Reinventing Shakespeare is a favorite past time of Hollywood and independent cinema. Acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa transformed "King Lear" for his masterpiece "Ran." Julie Taymor took a blend of history and Shakespeare to spin her fascist focused version of "Titus Andronicus." Fascism and Shakespeare were also re-envisioned in 1995's "Richard III."

However, the most effective reinvention of a Shakespearean text in the 1990s, was Baz Luhrmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet." This modernization hit pop culture like a dagger to a bare breast. It struck through the plate and into the heart. Not only was Luhrmann's reinvention an amazing spin on the classic tale, it was a great film on its' own. Buzz in hand, Shakespeare then attacked Hollywood with a modern perspective.

While Miramax Entertainment has produced a gaggle of adaptations – "Love's Labour's Lost," "Hamlet," and the creative biography "Shakespeare in Love," the one film they tried to hide their......

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