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Shakespeare in Love

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Drama / Romance / Comedy
USA / UK, 1998, 124 min (Alternative: 119 min)

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In late 16th Century London, the theatre's most promising young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes), is suffering from writer's block. Rose Theatre owner Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush) is desperate that Will's new play - tentatively entitled Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter - be finished, whilst a new cast member, Thomas Kent, is equally eager to make his stage debut. Kent has a secret however: 'he' is actually Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), merchant's daughter and fiancé of Lord Wessex (Colin Firth). Adopting a disguise to enter a trade forbidden to women, matters become complicated when Will falls for her in her more conventional garb. It may take the intervention of Queen Elizabeth (Judi Dench) herself to make sure the course of true love runs smoothly and that the show goes on. (Universal Pictures UK)

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Awards

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Academy Awards

  • 1999 - Best Motion Picture of the Year
  • 1999 - Gwyneth Paltrow (Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role)
  • 1999 - Judi Dench (Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role)
  • 1999 - Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard (Best Original Screenplay)
  • 1999 - Stephen Warbeck (Best Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)
  • 1999 - Best Achievement in Production Design
  • 1999 - Best Achievement in Costume Design
  • 1999 - John Madden (Best Achievement in Directing)
  • 1999 - Geoffrey Rush (Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role)
  • 1999 - Richard Greatrex (Best Achievement in Cinematography)
  • 1999 - Best Achievement in Film Editing
  • 1999 - Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
  • 1999 - Best Sound Mixing

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)