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Format: Laserdisc
Jun 1997
Rated PG
Recording Mode: (unknown)
Sound: HiFi, Stereo
Closed Captioned
133 min.
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Movie Description
Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is hopelessly in love with a woman named Olivia, and soon Viola finds herself hopelessly in love with Orsino. But Orsino thinks she's a man, and her predicament worsens when she realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Nunn's film sets the play in the 19th Century and brings out both the ebullient and the melancholy aspects of Shakespeare's story.
Synopsis
This film adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, who is shipwrecked on the enemy land of Illyria. To disguise herself, Viola poses as a boy, calling herself Cesario. As a result of this gender-bending ploy, Viola/Cesario sets off a chain reaction of romantic entanglements -- particularly when a countess falls in love with "him"...
Film Notes
Released theatrically in the USA October 25, 1996.
Shown at the Telluride Film Festival September 1, 1966 and the 1966 Toronto Film Festival.
Co-produced by Twelfth Night Productions Ltd.
Color by Metrocolor and Technicolor.
Rated BBFC U by the British Board of Film Classification.
Industry Reviews
"...Handsomely shot, full of intriguing ideas..."
Sight and Sound - p.59-60 - Geoffrey Macnab
"...[Bonham Carter is] gorgeous, ethereal, and flying high....An epic, all right, but of the heart..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.49 - Ty Burr
"...A handsome, agreeably performed rendition..."
Variety - Todd McCarthy
"...One of the best of the many splendid recent films based on Shakespeare..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (10/15/1996)
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