Young Will Shakespeare is the up and coming playwright of the time, but has been disastrously struck by the bane of the writer's life - writer's block. His comedy "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter" isn't goinganywhere and the playhouse is under threat of closure. What Will needs is a muse, and she appears in the form of the beautiful and bethrothed Lady Viola. The path of true love does not run smooth for Will, but the joys andtragedy of his own life find their way onto the page in a moving, witty and spellbinding tale.

GENRE: Comedydrama
MPAA RATING: R
RUN TIME: 2h 3m
RELEASE DATE: December 25, 1998
STARRING: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Imelda Staunton
DIRECTOR(S): John Madden
PRODUCER(S): Donna Gigliotti, Marc Norman, David Parfitt, Harvey Weinstein, Edward Zwick
WRITER(S): Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard
STUDIO: Miramax Films