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

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999 Ballet)
BBC / opus arts (1999)
Ballet/Dance, Comedy, TV Movie
In Collection
#1193
8*
Seen It:  Yes
(10/24/2017 Home)
809478008101
IMDB   6.4
116 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Christian Bale Demetrius
Bernard Hill Egeus
David Strathairn Theseus
Rupert Everett Oberon
Dominic West Lysander
Michelle Pfeiffer Titania
Stanley Tucci Puck
Sophie Marceau Hippolyta
Calista Flockhart Helena
Kevin Kline Bottom
John Sessions Philostrate
Roger Rees Peter Quince
Sam Rockwell Francis Flute
Bill Irwin Tom Snout
Anna Friel Hermia
Deirdre Harrison Hard-eyed Fairy
Annalisa Cordone Cobweb
Heather Parisi Bottom's Wife
Director
Ross MacGibbon
Kent Stowell
Francia Russell
Michael Hoffman
Producer Michael Hoffman
Leslie Urdang
Writer William Shakespeare
Michael Hoffman
Cinematography Oliver Stapleton
Music George Balanchine
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stewart Kershaw
Garth Craven


Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck. It is completely in the language of the Bard, with Pfeiffer as the Fairy Queen and Kline as the one turned into her evening's lover with donkey ears.
Edition Details
Distributor BBC Opus Arte
Release Date 06/26/2001
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.78:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Extras Booklet
Personal Details
Purchase Date 10/05/2017
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store EBay - moviemars
Purchase Price $33.22
Condition Used
Links A Midsummer Night's Dream at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org
References
IMDb Voters <500

Notes
This video is one of two ballet versions of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in my collection· This version, cheoragraphed by George Balanchine, is 112 minutes long and in two acts· The other (The Dream), choreographed by Frederick Ashton, is shorter, 55 minutes· While I prefer the Aston version, both are great performances· I make some comparisons in my notes on the Ashton version (see).

Puck's Monologue:
Instead of Shakespeare final monologue spoken by Puck, in Balanchine's ballet we see Puck sweeping away the events of the previous night and then rising into the morning ether.