William Shakespeare's A Midsummer night's dream
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Published
Los Angeles, CA : Beverly Hills, CA : Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., ©1999.
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
086162123085, 8616212308

Notes

General Note
Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
General Note
Special feature: Original theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; editor, Garth Craven ; production designer, Luciana Arrighi ; music, Simon Boswell ; costume designer, Gabriella Pescucci.
Participants/Performers
Christian Bale (Demetrius), Rupert Everett (Oberon), Calista Flockhart (Helena), Anna Friel (Hermia), Bernard Hill (Egeus), Bill Irwin (Tom Snout), Gregory Jbara (Snug), Kevin Kline (Nick Bottom), Sophie Marceau (Hippolyta), Michelle Pfeiffer (Titania), Roger Rees (Peter Quince), Sam Rockwell (Francis Flute), John Sessions (Philostrate), David Strathairn (Theseus), Stanley Tucci (Puck), Dominic West (Lysander), Max Wright (Robin Starveling).
Description
In the village of Monte Athena in Italy at the turn of the 19th century, necklines are high, parents are rigid, and marriage is seldom a matter of love. Thus, Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander, while her father wants only Demetrius for his son-in-law. Poor Helena burns hot for Demetrius, who avoids her like the plague. Meanwhile, fairy king Oberon is engaged in a battle of wits with his queen, Titania, and has commanded a trick of Puck, which naturally goes horribly wrong. They are all in the enchanted wood on a midsummer's eve, coming out in the end charged with a gift from the fairies--an enchanted eroticism--that sweeps them away to bed chambers and weddings. The film celebrates love's ability to alter reality while quietly acknowledging that any attempt to portray the feeling of love ultimately falls short.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
System Details
DVD ; 5.1 Dolby digital surround; region 1.
Language
Soundtrack in English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish. Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH].

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hoffman, M., Urdang, L., Bale, C., Everett, R., Flockhart, C., Friel, A., Hill, B., Irwin, B., Jbara, G., Kline, K., Marceau, S., Pfeiffer, M., Rees, R., Rockwell, S., Sessions, J., Strathairn, D., Tucci, S., West, D., Wright, M., Boswell, S., & Shakespeare, W. (1999). William Shakespeare's A Midsummer night's dream (Widescreen.). Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michael Hoffman et al.. 1999. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Michael Hoffman et al.. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hoffman, Michael, et al. William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Widescreen., Fox Searchlight Pictures ; Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., 1999.

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