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 Cahill Bob Daiva Daupree Hannah Heather Ayers Chloe Jefferson Arca Seth John Mullen Digby Kendra Munger Valerie Kipley Wentz Tristan Marjorie Hamel Lena Michael Denney Brandon
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)