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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer night's dream / Fox Searchlight Pictures and Regency Enterprises ; produced by Leslie Urdang, Michael Hoffman ; screenplay by Michael Hoffman ; directed by Michael Hoffman.

Widescreen version.

Videodisc release of the 1999 motion picture.

"Based on the play by William Shakespeare"--Container.

Includes original theatrical trailer.

Editor, Garth Craven ; music, Simon Boswell ; director of photography, Oliver Stapleton.

Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci, Christian Bale, Sophie Marceau, David Strathairn.

DVD, stereo.

Closed captioned.

In English with English and Spanish subtitles.

Videorecording.

Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [1999], ©1999.

1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

In the village of Monte Athena in Italy at the turn of the 19th century, necklines are high, parents are rigid, and marriage is seldom a matter of love. Thus, Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander, while her father wants only Demetrius for his son-in-law. Poor Helena burns hot for Demetrius, who avoids her like the plague. Meanwhile, fairy king Oberon is engaged in a battle of wits with his queen, Titania, and has commanded a trick of Puck, which naturally goes horribly wrong. They are all in the enchanted wood on a midsummer's eve, coming out in the end charged with a gift from the fairies--an enchanted eroticism--that sweeps them away to bed chambers and weddings. The film celebrates love's ability to alter reality while quietly acknowledging that any attempt to portray the feeling of love ultimately falls short.

Main titles -- Wedding preparations -- The course of true love -- Casting a play -- Fairies -- Puck's errand -- Helena and Demetrius -- The flower -- Titania's bower -- Lysander and Hermia -- Helena enters -- The rehearsal place -- Puck's trick -- Puck's mistake -- A donkey and a queen -- Helena's lovers -- The cure -- The wood nymphs -- Bottom's dream -- A wedding celebration -- Pyramus and Thisbe -- Fairy time -- Puck's speech -- End titles.

Rated PG-13.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.

Everett, Rupert.

Kline, Kevin.

Pfeiffer, Michelle, 1957-

Flockhart, Calista, 1964-

Tucci, Stanley.

Bale, Christian, 1974-

Marceau, Sophie, 1966-

Hoffman, Michael.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer's night dream.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Regency Enterprises.

Fox Searchlight Pictures.

Midsummer night's dream