The Taming Of The Shrew (DVD, 2001) (German\French\Spanish\Italian)

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Based on Shakespeare's popular comedy play, the story follows Petruchio, the strutting male chauvinist suitor, who sets out to quell the fiery and shrewish nature of the young Katherina.

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ProducerFranco Zeffirelli, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
EAN5035822001534
eBay Product ID (ePID)3947879

Product Key Features

ActorVictor Spinetti, Alfred Lynch, Cyril Cusack, Michael York, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Alan Webb, Michael Hordern, Natasha Pyne
Film/TV TitleThe Taming of the Shrew
DirectorFranco Zeffirelli
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Italian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish
Run Time117 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen\2.35 Wide Screen
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Making of Featurette\Theatrical Trailer\Filmographies, With Subtitles
GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
CertificateU
ComposerNino Rota
Additional InformationElizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in this earthy, robust version of the classic Shakespeare comedy, which was director Franco Zeffirelli's first film. Michael York plays Lucentio, the young student who falls for comely Bianca (Natasha Pyne) and must recruit Petruchio (Burton) to wed her wild and violent older sister (Taylor) before their father will allow Bianca to entertain suitors. Watching two larger-than-life lovers like Burton and Taylor slug it out in their hilarious scenes of "courtship" is something even those with no fondness for Shakespeare can truly relish.
Art DirectorGiuseppe Mariani, Elven Webb
Costume DesignerDanilo Donati
Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian
AuthorPaul Dehn, Franco Zeffirelli, Suso Cecchi D'Amico, William Shakespeare
CinematographerLuciano Trasatti
Format DescriptionDVD 9
Sound sourceDolby Digital Mono
EditorCarlo Fabianelli, Peter Taylor
Movie/TV TitleThe Taming Of The Shrew
Music DirectorCarlo Savina
Director of PhotographyOswald Morris

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  • Absolute classic.

    Burton and Taylor - 2 of the greatest of the 20th. century could have been type cast for their respective roles. Brilliant!

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  • Great film, great performances by a stellar cast

    Amazing performances by two great leading actors with their own personal relationship issues.

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  • The Taming of the Shrew says everything about the film two evenly matched Characters

    Beautifully humerous Bought a copy for my daughter Leant out my own copy to my cleaning lady Fortunately kept a downloaded TV copy on my Freeview box, Which was the reason for my purchase in case I lost it Have played the dvd 3 times It’s a laugh a minute.

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  • A must see for both Shakespeare and Burton/ Taylor fans alike.

    Great little introduction to a Shakespeare classic. Amusing, well presented and kept attention throughout.

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  • Enjoyable

    I remembered watching this film when it first came out and how my sister and I thought it was good so decided to purchase the dvd for old times sake. Although it is 16th century humour with Shakespeare's language I still enjoyed it and wondered what the modern women's lib would think of Elizabeth Taylor's brilliant speech at the end. The acting is first class, the Shakespearean lanquage is not to hard to understand and some time in the future will watch again. Well worth the purchase.

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  • Brilliant

    Remember seeing this as part of school lesson they took us to a cinema in Liverpool to watch it. Great that I could get hold of a copy was good to see it again and cheap enough

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  • Excellent

    The movie is great excellent acting.

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  • A film you can watch over and over.

    A classic film with real stars. Excellent quality picture and sound.

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  • Sparkling performances

    Wore out my last copy!

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  • Very well acted

    Excellent film

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