Shakespeare in Love
- Original title
- Shakespeare in Love
- Year
- 1998
- Running time
- 123 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Joseph Fiennes
- Judi Dench
- Geoffrey Rush
- Tom Wilkinson
- Colin Firth
- Ben Affleck
- Simon Callow
- Jim Carter
- Martin Clunes
- Antony Sher
- Imelda Staunton
- Mark Williams
- Daniel Brocklebank
- Rupert Everett
- Joe Roberts
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Romance. Comedy. Drama | Stage Play. 16th Century. Romantic Comedy
- Movie Groups
- Shakespeare: Biopics
- Synopsis
- In 1590s London, amid the great heyday of Elizabethan entertainment, two rival theaters — The Curtain, owned by Richard Burbage and The Rose owned by Philip Henslowe — competed passionately for the same audience to fill their playhouses. Under pressure to satisfy the overwhelming demand for new works, a rising young writer by the name of Will Shakespeare penned his love-inspired play — Romeo and Juliet. This twisting, turning, fiery romance both on stage and off will break the hearts and inspire the souls of lovers around the world for centuries to come.
But how, in a time of plagues and monarchs, did this often comical, upstart, struggling scribe come to express such timeless passion in perfectly lifelike story and words? Could it have been that Shakespeare himself was madly in love?- Awards
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1998: 7 Academy Awards: incl. Movie, Actress, Supp. Actress, Screenplay. 13 Nom.1998: 3 Golden Globes: Best Movie Comedy-Musical, Screenplay, Actress. 6 Nom.1998: 3 BAFTA Awards: Best Movie, Editing and Sup. Actress (Dench). 15 Nom.1998: Film Critics Circle of New York: Best Screenplay. 2 Nominations1998: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Nominated for Best Screenplay1998: 2 Critics' Choice Awards: Best Original Screenplay & Breakthrough Performer (Fiennes)
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