Shakespeare in Love (1998)

Movie Details

Original Title Shakespeare in Love

Original Language EN

Budget $25,000,000

Revenue $289,300,000

Status Released

Popularity 2.4

Cast

Joseph Fiennes

Will Shakespeare

Popularity: 5.4

Gwyneth Paltrow

Viola De Lesseps

Popularity: 3.8

Geoffrey Rush

Philip Henslowe

Popularity: 5.4

Tom Wilkinson

Hugh Fennyman

Popularity: 7.7

Judi Dench

Queen Elizabeth

Popularity: 1.7

Imelda Staunton

Nurse

Popularity: 6.7

Colin Firth

Lord Wessex

Popularity: 3.7

Ben Affleck

Ned Alleyn

Popularity: 4.5

Simon Callow

Tilney

Popularity: 1.1

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Steven Beard

Makepeace

Popularity: 0.2

Jim Carter

Ralph Bashford

Popularity: 2.0

Rupert Everett

Christopher Marlowe

Popularity: 1.5

Key Crew

Producer Harvey Weinstein, David Parfitt, Marc Norman

Executive Producer Bob Weinstein, Julie Goldstein

Director John Madden

Editor David Gamble

Writer Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard

Production

Miramax

Universal Pictures

Bedford Falls Productions

Videos & Trailers

Shakespeare in Love - Trailer

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Keywords

london, england theater play queen elizabeth i playwright cross dressing false history francis bacon 16th century acting elizabethan england romantic

Reviews from TMDB

GenerationofSwine 1/10

Jan 14, 2023

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 picture. And then it beat Bulwor ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Aug 28, 2023

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 pan Geoffrey Rush as Philip Hens ... Read more