The Merchant of Venice (2004)

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R | 2 hr 7 mins | Comedy | Now Playing |Box Office Total: $3.7M

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Set in 16th century Venice, Bassanio is the typical Elizabethan lover and aristocrat--young, impulsive, romantic--whose lavish lifestyle has left him deep in debt and desperately in love with the fair Portia of Belmont. But to win her hand, he must prove his worth. To prove his worth, he must not only raise money he doesn’t have, but he must also correctly solve the riddle of matrimony bequeathed by Portia’s late father. Determined to call Portia his bride, Bassanio employs the support of his dear friend Antonio, a successful merchant residing in Venice. But Antonio is short of resources and must use his credit for a loan. This loan comes in the form of Shylock, a Jewish loan shark who, like all his people, is forced to live in “getos” and has limited access to the city. Antonio has publicly denounced Shylock and other Jews for their practice of usury, and consistently hurts their business by offering loans with no interest. This set of circumstances, along with the persecution of Jews at the time, has made Shylock spiteful towards Antonio, who jumps at the chance to have the merchant in his debt. However, this time Shylock decides to offer his loan at no interest; instead, he demands a pound of flesh from Antonio if his loan is not repaid on time. Confident that Bassanio will return his good fortune three times over, Antonio agrees to the unusual terms. As Bassanio travels to Belmont with Gratiano to woo his beloved, other events threaten to ruin his quest before it is fulfilled. Portia, in the company of her lady-in-waiting Nerissa, has already been welcoming potential suitors, who at any time could solve the mystery of her father’s will which states that she must marry the man who correctly chooses one of three caskets. Then Antonio’s trade ships fail to produce any profit for the merchant. Meanwhile, Shylock’s daughter Jessica impulsively elopes with Bassanio’s friend Lorenzo; in the process, she escapes with a fair amount of her father’s personal wealth. This shatters Shylock to the core and causes him to focus all his energy on the repayment of the debt, almost taking out a lifetime of discrimination on the merchant. Upon hearing of his friend’s situation, Bassanio leaves Belmont and rushes home to find a solution to Antonio’s predicament. But before Bassanio can arrive home, the loan is declared in default and the distraught and semi-deranged Shylock demands his pound of flesh from Antonio in order to fully seek his revenge. The Duke, the reigning power in the city, has called a legal expert to the court to proceed over these extraordinary hearings.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
12/29/2004

Studio	Credit
Sony Pictures Classics	Studio
Director	Credit
Michael Radford	Director
Cast	Credit
Al Pacino	Shylock
Jeremy Irons	Antonio
Joseph Fiennes	Bassanio
Lynn Collins	Portia
Zuleikha Robinson	Jessica
Kris Marshall	Gratiano
Charlie Cox	Lorenzo
Heather Goldenhersh	Nerissa
MacKenzie Crook	Lancelot Gobbo
John Sessions	Salerio
Gregor Fisher	Solanio
Ron Cook	Old Gobbo
Allan Corduner	Tubal
Anton Rodgers	The Duke
David Harewood	Prince of Morocco
Antonio Gil-Martinez	Aragon
Al Weaver	Stephano
Norbert Konne	Doctor Bellario
Marc Maas	Cush
Jean-Francois Wolff	German Count
Pieter Riemens	English Baron
Stephan Koziac	Soldier
Tom Leick	French Nobleman
Jules Werner	Franciscan Friar
Tony Schiena	Leonardo
Julian Nest	Clerk
Production Credits	Credit
Manfred Wilde	Executive Producer
Clive Waldron	Associate Producer
Cary Brokaw	Producer
Julia Verdin	Co-Executive Producer
Nigel Goldsack	Co-Producer
Gary Hamilton	Co-Executive Producer
Jimmy De Brabant	Co-Producer
Barry Navidi	Producer
Michael Hammer	Executive Producer
Edwige Fenech	Co-Producer
Pete Maggi	Co-Executive Producer
