SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Coming-of-age feature film concerning a young boy’s relationship with a girl vampire. Includes a clip from Zeffirelli’s ROMEO AND JULIET (1968) being shown to a class of 12-year olds and a sequence in which the girl vampire finds the boy reading Romeo and Juliet (Signet edition) outside their apartment. She asks the boy about it and he replies that it is boring. Later, she quotes Romeo’s line ‘I must be gone and live, or stay and die’ in a note she leaves him, and still later the boy is seen on a school bus reading his copy of the play intently. [With acknowledgement to Professor Richard Burt for the details].

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2010

Duration

116 mins

Credits

Director

Matt Reeves

Producer

Alexander Yves Brunner; Carl Molinder; Donna Gigliotti; Guy East; John Nordling; Nigel Sinclair; Simon Oakes

Cinematographer

Greig Fraser

Screenplay

Matt Reeves

Music

Michael Giacchino

Production Design

Ford Wheeler

Costume

Melissa Bruning

Art Direction

Guy Barnes

Cast

Chloe Moretz	Abby
Kodi Smit-McFee	Owen

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Vampire film

Notes

General

The film is a remake of the superlative LÅAT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA/LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) directed by Tomas Alfredson from the novel of the same name by John Ajvide Lindqvist. In the original the boy is reading from Tolkien, not Romeo and Juliet.

Online Availability

Online URL

http://www.letmein-movie.com/

Production Company

Name

EFTI

Name

Hammer Film Productions

Name

Overture Films

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

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