A Midsummer Night's Dream

"98: A Midsummer Night's Dream with Joanna Robinson" is the 106th overall episode of *Podcast Like It's 1999* covering the films of 1999, hosted by Kenny Neibart and Phil Iscove. The episode was released on October 9, 2019.

## Description

"“Lord what fools these mortals be!” Shakespeare wrote this in A Midsummer Night's Dream but he might as well have written it about Phil and Kenny, so luckily we brought in Joanna Robinson, of Vanity Fair, Little Gold Men and The Storm: A Lost Rewatch Podcast, to help us foolish mortals talk about all the late 90’s goodness of this adaptation of one of the Bard’s most famous comedies."

## Kenny's Intro

"Hello and welcome to Podcast Like It's 1999, the podcast where we talk about the films of 1999, **from an enchanted forest** here in 2019"

## Historical Information

"This version of the renowned comedic play finds the world of humans intersecting with the realm of magic. The lovely Hermia (Anna Friel) is to wed Demetrius (Christian Bale), but she truly cares for Lysander (Dominic West). Hermia's friend, Helena (Calista Flockhart), is in love with Demetrius, while other romantic entanglements abound in the woods, with married fairy rulers Titania (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Oberon (Rupert Everett) toying with various lovers and each other."

*A Midsummer Night's Dream* was released 5/14/1999 in 5th place behind Black Mask but ahead of Trippin' and Tea with Mussolini. It made $16M on a $11M budget. It has 67% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 60% from audiences. Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars.

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## Ratings

**A Midsummer Night's Dream**
 **Phil** | 65
 **Joanna** | 70

## Movies/TV Mentioned

Hamlet, Macbeth, The Tempest, Galaxy Quest, Wild Wild West, Magnolia, The Talented Mr. Ripley, 10 Things I Hate About You, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Alias, Sex and the City, The Sopranos, Tea with Mussolini, Much Ado About Nothings, Richard III, Looking for Richard, Othello, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Romeo + Juliet, King Lear, A Thousand Acres, Shakespeare in Love, Love's Labour Lost, O, Titus, The Lion King, Soapdish, One Fine Day, Restoration, The Emperor's Club, Game Six, American Psycho, Newsies, Swing Kids, Little Women, Pocahontas, Portrait of a Lady, Velvet Goldmine, All the Little Animals, Shaft, Laurel Canyon, Reign of Fire, Equilibrium, Ally McBeal, Supergirl, Dinner for Schmucks, The Lovely Bones, Julie & Julia, Easy A, Get Over It, Liberty Heights, Six Feet Under, 3:10 to Yuma, Hell or High Water, Alpha Dog, 30 Days of Night, The Messenger, Pickle Family Circus, An Ideal Husband, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Story of Us, Stardust, Cheri, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Batman Returns, Grease 2, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Dangerous Liaisons, ER, The Peacemaker, 3rd Rock from the Sun, She's All That, Far From the Madding Crowd, Little Women (2019), The Tragedy of Macbeth, Scotland PA, A Room with a View, Slings & Arrows, Shakespeare REtold, Knives Out, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman, The Artist, Shape of Water, Green Book, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

## References

1. ↑ Box Office Mojo. A Midsummer Night's Dream. BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2022.
2. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2022.
3. ↑ Roger Ebert. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2022.