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    The Merchant of Venice

    R2005 · Comedy drama · 2h 11m

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  1. The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 romantic drama film based on Shakespeare 's play of the same name. It is the first full-length sound film in English of Shakespeare's play—other versions are videotaped productions which were made for television, including John Sichel 's 1973 version and Jack Gold 's 1980 BBC production.

  2. Feb 18, 2005 · The Merchant of Venice: Directed by Michael Radford. With Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins. In 16th century Venice, when a merchant must default on a large loan from an abused Jewish moneylender for a friend with romantic ambitions, the bitterly vengeful creditor demands a gruesome payment instead.

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    • Drama, Romance
    • Michael Radford
    • 2005-02-18
  3. Dec 29, 2004 · In 16th-century Venice, Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes) hopes to wed Portia (Lynn Collins). But to have a chance at winning her hand in marriage, he needs to have a lot of money -- a critical resource ...

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  4. Jan 20, 2005 · The film is wonderful to look at, saturated in Renaissance colors and shadows, filmed in Venice, which is the only location that is also a set. It has greatness in moments, and is denied greatness overall only because it is such a peculiar construction; watching it is like channel-surfing between a teen romance and a dark abysm of loss and grief.

  5. Sep 10, 2012 · Radford’s Shakespeare adaptation is his best film since ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’ but doesn’t overcome the play’s inherent difficulties. The director prefaces the action with titles that ...

  6. In 1596, in the liberal Venice, Bassanio asks for a large amount to his friend, the merchant Antonio, to travel to Belmont and propose the gorgeous Portia. Antonio has invested all his money in his ships and borrows from the Jewish usurer Shylock, against whose people there is a great intolerance in Venice. Shylock proposes an unusual bond: if ...

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  8. The Merchant of Venice is a film directed by Michael Radford with Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins .... Year: 2004. Original title: The Merchant of Venice. Synopsis: Venice, 16th century. Bassanio asks Antonio to lend him 3,000 ducats so that he may woo Portia, heiress to her father Belmont’s fortune.

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