Movie: A Midsummer Nights Dream (1999)
- Director: Michael Hoffman
- Release Date: 27 January 2000 (Netherlands)
- Run Time: 116 min
- Country: Italy , UK , USA
- Genre: Comedy , Fantasy , Romance
- MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
Tagline: Hold on to Your Heart. Cupid is Armed and Dangerous.
Trivia: Take a look at what some of the other performers are rehearsing while the Mechanicals are waiting for word from the Duke. One group of players is rehearsing the Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex and another pair of players are rehearsing a scene from Shakespeare’s play Othello.
Goofs: Continuity: The medal and the red ribbon that Bottom is wearing when he leaves the theatre are different from those he’s wearing when he arrives at home.
“Shakespeare’s intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start–Demetrius and Lysander both want Hermia but she only has eyes for Lysander. Bad news is, Hermia’s father wants Demetrius for a son-in-law. On the outside is Helena, whose unreturned love burns hot for Demetrius. Hermia and Lysander plan to flee from the city under cover of darkness but are pursued by an enraged Demetrius (who is himself pursued by an enraptured Helena). In the forest, unbeknownst to the mortals, Oberon and Titania (King and Queen of the faeries) are having a spat over a servant boy. The plot twists up when Oberon’s head mischief-maker, Puck, runs loose with a flower which causes people to fall in love with the first thing they see upon waking. Throw in a group of labourers preparing a play for the Duke’s wedding (one of whom is given a donkey’s head and Titania for a lover by Puck) and the complications become fantastically funny. Written by Lordship <lordship@juno.com>”
