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From the director of The Lion King, Julie Taymor (Frida, The Magic Flute), comes a cinematic experience of the much heralded and sold-out production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with music by Oscar winning composer Elliot Goldenthal (Frida, Heat), cinematography by Rodrigo Prieto (Birdman, Wolf of Wall Street) and stellar performances by David Harewood, Tina Benko, Max Casella, and Kathryn Hunter.
Of all Shakespeare's plays. A Midsummer Night's Dream is the most phantasmagorical, with fairies, spells and hallucinatory lovers. Julie Taymor turns out a production that's visually breathtaking, funny, sexy and darkly poetic. This immersive, inventive cinematic experience was filmed last autumn during Taymor's highly acclaimed inaugural stage production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The feats of visual imagination are ingenious and plentiful, but beating at the centre of the film is an emotionally moving take on the deeper human aspects of this beloved tale.
The director who redefined spectacle on Broadway has now given New York a Midsummer Night's Dream that doesn't so much reach for the heavens as roll around in them For Ms. Taymor, the sky is not the limit it's a supple canvas to be stretched and bent to the whims of the imagination - New York Times.
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148mins (No interval)
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LocationCinestudio Theater (View)
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT 06106
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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