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  1. Romeo + Juliet: Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Harold Perrineau. Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue.

    • (247K)
    • Drama, Romance
    • Baz Luhrmann
    • 1996-11-01
  2. All Is True: Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Nonso Anozie. A look at the final days in the life of renowned playwright William Shakespeare.

    • (5.5K)
    • Biography, Drama, History
    • Kenneth Branagh
    • 2019-02-08
  3. Determined that the production be as realistic as possible, he had designer Dom Homfray base the set on real Tudor houses associated with Shakespeare: Falstaff's room is based on the home of Mary Arden (Shakespeare's mother) in Wilmcote, and the wives' houses are based on the house of Shakespeare's daughter Susanna, and her husband, John Hall.

  4. Anonymous: Directed by Roland Emmerich. With Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall. The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

    • (42K)
    • Drama, Thriller
    • Roland Emmerich
    • 2011-10-28
    • A Midsummer’s Nights Dream (1935) Though the Bard’s works are well known, Shakespeare is rarely big business in the movie world, certainly not in the U.S. Classic Hollywood really didn’t invest many dollars in the playwright’s works.
    • Romeo and Juliet (1936) The year after A Midsummer Nights Dream, M.G.M decided to show how it should be done with a lavish production of what may well be the most popular of Shakespeare’s works.
    • Romeo and Juliet (1954) As seen by looking at the dates on these entries, almost twenty years would pass before another English-language film version of Romeo and Juliet would again be mounted.
    • Romeo and Juliet (1968) Finally a hit! Italian director Franco Zeffirelli is often all at sea with contemporary pieces but give him Shakespeare or an opera to film and there is none better.
  5. Jan 15, 2024 · Rhys Ifans plays the disgraced Earl of Oxford, who hides behind the name of "drunken oaf" actor William Shakespeare to present his tales to the world. A finely tuned drama of the highest caliber, acts like an intricate tapestry of the Tudor era. Directed by Kenneth Branagh.

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  7. Buy William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet on Fandango at Home. Watchlist. NEW. Baz Luhrmann helped adapt this classic Shakespearean romantic tragedy for the screen, updating the setting to a...

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    • Romance, Drama
    • PG-13
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