Al Pacino
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Dec 29, 2004 · Aug 24, 2017. Rated: 3/5 • Jan 3, 2011. 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...
Dec 3, 2004 · Jeremy Irons is the Merchant, Antonio, and his sonorous languour is beautifully suited to the character's melancholy: the Venetian entrepreneur who has all his capital hazarded in various...
Dec 29, 2004 · Summary Set in the lavish era of 16th century Italy, The Merchant of Venice follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of Shakespearean characters in this story wrought with morality, revenge, redemption and love. (Sony Pictures Classics) Drama. Romance. Written By: Michael Radford, William Shakespeare.
Summaries. 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.
Dec 29, 2004 · Director, Screenplay. Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.
Jeremy Irons. Antonio. JF. Joseph Fiennes. Bassanio. LC. Lynn Collins. Portia. ZR. Zuleikha Robinson. Jessica. About. The Merchant of Venice. DRAMA. From Michael Radford, the Academy Award (®)-nominated director of Il Postino, comes the critically-acclaimed screen adaptation of William Shakespeare's controversial classic, The Merchant Of Venice.
Antonio (Jeremy Irons), a successful but cash-poor merchant, approaches Shylock (Al Pacino), a wealthymoneylender, for a loan to help his young friend Bassanio (Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love) woothe fair Portia (Lynn Collins, 13 Going on 30).
