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MPAA Raing: R
Director: Michael Radford
Genres: Period Film, Tragedy, Drama
Released Date: December 29, 2004 (USA
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Summary:
One of William Shakespeare's most powerful comedies has been given a bold cinematic adaptation in this film version of +The Merchant of Venice. Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) is a young and vital member of the aristocratic classes in 16th century Italy; however, Bassanio's impulsive nature and lavish lifestyle have put him deeply in debt, and he will need at least the pretens... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Al Pacino - (Shylock)
Jeremy Irons - (Antonio)
Joseph Fiennes - (Bassanio)
Lynn Collins - (Portia)
Zuleikha Robinson - (Jessica)
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Review:
One gets the sense that Shakespeare's choice to make Shylock a Jew in +The Merchant of Venice was a quick (and undeniably wrong) shorthand to represent villainy for Elizabethan audiences. But Shakespeare also gives him one of the most famous defenses of human equality in the English language ("If you prick us do we not bleed..."), and in... Continue >>

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