A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Adrian Noble
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Actor: Alex Jennings, Desmond Barrit, Finbar Lynch, Lindsay Duncan, Osheen JonesDirector: Adrian Noble
Cinematographer: Ian Wilson
Writer: Adrian Noble
Editor: Paul Hodgson
Editor: Peter Hollywood
Producer: Ian Scaife
Producer: Paul Arnott
Writer: William Shakespeare
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-10-08
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
Movie Reviews of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Review: A superb production
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen a dozen productions of A Midsummer Nights Dream over the past 40 years and this is by far the most satisfying of them all. A part of the reason for this may well be the way the mind works with advancing years, filtering out the redundant & superficial fodder that comprises 90% of contemporary film and theatrical fare.
Acting, direction & sets all superb.
Summary of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Miramax Home Entertainment invites you to enjoy this playful interpretation of William Shakespeare's classic romantic comedy! A rich man's daughter has a difficult choice to make: do her duty and accept an arranged marriage ... or follow her heart to her one true love! But then the fun takes flight. When the humorous Kingdom of Fairies begins to toy with this funny romantic entanglement, magic and mischief are spun into the lives of everyone involved. An outstanding presentation of this timeless favorite, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM is a delightful must-see for Shakespeare fans new and old.This adaptation of a Royal Shakespeare Company production of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is drenched in color: The costumes, the set, the lighting--all of them are flush with bright yellows, reds, blues, every color in the rainbow. In this classic comedy, the confused lives of four young lovers (two men who love the same woman and another woman who loves one of the men) get caught up in a fight between Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies. Oberon has his servant Puck brush Titania's eyes with a flower that will make her fall in love with the next creature she sees--who turns out to be an oafish aspiring actor named Bottom and whom Puck has magically given a donkey's head. But Puck also brushes the eyes of the young lovers, twisting their love rectangle in all directions. The RSC actors have the great virtue of British theatrical training; they understand Shakespeare's language and, for the most part, can make that understanding clear to the audience. The production carries a number of theatrical devices into the movie--some actors play more than one character; the forest of the fairies is represented by a bare and brightly painted wooden floor; doors and umbrellas appear out of nowhere, resulting in some wonderfully surreal imagery. This may be confusing at first, but over the course of the story these techniques give the play's shifting worlds a greater clarity. This unusual adaptation is a feast for the eyes and an excellent introduction to one of Shakespeare's most popular plays. --Bret Fetzer
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