Shakespear adaptations film/tv

[ermintrude35]

can anyone add to my list of adaptations (loosley based or otherwise)

1.Taming of the Shrew- Kiss Me Kate, 10 Things I Hate About You

2. 12th Night- She's The Man

3. King Lear - A Thousand Acres

4. Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story

there must be others? all suggestions appreciated

[jackthehat]

My Kingdom - King Lear

[paddywak]

sent some to your post on media & tv, ermintrude

[kettledrum]

The Comedy of Errors - The Boys from Syracuse

[**Clem**]

The 'My Own Private Idaho' film with Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix was based on King Henry VI x

[Octavius]

A few here:

http://www.insidefilm.com/shakespeare.html

[heathfield]

The Tempest - Forbidden Planet (sci-fi film).

[jno]

I think Throne of Blood was the best one, Kurosawa's version of Macbeth. Some more here:

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/shakespeareonfi lm.html

[gizmo1]

'Get Over It' is based on A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[NYLIbrarian]

A very strange one is Men of Respect (1991), a Macbeth retelling, starring John Turturro as an aspiring leader in a Mafia-ish gang.

[T&S]

The film O is based on Othello. See below

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184791/

[T&S]

Thinking about it...the most famous is West Side Story being a reworking of Romeo & Juliet.