Peter James	Executive Producer
Michael Lionello Cowan	Producer
Jason Piette	Producer
James Simpson	Executive Producer
Luciano Martino	Co-Producer
Bob Portal	Producer - Post Production Producer
Istituto Luce	Co-Producer
Alex Marshall	Executive Producer
Andreas Bajohra	Producer - Post Production Producer
Robert Jones	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Istituto Luce S.p.A	Production Company Production Company
Avenue Entertainment Group	Production Company
Spice Factory	Production Company
Dania Film	Production Company
Delux Productions	Production Company
U.K. Film Council	Production Company Production Company
Film Fund Luxembourg	Production Company Production Company
Movision Entertainment	Production Company Production Company
Arclight Films	Production Company Production Company
Immagine e Cinema	Production Company
Navidi-Wilde Productions	Production Company Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Ascot Elite Entertainment Group	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
SPC	Domestic Distribution Rights
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
Scanbox Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Istituto Luce S.p.A	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Panasia	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Venice, Italy
Luxembourg
Writer	Credit
Michael Radford	Screenplay
William Shakespeare	Play as Source Material
Accounting	Credit
ian hutchinson	Finance Manager - Production Banking Services
warren demer	Assistant Accountant
Emma Short	Assistant Production Accountant
Linda Gregory	Production Accountant - Financial Controller
Stephen Joberns	Production Auditor
Robert Longobardi	Accountant - Delux Accountant
Massimo Raschella	Accountant - Delux Accountant
Daria Avenia	Assistant Accountant
Edwige Rolin	Finance Manager - Production Banking Services
erasmo colucci	Production Accountant
christian muller	Accountant - Delux Accountant
Bernardo Galli	Assistant Accountant
Keith Hughes	Finance Manager - Production Banking Services
Fred Milstein	Finance Manager - Completion Guarantor
Ivano Lepscky	Assistant Accountant
nadia amari	Accountant - Delux Accountant
roberta facchettin	Assistant Accountant - Accounts Runner
john flock	Finance Manager - Completion Guarantor
Tim Van Rellim	Finance Manager - Completion Guarantor
Vincent Valentin	Finance Manager - Insurance
celine bourgeois	Finance Manager - Insurance
Art Department	Credit
Steven Clark	Painter
Meike Maher	Art Department Coordinator
Sandra O'Toole	Art Department - Breaking Down
David Orlandelli	Storyboard Artist
Andrew Garnet-Lawson	Scenic Artist
Gillie Delap	Set Decorator
manuel demoulling	Assistant Set Decorator
yair popritkin	Set Dresser
pasquale gizzi	Sculptor
Bruno Rubeo	Production Designer
Jon Bunker	Art Director
Maurice Borghesi	Set Decorator - Drapist
Julie Philpott	Production Designer - Draughtsperson
Trevor Eve	Painter - Chargehand Painter
Glyn Dillon	Storyboard Artist
Tamara Marini	Art Director (Italy)
Olivier Neumuller	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Fabrice Spelta	Production Designer - Draughtsperson
Malin Lindholm	Art Director - Standby Art Director
John McGuigan	Painter - Chargehand Painter
vanessa przeor	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
miles adgate	Art Department - Art Department Runner
Peter Mounsey	Painter - Chargehand Painter
Benoît Bechet	Production Designer - Draughtsperson
Gisella Ingrassia	Painter
Alex Carey	Art Department - Breaking Down
Jean-Marc Acampo	Painter
Catherine Thiriat	Painter - Scenic Painter
eric de wulf	Painter
Barbara Prati	Painter
Michele Belardi	Painter
Valerie Dodeigne	Painter
thomas laszlo	Painter
Stephanie Blondel	Painter
Billy Leliveld	Painter
daniel testa	Painter
maryline dodeigne	Painter
Edouard Pallardy	Painter
neil hearfield	Painter
nuno Miguel rebelo Da Cruz	Painter
kadda saidj	Painter
Olivier Wojcik	Painter
Marino Ingrassia	Painter
Matteo Bertelli	Painter
