Love's Labour's Lost (2000 film)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Love's Labour's Lost
Love's Labour's Lost DVD Cover
Directed by	Kenneth Branagh
Produced by	David Barron Kenneth Branagh
Written by	Kenneth Branagh (based on the play by William Shakespeare)
Starring	Kenneth Branagh Nathan Lane Adrian Lester Matthew Lillard Natascha McElhone Alessandro Nivola Alicia Silverstone Timothy Spall
Music by	Patrick Doyle (score) Cole Porter (songs)
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Editing by	Neil Farrell
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	31 March 2000
Running time	93 min.
Country	UK
Language	English
IMDb profile

The 2000 movie Love's Labour's Lost is an adaptation of the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. It stars Shakespearean veteran Kenneth Branagh, along with Hollywood actors such as Alicia Silverstone and Nathan Lane.

Branagh's film turns the play into a romantic Hollywood musical. He updates the play's setting to 1939 (but keeps its setting of the Kingdom of Navarre, even though Navarre ceased to be a kingdom long before 1939). He uses classic Broadway songs of the 1930s and newsreel-style footage between scenes.

The film was a box office disaster, and was a serious setback to Branagh's directorial career, although he is now resuming it with a film of As You Like It.