Product Information
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.Product Identifiers
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
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