Casting	Credit
Sharon Howard-Field	Casting Director
eleonore gufflet	Casting Assistant
ismael myke	Casting Assistant
Valerie Schiel	Casting Director
Film Camera	Credit
Dean Thompson	Focus Puller
Theo Theodorides	Loader - Clapper Loader
Clive Noakes	Film Lab - Laboratory Contact
Alec Gibson	Color Timer - Colour Timer
Perry Gibbs	Colorist - Mastering Colourist
Benoit Delhomme	Director of Photography
Benoit Delhomme	Camera Operator
steve braun	Photography - Still Photographer
guillaume de esteban	Camera Trainee
helene coker	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
georgia oetker	Photography - Still Photographer
peter facchetti	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator
Graham Johnston	Focus Puller
Jako Raybaut	Camera Operator
Max Jacoby	Loader - Clapper Loader
ruggero rossi	Photography - Still Photographer
guillaume de esteban	Loader - Camera Loader
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Baker Street	Co-Financier
Instituto Luce	Funding
Cinefinance	Completion Bond Provider Completion Guarantor
Bank of Ireland	Film Financier Production Finance Banking
Movision	Funding
Matrix Film Finance LLP	Co-Financier
Scotts Atlantic, London	Funding Funding Participant
Barclays Bank PLC	Funding Production Banking Services
Arclight Films Pty Ltd.	Distribution Sales International Sales
Legal	Credit
howard kennedy	Legal Services
leighton lloyd	Legal Services
Robert A Wyman	Legal Services
Bruce Isaacs	Legal Services
Cheryl Nelson	Legal Services
Music	Credit
Harvey Brough	Music Arranger - Arrangements
Haresh Patel	Music Editor
David Juritz	Music Performer - String Ensemble Leader
Nick Wollage	Music Engineer - Recording Engineer
Hilary Skewes	Music Contractor - Musicians Contractor
William Shakespeare	Lyrics
Jocelyn Pook	Music
Jocelyn Pook	Music Producer
andreas scholl	Song Performer
john sachs	Music Supervisor
clara sanabras	Vocals - Voice
siobhan armstrong	Music Performer - Triple Harp
libera robert prizeman	Music - Boys Choir Director
Hayley Westenra	Song Performer
Edgar Allen Poe	Lyrics
Harvey Brough	Vocals - Voice
Harvey Brough	Music Producer
Nick Wollage	Music Engineer - Mixing Engineer
John Milton	Lyrics
Jake Jackson	Music Engineer - Mixing Engineer
Laurence Aston	Music - Management for Jocelyn Pook
ben crawley	Song Performer
Elizabeth Kenny	Music Performer - Theorbo
Elizabeth Kenny	Music Performer - Lute
Jon Banks	Music Performer - Qanun
Pamela Thorby	Music Performer - Recorders
clara sanabras	Music Performer - Lute
clara sanabras	Music Performer - Baroque Guitar
clara sanabras	Music Performer - Oud
Harvey Brough	Music Performer - Guitar
tristan fry	Music Performer - Timpani
tristan fry	Music Performer - Percussion
pavlo besnosiuk	Music Performer - Baroque String Quartet
caroline balding	Music Performer - Baroque String Quartet
rachel byrt	Music Performer - Baroque String Quartet
richard tunnicliffe	Music Performer - Baroque String Quartet
Belinda Sykes	Music Performer - SHAWNM, DAF
Physical Effects	Credit
Andy Bennett	Stunt Man
Steve Griffin	Stunt Coordinator
Rob Hunt	Stunt Man
Production Management	Credit
Christopher Rose	Assistant Director
Jean-Claude Schlim	Line Producer
Beverley Winston	Script Supervisor
Elena Zokas	Production Manager
Stephane Wasila	Facilities Supervisor - Facility Manager
Judy Geletko	Production Supervisor - Avenue Production Administrator
Fabrizio Cerato	Location Manager
Alexandra Kosevic	Post-Production Coordinator
philip setterfield	Post-Production Supervisor
emily kyriakides	Production Coordinator - Film Coordinator
philip morgan	Unit Manager
alexandre brown	Location Assistant
tommaso dabala'	Unit Manager
John Dodds	Assistant Director
Ragna Arny Larusdottir	Production Manager
David Morais Rocas	Location Assistant
Sophie Treacher	Production Coordinator
Anita Tomaselli	Production Coordinator
Emilie Cherpitel	Assistant Director
Steve Mannes	Production Manager - Set Manager
brian mortimer	Location Assistant
