Item Details
The taming of the shrew [videorecording]
Columbia Pictures presents a Burton-Zeffirelli Productions a Royal Films International/F.A.I. Production ; producers, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Franco Ziffirelli ; screenplay writers, Paul Dehn, Susu Cecchi D'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli ; director, Franco Zeffirelli.
- Format
- DVD; Video
- Summary
- Petruchio is a poverty-stricken gentleman from Verona who journeys to Padua in search of a wealthy wife. There he meets Katharina, a self-willed shrew who leads Petruchio on a merry chase before he successfully circumvents her attempts to avoid marriage. After the honeymoon, Kate helps Petruchio win a wager that he has the most obedient wife. In reality, Kate has found a more effective way to dominate her mate.
- Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Performer(s)
- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Alan Webb, Michael York, Victor Spinetti, Natasha Pyne.
- Release Date
- 1967
- Run Time
- 122 min.
- Language
- In English, Portuguese and Spanish with Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish or Thai subtitles. .
- Closed-captioned.
- Notes
- Title from container.
- Videodisc release of a 1967 motion picture.
- Based on the play by William Shakespeare.
- Special features: production notes; theatrical trailer; bonus trailer; talent files.
- Uniform title
- Taming of the shrew (Motion picture : 1967)
- Variant title
- William Shakespeare's The taming of the shrew
- Bisbetica domata
- Edition
- Widescreen version (2.35:1).
- Series
- Columbia classics
- Columbia classics (DVD videodiscs)
- Series statement
- Columbia classics
- Columbia classics (DVD videodiscs)
- ISBN(s)
- 0767828003, 9780767828000,
- Credits
- Director of photography, Oswald Morris ; editor, Peter Taylor ; original music, Nino Rota ; costume designers, Danilo Donati, Irene Sharaff ; production designers, John de Cuir ... [et al.].
- Published
- Culver City, Calif. :Columbia TriStar Home Video,1999.
- Publisher no.
- 01109 Columbia TriStar Home Video
- Description
- 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
- Technical details
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