Shakespeare in love
By: Miramax Films and Universal Pictures and the Bedford Falls Company present ; directed by John Madden ; written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard ; produced by David Parfitt, Donna Gigliotti, Harvey Weinstein ; produced by Edward Zwick, Marc Norman
Contributors: Fiennes, Joseph, 1970-; Rush, Geoffrey, 1951-; Firth, Colin, 1960-; Affleck, Ben, 1972-; Dench, Judi, 1934-; Warbeck, Stephen; Miramax Films; Universal Pictures (Firm); Bedford Falls Company
Publisher: Miramax Home Entertainemnt; [Boston, Mass.]; Distributed by DVS Home Video
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Burbank, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Drama; Renaissance; Man-woman relationships; Actors
Description: When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writers block, a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola starts the words flowing like never before. There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else, she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production.
Notes: Originally produced as a motion picture in 1998.

"This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV."

Director of photography, Richard Greatrex ; editor, David Gamble ; music by Stephen Warbeck.

Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench.

MPAA rating: R.

VHS; stereo., Dolby surround.

Audio described.

Closed-captioned.

Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Paltrow), Best Supporting Actress (Dench), Best Original Screenplay, Best Score, Best Costume Design, Best Set Decoration, 1998