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The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare ' s plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. [1] [2] [3] As of November 2023, the Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,800 films, including those under production but not yet released ...
The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays as having been produced, which makes him the most filmed author ever in any language. [ 1 ] The Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,171 films, with 21 films in active production, but not yet released, as ...
Pages in category "Films based on works by William Shakespeare" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Netflix's historical drama "The King" is an unusual project. The film is based on characters and stories from Shakespeare's famous "Henriad" series of plays – Henry IV pt 1, Henry IV pt 2, Henry ...
Julius Caesar is a 1970 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play of the same name, directed by Stuart Burge.It stars Charlton Heston as Mark Antony, Jason Robards as Brutus, Richard Johnson as Cassius, John Gielgud as Caesar, Robert Vaughn as Casca, Richard Chamberlain as Octavius, and Diana Rigg as Portia. [2]
In 1990 Franco Zeffirelli, whose Shakespeare films have been described as "sensual rather than cerebral", [256] cast Mel Gibson—then famous for the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon movies—in the title role of his 1990 version; Glenn Close—then famous as the psychotic "other woman" in Fatal Attraction—played Gertrude, and Paul Scofield played ...
William (2012); comedy short in which William Shakespeare's mother tells him to rewrite the ending of Romeo and Juliet because it is too sad; directed by Sam Lara (Australia) Warm Bodies (2013); contemporary zombie comedy in which a young girl falls in love with a zombie; directed by Jonathan Levine (USA)
Producer John Houseman says the film was made because Laurence Olivier's 1944 production of Henry V had been a success. MGM's head of production Dore Schary offered the project to Houseman, who said he wanted Joseph L. Mankiewicz to direct because he thought he and William Wyler were "probably the two best dialogue directors in the business ...