The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1967-03-08

Country

Italy, United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Royal Films International, FAI

Genre

Comedy, Romance

Budget

$4 000 000

Revenue

$8 000 000

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Director

Franco Zeffirelli

Actors

Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael York, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Alan Webb, Victor Spinetti, Roy Holder
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Scenario

Producer

Richard Burton, Franco Zeffirelli, Richard McWhorter

Operator

Oswald Morris

Composer

Nino Rota

Artist

Audition

Editing

Peter Taylor, Guy Luongo
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• Richard Burton repeatedly played Shakespearean heroes, unlike Elizabeth Taylor, for whom the role of Katharine was her first. The actress was very nervous before filming began. She subsequently settled in and even asked director Franco Zeffirelli if some scenes could be reshot, which she now believed she would play better. Zeffirelli initially refused, but Taylor persisted, and on the last day of filming, all the material shot on the very first day was reshot.
• Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) and Richard Burton (1925-1984) served as producers. They invested $1 million of their own money into the film's production and waived their fees (which collectively exceeded $2 million) in exchange for a percentage of the box office revenue.
• The dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor as Katharine when delivering the final monologue was created in the image and likeness of the dress of the heroine in Lorenzo Lotto's (1480-1556), a Venetian painter, painting "Lucretia".