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1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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4 3/4 in. |
Description |
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1 rda |
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digital optical stereo Dolby digital 2.0 rda |
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NTSC |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital surround, Dolby surround. |
Language |
Soundtrack in English with optional subtitles in English and Spanish; subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing [SDH]. |
Cast |
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). |
Credits |
Director of photography, Oliver Stapleton ; editor, Garth Craven ; production designer, Luciana Arrighi ; music, Simon Boswell ; costume designer, Gabriella Pescucci. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999. |
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Based on the play by William Shakespeare. |
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Widescreen 2.35:1. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some sexual content. |
Summary |
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. |
Contents |
Main titles -- Wedding preparations -- The course of true love -- Casting a play -- Fairies -- Puck's errand -- Helena and Demetrius -- The flower -- Titania's bower -- Lysander and Hermia -- Helena enters -- The rehearsal place -- Puck's trick -- Puck's mistake -- A donkey and a queen -- Helena's lovers -- The cure -- The wood nymphs -- Bottom's dream -- A wedding celebration -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Fairy time -- Puck's speech -- End titles. |
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Special feature: Original theatrical trailer (2 min.). |
Terms Of Use |
For private home use only. |
Subject |
Theseus, King of Athens -- Drama.
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Hippolyta (Greek mythological character) -- Drama.
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Love -- Drama.
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Courtship -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Young adults -- Conduct of life -- Drama.
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Athens (Greece) -- Drama.
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Relaciones hombre-mujer -- Teatro.
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Hippolyta (Greek mythological character) (OCoLC)fst00957267
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Theseus, King of Athens. (OCoLC)fst01149949
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Young adults -- Conduct of life.
(OCoLC)fst01183203
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Man-woman relationships. (OCoLC)fst01007080
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Love. (OCoLC)fst01002769
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Courtship. (OCoLC)fst00881873
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Greece -- Athens.
(OCoLC)fst01204474
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Genre/Form |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (OCoLC)fst01710450
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Film adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710491
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Comedy films. (OCoLC)fst01710291
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Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Film adaptations.
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Comedy films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired. (RC9)325020
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Added Author |
Hoffman, Michael, 1956- film director, film producer, screenwriter. Screenwriter. Director. Producer.
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Urdang, Leslie, film producer. Producer.
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Bale, Christian, 1974- actor. Actor.
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Everett, Rupert, actor. Actor.
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Flockhart, Calista, 1964- actor. Actor.
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Friel, Anna, 1976- actor. Actor.
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Hill, Bernard, 1944-2024 actor. Actor.
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Irwin, Bill, 1950- actor. Actor.
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Jbara, Gregory, actor. Actor.
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Kline, Kevin, actor. Actor.
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Marceau, Sophie, 1966- actor. Actor.
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Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957- actor. Actor.
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Rees, Roger, 1944-2015, actor. Actor.
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Rockwell, Sam, 1968- actor. Actor.
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Sessions, John, 1953-2020 actor. Actor.
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Strathairn, David, actor. Actor.
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Tucci, Stanley, actor. Actor.
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West, Dominic, 1969- actor. Actor.
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Wright, Max, 1943-2019 actor. Actor.
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Boswell, Simon, composer. Composer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Midsummer night's dream.
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Fox Searchlight Pictures, presenter, film production company.
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Regency Enterprises, presenter, film production company.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc., publisher.
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Added Title |
Midsummer night's dream |
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Container of (work): William Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream (Motion picture)
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ISBN |
5554454380 |
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9785554454387 |
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6305622876 |
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9786305622871 |
Standard No. |
086162123085 |
Music No. |
4112308 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |