Shakespeare in Love

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transforms into tragedy.

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Release

11/12/1998

Rating

⭐ 6.8/10

Runtime

124 min

Status

Released

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$289,317,794

Genres

Romance History Comedy

Languages

English

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GenerationofSwine2023-01-14T15:16:39.048Z

1/10

Does anyone remember this? I do, but only because its what turned me off of the Oscars. Haven't watched them since. It was the rude awakening that they were fixed, the quality of the film didn't matter as much as the bribes.

It beat Saving Private Ryan for best pictu...

Geronimo19672023-08-28T05:04:57.535Z

7/10

Set during the later reign of Engand's Queen Elizabeth, this joyful drama sees poor old William Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) having a bit of a creative drought. Lacking ideas and cash, and being pursued by both Richard Burbage (Martin Clunes) and the wonderfully dead pa...

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