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"Welcome to the 17th-century stage, where Ned Kynaston's (Billy Crudup) performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the 'most beautiful woman on the London stage.' That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.), Tribeca Productions, N1 European Film Produktions GmbH & Co. KG, BBC Films, Artisan Entertainment (Firm), Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Other Authors: Eyre, Richard, 1943-, Hatcher, Jeffrey, 1957-, Crudup, Billy, 1968-, Danes, Claire, 1979-, Everett, Rupert, Wilkinson, Tom, 1948-, Chaplin, Ben, Bonneville, Hugh, Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013, Fox, Edward, 1937-, Tapper, Zoë, Hollander, Tom, 1967-, Higgins, Clare, Woolgar, Fenella, Eve, Alice, Fenton, George
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned. In English, with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Lions Gate Home Entertainment, [2004]
Edition:Widescreen.
Subjects:
Comedy films.
Actors > England > London > Drama.
Actresses > England > London > Drama.
Desdemona (Fictitious character) > Drama.
Historical films.
Romance > Feature > Videodisc.
Motion pictures, American.
Motion pictures, British.
Motion pictures, German.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
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Summary:"Welcome to the 17th-century stage, where Ned Kynaston's (Billy Crudup) performance of Desdemona in Shakespeare's 'Othello' brings the house down nightly. Ned is the 'most beautiful woman on the London stage.' That is, until the King renounces the royal edict that only men can play women on stage. Enter Maria (Claire Danes), Ned's seemingly loyal dresser, who becomes an instant star, leaving Ned to suppress his ardent feminine traits and make a man of himself"--Container.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2004.
Based on the play "Compleat female stage beauty" by Jeffrey Hatcher.
Aspect ratio 16:9, formatted from the original 1.78:1 in which the film was shot.
Special features: Backstage beauty: behind-the-scenes vignettes with interviews of the cast and crew -- Director commentary -- Trailers.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby digital.
Audience:THAR.
MPAA rating: R. Bonus features not rated.
Production Credits:Music by George Fenton ; costume designer, Tim Hatley ; editor, Tariq Anwar ; production designer, Jim Clay ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn.