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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
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Ratings: 6.3/10 from 14,025 users
Metascore:
61/100
Reviews: 213 user | 96 critic | 24 from Metacritic.com Lovers lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love. Director:Michael Hoffman |
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| Kevin Kline | ... | ||
| Michelle Pfeiffer | ... | ||
| Rupert Everett | ... | ||
| Stanley Tucci | ... | ||
| Calista Flockhart | ... | ||
| Anna Friel | ... | ||
| Christian Bale | ... | ||
| Dominic West | ... | ||
| David Strathairn | ... | ||
| Sophie Marceau | ... | ||
| Roger Rees | ... | ||
| Max Wright | ... | ||
| Gregory Jbara | ... | ||
| Bill Irwin | ... | ||
| Sam Rockwell | ... | ||
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Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia's father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy. The plot twists up when Oberon's head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Duke's wedding (one of whom is given a donkey's head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny. Written by Lordship <lordship@juno.com>
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Rated PG-13 for some sexual content (Approved No. 36060) See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Sogno di una notte di mezza estate See more »Box Office
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$4,285,620 (USA) (16 May 1999) (1080 Screens)Gross:
$16,071,990 (USA) (29 August 1999)Company Credits
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Puck: If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended, / That you have but slumber'd here / While these visions did appear. / And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream, / Gentles, do not reprehend: / If you pardon we will mend. / Else the Puck a liar call. / Give me your hands, if we be friends, / And Robin shall restore amends.
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from the opera "La Cenerentola"
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Cecilia Bartoli
With the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited, London
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Take a look at what some of the other performers are rehearsing while the Mechanicals are waiting for word from the Duke. One group of players is rehearsing the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex and another pair of players are rehearsing a scene from Shakespeare's play Othello. See more »Goofs
Continuity: The branches that Lysander and Demetrius fight with are swapped later in the fight. See more »Quotes
[Last lines]Puck: If we shadows have offended, / Think but this, and all is mended, / That you have but slumber'd here / While these visions did appear. / And this weak and idle theme, / No more yielding but a dream, / Gentles, do not reprehend: / If you pardon we will mend. / Else the Puck a liar call. / Give me your hands, if we be friends, / And Robin shall restore amends.
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"Non più mesta"from the opera "La Cenerentola"
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Cecilia Bartoli
With the Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Conducted by Riccardo Chailly
Courtesy of The Decca Record Company Limited, London
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Music See more »
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