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2006. Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss, Phil Nibbelink Productions and Indican Pictures. Directed by Phil Nibbelink. A full-length animated version of Romeo and Juliet that takes place under the sea between feuding seal families.
2006. She’s the Man, Donners’ Company, Dreamworks SKG, and Lakeshore Entertainment. Directed by Andy Fickman. With Amanda Bynes (Viola). Twelfth Night is transported to a modern private school when female athlete Viola must disguise herself and attend her twin brother’s all-male academy after her own school’s soccer team is cut.
2005. The Hobart Shakespeareans, Mel Stuart, Thirteen/WNET and P.O.V./American Documentary. Directed and produced by Mel Stuart, with appearances by Ian McKellan and Michael York. Documentary about fifth-grade teacher Rafe Esquith’s classes at a Los Angeles public school where most students speak English as a second language; among other academic challenges, the students learn about Shakespeare’s works and produce one of his plays—in this case, Hamlet.
2005. Shakespeare Behind Bars, Philomath Films. Directed by Hank Rogerson and produced by Joann Spitzmiller. Documentary about a Shakespeare acting program for inmates of a medium-security prison in LaGrange, Kentucky, filmed as they prepare a production of The Tempest.
2004. The Goodbye Girl, Turner Network Television. Directed by Richard Benjamin. With Jeff Daniels (Elliot Garfield), Patricia Heaton (Paula McFadden), Hallie Kate Eisenberg (Linda McFadden), and Alan Cumming (Mark). Although not directly based on a Shakespeare play, the film involves a production of Richard III. Remake of the 1977 movie. Television production.
2004. The Merchant of Venice, Spice Factory Limited in association with UK Film Council. Directed by Michael Radford. With Al Pacino (Shylock), Jeremy Irons (Antonio), and Joseph Fiennes (Bassanio).
2003. Fairies, SPEAKproductions. Directed by Thomas Gustafson. After constant bullying from his homophobic classmates, a young boy uses A Midsummer Night’s Dream to imagine a world where he fits in.
2003. Skin, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television for Fox Network. Created by Jim Leonard. The daughter of a liberal Jewish pornographer falls in love with the son of the conservative Catholic district attorney determined to bring him down in this short-lived television series (eight episodes) based on Romeo and Juliet. Television production.
2002. King of Texas, Hallmark Entertainment and Turner Network Television. Directed by Uli Edel. With Patrick Stewart (John Lear) and Marcia Gay Harden (Mrs. Susannah Lear Turlington). King Lear set on a ranch in the Old West. Television production.
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