Films That Are Shakespeare Plays.......

[ToraToraTora]

As per the title, I know a lot of them but surprise me add a fun/interesting fact too if you can....

I'll Start:

The Forbidden Planet - The tempest - fun fact: Leslie Neilson was the ships captain.

[maggiebee]

Believe West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet

[davebro3]

was there a western based on King Lear...

[davebro3]

King of Texas 2002

[brainiac]

10 Things I Hate About You - The Taming Of The Shrew

West Side Story - Romeo and Juliet

[sandyRoe]

Joe Macbeth.  An Anglo-American version of the Scottish play.  It was set in the world of gangsterism.

[Tilly2]

Kiss Me Kate

 The Taming of the Shrew.

[davebro3]

Jubal 1956) - Othello

Broken Lance (1954) - King Lear

The Man from Laramie (1955) - King Lear

[brainiac]

The Boys From Syracuse - The Comedy of Errors

[Khandro]

The Lion King - Hamlet 

[Hazlinny]

She's the Man  ......  Twelfth Night

Film looks at gender roles before all the recent stuff!

 

[Mozz71]

Akira Kurosawa's breathtaking epic Ran, is based on King Lear.

[ToraToraTora]

The quiet man - taming of the Shrew

[Ken4155]

Throne Of Blood a Japanese film based on Macbeth. The story is transported over to Japan, five centuries later. Evil spirits stand in for the fortune telling witches, promising blood-stained glory for Lord and Lady Washizu/Macbeth.

[Dagman]

Going a step further TTT, wasn't Star Trek based on Forbidden Planet in turn based on The Tempest? 

[ToraToraTora]

11:18 no, Gene Roddenbury said that Star Trek was basically Horatio Hornblower in space.

[naomi24]

Shakespeare in Star Trek

 

https://www.folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare-and-beyond/shakespeare-star-trek-enterprise/#:~:text=Episode%20titles%20are%20borrowed%20from,including%20witches!)%20and%20The

 

 

[douglas9401]

Nothing new under the sun.

[ToraToraTora]

Yes several episodes have Shakespearian plots.

[Dagman]

A few inspirations it appears, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek#:~:text=In%20creating%20Star%20Trek%2C%20Roddenberry,westerns%20such%20as%20Wagon%20Train.

[Mozz71]

10:44 I should've thought of Throne of Blood when I mentioned Ran. They're both by Kurosawa.