Franco Zeffirelli directs Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Michael York in this Shakespeare adaptation.

Sumptuous production design. Bawdy and chaotic. Both Burton and Taylor literally wreck every set they are in. It is hard to follow the dialogue or the narrative but who cares as they kick down doors and smash through windows while glaring at each other? Wrecking ball cinema.

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Perfect Double Bill: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

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