Love's labour's lost : a romantic musical comedy

The Resource Love's labour's lost : a romantic musical comedy
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Love's labour's lost : a romantic musical comedy
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a romantic musical comedy
Statement of responsibility
Stanley Donen and Martin Scorsese present ; a Miramax Films and Intermedia Films presentation ; in association with Pathé Pictures, the Arts Council of England and Le Studio Canal Plus ; a Shakespeare Film Company production ; produced by David Barron, Kenneth Branagh ; adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh
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eng
Summary
The handsome young King of Navarre and his three friends--Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine--make a pledge to retreat for three years to study literature and art, depriving themselves of all comforts, including the company of women, for the duration. The pledge survives intact for exactly as long as it takes the beautiful Princess of France and her three friends--Rosaline, Maria, and Katherine--to travel to Navarre on a diplomatic mission from her father. Shakespeare purists will probably be horrified that Branagh has juxtaposed the Bard with classics by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George and Ira Gershwin, in a loving homage to the great musicals of the '30s. He has also thrown in every cliché of said musicals, reviving the abandoned genre with 90 minutes of elaborately staged flossy, frothy, campy, cotton-candy fun
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CLE
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Cinematographer, Alex Thomson ; editors, Neil Farrell and Dan Farrell ; production designer, Tim Harvey ; original music, Patrick Doyle ; choreographer, Stuart Hopps ; musical vocal director, Ian Adam ; costume designer, Anna Buruma
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Rated PG for sensuality and a brief drug reference
Language note
In English, with optional subtitles in English for the hearing impaired; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Alicia Silverstone (The Princess), Natascha McElhone (Rosaline), Emily Mortimer (Katherine), Carmen Ejogo (Maria), Richard Clifford (Boyet), Daniel Hill (Mercade), Alessandro Nivola (The King), Kenneth Branagh (Berowne), Matthew Lillard (Longaville), Adrian Lester (Dumaine), Timothy Spall (Armado), Anthony O'Donnell (Moth), Nathan Lane (Costard), Stefania Rocca (Jacquanetta), Richard Briers (Sir Nathaniel), Geraldine McEwan (Holofernia), Jimmy Yuill (Constable Dull)
Runtime
94
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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