Much Ado

Synopsis
Low-budget backstage comedy about young filmmakers struggling to make an independent indie version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The film quotes liberally from the play and the relationships between the characters in the film mirror those in Shakespeare’s play.
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Film
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2003
Duration
86 mins
Availability
No archive copy or distributor found (2007).

Credits

Director
Kipley Wentz
Producer
Kendra Munger; Kipley Wentz
Cinematographer
Michael LaVoie
Screenplay
Kipley Wentz
Music
Brian Sargent; Chad Kelly; Liam Bailey
Cast
Bob CahillBob
Daiva DaupreeHannah
Heather AyersChloe
Jefferson ArcaSeth
John MullenDigby
Kendra MungerValerie
Kipley WentzTristan
Marjorie HamelLena
Michael DenneyBrandon

Additional Details

Production type
Fiction Films
Plays
Much Ado About Nothing
Keywords
film and television production; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Indie films

Notes

General
Tagline: She Wanted To Do Shakespeare... Then The Clowns Showed Up.
Reviews
Lanier, Douglas ‘Film Spin-Offs and Citations’ in Burt, Richard (ed). Shakespeares After Shakespeares: an Encyclopedia of the Bard in Mass Media and Popular Culture. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. (p. 232-3, entry 961).

Parry, Chris. http://e-filmcritic.com (accessed 7/2008).

Production Company

Name

Downstage West

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "Much Ado". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av67894 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)