William Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice / Sony Pictures Classics ; Movision Entertainment & Arclight Films present ; in association with UK Film Council ; Film Fund Luxembourg ; Delux Productions S.A. ; Immagine Cinema / Dania Film ; Istituto Luce ; a Cary Brokaw /Avenue Pictures ; Navidi-Wilde Productions ; Jason Piette- Michael Cowan / Spice Factory production ; a Michael Radford film ; executive producers, Manfred Wilde, Michael Hammer, Peter James, James Simpson ; Alex Marshall, Robert Jones ; produced by Cary Brokaw, Barry Navidi, Jason Piette, Michael Lionello Cowan ; directed by Michael Radford ; screenplay by Michael Radford.

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"Antonio, a successful but cash-poor merchant, approaches Shylock, a wealthy moneylender, for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio woo the fair Portia. Despite being longtime enemies, Shylock grants the request, but demands one pound of Antonio's flesh if the debt is not repaid on time. When Ant...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Merchant of Venice (Motion picture : 2004)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Pook, Jocelyn (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
Movision Entertainment Limited
Arclight Films (Firm)
UK Film Council
Film Fund Luxembourg (Firm)
Delux Productions
Immagine e Cinema (Firm)
Dania Film (Firm)
Istituto Luce (Italy)
Avenue Pictures
Navidi-Wilde Productions (Firm)
Spice Factory (Firm)
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Radford, Michael, 1946- (Director, Screenwriter)
Brokaw, Cary (Producer)
Navidi, Barry (Producer)
Piette, Jason (Producer)
Cowan, Michael, 1965- (Producer)
Pacino, Al, 1940- (Actor)
Irons, Jeremy, 1948- (Actor)
Fiennes, Joseph, 1970- (Actor)
Collins, Lynn, 1977- (Actor)
Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- (Actor)
Delhomme, Benoît (Cinematographer)
Zucchetti, Lucia (Film editor)
Sheldon, Sammy (Costume designer)
Language:English
French
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English with optional subtitles in French; English closed-captions for the hearing impaired.
Published: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Classics : Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2005], ©2005.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Shylock > (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Moneylenders > Italy > Venice > Drama.
Deals > Italy > Venice > Drama.
Venice (Italy) > Drama.
Deals.
Moneylenders.
Shylock > (Fictitious character)
Italy > Venice.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films > United States.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Genre:
Drama.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Feature films
Film adaptations.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Merchant of Venice.
Format: Video DVD

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