Compilation/Packaged Set: A Midsummer Night's Dream

I have gathered together into this collection all the films in my catalogue that are either of or based on William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream:

Plays

  1. 1935 Dir. Max Reinhardt
  2. 1969 Dir. Peter Hall
  3. 1999 Dir. Michael Hoffman
  4. 2014 Dir. Julie Taymor
  5. 2016 Dir. David Kerr

Ballets

  1. 1999 Pacific Northwest Ballet Company (Balanchine)
  2. 2004 American Ballet Theater (Ashton)
  3. 2007 Teatro alla Scala Ballet Company (Balanchine)

Opera

  1. 1981 Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Britten)

Adaptations

  1. 1910 Midsummer Night's Dream (silent, short)
  2. 1955 Smiles Of A Summer Night (Bergman)
  3. 1982 A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Allen)
  4. 2008 Were The World Mine (Gustafson)

‡ A compilation of Puck's epilogue as performed in various productions: YouTube

‡ Films based on A Midsummer Night's Dream: Wikipedia

Were The World Mine
SpeakProductions Film / Wolfe (2008)
Fantasy, Musical, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#452
7*
Seen It:  Yes
(9/24/2017 Dekkoo)
754703763310
IMDB   6.9
95 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 2
Tanner Cohen Timothy
Wendy Robie Ms. Tebbit
Judy McLane Donna
Nathaniel David Becker Jonathon
Zelda Williams Frankie
Christian Stolte Coach Driskill
Ricky Goldman Max
Jill Larson Nora
David Darlow Lawrence
Brad Bukauskas Cole
Parker Croft Cooper
Reid Dawson Russ
Waymon Arnette Henry
Yoni Solomon Bradley
Alexander Aguilar Taylor
Zach Gray Ian
Colleen Skemp Becky
Julia Black Crystal
Peggy Roeder Cole's Mother
Ora Jones Mrs. Boyd
Annabel Armour Phyllis
Michael Hargrove Henry's Father
Martie Sanders Academy Mother
Dev Kennedy Angry Father
Charin Alvarez Board Member
J.R. Rose Mayor Robbins
Paul M. Lisnek Newscaster
Ken Gasch Dancer
Adam Gauzza Dancer
Matthew McMunn Dancer
Jill Larson Nora Bellinger
David Darlow Dr. Lawrence Bellinger
Walter Thon Dancer
Director/Choreographer
Tom Gustafson
Producer Gill Holland
Peter Sterling
Tom Gustafson
Writer/Composer Tom Gustafson
Cory James Krueckeberg
Cory Krueckeberg
William Shakespeare
Cinematography Kira Kelly
Music Jessica Fogle
Tim Sandusky


If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.
Edition Details
Release Date 2009
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Notes
Were the World Mine is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedic romp A Midsummer Night's Dream· While it has been well over a decade since I've seen the play, and I certainly do not remember Shakespeare's plot details, as I viewed Were the World Mine I felt that it followed the zany antics of Shakespeare, at least in spirit if not in its details· "The intersection of romance, gender, identity, power, performance, and fate" reflects Shakespeare· Much of the script uses Shakespeare's text, especially since the movie uses Shakespeare's dramatic device of a play within the play (scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream' some of which spill over from the actual play to the film)·
Some reviewers compared this film to Hedwig And The Angry Inch· I'm sorry, this film is no Hedwig· But it's still a fun film.