Much Ado About Nothing

Name: Much Ado About Nothing
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: 1993-05-07
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale, Denzel Washington

Romance. Mischief. Seduction. Revenge. Remarkable.

Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Timing: 1:51 (111 min)

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Watch film Much Ado About Nothing | Claudio & Hero's Wedding

Release date

1993-05-07

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Production

BBC Film, Samuel Goldwyn Company, American Playhouse, Renaissance Films

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Romance

Budget

$11 000 000

Revenue

$22 549 338

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Director

Kenneth Branagh

Actors

Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale, Denzel Washington, Richard Briers, Imelda Staunton, Keanu Reeves, Michael Keaton, Jimmy Yuill
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Scenario

Kenneth Branagh

Producer

Kenneth Branagh, David Parfitt, Stephen Evans

Operator

Roger Lanser

Composer

Patrick Doyle

Artist

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Editing

Andrew Marcus, Mark Cooper
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Short description

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

What's left behind the scenes

The 1967 television film of the same name starred Sir Robert Stevens and Dame Maggie Smith as a married couple. In the new adaptation, Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson played these roles. Notably, both couples later divorced.
The plot is set in Messina, Sicily, but filming took place in Chianti, Tuscany, Italy.

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