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8 March 1967 (USA)
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A romantic film amorously devoted to every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved...and to every woman who deserved it! more
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Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Pertuchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katharina. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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4 nominations
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A fun, witty, exuberant treatment of Shakespeare
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Katharina | |
| Richard Burton | ... | Petruchio | |
| Cyril Cusack | ... | Grumio | |
| Michael Hordern | ... | Baptista | |
| Alfred Lynch | ... | Tranio | |
| Alan Webb | ... | Gremio | |
| Giancarlo Cobelli | ... | The Priest | |
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... | Pedant | |
| Ken Parry | ... | Tailor | |
| Anthony Gardner | ... | Haberdasher | |
| Natasha Pyne | ... | Bianca | |
| Michael York | ... | Lucentio | |
| Victor Spinetti | ... | Hortensio | |
| Roy Holder | ... | Biondello | |
| Mark Dignam | ... | Vincentio |
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La bisbetica domata (Italy)
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122 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Franco Zeffirelli originally proposed this film as a vehicle for Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
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Crew or equipment visible: When Petruchio arrives on a horse for his wedding, a security guard dressed in black is seen in the background.
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Petruchio:
Come, come, you wasp! In faith you are too angry!
Katherina: If I be waspish, best beware my sting!
Petruchio: My remedy then is to pluck it out!
Katherina: Hah! If the fool could find where it lies!
Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp doth wear his sting? In his tail!
Katherina: In his tongue!
Petruchio: Whose tongue?
Katherina: Yours! -if you talk of tales, and so farewell!
Petruchio: What? With my tongue in your tail?
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Katherina: If I be waspish, best beware my sting!
Petruchio: My remedy then is to pluck it out!
Katherina: Hah! If the fool could find where it lies!
Petruchio: Who knows not where a wasp doth wear his sting? In his tail!
Katherina: In his tongue!
Petruchio: Whose tongue?
Katherina: Yours! -if you talk of tales, and so farewell!
Petruchio: What? With my tongue in your tail?
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Featured in Mona: The Virgin Nymph (1970)
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Why does Katherina succumb to Petruchio?Is this film not somewhat misogynistic?
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This is a film version of a Shakespeare play the way Shakespeare would have wanted it to be seen - as funny and entertaining. The gorgeous colour in the sets and costumes reminds us that this story is taking place in sunny Italy - maybe it takes an Italian director to realize and bring out that light-hearted joyfulness. The actors are all wonderful, so natural in their roles that the Shakespearean verse sounds like believable daily conversation. Richard Burton is perfect as Petruchio, a self-confident, swaggering lout at the beginning, who in a way undergoes his own "taming" process to become a loving husband, proud of his wife and delighted with the happiness ahead of them. Elizabeth Taylor as an actress is not really up to the demands of Shakespeare, but she certainly looks her part, and on the whole does pretty well, especially as she is given a lot of action rather than speaking in this film, until the very end. Zeffirelli does wonderful things with the visuals - the scene at the beginning, when what appears to be a solemn church service suddenly erupts into a wild carnival can be seen as a joking reflection of the typical viewer's reaction to this happy treatment of Shakespeare; where we expect to be bored by solemn, po-faced reverence in the presence of Art, we suddenly find ourselves swept away in a merry romp. And the recurring glimpses of a huge grotesque blonde woman continually attended by her small, dark-haired pretty sister, always scaring away the latter's possible suitors is a witty summary of the main story we are watching. This movie is a great introduction to Shakespeare for anyone who hasn't seen his plays before, and a perfect antidote for anyone who's been intimidated into thinking that Shakespeare is "too hard" for anyone but experts and scholars to understand.