Much Ado About Nothing
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Much Ado About Nothing

Year:
Duration:
111 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Kenneth Branagh
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 6 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1993-07-02
Filming Locations: Villa Vignamaggio, Greve in Chianti, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Earnings
Budget: $8,000,000
Gross: $22,551,000 (USA)£4,139,294 (UK)
Cast
Actor
Character
Michael Keaton
Michael Keaton
Much Ado About Nothing
Richard Briers
Leonato
Kate Beckinsale
Hero
Imelda Staunton
Margaret
Jimmy Yuill
Friar Francis
Brian Blessed
Antonio
Andy Hockley
George Seacole
Chris Barnes
Francis Seacole
Conrad Nelson
Hugh Oatcake
Phyllida Law
Ursula
Emma Thompson
Beatrice
Alex Lowe
Messenger
Denzel Washington
Don Pedro
Keanu Reeves
Don John
Richard Clifford
Conrade
Gerard Horan
Borachio
Robert Sean Leonard
Claudio
Kenneth Branagh
Benedick
Patrick Doyle
Balthazar
Alex Scott
The Boy
Ben Elton
Verges
Edward Jewesbury
Sexton
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Trivia
Phyllida Law (Ursula) is the mother of Emma Thompson (Beatrice). At the time that the film was made, she was the mother-in-law of Kenneth Branagh (Benedick).
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Much of the singing was not re-recorded.
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Kenneth Branagh:  [Patrick Doyle]  The frequent Branagh composer is cast as Balthasar.
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Goofs
As the wedding party emerges from the front door in the final shot, the crane used to achieve the elevated view is briefly visible.
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During Balthazar's song, Benedick is hiding behind the hedge, but when the camera shot changes, he is by the fountain, in clear view of Signor Leonato, Claudio and Don Pedro
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Margaret turns and runs up the aisle twice after the wedding.
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Quotes
Beatrice: I wonder that you will still be talking, Signior Benedick. Nobody marks you.
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Conrade: You are an ass, you are an ass.
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Don Pedro of Aragon: Officers, what offense have these men done?
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Faq
Q
Chapter Headings, a quasi-official version:
A
***this may contain SPOILERS***Chapter headings based on the play script: * 01 = 00:00:00.000 - introduction, an orchard before Leonato's house - * 02 = 00:02:38.000 - Act 1-1, an orchard before Leonato's house - * 03 = 00:08:29.000 - Act 1-1, Leonato's house - * 04 = 00:16:30.000 - Act 1-3, a room in Leonato's house - * 05 = 00:19:03.000 - Act 2-1, the garden of Leonato's house - * 06 = 00:34:38.000 - Act 2-3, Leonato's garden - * 07 = 00:45:54.000 - Act 3-1, Leonato's garden - * 08 = 00:49:03.000 - Act 3-3, a street - * 09 = 00:52:18.000 - the house - * 10 = 00:52:48.000 - Act 2-2, an underground corridor in Leonato's house - * 11 = 00:53:34.000 - Act 3-2, a room in Leonato's house - * 12 = 00:55:54.000 - Act 3-3, a street - * 13 = 00:57:08.000 - Act 3-5, the doorway of Leonato's house - * 14 = 00:59:05.000 - Act 4-1, Leonato's garden - * 15 = 01:10:33.000 - an underground corridor - * 16 = 01:10:54.000 - Act 4-2, a prison - * 17 = 01:14:27.000 - Act 5-1, a street, near Leonato's house - * 18 = 01:24:53.000 - Act 5-3, a churchyard - * 19 = 01:27:55.000 - Act 5-2, Leonato's orchard - * 20 = 01:31:57.000 - Act 5-4, Leonato's garden - * 21 = 01:42:47.000 - end credits - * 22 = 01:46:07.000 - end -.000 is a placeholder for the exact time.These are best viewed edited so as to show one chapter per line, if using this for search. There is a copy showing this in the Message board, which is only accessible when logged in. That also includes an OGG version.The OGG version is for if there are players that can work from an external OGG chapters file.
Q
How can a black actor play Don Pedro?
A
Don John is referred to twice in the play as a "bastard", so he is only his half-brother. In Sicily of the time, it is not impossible that a light-skinned lord would be married to a black woman and have another son by a white mistress.
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