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I have the same Favorite Shakespeare movie as Matt H..
Branagh's version of Much Ado About Nothing I think it is just a fabulous production, and the final shot is wonderful
Close seconds would be the before mentioned Romeo & Juliet, and it's musical cousin West Side Story
I also very much enjoyed Othello in which Branagh played Iago (did I spell that right? probably not, knowing me) I don't think he directed that one though
His Hamlet and Henry V also excellent
I loved Burton's & Taylor's Taming of the Shrew and there was movie version of Twelvth Nihgt about 5 or six years ago I quite enjoyed although I cannot remember who was in it at the moment
I also liked the Mel Gibson version of Hamlet...not so much for Gibson as for the actress who played Gertrude...oh lordy I cn see her face and cannot remember her name,...she layed Robin Williams mother in Garp...
to quite our former VP Dan Quayle (when HE was trying to recite "A mind is a terrible thing to waste")
It's a terrible thing to lose one's mind....
Oh but I disgree .. (how unlike me!)
Ther used to be Shahkespeare festival in Stratfor CT, a n easy drive from my abopde and in high school I was drived there several times and saw exellent productions of Hamlet, The Merchant of Venice and Midsummer's Night Dream
OH! I liked Kevin Kline in the movie version of A Midsummer;s Night Dream but wasn't crazy about the overall movie
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