The Taming of the Shrew (1967 film)
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| Directed by | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Produced by | Elizabeth Taylor, Richard McWhorter |
| Screenplay by |
Paul Dehn Suso Cecchi d'Amico Franco Zeffirelli |
| Based on |
The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare |
| Starring |
Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Natasha Pyne Michael Hordern |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
| Cinematography | Oswald Morris |
| Edited by | Peter Taylor |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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122 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
| Box office | $8,000,000 (North America) $12,000,000 (worldwide) |
The Taming of the Shrew (Italian: La Bisbetica domata) is a 1967 film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare about a courtship between two strong-willed people. The film was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as Shakespeare's Kate and Petruchio.
Baptista Minola (Michael Hordern) is attempting to marry off his two daughters; however, he will marry off his youngest, Bianca (Natasha Pyne) only if someone will marry his eldest, Katharina (Elizabeth Taylor). Katharina is an ill-tempered woman but a lusty young nobleman, Petruchio (Richard Burton), takes on the challenge of taming and marrying her. A subplot involves the wooing of Bianca by several suitors including handsome Lucentio (Michael York), foppish Hortensio (Victor Spinetti), and elderly Gremio (Alan Webb).
The film, made in English but shot in Italy, cuts much of the original dialogue, including much of the subplot of Lucentio and Bianca, and all of the Christopher Sly framing device.
Taylor plays Kate’s final, controversial speech without any obvious irony (such as Mary Pickford’s wink in the 1929 film); however, her taming is apparently undercut by her quick exit from the banquet, which forces Burton’s Petruchio to chase after her amid jeers from the other men. Similar to Harold Bloom’s take on the play, Elizabeth Taylor's Katherina is demonstrating that women may control men by appearing to obey them.
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