Your Guide To The Best Shakespeare DVDs Starting With The Highest Reviews

In Search of Shakespeare

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS (Direct)
Release Date: 2004-03-09
Running Time: 240 minutes

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Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet

Starring: Mikhail Nazvanov
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Facets
Release Date: 2006-10-31
Running Time: 140 minutes

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Hamlet - Criterion Collection

Starring: Peter Cushing
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2000-09-19
Running Time: 153 minutes

In the opening scene of Hamlet (1948), Laurence Olivier's voice-over describes the play as "the tragedy of a man who couldn't make up his mind." But Olivier's screen adaptation is considerably more thoughtful and complex than this thesis would suggest. Drawing on his experience playing the prince on stage at Elsinore in 1937, the legendary thespian provides the film with the patina of great... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Bionicle - Mask Of Light

Starring: Andrew Francis
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Directed By: David Molina
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 2003-09-16
Running Time: 74 minutes

For the first time ever, the world of BIONICLE(R) comes to life in an epic motion picture event -- BIONICLE(R): MASK OF LIGHT! Experience the action-packed adventure that has enthralled millions of fans. Discover the latest chapter in this legendary story in an all-new CGI animated movie. It's nonstop action as Jaller and his best friend Takua set off on their journey to find the 7th Toa, a myster... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Renaissance Man

Starring: Gregory Hines
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 2003-07-01
Running Time: 128 minutes

Expect big, big laughs when funnyman Danny DeVito (TWINS, RUTHLESS PEOPLE) joins forces with talened director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, BIG) to deliver a lively five-star comedy you're going to love! DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck businessman who desperately takes the only job offered -- a teaching position in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Hamlet

Starring: Glenn Close
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2004-02-24
Running Time: 135 minutes

Treachery. Madness. Murder. The story of Hamlet has been told for 400 years...but it's never been told like this! Mel Gibson (the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films) takes on his richest part to date, the title role in a dynamic new version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth), the location-shot production has a sumptuous look that won A... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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William and Mary

Starring: Julie Graham
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2007-07-17
Running Time: 559 minutes

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The Taming of the Shrew (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: Earl Boen
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2002-07-30
Running Time: 120 minutes

San Francisco's prize-winning American Conservatory Theater's rowdy commedia dell'arte production incorporates slapstick, pratfall and earthy humor into William Shakespeare's comedy about the two unmarried daughters of a wealthy Italian merchant. While daughter Bianca is genteel and popular, daughter Kate is foul-tempered and strong-willed. No one dares to marry Kate, until Petruchio arrives in Pa... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2003-04-15
Running Time: 120 minutes

Imagine a work by Shakespeare reduced to one of those pretty, glossy coffee-table picture books that have only a dollop of text alongside its sumptuous photographs, and you might have Michael Hoffman's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This all-star version of Shakespeare's comedy is gorgeously shot in Tuscany, complete with a magical forest, breathtaking landscapes, beautiful villas... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Richard III - Criterion Collection

Starring: Wally Bascoe
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2004-02-24
Running Time: 158 minutes

The third and final entry in Laurence Olivier's Shakespeare triptych, Richard III (1954) is an audacious portrait of a man determined to prove himself a villain. As the personification of evil impudence, Olivier portrays the Duke of Gloucester with such aplomb that he brings the audience onto his side. This is true even as Richard engineers plots to murder his brother Clarence (John Gielgud... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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