The Taming of the Shrew Overview:

The Taming of the Shrew (1967) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Franco Zeffirelli and produced by Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Franco Zeffirelli.

Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionArt Direction: Renzo Mongiardino, John DeCuir, Elven Webb, Giuseppe Mariani; Set Decoration: DariNominated
Best Costume DesignIrene Sharaff, Danilo DonatiNominated
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Quotes from

The Priest: [for the umpteenth time, rapid-fire] Petruchio, wilt thou take Katarina to be thy wedded wife?
Petruchio: [drunk] Marry, I will!


Petruchio: I've come to wive and wealthily in Padua. If wealthily, then happily, in Padua.


Katherina: Asses are made to bear, and so are you!
Petruchio: Women are made to bear, and so are you!


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Facts about

After Cleopatra had failed at the box office, nearly bankrupting 20th Century Fox, when director Franco Zeffirelli suggested casting Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton his this film, he was told it would never happen by Fox executives. However, Zeffirelli was persistent, and in the end, he was able to convince Fox that the couple still had box office potential. Ultimately, he was proved correct, as the film was a huge box office success.
Franco Zeffirelli originally proposed this film as a vehicle for Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
The dress that Elizabeth Taylor wears during Kate's final monologue is inspired by the dress that the model wears in Lorenzo Lotto's painting, "Lucretia". Taylor even wears a similar coverciere (shawl-like partlet), and has a necklace tucked into her bodice, just like Lotto's Lucretia.
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