William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Alternative title
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Synopsis
- Film adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream set in Tuscany in the 1890s.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany; United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1999
- Duration
- 121 mins
Credits
- Director
- Michael Hoffman
- Producer
- Leslie Urdang; Michael Hoffman
- Cinematographer
- Oliver Stapleton
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Simon Boswell
- Art Direction
- Maria-Theresa Barbasso
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Historical period
- Victorian
- Plays
- Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- drama in English; performances; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Figures
- $16,066, 563 Gross US (2005) Box Office Guru
- Reviews
- Reviewed by Leslie Felperin in Sight and Sound (11/99), p.51.
Donaldson, Peter, ‘Bottom and the Gramophone: Media, Class and Comedy in Michael Hoffman’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in Shakespeare Survey 61: Shakespeare, Sound and Screen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008). pp. 23-35.
Production Company
- Name
Taurus Film
Distributor
- Name
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Web
- http://www.fox.co.uk/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7753 8686
- Fax
- 020 7437 1625
- Address
- Twentieth Century House
31-32 Soho Square
London
W1D 3AP - Notes
- Feature films from Fox and MGM for sale on DVD and Blu-ray via retail outlets.
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "William Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/14098 (Accessed 06 Oct 2024)