"Moonlighting"
Atomic Shakespeare (1986)

Regisseur:

Will Mackenzie

Drehbuchautoren:

Glenn Gordon Caron (creator) and
Ron Osborn (co-writer)

TV-Serie:

"Moonlighting" (1985)

Erstausstrahlung:

25. November 1986 (Staffel 3, Folge 7)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Mystery | Romanze

Plot:

A student starts to watch Moonlighting, then his mother appears and reminds he has to read Taming of the Shrew for school. As he starts to read, the characters from Moonlighting enact the play. |

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Romantic Tension | Male Female Relationship | Argument | Urban

Nutzerkommentare:

A Very Funny Take on The Taming of the Shrew

Besetzung

Curtis Armstrong	...	Herbert Quentin Viola
Allyce Beasley	...	Bianca
Cybill Shepherd	...	Katerina
Bruce Willis	...	Pertrucio
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Clinton Allmon		(as Clinton J. Allmon)
Frank Collison	...	Padua Resident
Ralph Drischell
Daniel Frishman
Raymond Guth
Sterling Holloway	...	Narrator (voice)
Hap Lawrence
Kenneth McMillan	...	Baptista
Colm Meaney	...	Katharina Suitor (as Colm Meany)
Joseph G. Medalis		(as Joseph Medalis)
Danny Stone

Drehorte:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Dies und das:

Sterling Holloway's last project.

Dialogzitate:

Katharina: Go soakth thy head it swells beyond all measure!
Pertrucio: Aye! And *proudly*!

Querbezüge:

Nimmt Bezug auf The Shining (1980)

A Very Funny Take on The Taming of the Shrew

I loved the "Moonlighting" series 20 years ago, and although I now know that Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd did NOT have the personal chemistry that they had on screen, I still value the series. It was quite ahead of its time--and I think that helps to make the series timeless! This particular episode, "Atomic Shakespeare" is an abbreviated "Taming of the Shrew" with Willis as Petruchio and Shepherd as Katharine.

This casting is, of course, ideal; the minor players (series regulars) also do a great job.

The late Sterling Holloway (recognized by my AP English students as the voice of 'Winnie the Pooh') narrates the love(?) story/comedy like no one else could.

I highly recommend the entire "Moonlighting" series, but particularly this episode from the third season, "Atomic Shakespeare."