Twelfth Night (1996) ( 12th Night )

Twelfth Night (1996) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: 12th Night
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
128 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1996 and produced in:
Ireland ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Trevor Nunn

Written By:
William Shakespeare
Trevor Nunn

Actors:
Imogen Stubbs ..... Viola
Steven Mackintosh ..... Sebastian
Nicholas Farrell ..... Antonio
Sydney Livingstone ..... Captain (as Sid Livingstone)
Ben Kingsley ..... Feste
James Walker ..... Priest
Helena Bonham Carter ..... Olivia
Nigel Hawthorne ..... Malvolio
Mel Smith ..... Sir Toby Belch
Imelda Staunton ..... Maria
Toby Stephens ..... Duke Orsino
Alan Mitchell ..... Valentine
Peter Gunn ..... Fabian
Richard E. Grant ..... Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Tim Bentinck ..... First Officer

Synopsis:

Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. When she lands in a foreign country, Viola dresses as her brother and adopts the name Cesario, becoming a trusted friend and confidante to the Count Orsino. Orsino is madly in love with the lady Olivia, who is in mourning due to her brother's recent death, which she uses as an excuse to avoid seeing the count, whom she does not love. He sends Cesario to do his wooing, and Olivia falls in love with the disguised maiden. Things get more complicated in this bittersweet Shakespeare comedy when a moronic nobleman, Sir Andrew Aguecheek, and a self-important servant, Malvolio, get caught up in the schemes of Olivia's cousin, the obese, alcoholic Sir Toby, who leads each to believe Olivia loves him. As well, Sebastian surfaces in the area, and of course there is Feste, the wise fool, around to keep everything in perspective and to marvel, like we the audience, at the amazing things happening all around.

Trevor Nunn's version of William Shakespeare's classic comedy revolves around Viola, a young woman who disguises herself as a man to work as a page in the court of Count Orsino. Orsino is hopelessly in love with a woman named Olivia, and soon Viola finds herself hopelessly in love with Orsino. But Orsino thinks she's a man, and her predicament worsens when she realizes that Olivia has fallen in love with her. Nunn's film sets the play in the 19th Century and brings out both the ebullient and the melancholy aspects of Shakespeare's story.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 14 April, 2010.