Taming Of The Shrew Film By Gil Junger

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About the movie: The movie was directed by Gil Junger and was released in the USA on the 31. March 1999. It stars Heath Ledger as Patrick, Julia Stiles as Kat Straford, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron, Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Straford, David Krumholtz as Michael and Larry Miller as Walter Straford, Kat and Biancas father. The movie was nominated for lots of awards, it won two: Julia Stiles won as Kat at the MTW Movie Awards for a breakthrough female performance and also and the CFCA Awards for the most promising actress. Content: An interesting fact about the movie is that it is based on Shakespeare ̍s play The Taming of the Shrew. The story is basically about a pretty, popular teenager who can't go out on a date until her ill-tempered older