The merchant of Venice

The Resource The merchant of Venice
Label
The merchant of Venice
Statement of responsibility
a Sony Pictures Classics release ; Movision Entertainment & Arclight Films present in association UK Film Council, Film Fund Luxembourg, Delux Productions S.A., Immagine Cinema/Dania Film, Istituto Luce, a Cary Brokaw/Avenue Pictures, Navidi-Wilde Productions, Jason Piette-Michael Cowan/Spice Factory production
Title variation
William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Shylock has grown wealthy through money-lending, the only profession open to Jewish businessmen of the time, but faces indignity and danger when he ventures beyond the Jewish quarter. In the same city, though in a different world, lives Antonio, a Christian merchant beset by worry over the fate of his trading vessels and his increasing isolation from his best friend Bassanio. The younger man has fallen in love with the beautiful Portia, and seeks to go abroad to win her hand. When Antonio takes a loan from Shylock, a bond is sealed, the risk of which is one pound of Antonio's flesh. So when Antonio goes into debt to Shylock, the angst-ridden moneylender demands a pound of his flesh
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Executive producers, Manfred Wilde, Michael Hammer, Peter James, James Simpson, Alex marshall, Robert Jones ; producers, Cary Brokaw, barry Navidi, Jason Piette, Michael Lionello Cowan ; screenplay/director, Michael Radford
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Rated R for some nudity
Language note
  • Closed-captioned
  • Includes subtitles in French
PerformerNote
Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson, Kris Marshall, Charlie Cox, Heather Goldenhersh, Mackenzie Crook, John Sessions, Gregor Fisher, Ron Cook, Allan Corduner, Anton Rodgers, David Harewood, Antonio Gil-Martinez
Runtime
131
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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