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The Merchant of Venice
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In 16th century Venice, in order to win a woman's heart, Bassanio is forced to make a deadly deal with pitiless moneylender Shylock (Al Pacino). Bassanio will get his money, and without paying interest. If he doesn't pay it back, however, he will owe Shylock a pound of his flesh.
In 16th century Venice, in order to win a woman's heart, Bassanio is forced to make a deadly deal with pitiless moneylender Shylock (Al Pacino). Bassanio will get his money, and without paying interest. If he doesn't pay it back, however, he will owe Shylock a pound of his flesh.
Actors:
Gregor Fisher,
Norbert Konne,
Jeremy Irons,
Pieter Riemens,
Antonio Gil,
Anton Rodgers,
Jean-François Wolff,
Tony Schiena,
Ron Cook,
Marc Maes,
Kris Marshall,
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Gregor Fisher
22 December 1953, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Norbert Konne
Jeremy Irons
19 September 1948, Cowes, Isle of Wight, England, UK
Pieter Riemens
Antonio Gil
Anton Rodgers
10 January 1933, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Jean-François Wolff
Tony Schiena
Ron Cook
1948, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Marc Maes
Kris Marshall
1 April 1973
Director:
Michael Radford
Michael Radford
24 February 1946, New Delhi, British India [now India]
Country:
United States, United Kingdom, Euro
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June 05, 2009
A richly cinematic and robust rendition of Shakespeare's pre-political correctness play about the place of Jews in anti-Semitic 16th century Venice, Michael Radford's film takes delight in dramatics thus pulling us into the story.
June 24, 2006
This is Al Pacino's show, and thankfully his Shylock is absorbing enough to carry the day.
Detroit News
February 18, 2005
Pacino's stentorian delivery and punctuating hands are almost parodistic, as likely to draw a chuckle as to elicit empathy.
June 12, 2009
We see what an actor's actor Pacino can be: he's careful and watchful; respectful of other actors' timing; and says his lines perfectly, resisting all temptation to grandstand.
January 03, 2011
Pacino seeks his pound of flesh as a tragic outsider.
July 04, 2008
Pacino is at least dynamic, something harder to say about the women in the cast.
Arizona Republic
March 10, 2005
Radford has rendered off the comedy to find the dramatic skeleton underneath. It is an approach that works stunningly well and is perhaps the only way the play can now be done.
July 02, 2009
It is really a pleasure to watch a masterful actor like Al Pacino wring every nuance out of the multifarious character of Shylock.
AV Club
September 26, 2005
It tilts so far in one direction that the comic elements seem to come from another, lesser film.
July 10, 2009
The text is wonderful, Radford's film has some fine performances from Jeremy Irons and Joseph Fiennes, and he makes good use of Venice locations.
Orlando Sentinel
February 25, 2005
A vivid, engrossing and defensible Shakespeare adaptation, a period piece that truly has a feel for a time long past -- and a place and attitude that are not.