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Release Year1999
Runtime1h 20m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, Comedy
Votes4
DirectorPeter Shushtari
WritersPeter Shushtari
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.0 out of 10
Cast5 credited
Also Known AsShakespeare In... And Out
About Shakespeare In... And Out
In the 1980s, a filmmaker begins a project to record the life of an average kid. In Perry, Ohio, he picks Rich Longfellow, a shy lad, and begins filming. Soon after, he dies in Mozambique. Sixteen years later, his son continues the project, finding Rich, now 23, in L.A., with dreams of being a Shakespearean actor, getting experience in porn films. We meet Betsy, Rich's sensible girlfriend, Lee, the impatient producer, and Carmichael, a director with artistic pretensions who inspires Rich. Problems with Besty and tension on the set bring Rich to a crisis; when his boyhood friend starts a Shakespeare company that tours nursing homes in the San Fernando Valley, Rich sees a way out.
Directed by Peter Shushtari, Shakespeare In... And Out leans on a strong ensemble — Roger Shank, Lawrence Trilling, J.D. Smith — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1999.
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