Shakespeare in Love Movie Overview

Shakespeare in Love - Overview

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Opened: Dec 25, 1998 Run Time: 1hr 53min

Cast: Geoffrey Rush Joseph Fiennes Gwyneth Paltrow Judi Dench

Director: John Madden

Producer: David Parfitt Donna Gigliotti Harvey Weinstein Edward Zwick

Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein Julie Goldstein

Synopsis

Shakespeare in Love: It is the summer of 1593, and the rising young star of London's theatre scene, Will Shakespeare, faces a scourge like no other: a paralyzing bout of writer's block. While the great Elizabethan age of entertainment unfolds around him, Will is without inspiration on material. What Will needs is a muse--and in an extraordinary moment in which life imitates art, he finds and falls for a woman who draws him into his own dramatic adventure of star-cros... Read More

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Box Office Data
# Weeks	33

# Total Gross	$100.2M

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Shakespeare in Love

Studio:

Universal Pictures

Production Company:

Bedford Falls Company

Cast & Crew (12)

Geoffrey Rush

Joseph Fiennes

Gwyneth Paltrow

Reviews (44)

spiel..., Flixster

It's amazing what little is actually known about William Shakespeare, despite the greatly influential playwright he was. Most of what we do know of him, in fact...

jjnxn, Flixster

sweet and pleasant but completely unworthy of its oscar win. gwyneth is fine but again not award worthy. the divine judi dench certainly deserves awards but not...

Shakespeare in Love - Overview