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The Taming Of The Shrew [DVD] [1967]

DVD ~ Elizabeth Taylor
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  • Actors: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch
  • Directors: Franco Zeffirelli
  • Writers: Franco Zeffirelli, Paul Dehn, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, William Shakespeare
  • Producers: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Franco Zeffirelli
  • Format: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Hindi, Portuguese, Turkish, Danish, Icelandic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Arabic, Finnish, Czech, Greek
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Mar 2001
  • Run Time: 117 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000053W4Y
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,090 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The 1967 Franco Zeffirelli film of The Taming of the Shrew had all the ingredients to make it a high point in Shakespearian cinema. In Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor it starred the most bankable couple in Hollywood history as the sparring leads in the Bard's quick-firing comic battle of the sexes; and in Zeffirelli, it had a director with a Shakespearian pedigree second to none. But the reality is that this is Burton's picture all the way. His Petruchio is a weighty performance of such intelligence that the whole film is thrown off-kilter whenever he is on screen and the other performers just can't keep up. Apart from Michael Hordern's wonderfully distracted Baptista, Burton is the only actor in total, effortless command of the language. Taylor's bosomy glamour and fiery spirit are ample compensations for her occasionally murderous treatment of Katharina's verse. Whether or not she is really tamed by the end is another matter: those legendary violet eyes suggest otherwise. Ultimately it's a rich, bawdy and colourful romp, with Burton at the peak of his powers.

The DVD includes the theatrical trailer, a "making-of" featurette and filmographies. --Piers Ford

Special Features
2.35 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 9
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Mono English French German Italian Spanish
Dolby Digital Mono
Making Of Featurette
Theatrical Trailer
Filmographies
Arabic\Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Italian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish


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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential piece of movie history!!!, 30 Jul 2006
By K. I. Quintyne "kianq" (Dublin , IRELAND) - See all my reviews
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WHOA WHOA WHOA!!!

This is a brilliant tale with Taylor and Burton drawing on their tremendous on and off screen chemistry to breathe fresh life into one of Shakespeare's finest works...

Reading the play might not get all so excited about his works, but Taylor breathes genuine life into the indominable Shrew!!! Burton plays a lovable rogue... and it all comes together rather well... Finer words could not have been written, but their delivery is what makes it more appreciable to the audience...

Plain and simple - well worth mutliple viewings, might give some an insight into more contemporary pieces like Moonlighting... and where they got there idea for magic of the main characters being at loggerheads...

A true gem - well worth its price!!!
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 19 Dec 2004
After studying the play in its text version in my English Literature class, we were shown this Zefferelli film. To my amazement, it surpassed my expectations and managed to keep the comedy. In truth, Petruchio was not what I expected from the first glance, but gradually, I felt that Richard Burton was very well suited to the role. For the time, it is a rather lavish production and I recommend everyone to see it.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice to see an old friend, 14 Feb 2006
By Mr. Jon C. Whowell "Tugboat" (Rutland, England) - See all my reviews
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I was in the British Merchant Navy in the early 1970's. we used to get 16 mm films sent to us and would watch them usually on a Saturday night , sometimes projected onto a screen under the stars.

Taming of the Shrew got to us somewhere in the Arabian Gulf and I managed to keep it on our ship for over 4 months and must have watched it over 70 times.

The same ship watched Kelly's Heroes 120 times !!

The film is such a great vehicle for all the players and they all seem to have enjoyed it. The chemisty between Burton and Taylor is awsome both pay it robustly and lustily. But the detail is also superb, the last scene is not PC but then neither was the writer !

get the film, get a bottle of Chianti, get some pasta and enjoy. Its great !

I enjoyed the subtitle from the screen writers who thanked Shakespeare, thats how many times I watched it. - enjoy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb acting
One of my favourite films - I wore out my VHS copy. There are some departures from the original Shakespeare, but the whole film carries such conviction that it doesn't really... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Miller136

5.0 out of 5 stars Well made film
The Taming Of The Shrew is an amazing visual rich costume film with very good acting, it is well paced and obviously Shakespeare proves being a superb writer; witty entertainment... Read more
Published 2 months ago by H. Maks

4.0 out of 5 stars Taming of the Shrew Review
I'm studying this play and bought this Franco Zafirrelli / Elizabeth Burton version as it was dirt cheap on amazon. Read more
Published 21 months ago by S. Denton

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun rendition
Baptista has two daughters: the eldest is Kate the cursed and beautiful Bianca. Everyone wants to marry Bianca but Baptista insists that it has to be Kate first. Read more
Published 23 months ago by bernie

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent production! Thoroughly entertaining.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton make this production come to life for novices of Shakespeare as well as those more familiar with his works. Read more
Published on 21 Dec 2000 by juliette.charles@wcom.co.uk

4.0 out of 5 stars A great adaptation of a brilliant play
Burton and Taylor pull off taming of the Shrew with the electricity that propelled them, years later, through 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'. Read more
Published on 5 Oct 2000

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