# Shakespere remakes (and that ilk)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 10, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespere-remakes-and-that-ilk/284045 "2005-01-10T15:37:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespere-remakes-and-that-ilk/284045/41 "2005-01-12T00:07:10Z")

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> [@WhyNot](#):
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> :eek: Well, don’t I feel like a dolt. Never noticed that. Not even when Firth’s character is named…Mr. Darcy! :smack: That’s it, my girlgeeek badge must be revoked.

That’s ok – my mum is very keen on P & P and was completely blinded by Colin Firth to pick up the refs. (The guy who played Mr Bingley in the Colin Firth version is also briefly in the first Bridget Jones film, by the way.) 😛😃

Now that you know, re read the book and/or see the film again – refs abound! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespere-remakes-and-that-ilk/284045/42 "2005-01-12T05:16:32Z")

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Not really a Shakespere remake, but the plot does revolve around Shakespere. Check out [Renaissance Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110971/)  
Dany DeVito teaches a bunch of Army recuruits Hamlet.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespere-remakes-and-that-ilk/284045/43 "2005-01-12T22:50:59Z")

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> **[Tempest (1982) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084776/reference)**
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> Tempest (1982) Reference View

_Tempest_. Very very very loosely based on the play of the same name.

> **[King of Texas (TV Movie 2002) - IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0282659/reference)**
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> King of Texas (TV Movie 2002) Reference View

_King of Texas_. King Lear as a wild west cattle baron.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2005, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shakespere-remakes-and-that-ilk/284045/44 "2005-01-12T23:31:07Z")

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Now I HAVE to see _Scotland, PA_. I’d heard good things, but that premise sounds great.

I wanted to join in the _Ten Things I Hate About You_ chorus. I thought it looked like another bland entry in the Shakespeare in a high school genre, but it’s actually fun and clever. The '99 _Midsummer_ is worth seeing for Kevin Kline.

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