PRINCIPAL CAST

Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Simon Callow, Colin Firth, Imelda Staunton, Ben Affleck, Tom Wilkinson, Jim Carter, Martin Clunes

DIRECTOR

John Madden

WRITER

Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard

PRODUCER

Harvey Weinstein, Donna Gigliotti, David Parfitt, Edward Zwick, Marc Norman

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Bob Weinstein, Julie Goldstein

SYNOPSIS

Young Will Shakespeare is the up and coming playwright of the time, but has been disastrously struck by the bane of the writer's life - writer's block. His comedy "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter" isn't going anywhere and the playhouse is under threat of closure. What Will needs is a muse, and she appears in the form of the beautiful and bethrothed Lady Viola. The path of true love does not run smooth for Will, but the joys and tragedy of his own life find their way onto the page in a moving, witty and spellbinding tale.

BOX OFFICE

$100.2 Million

GENRE

Romance/Drama/Comedy

RATING

Rated R
sexuality

RUN TIME

122 Minutes

STUDIO

Miramax