A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
Directed by Michael Hoffman

Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Film Synopsis

As Theseus, Duke of Athens, prepares to marry the beautiful Hippolyta, he is visted by Egeus who bitterly complains that his daughter Hermia refuses to marry Demetrius and instead plans to take as her husband Lysander, the man she loves.  Theseus commands the young woman to obey her father, but she runs away with Lysander into a forest.  They are soon joined by Helena, who is in love with Demetrius, and Oberon and Titania, the king and queen of the fairies...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Michael Hoffman
  • Script: William Shakespeare (play), Michael Hoffman
  • Cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton
  • Music: Simon Boswell
  • Cast: Kevin Kline (Nick Bottom), Michelle Pfeiffer (Titania), Rupert Everett (Oberon), Stanley Tucci (Puck), Calista Flockhart (Helena), Anna Friel (Hermia), Christian Bale (Demetrius), Dominic West (Lysander), David Strathairn (Theseus), Sophie Marceau (Hippolyta), Roger Rees (Peter Quince), Max Wright (Robin Starveling), Gregory Jbara (Snug), Bill Irwin (Tom Snout), Sam Rockwell (Francis Flute), Bernard Hill (Egeus), John Sessions (Philostrate), Deirdre Harrison (Hard-eyed Fairy), Heather Parisi (Bottom's Wife), Annalisa Cordone (Cobweb)
  • Country: Italy / UK / USA
  • Language: English / Italian
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 116 min
  • Aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

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