xavier cremonese	Location Assistant
Stefan Magnusson	Assistant Director
Rosanna Roditi	Production Manager
Jim Probyn	Assistant Director
Otfried Suppin	Location Assistant
stefan loftsson	Location Assistant
andrei von kamarowsky	Assistant Director - Trainee Assistant Director
mark harrison	Location Assistant
Jordan J Stone	Assistant Director
Carlo Paramidani	Assistant Director
pascal noel	Location Assistant
fabrizio aghilar	Assistant Director - P.A. Assistant Director
jean-Charles cavasso	Location Assistant
jacques zeyen	Location Assistant
Stefano Dalla Lana	Location Assistant
Walter Olivier Pereira	Location Assistant
Tiziana Tortarolo	Location Assistant
Publicity	Credit
Nicole Gregory	Publicity
Public Relations	Credit
DDA Public Relations Ltd.	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Jack Gillies	Assistant Sound Editor
Alain Goniva	Boom Operator
Haresh Patel	Foley Editor
Andre Schmidt	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Brian Simmons	Sound Mixer
Paul Davis	Supervising Sound Editor
christian koefoed	Sound Effects Editor
abigail berbier	ADR Voice Casting
Tim Alban	Foley - Foley Supervisor
Tim Alban	Dubbing Mixer
Antonia Bates	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Richard Davey	Dubbing Mixer
Richard Kondal	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
sean h farrow	Visual Effects Supervisor
Anna Panton	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Jeff North	Digital Effects - Artist
Dylan Penhale	Software Engineer - I/O, Systems & Network
Barrie Hemsley	Visual Effects Producer
Neil Culley	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Alain Couty	Special Effects Coordinator
Pani Ahmadi-Moore	Visual Effects Editor - VFX Editor
Robin Huffer	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Warren J Mills	Software Engineer - I/O, Systems & Network
Sarah Hemsley	Visual Effects - Production & Operations
Rupert Smith	Visual Effects - Production & Operations
Nick New	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
David Gibbons	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
dave stavonhagen	Visual Effects - EPK
john dunton-Downer	Visual Effects - EPK
Tim Jones	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Mick Harper	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Simon Leech	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Paul Tuersley	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Richard Higham	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Alberto Montanes	Digital Effects Artist - Artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Lorraine Hill	Makeup Artist
Sammy Sheldon	Costume Designer
Charlotte Kay	Key Costumer
Magdalena Labuz	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress
Laura Ergis	Costume Supervisor
frida basso	Wardrobe - Wardrobe Trainee
Nigel Boyd	Costumes - Costume Fitter
Ann Buchanan	Hair - Hair Designer
Ann Buchanan	Makeup Designer
myriam baerts	Set Costumer
ulli kremer	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress
Anna Kovacevic	Key Costumer
Josy Howard	Makeup Artist
Lorraine Hill	Hair - Hair Artist
David Otzen	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Catherine Buyse	Costume Supervisor
Chris Bradshaw	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Helen Spayer	Makeup Artist
Josy Howard	Hair - Hair Artist
Xanthia White	Makeup Artist
Helen Spayer	Hair - Hair Artist
Michelle Bevilacqua	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Xanthia White	Hair - Hair Artist
Claudine Moureaud	Makeup Artist
nora schlesser	Costumes - Costume Assistant
anna brangaitis	Makeup Artist
Claudine Moureaud	Hair - Hair Artist
Francoise Meyer	Costumes - Costume Assistant
anna brangaitis	Hair - Hair Artist
cressida andermatt	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Nuala Conway	Makeup Artist
Nuala Conway	Hair - Hair Artist
Furio Buranella	Costumes - Costume Runner

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