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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman, Liam Neeson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McDiarmid
Directed By: George Lucas

Kenneth Branagh's 1993 production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is a vigorous and imaginative work, cheerful and accessible for everyone. Largely the story of Benedick (Branagh) and Beatrice (Emma Thompson)--adversaries who come to believe each is trying to woo the other--the film veers from arched wit to ironic romps, and the two leads don't mind looking a little silly at times. ...

Manufacturer: Entertainment in Video
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Briers
Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

Very few first-time film directors would have been capable of making such a triumphant adaptation of Henry V; but a still-youthful Kenneth Branagh's years of stage experience paid off handsomely and his 1989 version qualifies as a genuine masterpiece, the kind of film that comes along once in a decade. He eschews the theatricality of Laurence Olivier's stirring, fondly remembered 1945 ...

Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi, Simon Shepherd, James Larkin, Brian Blessed
Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

Kevin Costner's lousy English accent is a small obstacle in this often exciting version of the Robin Hood fable. That aside, it's refreshing to have a preface to the old story in which we meet the robber hero of Sherwood Forest as a soldier in King Richard's Crusades, coming home to find his people under siege from the cruelties of the Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman). After Robin and his ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Christian Slater, Alan Rickman
Directed By: Kevin Reynolds

The classic first series of BlackAdder was slightly different to its successors--Ben Elton was not yet part of the writing team, and Shakespearean parody featured prominently. Rowan Atkinson was at his best as a would-be Machiavellian medieval intriguer while Brian Blessed plays his gloriously over the top blustering militarist father.The episodes collected here are: "The Foretelling", ...

Manufacturer: 2 Entertain Video
Starring: Rowan Atkinson, Brian Blessed, Elspet Gray, Tim McInnerny, Tony Robinson

Manufacturer: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Starring: Bryce Dallas Howard, Alfred Molina, Brian Blessed, Kevin Kline, Adrian Lester
Directed By: Kenneth Branagh

Manufacturer: 2 Entertain
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Siân Phillips, Brian Blessed, George Baker, John Hurt

Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
Starring: Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Anthony Booth, Una Stubbs, Bill Maynard
Directed By: Norman Cohen

Manufacturer: Optimum Home Entertainment
Starring: Sam Jones III, Ornella Muti, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow, Topol
Directed By: Mike Hodges

Manufacturer: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Starring: Brian Blessed, Hannah Gordon, Darren Redmayne
Directed By: Peter Barber-Fleming