not allowed to act on stage at that time (female roles were played by men, too), but dressed up as a boy, Viola successfully auditions for the part of Romeo. Soon she and William are caught in a forbidden romance that provides rich inspiration for his play.