“A glorious film”
“Pure enchantment”
“Undeniable magic”
“Everything you want a movie to be”
“Rare and magical”
“Exquisitely acted”
“A glittering tiara of a movie”
“The richest and most satisfying romantic movie of the year”
DIRECTOR
John Madden
PRODUCERS
David Parfitt
Donna Gigliotti
Harvey Weinstein
Edward Zwick
Marc Norman
SCREENPLAY
Marc Norman
Tom Stoppard
CAST
Joseph Fiennes
Gwyneth Paltrow
Geoffrey Rush
Colin Firth
Ben Affleck
Judi Dench
Simon Callow
Jim Carter
Martin Clunes
Antony Sher
Imelda Staunton
Tom Wilkinson
Mark Williams
Rupert Everett
Winner of seven Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Actress for Gwyneth Paltrow, and four BAFTA awards including Best Film.
The film tells the story of an imaginary love affair between playwright William Shakespeare (Fiennes) and Viola de Lesseps (Paltrow) while Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare in Love was the ninth highest-grossing film of 1998. It was produced by Miramax and distributed by Universal Pictures.
