Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Much ado about nothing / Samuel Goldwyn Company, a Renaissance Films production ; adapated for the screen by Kenneth Branagh ; produced by Stephen Evans, David Parfitt, and Kenneth Branagh ; directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Publisher, Date:

Santa Monica, Calif. : MGM Home Entertainment, p2003.

Description:

1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.

Summary:

With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111 min.)

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13.

Subjects:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.

Love -- Drama.

Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Closed captioning.

Other Author:

Branagh, Kenneth.

Evans, Stephen.

Parfitt, David.

Briers, Richard.

Keaton, Michael, 1951-

Leonard, Robert Sean, 1969-

Reeves, Keanu.

Thompson, Emma.

Washington, Denzel, 1954-

Beckinsale, Kate.

Blessed, Brian.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Much ado about nothing.

Samuel Goldwyn Co.

Renaissance Films (Firm)

MGM Home Entertainment Inc.

Notes:

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1993.

Special features: "Making Much Ado" featurette and original theatrical trailer.

Photography, Roger Lanser; editor, Andrew Marcus; music, Patrick Doyle.

Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, Brian Blessed.

DVD; Dolby digital.

In English with optional soundtracks in Spanish or French; optional subtitles in Spanish or French; closed-captioned in English for the hering impaired.

ISBN:

9780792854326

0792854322

Publisher Number:

1002756

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

131848

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Much ado