Shakespeare in Love (1998) USA / R / 123 min
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Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance /  more »
Awards: Won 7 Oscars. Another 50 wins & 61 nominations  more »
User Ratings: 7.2 (122,439 votes)  more »
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Summary: A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays.  more »
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Filmmakers: John Madden - Director, Marc Norman - Writer / Producer, Tom Stoppard - Writer, Donna Gigliotti - Producer, David Parfitt - Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Producer, Edward Zwick - Producer, Richard Greatrex - Cinematographer, Stephen Warbeck - Composer, Martin Childs - Production Designer, David Gamble - Editor  more »
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Geoffrey Rush ... Philip Henslowe 978 

Tom Wilkinson ... Hugh Fennyman 2,166 

Steven O'Donnell ... Lambert 19,997 
Tim McMullen¹ ... Frees 32,135 

Joseph Fiennes ... Will Shakespeare 1,243