Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Bill / BBC Films and BFI present ; in association with KOCH Media, Screen Yorkshire and Lipsync LLC ; a Cowboy Films/Punk Cinema production ; directed by Richard Bracewell ; produced by Charles Steel, Alasdair Flind, Tony Bracewell, Richard Bracewell ; screenplay by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.

Publisher, Date:

London : BBC, [2016]

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2016]

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 94 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

Celebrate Shakespeare's 400th anniversary with this hilarious comedy about the playwright's mysterious lost years. Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. When his bandmates kick him out of their group, Bill leaves his wife and kids behind to seek fame and fortune in the big city of London. He's written a great work for the stage and he's certain he'll prove all his doubters wrong.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TV14.

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Drama.

Lutenists -- Drama.

Dramatists, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- Biography -- Drama.

Genre:

Comedy films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Bracewell, Richard, 1969- film director, film producer.

Steel, Charles, film producer.

Flind, Alasdair, film producer.

Bracewell, Tony, film producer.

Rickard, Laurence, screenwriter, actor.

Willbond, Ben, screenwriter, actor.

Baynton, Mathew, 1980- actor.

McCrory, Helen, actor.

Lewis, Damian, 1971- actor.

Farnaby, Simon, actor.

Howe-Douglas, Martha, actor.

Howick, Jim, actor.

Hewitt, Andrew (Composer), composer.

Freeman, David, film editor.

Sneddon, Billy, film editor.

Dollner, Gary, film editor.

Rose, Laurie, cinematographer.

BBC Films, presenter.

British Film Institute, presenter.

KOCH Media, presenter.

Screen Yorkshire (Firm), presenter.

LipSync Productions, presenter.

Cowboy Films, production company.

Punk Cinema, production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, publisher.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.

2.35:1 widescreen.

Bonus features: The making of Bill; a day in the life with star Mathew Baynton; bringing Tudor London to the Dales; there's something about Shakespeare.

Music, Andrew Hewitt ; editors, David Freeman, Billy Sneddon, Gary Dollner ; director of photography, Laurie Rose.

Mathew Baynton, Helen McCrory, Damian Lewis, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; 2.35:1 presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

ISBN:

9786316479792

Publisher Number:

1000594082

3000067739

2000119714

Other Number:

947733871

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

632632

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Bill