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| The Merchant of Venice | |
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| Directed by | Michael Radford |
| Screenplay by | Michael Radford |
| Based on | The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare |
| Produced by | Cary Brokaw Michael Cowan Jason Piette Barry Navidi Luciano Martino |
| Starring | Al Pacino Jeremy Irons Joseph Fiennes Lynn Collins |
| Cinematography | Benoît Delhomme |
| Edited by | Lucia Zucchetti |
| Music by | Jocelyn Pook |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1] Optimum Releasing[2] (United Kingdom) Istituto Luce (Italy)[2] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 131 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Italy Luxembourg |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million[2] |
| Box office | $21,417,725[2] |
The Merchant of Venice is a 2004 romantic drama film based on Shakespeare's play of the same name. It is the first full-length sound film in English of Shakespeare's play—other versions are videotaped productions which were made for television, including John Sichel's 1973 version and Jack Gold's 1980 BBC production.
The title character is the merchant Antonio (Jeremy Irons), not the Jewish moneylender Shylock (Al Pacino), who is traditionally viewed as the antagonist and more prominent character. This adaptation follows the text but omits much. Director Michael Radford believed that Shylock was Shakespeare's first great tragic hero who reaches a catastrophe due to his own flaws.[3][4] The film begins with text and a montage of how the Jewish community is abused by the Christian population of Venice and brings attention to the fact that, as a convert, Shylock would have been cast out of the Jewish ghetto in Venice.
A co-production between the United Kingdom, Italy, and Luxembourg, The Merchant of Venice was screened non-competitively at the 61st edition of the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2004 in what was touted as its world premiere (the film was in fact screened on 3 September 2004 at the Telluride Film Festival).
- ^ Rooney, David (6 September 2004). "William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice". Variety. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ a b c d The Merchant of Venice at Box Office Mojo
- ^ Podgorski, Daniel (5 November 2015). "Remakes are Not your Enemy: Analyzing a Scene from Michael Radford's Film Version of The Merchant of Venice". The Gemsbok. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ Radford, Michael (2004). "Shakespeare and the Jews". Landmark Theatres. Archived from the original on 6 December 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2011.