Much Ado about Nothing Movie Review 1993

Shakespeare for the masses details romance between two sets of would-be lovers--the battling Beatrice and Benedick (Thompson and Branagh) and the ingenuous Hero and Claudio (Beckinsale and Leonard). Washington is the noble warrior leader, Reeves his evil half-dressed half-brother, and Keaton serves comic relief as the officious, bumbling Dogberry. Sunlit, lusty, and revealing about all the vagaries of love, Branagh brings passion to his quest of making Shakespeare more approachable. His second attempt after "Henry V" at breaking the stuffy Shakespearean tradition. Filmed on location in Tuscany, Italy.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Comedy, Plays to Film: William Shakespeare, Adapted from a Play, War Between the Sexes

Screenplay

Kenneth Branagh

Cast

Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Brian Blessed, Phyllida Law, Imelda Staunton, Gerard Horan, Jimmy Yuill, Richard Clifford, Ben Elton, Richard Briers

Cinematography

Roger Lanser

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Music

Patrick Doyle

Producer

Kenneth Branagh, Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, Renaissance Films, BBC Films, American Playhouse Theatrical Films, Samuel Goldwyn, Entertainment Film Productions