Posted on 06/15/2004 6:16:32 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
Any reference to Shakespeare in a movie not on the list below, please feel free to add. Quotes, lyrics etc.. acceptable.
10 things I hate about you,
hamlet, the forbidden planet,
romeo and Juliet,
much ado about nothing,
henry V,
as you like it,
the taming of the shrew,
ran (great commentary on this dvd)
Anthony and Cleopatra,
Prospero’s book,
looking for Richard,
deliver us from eva,
the postman,
raging bull,
seabiscuit,
the dresser,
la story,
porkys II,
doctor doolitle,
how stella got her groove,
carry on cleo, kiss me kate,
Harold and Maude,
My darling Clementine,
the dresser,
love’s labour’s lost,
The madness of king George (king lear quote),
in the bleak mid winter,
twelfth night,
the bandwagon ,
an american tail,
orange county ,
Othello
empire records
the rock,
Kiss me Kate,
I didn't see "Strange Brew" (which is a retelling of Hamlet with lots of slapstick, bathroom humor, and beer).
A couple that I haven't seen but I've heard are patterned after Shakespeare are "Men Of Respect" (mob movie patterened based on Macbeth) and "My Own Private Idaho" (based on Henry IV)
West Side Story
Nice catch!
Not sure how you missed the admirable "Shakespeare in Love" Or did I miss it on your list?
Also, wasn't Bogart's final 'The stuff dreams are made of' line in "Maltese Falcon" form Shakespeare?
How about every Star Trek movie?
(Too 'low-brow'? sorry)
What about Mid-Summer Night's Dream?
Goodbye Girl had the couple (Richard Dreyfus and Marsha Mason, I think) attending a laughable Richard III.
"Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go, when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get."
There's a wild and wacky version of the Tempest, by/with (?) JOhn Casavetes. And there may be another wild and wacky version. It's been 25 years since everything, and I can't remember if it's one movie or two.
Singin' in the Rain!
The king’s brother secretly kills the king then takes the king’s place, ruling the kingdom and marrying the king’s wife. The king’s son gets disturbed about the whole thing, even before he suspects his uncle’s guilt, and after a period of exile returns to successfully avenge his father’s death.
Has anyone mentioned Richard Burton as Edwin Booth in "The Prince of Player's"? It was the sory of John Wilkes Booth's brother.
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