03907cgm a2200625 i 4500 345724876 TxAuBib 20050603120000.0 d 050310s2005||||||||||||||||||||||v|eng|u 9781404980228 1404980229 043396109100 10910 Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (OCoLC)58439005 TEFMT TEFMT TEF IBI TxAuBib rda eng eng fre eng William Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice [DVD] / Movision Entertainment & Arclight Films present in association UK Films Council Film Fund Luxembourg, Delux Productions S.A., Immagine Cinema/Dania Film Istituto Luce, a Cary Brokaw/Avenue Pictures Navidi-Wilde Productions, Jason Piette-Michael Cowan/Spice Factory production, a Michael Radford film ; produced by Cary Brokaw, Barry Navidi, Jason Piette, Michael Lionello Cowan ; screenplay by Michael Radford ; director, Michael Radford. Merchant of Venice. Widescreen. Culver City, Calif : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, [2005] Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. 1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Originally released as a motion picture in 2004. Special features: Audio commentary with director Michael Radford & actress Lynn Collins; making-of 'The merchant of Venice' featurette; weblink to the Teachers' Guide (a classroom guide); previews. Director of photography, Benoit Delhomme ; editor, Lucia Zucchetti ; music, Jocelyn Pook ; costume designer, Sammy Sheldon ; production designer, Bruno Rubeo. Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins, Zuleikha Robinson, Kris Marshall, Charlie Cox, Heather Goldenhersh, Mackenzie Crook, John Sessions, Gregor Fisher, Ron Cook, Allan Corduner, Anton Rodgers, David Harewood, Antonio Gil-Martinez. Shylock has grown wealthy through money-lending, the only profession open to Jewish businessmen of the time, but faces indignity and danger when he ventures beyond the Jewish quarter. In the same city, though in a different world, lives Antonio, a Christian merchant beset by worry over the fate of his trading vessels and his increasing isolation from his best friend Bassanio. The younger man has fallen in love with the beautiful Portia, and seeks to go abroad to win her hand. When Antonio takes a loan from Shylock, a bond is sealed, the risk of which is one pound of Antonio's flesh. So when Antonio goes into debt to Shylock, the angst-ridden moneylender demands a pound of his flesh. MPAA rating: R; for some nudity. DVD; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, mastered in high definition. 20110914. English dialogue, French subtitles; closed-captioned. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Television adaptations. Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 Film adaptations. Shylock (Fictitious character) Drama. Moneylenders Italy Venice Drama. Deals Italy Venice Drama. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Melodrama Feature. Adaptation Feature. Radford, Michael, 1946- Pacino, Al, 1940- Irons, Jeremy, 1948- Fiennes, Joseph, 1970- Collins, Lynn, 1979- Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- Delhomme, Benoît. Pook, Jocelyn. Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm).