471 - Love's Labour's Lost, UK/France/US, 2000. Dir. Kenneth Branagh.
A Proclamation: No Women.
Time to study.
The King of Navarre and his three amigos--Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine--have dedicated themselves to three years of schooling without distraction. Meaning without romance.
How long do you think that will last?
We will give it a day or two.
It just so happens that the Princess of France and her three amigas--Rosaline, Maria, and Katharine--are at court
The King and his men are attended by two other men, Armado and Costard. The Princess is attended by a man named Boyet.
Costard is the first to fall. He goes for Jaquenetta. So Armado arrests him. It just so happens Armado is in love with her himself.
Armado lets Costard go free on the condition that he deliver a letter to Jaquenetta.
Berowne charges Costard to deliver a letter to Rosaline.
And because this is Shakespeare, the letters end up in the hands of the wrong women. Confusion ensues.
Each of the four men privately proclaims his love for a woman, only to be overheard by each of the three other men.
A proclamation: Annul the Proclamation. Follow love. Relinquish study. Pursue the women.
Disguised as Russians.
Because apparently one must be disguised to woo women.
The women, however, have the upper hand. Boyet tips them off. They exchange identities. The men woo the wrong women. The women tease them in turn.
The group pauses for entertainment and the women prepare to leave. The men insist their love is true. The women give them a year's worth of tasks to prove their love.
All's well that ends well. Wait, no, that is another play.
But this, being a Shakespearean comedy, ends well as well.
Did we mention it is a musical?
What?
Yes. A musical with professional actors and amateur singers and dancers. In the vein of Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You. And it plays like a very expensive production of local community theatre.
Interspersed with newsreels.
What?
Yes, newsreels. What is this, Citizen Kane? News On the March!
Never mind the story. Watch the song-and-dance routines.
* * * * *
Love's Labour's Lost, Patrick Doyle
I'd Rather Charleston with You, George Gershwin
Arrival of the Princess, Patrick Doyle
I Won't Dance, Jerome Kern
I Get a Kick Out of You, Cole Porter
With that Face / No Strings (I'm Fancy Free), Irving Berlin, Patrick Doyle
The Way You Look Tonight, Jerome Kern
I've Got a Crush on You, George Gershwin
Beauty of a Woman's Face, Patrick Doyle
Cheek to Cheek, Irving Berlin
Let's Face the Music and Dance, Irving Berlin
Trim Gallants, Patrick Doyle
There's No Business Like Show Business, Irving Berlin
Twelve Months a Day, Patrick Doyle
They Can't Take That Away from Me, George Gerswhin
You That Way, We This Way, Patrick Doyle
Cinetone News, Patrick Doyle
Victory, Patrick Doyle
Time to study.
The King of Navarre and his three amigos--Berowne, Longaville, and Dumaine--have dedicated themselves to three years of schooling without distraction. Meaning without romance.
How long do you think that will last?
We will give it a day or two.
It just so happens that the Princess of France and her three amigas--Rosaline, Maria, and Katharine--are at court
The King and his men are attended by two other men, Armado and Costard. The Princess is attended by a man named Boyet.
Costard is the first to fall. He goes for Jaquenetta. So Armado arrests him. It just so happens Armado is in love with her himself.
Armado lets Costard go free on the condition that he deliver a letter to Jaquenetta.
Berowne charges Costard to deliver a letter to Rosaline.
And because this is Shakespeare, the letters end up in the hands of the wrong women. Confusion ensues.
Each of the four men privately proclaims his love for a woman, only to be overheard by each of the three other men.
A proclamation: Annul the Proclamation. Follow love. Relinquish study. Pursue the women.
Disguised as Russians.
Because apparently one must be disguised to woo women.
The women, however, have the upper hand. Boyet tips them off. They exchange identities. The men woo the wrong women. The women tease them in turn.
The group pauses for entertainment and the women prepare to leave. The men insist their love is true. The women give them a year's worth of tasks to prove their love.
All's well that ends well. Wait, no, that is another play.
But this, being a Shakespearean comedy, ends well as well.
Did we mention it is a musical?
What?
Yes. A musical with professional actors and amateur singers and dancers. In the vein of Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You. And it plays like a very expensive production of local community theatre.
Interspersed with newsreels.
What?
Yes, newsreels. What is this, Citizen Kane? News On the March!
Never mind the story. Watch the song-and-dance routines.
* * * * *
Love's Labour's Lost, Patrick Doyle
I'd Rather Charleston with You, George Gershwin
Arrival of the Princess, Patrick Doyle
I Won't Dance, Jerome Kern
I Get a Kick Out of You, Cole Porter
With that Face / No Strings (I'm Fancy Free), Irving Berlin, Patrick Doyle
The Way You Look Tonight, Jerome Kern
I've Got a Crush on You, George Gershwin
Beauty of a Woman's Face, Patrick Doyle
Cheek to Cheek, Irving Berlin
Let's Face the Music and Dance, Irving Berlin
Trim Gallants, Patrick Doyle
There's No Business Like Show Business, Irving Berlin
Twelve Months a Day, Patrick Doyle
They Can't Take That Away from Me, George Gerswhin
You That Way, We This Way, Patrick Doyle
Cinetone News, Patrick Doyle
Victory, Patrick Doyle
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