A Midsummer Night's Dream film Review

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Production Review of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999) directed by Michael Hoffman Maritza Gonzalez 07/24/09 Production Review Assignment on "A Midsummer Night's Dream" © (1999) Directed by: Michael Hoffman Produced by: Fox Searchlight Pictures; Regency Enterprises Cast/Characters: Kevin Kline Nick Bottom Michelle Pfeiffer Titania Rupert Everett Oberon Stanley Tucci Puck Calista Flockhart Helena Anna Friel Hermia Christian Bale Demetrius Dominic West Lysander David Strathairn Theseus Sophie Marceau Hippolyta Release Date: May 14, 1999 Run time: 116 minutes Color iTunes Download Rental If William Shakespeare were looking down on civilization from heaven, would he be like Robin Goodfellow and say, "What fools these mortals be", watching as many sit and read his plays like they were novels. Nearly four hundred years since his death, Shakespeare's masterpieces have captivated audiences through inspired theatre productions, film plots, and television story-lines. Shakespeare's words and meanings will not come to life the same way if his pieces are read - becoming the antithesis of his purpose - for his words demand recitation, imitation, and interpretation. In conjunction with various production elements such as sound, setting, performance, and lighting, visual interpretation and recitation of Shakespeare's plays become the only effective way to understand the poetic metaphors and imagery soaked in Shakespeare's verses. The film production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1999) is a modern interpretation of Shakespeare's version set during the 19th Century, in Mount Athena, Italy. Accommodations were made to adapt Shakespeare's script to a different culture and era not alike the Renaissance and Elizabethan one. Though differences
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