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The Taming of the Shrew
Grumio (Cyril Cusack) and Hortensio (Victor Spinetti) both long to wed the same beautiful young woman, Bianca. However, her father announces that she may not marry until her mean spirited sister Katarina is wed.
9 July 1946, Crawley, Sussex, England, UK
27 March 1942, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
14 August 1934, Nîmes, Gard, France
4 August 1937, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
23 April 1935, Rome, Lazio, Italy
3 October 1911, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, UK
12 December 1929, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
26 January 1931, London, England, UK
19 May 1918, Campobasso, Molise, Italy
10 November 1925, Pontrhydyfen, Wales, UK
13 May 1927, Rome, Lazio, Italy
2 September 1929, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Gwent, Wales, UK
20 June 1930, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK
26 November 1910, Durban, Natal, South Africa
15 June 1946, Birmingham, England, UK
2 July 1906, York, England, UK
27 February 1932, Hampstead, London, England, UK
20 March 1909, Ealing, London, England, UK
April 21, 2002
...ranks among the finest screen adaptations of a Shakespeare play ever made.
January 01, 2000
Despite its blatant lack of political correctness, there is considerable fun to be had in this film.
January 01, 2000
When [Zeffirelli] sticks to the play and to his actor's skills, the film comes alive. Sadly that was not as often as it should have been.
February 19, 2004
Riotous fun.
July 01, 2008
Purists will doubtless be upset by this flick, but the bawdy humor is engaging, the photography and musical score work just fine, and the most famous married couple in the world at that time are really having a ball here.
September 27, 2005
Not necessarily the best telling, but still wickedly attractive.
October 10, 2007
Zeffirelli can't bring himself quite to the realm of radical Shakespeare. However, the film is a great vehicle for the two most famous stars of its era.
July 01, 2008
Comedy is sustained in witty wedding ceremony.
May 24, 2003
High-spirited whoop-de-doo Shakespeare, not too adulterated, not too precious, and geared slyly towards an audience who may have read about this kind of marriage on the showbiz gossip pages.
July 01, 2008
More debased Shakespeare from Franco Zeffirelli.
December 21, 2006
Fine Zeffirelli version with Taylor and Burton in good form.
July 01, 2008
As for Mr. Zeffirelli's settings and the elaborate Renaissance costumes, they look very rich and mellow in the misty pastel colors that are used. But they, too, like Nino Rota's music, tend to monotony.
