A Midsummer Night's Dream

Directed by Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
Film Movement
2015
148 Minutes
USA
English
Drama, Comedy
Screening Formats:
Blu-ray, DVD
Theatrical booking
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Festival and non-theatrical booking
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Materials and print traffic
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Synopsis

From the mind of award-winning director Julie Taymor (The Lion King on Broadway, Frida, Titus) comes a Shakespeare adaptation like none other, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Rich with Taymor's trademark creativity, this immersive and darkly poetic cinematic experience brings the play's iconic fairies, spells and hallucinatory lovers to life. Filmed at her sold-out stage production with cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto (Argo, Frida) and music by Academy Award-winning composer Elliot Goldenthal, the feats of visual imagination are ingenious and plentiful, but beating at the center of the film is an emotionally moving take on the deeper human aspects of Shakespeare's beloved tale.