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William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

merchant of venice
Starring: Al Pacino, Jeremy Iron, Joseph Fiennes, Zuleikha Robinson, Lynn Collins, Charlie Cox.
Directed by: Michael Radford.
Produced by: Cary Brokaw, Barry Navidi, Michael Cowan, Jason Piette, Michael Lionello Cowan.
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics.
MPAA Rating: R for some nudity.
Release Date: December 29th, 2004 (limited).
Drama. 138 min.: Antonio offers to go into debt for a loan so that his friend Bassanio can have enough money to impress Portia, a woman he wishes to court and marry. Antonio goes into debt to Shylock, a moneylender who demands a pound of his flesh if he cannot pay back the loan.

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