A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 film)
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| Directed by | Michael Hoffman |
| Produced by | Michael Hoffman Leslie Urdang |
| Screenplay by | Michael Hoffman |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare |
| Starring |
Kevin Kline Stanley Tucci Calista Flockhart Anna Friel Christian Bale Dominic West David Strathairn Sophie Marceau Roger Rees Max Wright Gregory Jbara Bill Irwin Sam Rockwell Bernard Hill John Sessions |
| Music by | Simon Boswell |
| Cinematography | Oliver Stapleton |
| Edited by | Garth Craven |
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| Distributed by | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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116 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States Italy |
| Language | English Italian |
| Budget | $11 million |
| Box office | $16,071,990 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a 1999 romantic comedy fantasy film based on the play A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. It was directed by Michael Hoffman. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, Stanley Tucci as Puck, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, and Dominic West as the four lovers.
In 19th century Monte Athena, in the Kingdom of Italy, young lovers Lysander (Dominic West) and Hermia (Anna Friel) are forbidden to marry by her father Egeus (Bernard Hill), who has promised Hermia to Demetrius (Christian Bale). Lysander and Hermia make plans to flee to the forest to escape the arrangement. Demetrius follows them, having been made aware of the plan by Helena (Calista Flockhart), a young woman who is desperately in love with him. Once in the forest, they wander into the fairy world, ruled by Oberon (Rupert Everett) and Titania (Michelle Pfeiffer), King and Queen of the fairies. Oberon and his servant sprite Puck (Stanley Tucci) cause mayhem among the lovers with a magic potion that causes both Lysander and Demetrius to fall in love with Helena, leading to a rift between all four that culminates (famously in this adaptation) in a mud-wrestling scene. Oberon then bewitches Titania with the same potion.
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