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Buena Vista (1998)
Comedy | Romance
USA | English | Color | 02:02
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Shakespeare in Love – Special Edition
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
Cast View all
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Geoffrey Rush | Philip Henslowe |
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Tom Wilkinson | Hugh Fennyman |
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Steven O'Donnell | Lambert |
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Tim McMullen | Frees |
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Joseph Fiennes | Will Shakespeare |
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Steven Beard | Makepeace / the Preacher |
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Antony Sher | Dr Moth |
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Patrick Barlow | Will Kempe |
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Martin Clunes | Richard Burbage |
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Sandra Reinton | Rosaline |
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Simon Callow | Tilney / Master of the Revels |
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Judi Dench | Queen Elizabeth |
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Bridget McConnell | Lady in Waiting |
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Georgie Glen | Lady in Waiting |
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Nicholas Boulton | Henry Condell |
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Gwyneth Paltrow | Viola De Lesseps |
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Imelda Staunton | Nurse |
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Colin Firth | Lord Wessex |
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Desmond McNamara | Crier |
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Barnaby Kay | Nol |
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Jim Carter | Ralph Bashford |
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Paul Bigley | Peter / the Stage Manager |
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Jason Round | Actor in Tavern |
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Rupert Farley | Barman |
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Adam Barker | First Auditionee |
Crew
| Director | John Madden |
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| Writer | Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard | |
| Producer | Linda Bruce, Mark Cooper, Donna Gigliotti, Julie Goldstein, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick | |
| Musician | Stephen Warbeck | |
| Photography | Richard Greatrex | |
Trailer
Edition details
| Edition | Special Edition |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1) Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] |
| Subtitles | Danish | Dutch | English | Finnish | French | German | Greek | Norwegian | Portuguese | Swedish |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Dec 07, 1999 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
Personal
| Watched | |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Index | 258 |
| Added Date | Mar 10, 2012 13:58:32 |
| Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:33:38 |
Notes
Story Synopsis:
Winner of seven Academy Awards®, Shakespeare In Love stars Best Actress®-winner Gwyneth Paltrow as the beautiful Lady Viola who assists William Shakespeare (Fiennes) with a bad case of writer’s block by having a lively affair with the good old Bard! But there’s trouble afoot for Viola and Will for she hides a secret or two that could spell trouble for the comically ill-fated couple.
DVD Picture:
The anamorphically enhanced 2.30:1 picture is a pristine transfer. Viewed in component video, the DVD delivers sharp and detailed images with a completely natural appearance throughout. Color fidelity is beautiful, with natural fleshtones and rich, breathtaking colors. There is no compression pixelization or artifacts.
Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Digital 5.1 discrete soundtrack is very well-produced, and projects an expansive soundfield, with superior channel separation. Dialogue is well-recorded, with natural sounding voices and generally good spatial integration. The distribution of sound effects within the listening space isn't aggressive, but rather is selective, and always effective in depicting a three-dimensional holosonic environment. Not much is expected in terms of deep bass, but the discrete has the slight advantage with being a little pronounced in the low-end, due to the presence of the .1 LFE channel. But the prime selling point for this soundtrack is the music score by Stephen Warbeck, which has excellent fidelity and dimensional spread (further-enhanced through the use of a back surround channel decoder). The music is just wonderfully melodic and engaging.
This Disc Contains The Following WSR-Rated Superb Qualities:
Reference Quality
Collector Edition