The Taming of the shrew [DVD] / [presented by] Columbia Pictures ; a Burton-Zeffirelli production ; a Royal Films International/F.A.I. production ; screenplay by Paul Dehn, Susu Cecchi d'Amico, Franco Zeffirelli ; executive producer, Richard McWhorter ; directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Special features: Production notes, interactive menus, theatrical trailer, bonus trailers, talent files, scene selections. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967. Based on: The taming of the shrew / William Shakespeare. Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Alan Webb, Victor Spinetti, Natasha Pyne, Michael York.
Summary:
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton sparkle and amuse as Katharina and Petruchio in this adaptation of William Shakespeare's comic look at a male chauvinist in 16th century Padua who violently subdues his ill-tempered wife.
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