The Taming of the Shrew
The motion picture they were made for!
Country
Production
Budget
$4 000 000
Box office
$8 000 000
Director
Actors
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Natasha Pyne, Michael York, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Alan Webb, Victor Spinetti, Roy Holder
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Richard Burton, Franco Zeffirelli, Richard McWhorter
Camera operator
Oswald Morris
Composer
Artist
Lorenzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir
Audition
Editing
Peter Taylor, Guy Luongo
Whole Team (34)
Whole Team (34)
Short description
Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
What's left behind the scenes
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) and Richard Burton (1925-1984) served as producers. They invested $1 million of their own money into the film's production and waived their fees (which collectively exceeded $2 million) in exchange for a percentage of the box office receipts.
- Elizabeth Taylor (1932-2011) and Richard Burton (1925-1984) served as producers. They invested $1 million of their own money into the film's production and waived their fees (which collectively exceeded $2 million) in exchange for a percentage of the box office revenue.
- Richard Burton repeatedly played Shakespearean heroes, unlike Elizabeth Taylor, for whom the role of Katharine was her first. The actress was very nervous before filming began. She subsequently settled in and even asked director Franco Zeffirelli if some scenes could be reshot, which she now believed she would play better. Zeffirelli initially refused, but Taylor persisted, and on the last day of filming, all the material shot on the very first day was reshot.
- Richard Burton had played Shakespearean characters many times, unlike Elizabeth Taylor, for whom the role of Katherine was her first. The actress was very nervous before filming began. Later, she grew more comfortable and even asked director Franco Zeffirelli if it were possible to reshoot some scenes that she now felt she could perform better. Zeffirelli initially refused, but Taylor continued to insist, and on the final day of filming, all the material shot on the very first day was reshot.
- The dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor as Katharine when delivering the final monologue was created in the image and likeness of the dress of the heroine in Lorenzo Lotto's (1480-1556), a Venetian painter, painting "Lucretia".
- The dress worn by Elizabeth Taylor's character, Katharina, during the final monologue was designed to resemble the dress of the heroine in the painting 'Lucretia' by the Venetian painter Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556).
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