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Release Date: 1998

Cast: Jim Carter, Antony Sher, Mark Williams, Nicholas Boulton, Geoffrey Rush, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Sandra Reinton, Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, David Curtiz, Imelda Staunton ...MORE

Cast: Jim Carter, Antony Sher, Mark Williams, Nicholas Boulton, Geoffrey Rush, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Sandra Reinton, Judi Dench, Martin Clunes, David Curtiz, Imelda Staunton, Tim McMullan, Colin Firth, Joseph Fiennes, Patrick Barlow, Simon Callow, Tom Wilkinson, Steven O'Donnell, Jill Baker, Steven Beard ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Romantic comedy, Costume drama, Comedy-drama, Comedy, Period piece, Romantic drama, Romance Film

Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard. The film depicts a love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) at the time that he was writing the play Romeo and Juliet. The story is fiction, though several of the characters are based on real people. In addition, many of the characters, lines, and plot devices are references to Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare in Love won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Best Supporting Actress (Judi... MORE

Shakespeare in Love is a 1998 British-American comedy film directed by John Madden, written by Marc Norman and playwright Tom Stoppard. The film depicts a love affair involving playwright William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) at the time that he was writing the play Romeo and Juliet. The story is fiction, though several of the characters are based on real people. In addition, many of the characters, lines, and plot devices are references to Shakespeare's plays. Shakespeare in Love won seven Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Actress (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Best Supporting Actress (Judi Dench). William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) is a poor playwright for Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), owner of The Rose Theatre, in 1593 London. After learning that his love was cheating on him with his patron, Shakespeare burns his new comedy, Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter, rewriting it as the tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Suffering from writer's block, he is unable to complete the play, but begins auditions for Romeo. A young man named Thomas Kent is cast in the role after impressing Shakespeare with his performance and his love of Shakespeare's previous work. Kent is actually Viola de Lesseps LESS