A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Peter Hall
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Author: Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Peter HallActor: Derek Godfrey, Donald Eccles, Ian Holm, Judi Dench, Michael Jayston
Director: Peter Hall
Brand: Water Bearer Films
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-10
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Water Bearer Films,
Movie Reviews of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Review: Overwhelming Star Power.
Summary: 5 Stars
The film source materials start off looking battered, but the image cleans up pretty quickly.
More importantly, the performances are uniformly strong, without a weak link to be found. If you are familiar with Ian Richardson and Judy Dench only from their recent work, this movie will be an eye-opener. Bill Travers' Snout is a treasure, and Paul Rogers leaves behind his usual kings and bullies to give a vocally astonishing performance as Bottom.
Most productions of this play have trouble balancing the scenes of the confused lovers in the forest with the Pyramis and Thisbe farce at the end - usually one or the other gets out of control, but this one gets it right for once. There is a little self-conscious film editing a la Richard Lester and the New Wave that has dated, but doesn't really kill the occasion. The language and atmosphere are magical, as good as it gets.
Some of the whining in these reviews is silly. There is no other Midsummer Night's Dream so evenly and superlatively cast, and it's worth putting up with less than optimal print quality to watch and listen to them.
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