Films Screening “Much ado about nothing” and “Ran” at TPD
Screening of “Much ado about nothing”: Fri 03 Apr 2015, 7.30 pm
Screening of “Ran”: Sat 04 Apr 2015, 7.30 pm
TPD
From TPD:
In the second week of Shakespeare film month, you are invited to the screening of two other famous films: “Much ado about nothing” and “Ran”.
Original language with Vietnamese subtitles
About films
Much ado about nothing is a 1993 British/American romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare’s play of the same name. It was adapted for the screen and directed by Kenneth Branagh who stars in the film. The film also stars Branagh’s then-wife Emma Thompson, Robert Sean Leonard, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton, Keanu Reeves, and Kate Beckinsale in her film debut.
The film was released on May 7, 1993, reaching 200 U.S. screens at its widest release. It earned $22 million at the U.S. box office and $36 million total worldwide, which, despite failing to reach the mark set by Franco Zeffirelli’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, made it one of the most financially successful Shakespeare films ever released. It was also entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Ran is a 1985 Japanese-French jidaigeki epic film directed and co-written by Akira Kurosawa. The film stars Tatsuya Nakadai as Hidetora Ichimonji, an aging Sengoku-era warlord who decides to abdicate as ruler in favor of his three sons. The story is based on legends of the daimyo Mōri Motonari, as well as on the Shakespearean tragedy King Lear.
RAN was Kurosawa’s last epic. With a budget of $12 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time. RAN was released on May 31, 1985 at the Tokyo International Film Festival and on June 1, 1985 in Japan. The film was hailed for its powerful images and use of color-costume designer Emi Wada won an Academy Award for Costume Design for her work on RAN. The distinctive Gustav Mahler-inspired film score, written by Toru Takemitsu, plays in isolation with ambient sound muted.
Entry: 20,000 VND (donation for TPD’s fund for movie talents)
The Centre for Assistance and Development of Movie Talents was established with the purposes of designing and implementing programs to assist and develop movie talents and other activities for the development of Vietnamese cinema.
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